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 * Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3
 *
 * This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the license, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
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 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

// generated automatically - do not change


module gio.AsyncResultIF;

private import gi.gio;
public  import gi.giotypes;
private import glib.ErrorG;
private import glib.GException;
private import gobject.ObjectG;


/**
 * Provides a base class for implementing asynchronous function results.
 * 
 * Asynchronous operations are broken up into two separate operations
 * which are chained together by a #GAsyncReadyCallback. To begin
 * an asynchronous operation, provide a #GAsyncReadyCallback to the
 * asynchronous function. This callback will be triggered when the
 * operation has completed, and will be passed a #GAsyncResult instance
 * filled with the details of the operation's success or failure, the
 * object the asynchronous function was started for and any error codes
 * returned. The asynchronous callback function is then expected to call
 * the corresponding "_finish()" function, passing the object the
 * function was called for, the #GAsyncResult instance, and (optionally)
 * an @error to grab any error conditions that may have occurred.
 * 
 * The "_finish()" function for an operation takes the generic result
 * (of type #GAsyncResult) and returns the specific result that the
 * operation in question yields (e.g. a #GFileEnumerator for a
 * "enumerate children" operation). If the result or error status of the
 * operation is not needed, there is no need to call the "_finish()"
 * function; GIO will take care of cleaning up the result and error
 * information after the #GAsyncReadyCallback returns. You can pass
 * %NULL for the #GAsyncReadyCallback if you don't need to take any
 * action at all after the operation completes. Applications may also
 * take a reference to the #GAsyncResult and call "_finish()" later;
 * however, the "_finish()" function may be called at most once.
 * 
 * Example of a typical asynchronous operation flow:
 * |[<!-- language="C" -->
 * void _theoretical_frobnitz_async (Theoretical         *t,
 * GCancellable        *c,
 * GAsyncReadyCallback  cb,
 * gpointer             u);
 * 
 * gboolean _theoretical_frobnitz_finish (Theoretical   *t,
 * GAsyncResult  *res,
 * GError       **e);
 * 
 * static void
 * frobnitz_result_func (GObject      *source_object,
 * GAsyncResult *res,
 * gpointer      user_data)
 * {
 * gboolean success = FALSE;
 * 
 * success = _theoretical_frobnitz_finish (source_object, res, NULL);
 * 
 * if (success)
 * g_printf ("Hurray!\n");
 * else
 * g_printf ("Uh oh!\n");
 * 
 * ...
 * 
 * }
 * 
 * int main (int argc, void *argv[])
 * {
 * ...
 * 
 * _theoretical_frobnitz_async (theoretical_data,
 * NULL,
 * frobnitz_result_func,
 * NULL);
 * 
 * ...
 * }
 * ]|
 * 
 * The callback for an asynchronous operation is called only once, and is
 * always called, even in the case of a cancelled operation. On cancellation
 * the result is a %G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED error.
 * 
 * ## I/O Priority # {#io-priority}
 * 
 * Many I/O-related asynchronous operations have a priority parameter,
 * which is used in certain cases to determine the order in which
 * operations are executed. They are not used to determine system-wide
 * I/O scheduling. Priorities are integers, with lower numbers indicating
 * higher priority. It is recommended to choose priorities between
 * %G_PRIORITY_LOW and %G_PRIORITY_HIGH, with %G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT
 * as a default.
 */
public interface AsyncResultIF{
	/** Get the main Gtk struct */
	public GAsyncResult* getAsyncResultStruct();

	/** the main Gtk struct as a void* */
	protected void* getStruct();


	/**
	 * Gets the source object from a #GAsyncResult.
	 *
	 * Returns: a new reference to the source object for the @res,
	 *     or %NULL if there is none.
	 */
	public ObjectG getSourceObject();

	/**
	 * Gets the user data from a #GAsyncResult.
	 *
	 * Returns: the user data for @res.
	 */
	public void* getUserData();

	/**
	 * Checks if @res has the given @source_tag (generally a function
	 * pointer indicating the function @res was created by).
	 *
	 * Params:
	 *     sourceTag = an application-defined tag
	 *
	 * Returns: %TRUE if @res has the indicated @source_tag, %FALSE if
	 *     not.
	 *
	 * Since: 2.34
	 */
	public bool isTagged(void* sourceTag);

	/**
	 * If @res is a #GSimpleAsyncResult, this is equivalent to
	 * g_simple_async_result_propagate_error(). Otherwise it returns
	 * %FALSE.
	 *
	 * This can be used for legacy error handling in async *_finish()
	 * wrapper functions that traditionally handled #GSimpleAsyncResult
	 * error returns themselves rather than calling into the virtual method.
	 * This should not be used in new code; #GAsyncResult errors that are
	 * set by virtual methods should also be extracted by virtual methods,
	 * to enable subclasses to chain up correctly.
	 *
	 * Returns: %TRUE if @error is has been filled in with an error from
	 *     @res, %FALSE if not.
	 *
	 * Since: 2.34
	 *
	 * Throws: GException on failure.
	 */
	public bool legacyPropagateError();
}