libpurple/core.h

/* purple
 *
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 * to list here.  Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this
 * source distribution.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 *
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#if !defined(PURPLE_GLOBAL_HEADER_INSIDE) && !defined(PURPLE_COMPILATION)
# error "only <purple.h> may be included directly"
#endif

#ifndef PURPLE_CORE_H
#define PURPLE_CORE_H

#include <glib.h>
#include <glib-object.h>

#include <libpurple/purpleui.h>

typedef struct PurpleCore PurpleCore;

G_BEGIN_DECLS

/**
 * purple_core_init:
 * @ui: (transfer full): The [class@Purple.Ui] of the UI using the core.
 * @error: Return address for a #GError, or %NULL.
 *
 * Initializes the core of purple.
 *
 * Returns: %TRUE if successful, otherwise %FALSE with @error potentially set.
 */
gboolean purple_core_init(PurpleUi *ui, GError **error);

/**
 * purple_core_quit:
 *
 * Quits the core of purple, which, depending on the UI, may quit the
 * application using the purple core.
 */
void purple_core_quit(void);

/**
 * purple_core_quit_cb:
 * @unused: This argument is for consistency with a timeout callback. It is
 *          otherwise unused.
 *
 * Calls purple_core_quit().  This can be used as the function passed to
 * g_timeout_add() when you want to shutdown Purple in a specified amount of
 * time.  When shutting down Purple from a plugin, you must use this instead of
 * purple_core_quit(); for an immediate exit, use a timeout value of 0:
 *
 * <programlisting>
 * g_timeout_add(0, purple_core_quit_cb, NULL)
 * </programlisting>
 *
 * This ensures that code from your plugin is not being executed when
 * purple_core_quit() is called.  If the plugin called purple_core_quit()
 * directly, you would get a core dump after purple_core_quit() executes and
 * control returns to your plugin because purple_core_quit() frees all plugins.
 */
gboolean purple_core_quit_cb(gpointer unused);

/**
 * purple_core_get_version:
 *
 * Returns the version of the core library.
 *
 * Returns: The version of the core library.
 */
const char *purple_core_get_version(void);

/**
 * purple_get_core:
 *
 * This is used to connect to
 * <link linkend="chapter-signals-core">core signals</link>.
 *
 * Returns: (transfer none): A handle to the purple core.
 */
PurpleCore *purple_get_core(void);

/**
 * purple_core_get_settings_backend:
 *
 * Gets the settings backend to use when saving/loading settings.
 *
 * Note, because we do not want to leak `G_SETTINGS_ENABLE_BACKEND` into
 * libpurple users, this function returns a `gpointer`, and you should cast to
 * `GSettingsBackend *` after setting `G_SETTINGS_ENABLE_BACKEND` for the files
 * where you need it.
 *
 * Returns: (transfer none): The [class@Gio.SettingsBackend] to use.
 *
 * Since: 3.0.0
 */
gpointer purple_core_get_settings_backend(void);

/**
 * purple_core_get_ui:
 *
 * Gets the [class@Purple.Ui] that is running.
 *
 * Returns: (transfer none): The ui.
 */
PurpleUi *purple_core_get_ui(void);

G_END_DECLS

#endif /* PURPLE_CORE_H */

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