Annotation Glossary

A

allow-none

NULL is OK, both for passing and for returning.

E

element-type

Generics and defining elements of containers and arrays.

O

out

Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full.

T

transfer container

The caller owns the data container, but not the data inside it.

transfer full

The caller owns the data, and is responsible for free it.

transfer none

The data is owned by the callee, which is responsible of freeing it.