Allison Karlitskaya authored Jan 18, 2013 and Matthias Clasen committed Jan 19, 2013

_gio_module_get_default() is a very convenient function for modules
implementing a singleton -- it finds the default module by priority
subject to override by a given environment variable name, instantiates
it, and caches the instance for future calls.  It also has the ability
to query instances for being 'active' using a callback.

It doesn't work very well for non-singletons (like file monitors).

Add a new function _gio_module_get_default_type() that skips the
instantiation, returning the GType instead.  As a replacement for the
'active' callback, a vtable offset can be given for a virtual function
to use to query if a particular backend is supported.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592211