Make xkl_engine_get_current_state() introspectable

Define boxed type for XklState and fix the return type transfer annotation.

Also add a small test to test_gi.py.

3 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libxklavier/xkl_engine.h b/libxklavier/xkl_engine.h
index 101350c..1421373 100644
--- a/libxklavier/xkl_engine.h
+++ b/libxklavier/xkl_engine.h
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ extern "C" {
 		guint32 indicators;
 	} XklState;
 
+#define XKL_TYPE_STATE (xkl_state_get_type())
+
+        GType xkl_state_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+
 /**
  *	The main Xklavier engine class
  */
@@ -326,7 +330,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * xkl_engine_get_current_state:
  * @engine: the engine
  *
- * Returns: current state of the keyboard.
+ * Returns: (transfer none): current state of the keyboard.
  * Returned value is a statically allocated buffer, should not be freed.
  */
 	extern XklState *xkl_engine_get_current_state(XklEngine * engine);
diff --git a/libxklavier/xklavier_util.c b/libxklavier/xklavier_util.c
index 578f408..0891726 100644
--- a/libxklavier/xklavier_util.c
+++ b/libxklavier/xklavier_util.c
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@
 #include "xklavier_private.h"
 
 XklState *
+_xkl_state_copy(XklState * state)
+{
+	XklState * copy;
+
+	copy = g_new(XklState, 1);
+	copy->group = state->group;
+	copy->indicators = state->indicators;
+
+	return copy;
+}
+
+G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (XklState, xkl_state, _xkl_state_copy, g_free);
+
+XklState *
 xkl_engine_get_current_state(XklEngine * engine)
 {
 	return &xkl_engine_priv(engine, curr_state);
diff --git a/tests/test_gi.py b/tests/test_gi.py
index 0602fbd..25867f5 100755
--- a/tests/test_gi.py
+++ b/tests/test_gi.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ print('indicator names:', engine.get_indicators_names())
 print('group names:', engine.get_groups_names())
 print('default layout:', engine.get_groups_names()[engine.get_default_group()])
 print('features: %X' % engine.get_features())
+st = engine.get_current_state()
+print('current state: group: %i, indicators: %u' % (st.group, st.indicators))
 
 # check ConfigItem ctor with data
 i = Xkl.ConfigItem()