girepository has an abstract model of types. g_type_info_get_tag gives
the type tag. If the tag is G_TYPE_TAG_INTERFACE,
g_type_info_get_interface gets the interface. If it is
GI_TYPE_TAG_ARRAY, g_type_info_get_array_* and
g_type_info_is_zero_terminated can be used to get array information. If
it is a container tag, e.g. GI_TYPE_TAG_ARRAY, GI_TYPE_TAG_GLIST etc,
g_type_info_get_param_type can be used to get the element type information.
Oh, is that what g_type_info_get_param_type() is for, getting the element type of containers? So n has to be 0 for arrays and lists and 0 or 1 for HashTables?
This sounds better than I realised, but I think if you want to use aliases you still have to do a full parse of the gir XML. Unless this...
On 19/02/19 18:37, Tony Houghton wrote:
> Or is it
> possible to get a typename by using g_base_info_get_attribute()?
