ComboBox.h

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#ifndef _GTKUTIL_COMBOBOX_H_
#define _GTKUTIL_COMBOBOX_H_

#include <string>
#include <gtk/gtkcombobox.h>

namespace gtkutil
{

    class ComboBox
    {
        public:

            // Utility method to retrieve the currently selected text from a combo box
            // GTK requires the returned string to be freed to prevent memory leaks
            static std::string getActiveText (GtkComboBox* comboBox)
            {
                gchar* text = gtk_combo_box_get_active_text(comboBox);

                if (text != NULL) {
                    std::string returnValue(text);
                    g_free(text);
                    return returnValue;
                } else {
                    return "";
                }
            }
    };

} // namespace gtkutil

#endif /* _GTKUTIL_COMBOBOX_H_ */