gobject:type-class-peek-parent (class)

class -- a g:type-class instance to retrieve the parent class for

The parent class of class.

This is a convenience function often needed in class initializers. It returns the class intance of the immediate parent type of the class passed in. Since derived classes hold a reference count on their parent classes as long as they are instantiated, the returned class will always exist. This function is essentially equivalent to:

(g:type-class-peek (g:type-parent class))