GI.GObject.Structs.WeakRef

A structure containing a weak reference to a Object.

A GWeakRef can either be empty (i.e. point to Nothing), or point to an object for as long as at least one "strong" reference to that object exists. Before the object's ObjectClass.dispose method is called, every WeakRef associated with becomes empty (i.e. points to Nothing).

Like Value, WeakRef can be statically allocated, stack- or heap-allocated, or embedded in larger structures.

Unlike g_object_weak_ref() and g_object_add_weak_pointer(), this weak reference is thread-safe: converting a weak pointer to a reference is atomic with respect to invalidation of weak pointers to destroyed objects.

If the object's ObjectClass.dispose method results in additional references to the object being held (‘re-referencing’), any GWeakRefs taken before it was disposed will continue to point to Nothing. Any GWeakRefs taken during disposal and after re-referencing, or after disposal has returned due to the re-referencing, will continue to point to the object until its refcount goes back to zero, at which point they too will be invalidated.

It is invalid to take a WeakRef on an object during ObjectClass.dispose without first having or creating a strong reference to the object.

Exported types

newtype WeakRef

Memory-managed wrapper type.

Constructors

WeakRef (ManagedPtr WeakRef)

Instances

Eq WeakRef

Defined in GI.GObject.Structs.WeakRef

Methods

(==) :: WeakRef -> WeakRef -> Bool

(/=) :: WeakRef -> WeakRef -> Bool

BoxedPtr WeakRef

Defined in GI.GObject.Structs.WeakRef

Methods

boxedPtrCopy :: WeakRef -> IO WeakRef

boxedPtrFree :: WeakRef -> IO ()

ManagedPtrNewtype WeakRef

Defined in GI.GObject.Structs.WeakRef

Methods

toManagedPtr :: WeakRef -> ManagedPtr WeakRef

Methods