[SimpleType] ?
On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 20:41 -0500, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> I am trying to create a small Xlib binding for Vala, with a little bit
> of difficulty. I think I just don't understand what it is that I am
> doing fully.
>
> Starting with what Frederik gave as an initial set of code, I have so
> far come up with:
>
> [CCode(cprefix = "X", cheader_filename = "X11/Xlib.h")]
> namespace XLib {
> [Compact]
> [CCode(cname = "Display", free_function = "XCloseDisplay")]
> public class Display {
> [CCode(cname = "XOpenDisplay")]
> public Display(string? display_name = null);
>
> [CCode(cname = "XDefaultScreen")]
> public int get_default_screen();
>
> [CCode(cname = "XBlackPixel")]
> public long get_black_pixel(int screen_number);
>
> [CCode(cname = "XWhitePixel")]
> public long get_white_pixel(int screen_number);
>
> [CCode(cname = "XConnectionNumber")]
> public int get_connection_number();
>
> [CCode(cname = "XDefaultColormap")]
> public ColorMap get_default_colormap(int screen_number);
>
> [CCode(cname = "XAllPlanes")]
> public static long get_all_planes();
> }
> }
>
> Now, the problem is the return value for XDefaultColormap. This is
> really a typedef to XID, which itself is a typedef to CARD32, which is
> in turn a typedef to "unsigned long". I could just declare it to be an
> ulong, but it'd seem that there should be some way to do this in a
> type-safe manner. Is there something simple that I am just not getting?
>
> Also, in the above example, there is the public class Display. Now, it
> has fields, though they are for the purpose of this implementation and
> the Xlib manual private fields. However, assuming for a second that
> they weren't, and they were expected to be exposed to the user, how
> would that be done whilst preserving the order of the items in the C
> struct?
>
> --- Mike
>
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