def _get_property(self, atom_name):
try:
if not Atom.get_type_name(atom_name):
return ''
rsp = connection.get_core().GetProperty(
False,
self.wid,
Atom.get_atom(atom_name),
Atom.get_atom_type(atom_name),
0,
(2 ** 32) - 1
).reply()
if Atom.get_type_name(atom_name) in ('UTF8_STRING', 'STRING'):
if atom_name == 'WM_CLASS':
return Atom.null_terminated_to_strarray(rsp.value)
else:
return Atom.ords_to_str(rsp.value)
elif Atom.get_type_name(atom_name) in ('UTF8_STRING[]', 'STRING[]'):
return Atom.null_terminated_to_strarray(rsp.value)
else:
return list(struct.unpack('I' * (len(rsp.value) / 4), rsp.value.buf()))
except:
pass