import gobject class PyGObject(gobject.GObject): __gtype_name__ = 'PyGObject' __gproperties__ = { 'label': (gobject.TYPE_STRING, 'label property', 'the label of the object', 'default', gobject.PARAM_READWRITE), } def __init__(self): self._props = {} gobject.GObject.__init__(self) self.set_property('label', 'hello') def do_set_property(self, name, value): self._props[name] = value def do_get_property(self, name): return self._props[name]