Sorry, I should have posted this to the list as well.
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From: Sandy Dunlop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 17 July 2007 22:18:12 BDT
To: Todd Schavey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cocoa-Sharp
Hi,
I would like to implement the Growl API for OS X using Mono, a
Cocoa-sharp binding for Growl if you want to say it that way. I was
looking at the current status of cocoa-sharp and have identified
some classes which I'd need to add, and some existing ones with
missing methods which I'd need to implement.
The class I'm looking at currently is MutableDictionary. The Java
API for Growl calls:
noteDict.setObjectForKey(new Integer(1), GROWL_NOTIFICATION_STICKY);
where noteDict is an NSMutableDictionary. The Java Cocoa bindings
take Java Objects instead of Cocoa Objects, and with Integer
inheriting Object, this works just fine. In cocoa-sharp, I have
created a MutableDictionary.Set(Cocoa.Object,Cocoa.Object) method.
With cocoa-sharp, I would have to either:
1) Have multiple definitions of Set which take Cocoa.Object and
System.Int32 as keys
2) Create a Cocoa.Integer class, which doesn't seem right, although
it might fit in with the Java API better
3) Have everything take System.Object instead of Cocoa.Object and
pass in a System.Int32 object when needed.
What would you suggest for situations like this?
I would like to contribute my cocoa-sharp additions to the Mono
project once I've got it working.
I would also like to contribute growl-sharp.
Thanks,
Sandy
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