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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
    "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">

<refentry id="class-gioicon">
    <refnamediv>
        <refname>gio.Icon</refname>
        <refpurpose>Interface for icons.</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Synopsis</title>

    <classsynopsis language="python">
        <ooclass><classname>gio.Icon</classname></ooclass>
        <ooclass><classname><link linkend="class-gobjectginterface">gobject.GInterface</link></classname></ooclass>

    <methodsynopsis language="python">
        <methodname><link linkend="method-gioicon--equal">equal</link></methodname>
        <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">icon2</parameter></methodparam>
    </methodsynopsis>
    
    </classsynopsis>

    </refsect1>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Ancestry</title>

<synopsis>+-- <link linkend="class-gobjectginterface">gobject.GInterface</link>
  +-- <link linkend="class-gioicon">gio.Icon</link>
</synopsis>

    </refsect1>
    
    <refsect1>
	<title>Known Derived Interfaces</title>
        <para>
            <link linkend="class-gioicon"><classname>gio.Icon</classname></link> is required by
            <link linkend="class-gioloadableicon"><classname>gio.LoadableIcon</classname></link>.
        </para>
    </refsect1>
    
    <refsect1>
	<title>Known Implementation</title>
        <para>
            <link linkend="class-gioicon"><classname>gio.Icon</classname></link> is implemented by
            <link linkend="class-giothemedicon"><classname>gio.ThemedIcon</classname></link>,
            <link linkend="class-giofileicon"><classname>gio.FileIcon</classname></link>,
            <link linkend="class-gioemblem"><classname>gio.Emblem</classname></link>,
            <link linkend="class-gioemblemedicon"><classname>gio.EmblemedIcon</classname></link>.
        </para>
    </refsect1>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Description</title>

        <para>
            <link linkend="class-gioicon"><classname>gio.Icon</classname></link>
            is a very minimal interface for icons. It provides functions for checking
            the equality of two icons, hashing of icons and serializing an icon to and from strings. 
        </para>
        <para>
            <link linkend="class-gioicon"><classname>gio.Icon</classname></link>
            does not provide the actual pixmap for the icon as this is out of GIO's
            scope, however implementations of
            <link linkend="class-gioicon"><classname>gio.Icon</classname></link>
            may contain the name of an icon (see
            <link linkend="class-giothemedicon"><classname>gio.ThemedIcon</classname></link>),
            or the path to an icon (see
            <link linkend="class-gioloadableicon"><classname>gio.LoadableIcon</classname></link>).
        </para>
        <!--
        <para>
            To obtain a hash of a <link linkend="class-gioicon"><classname>gio.Icon</classname></link>, see
            <methodname><link linkend="method-gioicon- -hash">gio.Icon.hash</link></methodname>().
        </para>
        -->
        <para>
            To check if two GIcons are equal, see
            <methodname><link linkend="method-gioicon--equal">gio.Icon.equal</link></methodname>().
        </para>
        <!--
        <para>
            For serializing a <link linkend="class-gioicon"><classname>gio.Icon</classname></link>,
            use <methodname><link linkend="method-gioicon- -to-string">gio.Icon.to_string</link></methodname>() and
            <methodname><link linkend="method-gioicon- -new-from-string">gio.Icon.new_from_string</link></methodname>(). 
        </para>
        <para>
            If your application or library provides one or more
            <link linkend="class-gioicon"><classname>gio.Icon</classname></link>
            implementations you need to ensure that each GType is registered
            with the type system prior to calling
            <methodname><link linkend="method-gioicon- -new-from-string">gio.Icon.new_from_string</link></methodname>(). 
        </para>
        -->
    </refsect1>

    <refsect1>
        <title>Methods</title>

        <refsect2 id="method-gioicon--equal">
            <title>gio.Icon.equal</title>

            <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
                <methodname>equal</methodname>
                <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">icon2</parameter></methodparam>
            </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
            
            <variablelist>
                <varlistentry>
                    <term><parameter>icon2</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
                    <listitem><simpara>the second
                    <link linkend="class-gioicon"><classname>gio.Icon</classname></link>
                    </simpara></listitem>
                </varlistentry>
            </variablelist>
    
            <para>
                The <methodname>equal</methodname>() method checks if two icons are equal.
            </para>
        </refsect2>
    </refsect1>
</refentry>