Re: [Vala] Unregister a GType

[Igor Azevedo <igor azevedo neticle pt>]

2013/5/4 Luca Bruno <lethalman88 gmail com>

> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Igor Azevedo <igor azevedo neticle pt>wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm developing an application that dynamically loads plugins using
> > GModule.
> > Each of the plugins registers it's own GTypes but if I load, unload, and
> > finally reload them I get some errors and the modules don't load properly.
> >
> > Errors are:
> >
> > (process:21259): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type
> > `NeticleInfinityModulesBaseBaseModule'
> >
> > I understand why this happens, I'm registering a GType that was already
> > registered previously when I first loaded the plugin and even after
> > unloading the module, the types remained registered, so it obviously
> > fails.
> >
> > My question is if there is any way to unregister a GType so I can reload
> > the plugin successfully?
> Are you doing this way?
> https://live.gnome.org/Vala/TypeModules
> https://live.gnome.org/Vala/TypeModuleSample

My implementation was based on the first example you mentioned. Should I
use TypeModule (like in the second example)?

Thanks,
Igor Azevedo