This is a convenience function for using a #GHashTable as a set. It
is equivalent to calling g_hash_table_replace() with key
as both the
key and the value.
In particular, this means that if key
already exists in the hash table, then
the old copy of key
in the hash table is freed and key
replaces it in the
table.
When a hash table only ever contains keys that have themselves as the corresponding value it is able to be stored more efficiently. See the discussion in the section description.
Starting from GLib 2.40, this function returns a boolean value to indicate whether the newly added value was already in the hash table or not.
a #GHashTable
a key to insert
Checks if key
is in hash_table
.
a #GHashTable
a key to check
Destroys all keys and values in the #GHashTable and decrements its reference count by 1. If keys and/or values are dynamically allocated, you should either free them first or create the #GHashTable with destroy notifiers using g_hash_table_new_full(). In the latter case the destroy functions you supplied will be called on all keys and values during the destruction phase.
a #GHashTable
Inserts a new key and value into a #GHashTable.
If the key already exists in the #GHashTable its current
value is replaced with the new value. If you supplied a
value_destroy_func
when creating the #GHashTable, the old
value is freed using that function. If you supplied a
key_destroy_func
when creating the #GHashTable, the passed
key is freed using that function.
Starting from GLib 2.40, this function returns a boolean value to indicate whether the newly added value was already in the hash table or not.
a #GHashTable
a key to insert
the value to associate with the key
Looks up a key in a #GHashTable. Note that this function cannot distinguish between a key that is not present and one which is present and has the value %NULL. If you need this distinction, use g_hash_table_lookup_extended().
a #GHashTable
the key to look up
Looks up a key in the #GHashTable, returning the original key and the associated value and a #gboolean which is %TRUE if the key was found. This is useful if you need to free the memory allocated for the original key, for example before calling g_hash_table_remove().
You can actually pass %NULL for lookup_key
to test
whether the %NULL key exists, provided the hash and equal functions
of hash_table
are %NULL-safe.
a #GHashTable
the key to look up
Creates a new #GHashTable like g_hash_table_new_full() with a reference count of 1.
It inherits the hash function, the key equal function, the key destroy function,
as well as the value destroy function, from other_hash_table
.
The returned hash table will be empty; it will not contain the keys
or values from other_hash_table
.
Another #GHashTable
Removes a key and its associated value from a #GHashTable.
If the #GHashTable was created using g_hash_table_new_full(), the key and value are freed using the supplied destroy functions, otherwise you have to make sure that any dynamically allocated values are freed yourself.
a #GHashTable
the key to remove
Removes all keys and their associated values from a #GHashTable.
If the #GHashTable was created using g_hash_table_new_full(), the keys and values are freed using the supplied destroy functions, otherwise you have to make sure that any dynamically allocated values are freed yourself.
a #GHashTable
Inserts a new key and value into a #GHashTable similar to
g_hash_table_insert(). The difference is that if the key
already exists in the #GHashTable, it gets replaced by the
new key. If you supplied a value_destroy_func
when creating
the #GHashTable, the old value is freed using that function.
If you supplied a key_destroy_func
when creating the
#GHashTable, the old key is freed using that function.
Starting from GLib 2.40, this function returns a boolean value to indicate whether the newly added value was already in the hash table or not.
a #GHashTable
a key to insert
the value to associate with the key
Returns the number of elements contained in the #GHashTable.
a #GHashTable
Removes a key and its associated value from a #GHashTable without calling the key and value destroy functions.
a #GHashTable
the key to remove
Removes all keys and their associated values from a #GHashTable without calling the key and value destroy functions.
a #GHashTable
Looks up a key in the #GHashTable, stealing the original key and the associated value and returning %TRUE if the key was found. If the key was not found, %FALSE is returned.
If found, the stolen key and value are removed from the hash table without calling the key and value destroy functions, and ownership is transferred to the caller of this method; as with g_hash_table_steal().
You can pass %NULL for lookup_key,
provided the hash and equal functions
of hash_table
are %NULL-safe.
a #GHashTable
the key to look up
Atomically decrements the reference count of hash_table
by one.
If the reference count drops to 0, all keys and values will be
destroyed, and all memory allocated by the hash table is released.
This function is MT-safe and may be called from any thread.
a valid #GHashTable
The #GHashTable struct is an opaque data structure to represent a [Hash Table][glib-Hash-Tables]. It should only be accessed via the following functions.