### Method

# GIRepository FunctionInfo invoke

since: 2.80

#### Declaration

    gboolean
    gi_function_info_invoke (
      GIFunctionInfo* info,
      const GIArgument* in_args,
      size_t n_in_args,
      GIArgument* out_args,
      size_t n_out_args,
      GIArgument* return_value,
      GError** error
    )

#### Description

Invokes the function described in `info` with the given arguments.

Note that ‘inout’ parameters must appear in both argument lists. This function uses `dlsym()` to obtain a pointer to the function, so the library or shared object containing the described function must either be linked to the caller, or must have been loaded with `g_module_symbol()` before calling this function.

Available since: 2.80

This method is not directly available to language bindings.

#### Parameters

`in_args`

  Type: An array of `GIArgument`

  An array of `GIArgument`s, one for each ‘in’ parameter of `info`. If there are no ‘in’ parameters, `in_args` can be `NULL`.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The length of the array is specified in the `n_in_args` argument.
  The data is owned by the caller of the method.

`n_in_args`

  Type: `size_t`

  The length of the `in_args` array.

`out_args`

  Type: An array of `GIArgument`

  An array of `GIArgument`s, one for each ‘out’ parameter of `info`. If there are no ‘out’ parameters, `out_args` may be `NULL`.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The length of the array is specified in the `n_out_args` argument.
  The data is owned by the caller of the method.

`n_out_args`

  Type: `size_t`

  The length of the `out_args` array.

`return_value`

  Type: `GIArgument`

  Return location for the return value of the function.

  The argument will be set by the function.
  The data is owned by the instance.

`error`

  Type: `GError **`

  The return location for a recoverable error.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  If the return location is not `NULL`, then you must initialize it to a `NULL` `GError*`.
  The argument will be left initialized to `NULL` by the method if there are no errors.
  In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated `GError`; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

#### Return value

Type: `gboolean`

`TRUE` if the function has been invoked, `FALSE` if an error occurred.