Method

VipsObjectget_description

Declaration [src] 

const char*
vips_object_get_description (
  VipsObject* object
)

Description [src]

Fetch the object description. Useful for language bindings.

VipsObject:description is only available 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 propertyVips.Object:description

Return value

Type: const char*

The object description.

The returned data is owned by the instance.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.