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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="GPermission.top_of_page"></a>GPermission</span></h2>
<p>GPermission — An object representing the permission
to perform a certain action</p>
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<a name="GPermission.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<col class="functions_name">
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<td class="function_type">
<a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-get-allowed" title="g_permission_get_allowed ()">g_permission_get_allowed</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-get-can-acquire" title="g_permission_get_can_acquire ()">g_permission_get_can_acquire</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
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<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-get-can-release" title="g_permission_get_can_release ()">g_permission_get_can_release</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-acquire" title="g_permission_acquire ()">g_permission_acquire</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-acquire-async" title="g_permission_acquire_async ()">g_permission_acquire_async</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
</td>
<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-acquire-finish" title="g_permission_acquire_finish ()">g_permission_acquire_finish</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-release" title="g_permission_release ()">g_permission_release</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
</td>
<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-release-async" title="g_permission_release_async ()">g_permission_release_async</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-release-finish" title="g_permission_release_finish ()">g_permission_release_finish</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-impl-update" title="g_permission_impl_update ()">g_permission_impl_update</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a name="GPermission.properties"></a><h2>Properties</h2>
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<col width="150px" class="properties_type">
<col width="300px" class="properties_name">
<col width="200px" class="properties_flags">
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<td class="property_type"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a></td>
<td class="property_name"><a class="link" href="GPermission.html#GPermission--allowed" title="The “allowed” property">allowed</a></td>
<td class="property_flags">Read</td>
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<td class="property_type"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a></td>
<td class="property_name"><a class="link" href="GPermission.html#GPermission--can-acquire" title="The “can-acquire” property">can-acquire</a></td>
<td class="property_flags">Read</td>
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<td class="property_type"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a></td>
<td class="property_name"><a class="link" href="GPermission.html#GPermission--can-release" title="The “can-release” property">can-release</a></td>
<td class="property_flags">Read</td>
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<a name="GPermission.other"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
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<td class="datatype_keyword"> </td>
<td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="GPermission.html#GPermission-struct" title="GPermission">GPermission</a></td>
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<a name="GPermission.object-hierarchy"></a><h2>Object Hierarchy</h2>
<pre class="screen"> <a href="../gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html#GObject-struct">GObject</a>
<span class="lineart">╰──</span> GPermission
<span class="lineart">╰──</span> <a class="link" href="GSimplePermission.html" title="GSimplePermission">GSimplePermission</a>
</pre>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="GPermission.includes"></a><h2>Includes</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">#include &lt;gio/gio.h&gt;
</pre>
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<a name="GPermission.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>A <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> represents the status of the caller's permission to
perform a certain action.</p>
<p>You can query if the action is currently allowed and if it is
possible to acquire the permission so that the action will be allowed
in the future.</p>
<p>There is also an API to actually acquire the permission and one to
release it.</p>
<p>As an example, a <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> might represent the ability for the
user to write to a <a class="link" href="GSettings.html" title="GSettings"><span class="type">GSettings</span></a> object. This <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> object could
then be used to decide if it is appropriate to show a "Click here to
unlock" button in a dialog and to provide the mechanism to invoke
when that button is clicked.</p>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="GPermission.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a name="g-permission-get-allowed"></a><h3>g_permission_get_allowed ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
g_permission_get_allowed (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> *permission</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Gets the value of the 'allowed' property. This property is <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if
the caller currently has permission to perform the action that
<em class="parameter"><code>permission</code></em>
represents the permission to perform.</p>
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<a name="g-permission-get-allowed.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>permission</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> instance</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<a name="g-permission-get-allowed.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> the value of the 'allowed' property</p>
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<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
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<a name="g-permission-get-can-acquire"></a><h3>g_permission_get_can_acquire ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
g_permission_get_can_acquire (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> *permission</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Gets the value of the 'can-acquire' property. This property is <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a>
if it is generally possible to acquire the permission by calling
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-acquire" title="g_permission_acquire ()"><code class="function">g_permission_acquire()</code></a>.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-get-can-acquire.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>permission</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> instance</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-get-can-acquire.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> the value of the 'can-acquire' property</p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
</div>
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<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-permission-get-can-release"></a><h3>g_permission_get_can_release ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
g_permission_get_can_release (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> *permission</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Gets the value of the 'can-release' property. This property is <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a>
if it is generally possible to release the permission by calling
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-release" title="g_permission_release ()"><code class="function">g_permission_release()</code></a>.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-get-can-release.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>permission</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> instance</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-get-can-release.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> the value of the 'can-release' property</p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
</div>
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<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-permission-acquire"></a><h3>g_permission_acquire ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
g_permission_acquire (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> *permission</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GCancellable.html" title="GCancellable"><span class="type">GCancellable</span></a> *cancellable</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Attempts to acquire the permission represented by <em class="parameter"><code>permission</code></em>
.</p>
<p>The precise method by which this happens depends on the permission
and the underlying authentication mechanism. A simple example is
that a dialog may appear asking the user to enter their password.</p>
<p>You should check with <a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-get-can-acquire" title="g_permission_get_can_acquire ()"><code class="function">g_permission_get_can_acquire()</code></a> before calling
this function.</p>
<p>If the permission is acquired then <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> is returned. Otherwise,
<a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> is returned and <em class="parameter"><code>error</code></em>
is set appropriately.</p>
<p>This call is blocking, likely for a very long time (in the case that
user interaction is required). See <a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-acquire-async" title="g_permission_acquire_async ()"><code class="function">g_permission_acquire_async()</code></a> for
the non-blocking version.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-acquire.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>permission</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> instance</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>cancellable</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> a <a class="link" href="GCancellable.html" title="GCancellable"><span class="type">GCancellable</span></a>, or <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="NULL is OK, both for passing and for returning."><span class="acronym">allow-none</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>error</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a pointer to a <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> <a href="../glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a>, or <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-acquire.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the permission was successfully acquired</p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-permission-acquire-async"></a><h3>g_permission_acquire_async ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
g_permission_acquire_async (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> *permission</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GCancellable.html" title="GCancellable"><span class="type">GCancellable</span></a> *cancellable</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GAsyncResult.html#GAsyncReadyCallback" title="GAsyncReadyCallback ()"><span class="type">GAsyncReadyCallback</span></a> callback</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> user_data</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Attempts to acquire the permission represented by <em class="parameter"><code>permission</code></em>
.</p>
<p>This is the first half of the asynchronous version of
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-acquire" title="g_permission_acquire ()"><code class="function">g_permission_acquire()</code></a>.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-acquire-async.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>permission</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> instance</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>cancellable</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> a <a class="link" href="GCancellable.html" title="GCancellable"><span class="type">GCancellable</span></a>, or <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="NULL is OK, both for passing and for returning."><span class="acronym">allow-none</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>callback</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the <a class="link" href="GAsyncResult.html#GAsyncReadyCallback" title="GAsyncReadyCallback ()"><span class="type">GAsyncReadyCallback</span></a> to call when done</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>user_data</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the user data to pass to <em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em>
</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-permission-acquire-finish"></a><h3>g_permission_acquire_finish ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
g_permission_acquire_finish (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> *permission</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GAsyncResult.html" title="GAsyncResult"><span class="type">GAsyncResult</span></a> *result</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Collects the result of attempting to acquire the permission
represented by <em class="parameter"><code>permission</code></em>
.</p>
<p>This is the second half of the asynchronous version of
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-acquire" title="g_permission_acquire ()"><code class="function">g_permission_acquire()</code></a>.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-acquire-finish.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>permission</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> instance</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>result</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the <a class="link" href="GAsyncResult.html" title="GAsyncResult"><span class="type">GAsyncResult</span></a> given to the <a class="link" href="GAsyncResult.html#GAsyncReadyCallback" title="GAsyncReadyCallback ()"><span class="type">GAsyncReadyCallback</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>error</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a pointer to a <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> <a href="../glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a>, or <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-acquire-finish.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the permission was successfully acquired</p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-permission-release"></a><h3>g_permission_release ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
g_permission_release (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> *permission</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GCancellable.html" title="GCancellable"><span class="type">GCancellable</span></a> *cancellable</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Attempts to release the permission represented by <em class="parameter"><code>permission</code></em>
.</p>
<p>The precise method by which this happens depends on the permission
and the underlying authentication mechanism. In most cases the
permission will be dropped immediately without further action.</p>
<p>You should check with <a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-get-can-release" title="g_permission_get_can_release ()"><code class="function">g_permission_get_can_release()</code></a> before calling
this function.</p>
<p>If the permission is released then <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> is returned. Otherwise,
<a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> is returned and <em class="parameter"><code>error</code></em>
is set appropriately.</p>
<p>This call is blocking, likely for a very long time (in the case that
user interaction is required). See <a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-release-async" title="g_permission_release_async ()"><code class="function">g_permission_release_async()</code></a> for
the non-blocking version.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-release.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>permission</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> instance</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>cancellable</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> a <a class="link" href="GCancellable.html" title="GCancellable"><span class="type">GCancellable</span></a>, or <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="NULL is OK, both for passing and for returning."><span class="acronym">allow-none</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>error</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a pointer to a <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> <a href="../glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a>, or <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-release.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the permission was successfully released</p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-permission-release-async"></a><h3>g_permission_release_async ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
g_permission_release_async (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> *permission</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GCancellable.html" title="GCancellable"><span class="type">GCancellable</span></a> *cancellable</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GAsyncResult.html#GAsyncReadyCallback" title="GAsyncReadyCallback ()"><span class="type">GAsyncReadyCallback</span></a> callback</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> user_data</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Attempts to release the permission represented by <em class="parameter"><code>permission</code></em>
.</p>
<p>This is the first half of the asynchronous version of
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-release" title="g_permission_release ()"><code class="function">g_permission_release()</code></a>.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-release-async.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>permission</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> instance</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>cancellable</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p> a <a class="link" href="GCancellable.html" title="GCancellable"><span class="type">GCancellable</span></a>, or <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>. </p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="NULL is OK, both for passing and for returning."><span class="acronym">allow-none</span></acronym>]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>callback</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the <a class="link" href="GAsyncResult.html#GAsyncReadyCallback" title="GAsyncReadyCallback ()"><span class="type">GAsyncReadyCallback</span></a> to call when done</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>user_data</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the user data to pass to <em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em>
</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-permission-release-finish"></a><h3>g_permission_release_finish ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
g_permission_release_finish (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> *permission</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GAsyncResult.html" title="GAsyncResult"><span class="type">GAsyncResult</span></a> *result</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Collects the result of attempting to release the permission
represented by <em class="parameter"><code>permission</code></em>
.</p>
<p>This is the second half of the asynchronous version of
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-release" title="g_permission_release ()"><code class="function">g_permission_release()</code></a>.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-release-finish.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>permission</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> instance</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>result</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the <a class="link" href="GAsyncResult.html" title="GAsyncResult"><span class="type">GAsyncResult</span></a> given to the <a class="link" href="GAsyncResult.html#GAsyncReadyCallback" title="GAsyncReadyCallback ()"><span class="type">GAsyncReadyCallback</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>error</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a pointer to a <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> <a href="../glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a>, or <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-release-finish.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> <a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the permission was successfully released</p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="g-permission-impl-update"></a><h3>g_permission_impl_update ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
g_permission_impl_update (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> *permission</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> allowed</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> can_acquire</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> can_release</code></em>);</pre>
<p>This function is called by the <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> implementation to update
the properties of the permission. You should never call this
function except from a <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> implementation.</p>
<p>GObject notify signals are generated, as appropriate.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="g-permission-impl-update.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>permission</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> instance</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>allowed</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the new value for the 'allowed' property</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>can_acquire</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the new value for the 'can-acquire' property</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>can_release</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the new value for the 'can-release' property</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: <a class="link" href="api-index-2-26.html#api-index-2.26">2.26</a></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="refsect1">
<a name="GPermission.other_details"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GPermission-struct"></a><h3>GPermission</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef struct _GPermission GPermission;</pre>
<p><a class="link" href="GPermission.html" title="GPermission"><span class="type">GPermission</span></a> is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed
using the following functions.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="refsect1">
<a name="GPermission.property-details"></a><h2>Property Details</h2>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GPermission--allowed"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">“allowed”</code> property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"> “allowed” <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a></pre>
<p><a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the caller currently has permission to perform the action that
<em class="parameter"><code>permission</code></em>
represents the permission to perform.</p>
<p>Flags: Read</p>
<p>Default value: FALSE</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GPermission--can-acquire"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">“can-acquire”</code> property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"> “can-acquire” <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a></pre>
<p><a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if it is generally possible to acquire the permission by calling
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-acquire" title="g_permission_acquire ()"><code class="function">g_permission_acquire()</code></a>.</p>
<p>Flags: Read</p>
<p>Default value: FALSE</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GPermission--can-release"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">“can-release”</code> property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"> “can-release” <a href="../glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a></pre>
<p><a href="../glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if it is generally possible to release the permission by calling
<a class="link" href="GPermission.html#g-permission-release" title="g_permission_release ()"><code class="function">g_permission_release()</code></a>.</p>
<p>Flags: Read</p>
<p>Default value: FALSE</p>
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