Virtual Method

IdeBuildSystemDiscoverydiscover

Declaration

gchar*
discover (
  IdeBuildSystemDiscovery* self,
  GFile* project_file,
  GCancellable* cancellable,
  gint* priority,
  GError** error
)

Description

This virtual method can be used to try to discover the build system to use for a particular project. This might be used in cases like Flatpak where the build system can be determined from the .json manifest rather than auto-discovery by locating project files.

Available since:3.32

Parameters

project_file GFile
 

A GFile containing the project file (a directory)

 The data is owned by the caller of the function.
cancellable GCancellable
 

A GCancellable or NULL.

 The argument can be NULL.
 The data is owned by the caller of the function.
priority gint*
 

A location for the priority.

 The argument will be set by the function.
 The called function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
error GError **
  The return location for a GError*, or NULL.

Return value

Returns: utf8
 

The hint for the build system, which should match what the build system returns from ide_build_system_get_id().

 The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
 The string is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.