Method

VipsObjectget_description

Declaration [src]

const char*
vips_object_get_description (
  VipsObject* object
)

Description [src]

Fetch the object description. Useful for language bindings.

object.description is only avaliable after _build(), which can be too late. This function fetches from the instance, if possible, but falls back to the class description if we are too early.

Gets property Vips.Object:description

Return value

Returns:	`const char*`
	The object description.
	The data is owned by the instance.
	The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.