[glib] binding: Add an explicit unbind()



commit a360b314aad5dcbc575948a401d22d47a36e4328
Author: Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gnome org>
Date:   Sun Apr 14 21:04:41 2013 +0100

    binding: Add an explicit unbind()
    
    Higher order languages with garbage collection can have issues releasing
    a binding, as they do not control the last reference being dropped on
    the binding, source, or target instances.
    
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698018

 docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt |    1 +
 gobject/gbinding.c                          |   89 ++++++++++++++++++---------
 gobject/gbinding.h                          |    2 +
 gobject/tests/binding.c                     |   32 ++++++++++
 4 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt
index d507f15..56d0e22 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt
@@ -935,6 +935,7 @@ g_binding_get_source_property
 g_binding_get_target
 g_binding_get_target_property
 g_binding_get_flags
+g_binding_release
 <SUBSECTION>
 g_object_bind_property
 GBindingTransformFunc
diff --git a/gobject/gbinding.c b/gobject/gbinding.c
index 3dbe616..714bb1c 100644
--- a/gobject/gbinding.c
+++ b/gobject/gbinding.c
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@
  * either one of the #GObject instances it refers to are finalized, or when
  * the #GBinding instance loses its last reference.
  *
+ * <note><para>Bindings for languages with garbage collection can use
+ * g_binding_unbind() to explicitly release a binding between the source
+ * and target properties, instead of relying on the last reference on the
+ * binding, source, and target instances to drop.</para></note>
+ *
  * #GBinding is available since GObject 2.26
  */
 
@@ -244,6 +249,8 @@ weak_unbind (gpointer  user_data,
 
       g_object_weak_unref (binding->source, weak_unbind, user_data);
       remove_binding_qdata (binding->source, binding);
+
+      binding->source_notify = 0;
       binding->source = NULL;
     }
 
@@ -257,6 +264,8 @@ weak_unbind (gpointer  user_data,
 
       g_object_weak_unref (binding->target, weak_unbind, user_data);
       remove_binding_qdata (binding->target, binding);
+
+      binding->target_notify = 0;
       binding->target = NULL;
     }
 
@@ -431,35 +440,7 @@ g_binding_finalize (GObject *gobject)
 {
   GBinding *binding = G_BINDING (gobject);
 
-  /* dispose of the transformation data */
-  if (binding->notify != NULL)
-    {
-      binding->notify (binding->transform_data);
-
-      binding->transform_data = NULL;
-      binding->notify = NULL;
-    }
-
-  /* we need this in case the source and target instance are still
-   * valid, and it was the GBinding that was unreferenced
-   */
-  if (binding->source != NULL)
-    {
-      if (binding->source_notify != 0)
-        g_signal_handler_disconnect (binding->source, binding->source_notify);
-
-      g_object_weak_unref (binding->source, weak_unbind, binding);
-      remove_binding_qdata (binding->source, binding);
-    }
-
-  if (binding->target != NULL)
-    {
-      if (binding->target_notify != 0)
-        g_signal_handler_disconnect (binding->target, binding->target_notify);
-
-      g_object_weak_unref (binding->target, weak_unbind, binding);
-      remove_binding_qdata (binding->target, binding);
-    }
+  g_binding_unbind (binding);
 
   G_OBJECT_CLASS (g_binding_parent_class)->finalize (gobject);
 }
@@ -772,6 +753,56 @@ g_binding_get_target_property (GBinding *binding)
 }
 
 /**
+ * g_binding_unbind:
+ * @binding: a #GBinding
+ *
+ * Explicitly releases the binding between the source and the target
+ * property expressed by @binding.
+ *
+ * This function does not change the reference count of @binding.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.38
+ */
+void
+g_binding_unbind (GBinding *binding)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (G_IS_BINDING (binding));
+
+  /* dispose of the transformation data */
+  if (binding->notify != NULL)
+    {
+      binding->notify (binding->transform_data);
+
+      binding->transform_data = NULL;
+      binding->notify = NULL;
+    }
+
+  if (binding->source != NULL)
+    {
+      if (binding->source_notify != 0)
+        g_signal_handler_disconnect (binding->source, binding->source_notify);
+
+      g_object_weak_unref (binding->source, weak_unbind, binding);
+      remove_binding_qdata (binding->source, binding);
+
+      binding->source_notify = 0;
+      binding->source = NULL;
+    }
+
+  if (binding->target != NULL)
+    {
+      if (binding->target_notify != 0)
+        g_signal_handler_disconnect (binding->target, binding->target_notify);
+
+      g_object_weak_unref (binding->target, weak_unbind, binding);
+      remove_binding_qdata (binding->target, binding);
+
+      binding->target_notify = 0;
+      binding->target = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
  * g_object_bind_property_full:
  * @source: (type GObject.Object): the source #GObject
  * @source_property: the property on @source to bind
diff --git a/gobject/gbinding.h b/gobject/gbinding.h
index ebb329c..e49ad6d 100644
--- a/gobject/gbinding.h
+++ b/gobject/gbinding.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 const gchar *         g_binding_get_source_property (GBinding *binding);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 const gchar *         g_binding_get_target_property (GBinding *binding);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_38
+void                  g_binding_unbind              (GBinding *binding);
 
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 GBinding *g_object_bind_property               (gpointer               source,
diff --git a/gobject/tests/binding.c b/gobject/tests/binding.c
index b6dcdbb..7f7121e 100644
--- a/gobject/tests/binding.c
+++ b/gobject/tests/binding.c
@@ -570,6 +570,37 @@ binding_same_object (void)
   g_object_unref (source);
 }
 
+static void
+binding_unbind (void)
+{
+  BindingSource *source = g_object_new (binding_source_get_type (), NULL);
+  BindingTarget *target = g_object_new (binding_target_get_type (), NULL);
+  GBinding *binding;
+
+  binding = g_object_bind_property (source, "foo",
+                                    target, "bar",
+                                    G_BINDING_DEFAULT);
+  g_object_add_weak_pointer (G_OBJECT (binding), (gpointer *) &binding);
+
+
+  g_object_set (source, "foo", 42, NULL);
+  g_assert_cmpint (source->foo, ==, target->bar);
+
+  g_object_set (target, "bar", 47, NULL);
+  g_assert_cmpint (source->foo, !=, target->bar);
+
+  g_binding_unbind (binding);
+  g_assert (binding != NULL);
+
+  g_object_set (source, "foo", 0, NULL);
+  g_assert_cmpint (source->foo, !=, target->bar);
+
+  g_object_unref (source);
+  g_object_unref (target);
+  g_object_unref (binding);
+  g_assert (binding == NULL);
+}
+
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -586,6 +617,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   g_test_add_func ("/binding/sync-create", binding_sync_create);
   g_test_add_func ("/binding/invert-boolean", binding_invert_boolean);
   g_test_add_func ("/binding/same-object", binding_same_object);
+  g_test_add_func ("/binding/unbind", binding_unbind);
 
   return g_test_run ();
 }


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