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.. _class_GDNative:

GDNative
========

**Inherits:** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`



Properties
----------

+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`GDNativeLibrary<class_GDNativeLibrary>` | :ref:`library<class_GDNative_property_library>` |
+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+

Methods
-------

+-------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`Variant<class_Variant>` | :ref:`call_native<class_GDNative_method_call_native>` **(** :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>` calling_type, :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>` procedure_name, :ref:`Array<class_Array>` arguments **)** |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`bool<class_bool>`       | :ref:`initialize<class_GDNative_method_initialize>` **(** **)**                                                                                                                                             |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`bool<class_bool>`       | :ref:`terminate<class_GDNative_method_terminate>` **(** **)**                                                                                                                                               |
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Property Descriptions
---------------------

.. _class_GDNative_property_library:

- :ref:`GDNativeLibrary<class_GDNativeLibrary>` **library**

+----------+--------------------+
| *Setter* | set_library(value) |
+----------+--------------------+
| *Getter* | get_library()      |
+----------+--------------------+

Method Descriptions
-------------------

.. _class_GDNative_method_call_native:

- :ref:`Variant<class_Variant>` **call_native** **(** :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>` calling_type, :ref:`StringName<class_StringName>` procedure_name, :ref:`Array<class_Array>` arguments **)**

----

.. _class_GDNative_method_initialize:

- :ref:`bool<class_bool>` **initialize** **(** **)**

----

.. _class_GDNative_method_terminate:

- :ref:`bool<class_bool>` **terminate** **(** **)**

.. |virtual| replace:: :abbr:`virtual (This method should typically be overridden by the user to have any effect.)`
.. |const| replace:: :abbr:`const (This method has no side effects. It doesn't modify any of the instance's member variables.)`
.. |vararg| replace:: :abbr:`vararg (This method accepts any number of arguments after the ones described here.)`
.. |constructor| replace:: :abbr:`constructor (This method is used to construct a type.)`
.. |static| replace:: :abbr:`static (This method doesn't need an instance to be called, so it can be called directly using the class name.)`
.. |operator| replace:: :abbr:`operator (This method describes a valid operator to use with this type as left-hand operand.)`