## GConfChangeSet

GConfChangeSet — a set of configuration changes to be made.

## Synopsis

                        GConfChangeSet;
    void                (*GConfChangeSetForeachFunc)        (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfValue *value,
                                                             gpointer user_data);
    gboolean            gconf_engine_commit_change_set      (GConfEngine *conf,
                                                             GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             gboolean remove_committed,
                                                             GError **err);
    GConfChangeSet*     gconf_engine_reverse_change_set     (GConfEngine *conf,
                                                             GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             GError **err);
    GConfChangeSet*     gconf_engine_change_set_from_currentv
                                                            (GConfEngine *conf,
                                                             const gchar **keys,
                                                             GError **err);
    GConfChangeSet*     gconf_engine_change_set_from_current
                                                            (GConfEngine *conf,
                                                             GError **err,
                                                             const gchar *first_key,
                                                             ...);
    GConfChangeSet*     gconf_change_set_new                (void);
    void                gconf_change_set_ref                (GConfChangeSet *cs);
    void                gconf_change_set_unref              (GConfChangeSet *cs);
    void                gconf_change_set_clear              (GConfChangeSet *cs);
    guint               gconf_change_set_size               (GConfChangeSet *cs);
    void                gconf_change_set_remove             (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key);
    void                gconf_change_set_foreach            (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             GConfChangeSetForeachFunc func,
                                                             gpointer user_data);
    gboolean            gconf_change_set_check_value        (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfValue **value_retloc);
    void                gconf_change_set_set                (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfValue *value);
    void                gconf_change_set_set_nocopy         (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfValue *value);
    void                gconf_change_set_unset              (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key);
    void                gconf_change_set_set_float          (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             gdouble val);
    void                gconf_change_set_set_int            (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             gint val);
    void                gconf_change_set_set_string         (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             const gchar *val);
    void                gconf_change_set_set_bool           (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             gboolean val);
    void                gconf_change_set_set_schema         (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfSchema *val);
    void                gconf_change_set_set_list           (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfValueType list_type,
                                                             GSList *list);
    void                gconf_change_set_set_pair           (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfValueType car_type,
                                                             GConfValueType cdr_type,
                                                             gconstpointer address_of_car,
                                                             gconstpointer address_of_cdr);
    void                gconf_change_set_set_user_data      (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             gpointer data,
                                                             GDestroyNotify dnotify);
    gpointer            gconf_change_set_get_user_data      (GConfChangeSet *cs);

## Description

a GConfChangeSet allows you to collect a set of changes to configuration keys (set/unset operations). You can then commit all the changes at once. This is convenient for something like a preferences dialog; you can collect all the pending changes in a GConfChangeSet, then when the user clicks "apply" send them all to the configuration database. The GConfChangeSet allows you to avoid sending every preferences setting when "apply" is clicked; you only have to send the settings the user changed.

In the future, GConf may also have optimizations so that changing a group of values with GConfChangeSet is faster than calling `gconf_engine_set()` for each value. In the future, GConfChangeSet may also represent an atomic transaction, where all or none of the values are set; however, for now the operation is not atomic.

## Details

### GConfChangeSet

    typedef struct _GConfChangeSet GConfChangeSet;

An opaque data type representing a set of changes to be made. A change set can contain "set" and "unset" operations.

### GConfChangeSetForeachFunc ()

    void                (*GConfChangeSetForeachFunc)        (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfValue *value,
                                                             gpointer user_data);

The type of a function passed to `gconf_change_set_foreach()`. The `cs` argument is the GConfChangeSet you're iterating over. `key` is a key in the change set. `value` is the value the key will be set to, or NULL if the key will be unset. `user_data` is the user data passed to `gconf_change_set_foreach()`.

`cs` : | the GConfChangeSet being iterated over.
`key` : | the current key.
`value` : | the current value, or NULL.
`user_data` : | user data passed to `gconf_change_set_foreach()`.

### gconf_engine_commit_change_set ()

    gboolean            gconf_engine_commit_change_set      (GConfEngine *conf,
                                                             GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             gboolean remove_committed,
                                                             GError **err);

Applies the changes in the change set to the GConfEngine passed as the first argument. If `remove_committed` is TRUE, then any successfully-committed changes are removed from the change set. If `remove_committed` is FALSE, the GConfChangeSet is left unmodified.

If any set or unset operation results in an error, then processing terminates and the error is returned in `err` (unless `err` was NULL). If `remove_committed` was TRUE, then all the changes committed before the error occurred will have been removed from the set. If any error occurs, FALSE is returned.

`conf` : | a GConfEngine.
`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`remove_committed` : | whether to remove successfully-committed changes from the set
`err` : | the return location for an allocated GError, or NULL to ignore errors.
Returns : | TRUE on success, FALSE if an error occurs.

### gconf_engine_reverse_change_set ()

    GConfChangeSet*     gconf_engine_reverse_change_set     (GConfEngine *conf,
                                                             GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             GError **err);

Creates a change set that would reverse `cs`. That is, for each change in `cs`, save the current state of that key in the returned change set.

`conf` : | a GConfEngine.
`cs` : | the GConfChangeSet to be reverted.
`err` : | the return location for an allocated GError, or NULL to ignore errors.
Returns : | the modified GConfChangeSet.

### gconf_engine_change_set_from_currentv ()

    GConfChangeSet*     gconf_engine_change_set_from_currentv
                                                            (GConfEngine *conf,
                                                             const gchar **keys,
                                                             GError **err);

Creates a change set that will change the keys in NULLterminated array `keys` to their current state.

`conf` : | a GConfEngine.
`keys` : | NULLterminated array of key names.
`err` : | the return location for an allocated GError, or NULL to ignore errors.
Returns : | the newly allocated GConfChangeSet.

### gconf_engine_change_set_from_current ()

    GConfChangeSet*     gconf_engine_change_set_from_current
                                                            (GConfEngine *conf,
                                                             GError **err,
                                                             const gchar *first_key,
                                                             ...);

Convenient Varags version of `gconf_engine_change_set_from_current()`.

`conf` : | a GConfEngine.
`err` : | the return location for an allocated GError, or NULL to ignore errors.
`first_key` : | the first key, a char* value.
`...` : | the keys to be set.
Returns : | the newly allocated GConfChangeSet.

### gconf_change_set_new ()

    GConfChangeSet*     gconf_change_set_new                (void);

Creates a new, empty GConfChangeSet. The caller assumes one reference count, and must call `gconf_change_set_unref()` eventually.

Returns : | a new GConfChangeSet.

### gconf_change_set_ref ()

    void                gconf_change_set_ref                (GConfChangeSet *cs);

Increases the reference count of a GConfChangeSet by one.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.

### gconf_change_set_unref ()

    void                gconf_change_set_unref              (GConfChangeSet *cs);

Decreases the reference count of a GConfChangeSet by one. If the reference count reaches 0, destroys the GConfChangeSet.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.

### gconf_change_set_clear ()

    void                gconf_change_set_clear              (GConfChangeSet *cs);

Clears all changes from a GConfChangeSet, so that committing the change set would have no effect.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.

### gconf_change_set_size ()

    guint               gconf_change_set_size               (GConfChangeSet *cs);

Returns the size of the changeset, a guint value.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
Returns : | the size, a guint value.

### gconf_change_set_remove ()

    void                gconf_change_set_remove             (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key);

Removes a change from a GConfChangeSet. The key given as the `key` argument will not be modified if this change set is committed. If `key` is not in the change set, this function has no effect.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`key` : | key to remove from the change set.

### gconf_change_set_foreach ()

    void                gconf_change_set_foreach            (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             GConfChangeSetForeachFunc func,
                                                             gpointer user_data);

Iterates over a GConfChangeSet by calling a GConfChangeSetForeachFunc for each change in the set. See the description of GConfChangeSetForeachFunc for details. You may not call `gconf_change_set_remove()` during the iteration, because you'll confuse the internal data structures and cause memory corruption.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`func` : | function to call for each change in the change set.
`user_data` : | user data to pass to the GConfChangeSetForeachFunc.

### gconf_change_set_check_value ()

    gboolean            gconf_change_set_check_value        (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfValue **value_retloc);

Looks up the hash table associated with the GConfChangeSet for the key `key`. If the key is found , the value is set in value_retloc.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`key` : | the key to be searched in the changeset.
`value_retloc` : | a GConfValue ** to hold the key, if found.
Returns : | TRUE on finding the key, FALSE if key is not found.

### gconf_change_set_set ()

    void                gconf_change_set_set                (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfValue *value);

Adds a "set" operation to a change set. This function is similar to `gconf_engine_set()`, except that no errors can occur (errors occur later, when you try to commit the change set).

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`key` : | the key to change.
`value` : | the value to change the key to.

### gconf_change_set_set_nocopy ()

    void                gconf_change_set_set_nocopy         (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfValue *value);

Like `gconf_change_set_set()`, except that the GConfChangeSet takes ownership of the GConfValue. You should not use the value again. It will be destroyed when the change is removed from the GConfChangeSet, the change is modified, or the GConfChangeSet is destroyed.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`key` : | the key to change.
`value` : | the new value of `key`.

### gconf_change_set_unset ()

    void                gconf_change_set_unset              (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key);

Adds an "unset" operation to a GConfChangeSet. This function schedules a `gconf_engine_unset()`.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`key` : | the key to unset.

### gconf_change_set_set_float ()

    void                gconf_change_set_set_float          (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             gdouble val);

Adds a "set" operation; takes a gdouble argument, so you can avoid creating a GConfValue.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`key` : | the key to set.
`val` : | the new value of `key`.

### gconf_change_set_set_int ()

    void                gconf_change_set_set_int            (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             gint val);

Adds a "set" operation; takes a gint argument, so you can avoid creating a GConfValue.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`key` : | the key to set.
`val` : | the new value of `key`.

### gconf_change_set_set_string ()

    void                gconf_change_set_set_string         (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             const gchar *val);

Adds a "set" operation; takes a gchar* argument, so you can avoid creating a GConfValue.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`key` : | the key to set.
`val` : | the new value of `key`.

### gconf_change_set_set_bool ()

    void                gconf_change_set_set_bool           (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             gboolean val);

Adds a "set" operation; takes a gboolean argument, so you can avoid creating a GConfValue.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`key` : | the key to set.
`val` : | the new value of `key`.

### gconf_change_set_set_schema ()

    void                gconf_change_set_set_schema         (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfSchema *val);

Adds a "set" operation; takes a GConfSchema argument, so you can avoid creating a GConfValue. The schema is copied, `val` is left unmodified.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`key` : | the key to set.
`val` : | the new value of `key`.

### gconf_change_set_set_list ()

    void                gconf_change_set_set_list           (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfValueType list_type,
                                                             GSList *list);

Adds a "set" operation; takes a GList argument and the type of the list, so you can avoid creating a GConfValue. This results in the list of values being set for the key.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`key` : | the key to set.
`list_type` : | the type of the list.
`list` : | a GList containing the values to be set.

### gconf_change_set_set_pair ()

    void                gconf_change_set_set_pair           (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             const gchar *key,
                                                             GConfValueType car_type,
                                                             GConfValueType cdr_type,
                                                             gconstpointer address_of_car,
                                                             gconstpointer address_of_cdr);

Adds a "set" operation; takes a pointer to the addresses of the pair of values, so you can avoid creating a GConfValue. This results in the pair of values being set for the key.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`key` : | the key to set.
`car_type` : | the type of the pair's first field. (car)
`cdr_type` : | the type of the pair's second field. (cdr)
`address_of_car` : | address of the car.
`address_of_cdr` : | address of the cdr.

### gconf_change_set_set_user_data ()

    void                gconf_change_set_set_user_data      (GConfChangeSet *cs,
                                                             gpointer data,
                                                             GDestroyNotify dnotify);

Sets the user_data and the destroy notification function fields of the GConfChangeSet.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
`data` : | a gpointer.
`dnotify` : | a pointer to the function to be called during destroy.

### gconf_change_set_get_user_data ()

    gpointer            gconf_change_set_get_user_data      (GConfChangeSet *cs);

Returns the user_data field of the GConfChangeSet.

`cs` : | a GConfChangeSet.
Returns : | a pointer to the user_data.