GIRepository.Repository.get_c_prefix

### Method

# GIRepository Repositoryget_c_prefix

since: 2.80

#### Declaration [src]

    const char*
    gi_repository_get_c_prefix (
      GIRepository* repository,
      const char* namespace_
    )

#### Description [src]

This function returns the ‘C prefix’, or the C level namespace associated with the given introspection namespace.

Each C symbol starts with this prefix, as well each `GType` in the library.

Note: The namespace must have already been loaded using a function such as `gi_repository_require()` before calling this function.

Available since: 2.80

#### Parameters

`namespace_`

  Type: `const char*`

  Namespace to inspect.

  The data is owned by the caller of the method.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

#### Return value

Type: `const char*`

C namespace prefix, or `NULL` if none associated.

The returned data is owned by the instance.
The return value can be `NULL`.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.