Struct
GimpParasite
Description [src]
struct GimpParasite {
gchar* name;
guint32 flags;
guint32 size;
gpointer data;
}
Arbitrary pieces of data which can be attached to various GIMP objects.
Structure members
nameThe parasite name, USE A UNIQUE PREFIX.
flagsThe parasite flags, like save in XCF etc.
sizeThe parasite size in bytes.
dataThe parasite data, the owner os the parasite is responsible for tracking byte order and internal structure.
Constructors
gimp_parasite_new
Creates a new parasite and save data which may be a proper text (in
which case you may want to set size as strlen(data) + 1) or not.
Instance methods
gimp_parasite_get_data
Gets the parasite’s data. It may not necessarily be text, nor is it
guaranteed to be NULL-terminated. It is your responsibility to know
how to deal with this data.
Even when you expect a nul-terminated string, it is advised not to
assume the returned data to be, as parasites can be edited by third
party scripts. You may end up reading out-of-bounds data. So you
should only ignore num_bytes when you all you care about is checking
if the parasite has contents.