[glib/gvariant] Add G_TYPE_VARIANT boxed type to libgobject

[Ryan Lortie <ryanl src gnome org>]

commit d64beb46376a62f3ee98eecb4d6599900a0562dc
Author: Ryan Lortie <desrt desrt ca>
Date:   Wed Apr 8 10:25:14 2009 -0400

    Add G_TYPE_VARIANT boxed type to libgobject
---
 docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt |    2 ++
 gobject/gboxed.c                            |   13 +++++++++++++
 gobject/gboxed.h                            |    9 +++++++++
 gobject/gobject.symbols                     |    1 +
 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt
index f0307dd..c4cc2b1 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ G_TYPE_DATE
 G_TYPE_GSTRING
 G_TYPE_STRV
 G_TYPE_REGEX
+G_TYPE_VARIANT
 GStrv
 
 <SUBSECTION Standard>
@@ -352,6 +353,7 @@ g_strv_get_type
 g_date_get_type
 g_hash_table_get_type
 g_regex_get_type
+g_variant_get_gtype
 </SECTION>
 
 <SECTION>
diff --git a/gobject/gboxed.c b/gobject/gboxed.c
index 8cdcd1e..f2ba73c 100644
--- a/gobject/gboxed.c
+++ b/gobject/gboxed.c
@@ -274,6 +274,19 @@ g_regex_get_type (void)
   return type_id;
 }
 
+GType
+g_variant_get_gtype (void)
+{
+  static GType type_id = 0;
+
+  if (!type_id)
+    type_id = g_boxed_type_register_static (g_intern_static_string ("GVariant"),
+					    (GBoxedCopyFunc) g_variant_ref,
+					    (GBoxedFreeFunc) g_variant_unref);
+
+  return type_id;
+}
+
 static void
 boxed_proxy_value_init (GValue *value)
 {
diff --git a/gobject/gboxed.h b/gobject/gboxed.h
index 75a5193..3c9a23f 100644
--- a/gobject/gboxed.h
+++ b/gobject/gboxed.h
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ GType	g_boxed_type_register_static		(const gchar	*name,
  * Since: 2.14
  */
 #define	G_TYPE_REGEX (g_regex_get_type ())
+/**
+ * G_TYPE_VARIANT:
+ * 
+ * The #GType for a boxed type holding a #GVariant reference.
+ * 
+ * Since: 2.14
+ */
+#define	G_TYPE_VARIANT (g_variant_get_gtype ())
 
 
 void    g_value_take_boxed      (GValue		*value,
@@ -177,6 +185,7 @@ GType	g_date_get_type	        (void)	G_GNUC_CONST;
 GType	g_strv_get_type	        (void)	G_GNUC_CONST;
 GType	g_gstring_get_type      (void)	G_GNUC_CONST;
 GType   g_hash_table_get_type   (void)  G_GNUC_CONST;
+GType   g_variant_get_gtype     (void)  G_GNUC_CONST;
 GType   g_regex_get_type        (void)  G_GNUC_CONST;
 
 /**
diff --git a/gobject/gobject.symbols b/gobject/gobject.symbols
index 7a98dc3..4a2aa99 100644
--- a/gobject/gobject.symbols
+++ b/gobject/gobject.symbols
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ g_gstring_get_type G_GNUC_CONST
 g_strv_get_type G_GNUC_CONST
 g_hash_table_get_type G_GNUC_CONST
 g_regex_get_type G_GNUC_CONST
+g_variant_get_gtype G_GNUC_CONST
 g_closure_get_type G_GNUC_CONST
 g_value_get_type G_GNUC_CONST
 g_value_array_get_type G_GNUC_CONST