Method
AppStreamMetadataparse_desktop_data
Declaration [src]
gboolean
as_metadata_parse_desktop_data (
  AsMetadata* metad,
  const gchar* cid,
  const gchar* data,
  gssize data_len,
  GError** error
)
Description [src]
Parses XDG Desktop Entry metadata and adds it to the list of parsed entities.
Please note that not every desktop-entry file will result in a valid component being generated, even if parsing succeeds without error (The desktiop-entry file may be valid but not generate a component on purpose).
Parameters
- cid
- 
            Type: const gchar*The component-id the new AsComponentshould have.The data is owned by the caller of the method. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. 
- data
- 
            Type: const gchar*Metadata describing one or more software components. The data is owned by the caller of the method. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. 
- data_len
- 
            Type: gssizeThe data length, or -1 if unknown and null-terminated. 
- error
- 
            Type: GError **The return location for a recoverable error. The argument can be NULL.If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to aNULLGError*.The argument will be left initialized to NULLby the method if there are no errors.In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.