Gegl.filter_op
Description: Reference for Gegl.filter_op

### Function

# Gegl filter_op

#### Declaration [src]

    GeglBuffer*
    gegl_filter_op (
      GeglBuffer* source_buffer,
      const gchar* operation_name,
      ...
    )

#### Description [src]

Apply the operation to source_buffer, returning the result in a new buffer.

This function is not directly available to language bindings.

#### Parameters

`source_buffer`

  Type: `GeglBuffer`

  The source `GeglBuffer` for the filter.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.

`operation_name`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  Name of the operation to apply.

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

`...`

  Type: ``

  The settings for the operation. Zero or more key/value pairs, ended terminated with NULL.

#### Return value

Type: `GeglBuffer`

The result of the filter.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.