[gxml] GomObject: Added get string object properties

[Daniel Espinosa Ortiz <despinosa src gnome org>]

commit 436d930af6a9c8741e7dd7d816468a54e205787e
Author: Daniel Espinosa <esodan gmail com>
Date:   Thu Nov 3 15:14:01 2016 -0600

    GomObject: Added get string object properties

 gxml/GomElement.vala           |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
 gxml/GomObject.vala            |   10 +++++++---
 test/GomSerializationTest.vala |    7 ++++++-
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gxml/GomElement.vala b/gxml/GomElement.vala
index e32fb0b..7d19b26 100644
--- a/gxml/GomElement.vala
+++ b/gxml/GomElement.vala
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ public class GXml.GomElement : GomNode,
     _namespace_uri = namespace_uri;
     _prefix = prefix;
   }
+
+  public virtual bool use_nick_name () { return true; }
+
   /**
    * Holds attributes in current node, using attribute's name as key
    * and it's value as value. Appends namespace prefix to attribute's name as
@@ -197,8 +200,24 @@ public class GXml.GomElement : GomNode,
       _element = element;
     }
 
+    public GLib.List<string> get_attribute_list () {
+      GLib.List<string> l = new GLib.List<string> ();
+      foreach (string k in _element.attributes.keys) {
+        l.prepend (k);
+      }
+      foreach (ParamSpec spec in this.get_class ().list_properties ()) {
+        if (_element.use_nick_name ())
+          l.prepend (spec.name);
+      }
+      return l;
+    }
+
     public DomNode? get_named_item (string name) {
       if (name == "") return null;
+      var ov = (_element as GomObject).get_attribute (name);
+      if (ov != null) {
+        return new GomAttr (_element, name, ov);
+      }
       string p = "";
       string ns = null;
       string n = name;
diff --git a/gxml/GomObject.vala b/gxml/GomObject.vala
index 54c1f59..8cb5c3f 100644
--- a/gxml/GomObject.vala
+++ b/gxml/GomObject.vala
@@ -54,13 +54,17 @@ public interface GXml.GomObject : GLib.Object,
     GLib.message ("GomObject: attribute: "+name);
     var prop = get_class ().find_property (name); // FIXME: Find by nick and lower case
     if (prop != null) {
+      GLib.message ("Found attribute");
+      var v = Value(prop.value_type);
+      get_property (name, ref v);
       if (prop.value_type == typeof(SerializableProperty)) {
-        var ov = Value(prop.value_type);
-        get_property (name, ref ov);
-        SerializableProperty so = (Object) ov as SerializableProperty;
+        SerializableProperty so = (Object) v as SerializableProperty;
         if (so == null) return null;
         return so.get_serializable_property_value ();
       }
+      if (prop.value_type.is_a (typeof (string))) {
+        return (string) v;
+      }
     }
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/test/GomSerializationTest.vala b/test/GomSerializationTest.vala
index cd1a43e..0643419 100644
--- a/test/GomSerializationTest.vala
+++ b/test/GomSerializationTest.vala
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@ class GomSerializationTest : GXmlTest  {
   public static void add_tests () {
     Test.add_func ("/gxml/gom-serialization/write", () => {
       var b = new Book ();
-      GLib.message ("DOC:"+b.to_string ());
+      string s = b.to_string ();
+      assert ("<Book/>" in s);
+      b.name = "My Book";
+      assert (b.get_attribute ("name") == "My Book");
+      s = b.to_string ();
+      GLib.message ("DOC:"+s);
     });
   }
 }