FYI the decorator version is up:
https://github.com/WebReflection/jsgtk/blob/master/examples/lang.js
It looks like the following
```js
const Gtk = require('Gtk');
@GObjectProperties({
interval: {
type: 'uint',
value: 1000,
flags: ['rw', 'co']
},
count: {
type: 'uint',
flags: ['r']
}
})
class TimerLabel extends Gtk.Label {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.label = 'Hello World!';
setInterval(() => {
this._count++;
this.notify('count');
}, this.interval);
}
}
```
If interested and you'd like to play around with `jsgtk` it's a one-liner
installation:
https://github.com/WebReflection/jsgtk#how-to-install
Best Regards
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Andrea Giammarchi <
andrea.giammar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Philip,
> I must admit I'm way more excited about GJS and Gtk than familiar with
> it, so I'm not even sure why you would create properties that needs to go
> "up and down" the bindings instead of simply keeping it in the JS side when
> it makes sense.
>
> However, since like I've said I don't have enough background, I've read
> again your example and tried to think about a possible solution.
>
> Right now, ES6 classes syntax is not suitable for things like `Properties`
> at class definition.
> There are three options here, and I don't know which one would be better:
>
> 1. define properties like it was a generic instance one (properties
> proposal), it looks close to what you have now but it's based on ES6 syntax
> (I'll show you later an example)
> 2. using class decorators, probably the best approach since those are
> the way to enrich or extend ( `@nativeProperties({list, of, props}) class
> Label extends Gtk.Label {}` ). This doesn't look so familiar though ...
> 3. using an intermediate layer at class definition such `class Label
> extends Gtk.Label.withProperties({count, etc}) {}` where `withProperties`
> comes from `Function.prototype` or `__noSuchMethod__` ... although this one
> feels obtrusive and less future proof
>
>
> To give you an idea about the first method, here an example with some API
> improvement (or let's say an easier to write list of properties)
>
> ```js
> const Gtk = require('Gtk');
>
> class TimerLabel extends Gtk.Label {
> properties = {
> interval: {
> type: 'uint',
> value: 1000,
> flags: ['rw', 'co'] // constructor_only
> }, // will set it on creation
> count: { // as mark it as non writable
> type: 'uint',
> flags: 'r' // as read only, creates a _count
> } // with default uint value
> } // readable through count getter
> constructor(props) {
> super(props);
> this.label = 'Hello World!';
> setInterval(() => {
> this._count++;
> this.notify('count');
> }, this.interval);
> }
> }
>
> Gtk.init(null);
>
> let win = new Gtk.Window();
> win.add(
> new TimerLabel()
> .on('notify::count', (obj) => {
> if (obj.count === 2 && obj.interval === 1000)
> Gtk.mainQuit(); // ^ just as example
> })
> );
> win
> .on('show', Gtk.main)
> .on('destroy', Gtk.mainQuit)
> .showAll()
> ;
> ```
>
> Above code uses properties as if it's instance property and in my case it
> works well if I add more transformers but, at the same time, it requires
> logical hacks (properties has nothing to do with the instance shape) and
> technical hacks (parsing at runtime transformed code with stuff that should
> happen at definition time).
>
> Ideally, decorators will make the extension both look nicer and hopefully
> easier to implement:
>
> ```js
> @GObjectProperties({
> interval: {
> type: 'uint',
> value: 1000,
> flags: ['rw', 'co']
> },
> count: {type: 'uint', flags: 'r'}
> });
> class TimerLabel extends Gtk.Label {
> constructor(props) {
> super(props);
> this.label = 'Hello World!';
> setInterval(() => {
> this._count++;
> this.notify('count');
> }, this.interval);
> }
> }
> ```
>
> I find above variant more elegant.
>
>
> To answer your other questions:
>
> 1. `emit` and `on` in `jsgtk` uses native signals, where possible, or
> custom one. This is right now independent
> 2. `jsgtk` is backward compatible, you can always switch to
> `this.notify()` instead of `emit` and `this.connect()` instead of
> `this.on()` or `this.once()`. Although in latter cases you need to store
> the returned `connect` reference/id since `on` and `once` works through
> handlers, not returned ids (the returned value is the object for
> chainability sake)
>
> Last but not least, the idea behind simplified flags is that it takes long
> time to remember the amount of arguments and their position in those
> ParamSpec methods, plus it's nice to play with both prototype and instances
> using flags so that
>
> - read only are getters in the proto with automatic _key = value
> created at initialization time ... no need to duplicate each time the JS
> coutnerpart
> - write only works like read only with this._key = value as setter
> counterpart
> - readwrite, which should probably be the default, simply create an
> own property at initialization time, like it is for the `interval` one I've
> used before ... this makes you write code that is reachable from "both
> worlds" using the same property, and even a `this.count++` would work (I'll
> write and push code later today)
> - it private is specified, and it's a readwrite, the definition will
> be as example `interval` but the JS side will have only a non enumerable
> `_interval`, as opposite of generically enumerable `interval` defined at
> construction time
> - if the flag is construction_only, the instance will have its own
> property value defined once during initialization but non writable
>
> These are just few ideas on top of my head to make writing code easier
> than it's now.
>
> Best Regards
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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