gimpparasite

## gimpparasite gimpparasite — Arbitrary pieces of data which can be attached to various GIMP objects. |

## Functions

GimpParasite * | gimp_parasite_new ()
void | gimp_parasite_free ()
GimpParasite * | gimp_parasite_copy ()
gboolean | gimp_parasite_compare ()
gboolean | gimp_parasite_is_type ()
gboolean | gimp_parasite_is_persistent ()
gboolean | gimp_parasite_is_undoable ()
gboolean | gimp_parasite_has_flag ()
gulong | gimp_parasite_flags ()
const gchar * | gimp_parasite_name ()
gconstpointer | gimp_parasite_data ()
glong | gimp_parasite_data_size ()
#define | GIMP_IS_PARAM_SPEC_PARASITE()
GParamSpec * | gimp_param_spec_parasite ()
#define | GIMP_VALUE_HOLDS_PARASITE()

## Types and Values

| GimpParasite
#define | GIMP_PARASITE_PERSISTENT
#define | GIMP_PARASITE_UNDOABLE
#define | GIMP_PARASITE_ATTACH_PARENT
#define | GIMP_PARASITE_PARENT_PERSISTENT
#define | GIMP_PARASITE_PARENT_UNDOABLE
#define | GIMP_PARASITE_ATTACH_GRANDPARENT
#define | GIMP_PARASITE_GRANDPARENT_PERSISTENT
#define | GIMP_PARASITE_GRANDPARENT_UNDOABLE
#define | GIMP_TYPE_PARASITE
#define | GIMP_TYPE_PARAM_PARASITE

## Description

Arbitrary pieces of data which can be attached to various GIMP objects.

## Functions

### gimp_parasite_new ()

    GimpParasite *
    gimp_parasite_new (const gchar *name,
                       guint32 flags,
                       guint32 size,
                       gconstpointer data);

### gimp_parasite_free ()

    void
    gimp_parasite_free (GimpParasite *parasite);

### gimp_parasite_copy ()

    GimpParasite *
    gimp_parasite_copy (const GimpParasite *parasite);

### gimp_parasite_compare ()

    gboolean
    gimp_parasite_compare (const GimpParasite *a,
                           const GimpParasite *b);

### gimp_parasite_is_type ()

    gboolean
    gimp_parasite_is_type (const GimpParasite *parasite,
                           const gchar *name);

### gimp_parasite_is_persistent ()

    gboolean
    gimp_parasite_is_persistent (const GimpParasite *parasite);

### gimp_parasite_is_undoable ()

    gboolean
    gimp_parasite_is_undoable (const GimpParasite *parasite);

### gimp_parasite_has_flag ()

    gboolean
    gimp_parasite_has_flag (const GimpParasite *parasite,
                            gulong flag);

### gimp_parasite_flags ()

    gulong
    gimp_parasite_flags (const GimpParasite *parasite);

### gimp_parasite_name ()

    const gchar *
    gimp_parasite_name (const GimpParasite *parasite);

### gimp_parasite_data ()

    gconstpointer
    gimp_parasite_data (const GimpParasite *parasite);

### gimp_parasite_data_size ()

    glong
    gimp_parasite_data_size (const GimpParasite *parasite);

### GIMP_IS_PARAM_SPEC_PARASITE()

    #define GIMP_IS_PARAM_SPEC_PARASITE(pspec) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((pspec), GIMP_TYPE_PARAM_PARASITE))

### gimp_param_spec_parasite ()

    GParamSpec *
    gimp_param_spec_parasite (const gchar *name,
                              const gchar *nick,
                              const gchar *blurb,
                              GParamFlags flags);

### GIMP_VALUE_HOLDS_PARASITE()

    #define GIMP_VALUE_HOLDS_PARASITE(value) (G_TYPE_CHECK_VALUE_TYPE ((value), GIMP_TYPE_PARASITE))

## Types and Values

### GimpParasite

    typedef struct {
      gchar    *name;   /* The name of the parasite. USE A UNIQUE PREFIX! */
      guint32   flags;  /* save Parasite in XCF file, etc.                */
      guint32   size;   /* amount of data                                 */
      gpointer  data;   /* a pointer to the data.  plugin is              *
                         * responsible for tracking byte order            */
    } GimpParasite;

### GIMP_PARASITE_PERSISTENT

    #define GIMP_PARASITE_PERSISTENT 1

### GIMP_PARASITE_UNDOABLE

    #define GIMP_PARASITE_UNDOABLE   2

### GIMP_PARASITE_ATTACH_PARENT

    #define GIMP_PARASITE_ATTACH_PARENT     (0x80 << 8)

### GIMP_PARASITE_PARENT_PERSISTENT

    #define GIMP_PARASITE_PARENT_PERSISTENT (GIMP_PARASITE_PERSISTENT << 8)

### GIMP_PARASITE_PARENT_UNDOABLE

    #define GIMP_PARASITE_PARENT_UNDOABLE   (GIMP_PARASITE_UNDOABLE << 8)

### GIMP_PARASITE_ATTACH_GRANDPARENT

    #define GIMP_PARASITE_ATTACH_GRANDPARENT     (0x80 << 16)

### GIMP_PARASITE_GRANDPARENT_PERSISTENT

    #define GIMP_PARASITE_GRANDPARENT_PERSISTENT (GIMP_PARASITE_PERSISTENT << 16)

### GIMP_PARASITE_GRANDPARENT_UNDOABLE

    #define GIMP_PARASITE_GRANDPARENT_UNDOABLE   (GIMP_PARASITE_UNDOABLE << 16)

### GIMP_TYPE_PARASITE

    #define GIMP_TYPE_PARASITE               (gimp_parasite_get_type ())

### GIMP_TYPE_PARAM_PARASITE

    #define GIMP_TYPE_PARAM_PARASITE           (gimp_param_parasite_get_type ())

## See Also

gimp_image_parasite_attach(), `gimp_drawable_parasite_attach()`, `gimp_parasite_attach()` and their related functions.