Gnome2::GConf::Value

SYNOPSIS

  $client = Gnome2::GConf::Client->get_default;
  $client->set($config_key,
      {
        type  => 'string',
        value => 'Hello, World',
      });
  print "The Meaning of Life." if ($client->get($another_key)->{value} == 42);

DESCRIPTION

"GConfValue" is a dynamic type similar to "GValue", and represents a value that can be obtained from or stored in the configuration database; it contains the value bound to a key, and its type.

In perl, it's an hashref containing these keys:

type

The type of the data. Fundamental types are 'string', 'int', 'float' and 'bool'. Lists are handled by passing an arrayref as the payload of the "value" key:

        $client->set($key, { type => 'string', value => 'some string' });
        $client->set($key, { type => 'float',  value => 0.5           });
        $client->set($key, { type => 'bool',   value => FALSE         });
        $client->set($key, { type => 'int',    value => [0..15]       });

Pairs are handled by using the special type 'pair', and passing, in place of the "value" key, the "car" and the "cdr" keys, each containing an hashref representing a GConfValue:

        $client->set($key, {
                        type => 'pair',
                        car  => { type => 'string', value => 'some string' },
                        cdr  => { type => 'int',    value => 42            },
                });

This is needed since pairs might have different types; lists, instead, are of the same type.

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