Re: [Vala] xmlrpc-c bindings for vala

[Phil Daintree <phil logicworks co nz>]

Pancake, In the xmlrpc-c docs it refers to a method xmlrpc_decompose_value()

Your binding appears to link to xmlrpc_parse_value()

from the docs

"This deprecated function is the predecessor to 
xmlrpc_decompose_value(). It's the same, but xmlrpc_parse_value() 
doesn't do proper memory management,"

I particularly need to be able to get at arrays of structs - which does 
seem excessively hard!!

I came across libxr, which I built and advertises vala support. It 
appears to have vala bindings, but probably for an older version and 
compilation of their test program fails as well! I built the latest 
version and the vala bindings are gone :-( The documentation is 
extremely limited and I would write some up if only I could get a start!

At least with libSoup I can get a message back - maybe I should use 
libxml to parse the response.




On 05/09/10 11:13, Phil Daintree wrote:
> Pancake, I've have had a go with your bindings for xmlrpc-c  - copied
> the file to /usr/share/vala/vapi/xmlrpc-c.vapi
>
> I then had a go at compiling the xmlrpc-test.vala
>
> It starts with
>
> using Bincrowd
>
> I don't see any bindings for this lib - so I changed that to
>
> Using Xmlrpc
>
> and compiled with --pkg xmlrpc-c
>
> I get
>
> # valac --pkg xmlrpc-c xmlrpc-test.vala
> xmlrpc-test.vala:18.7-18.11: error: The name `ARRAY' does not exist in
> the context of `print_value'
> case ARRAY:
> ^^^^^
> xmlrpc-test.vala:18.7-18.11: error: Expression must be constant
> case ARRAY:
> ^^^^^
> xmlrpc-test.vala:30.7-30.9: error: The name `INT' does not exist in the
> context of `print_value'
> case INT:
> ^^^
> xmlrpc-test.vala:30.7-30.9: error: Expression must be constant
> case INT:
> ^^^
> xmlrpc-test.vala:35.7-35.12: error: The name `STRING' does not exist in
> the context of `print_value'
> case STRING:
> ^^^^^^
> xmlrpc-test.vala:35.7-35.12: error: Expression must be constant
> case STRING:
> ^^^^^^
> xmlrpc-test.vala:40.7-40.12: error: The name `STRUCT' does not exist in
> the context of `print_value'
> case STRUCT:
> ^^^^^^
> xmlrpc-test.vala:40.7-40.12: error: Expression must be constant
> case STRUCT:
> ^^^^^^
> Compilation failed: 8 error(s), 0 warning(s)
> #
>
> I can see in your xmlrpc-c.vapi
>
> [CCode (cname="xmlrpc_type", cprefix="XMLRPC_TYPE_")]
> public enum Type {
> INT,
> BOOL,
> DOUBLE,
> DATETIME,
> STRING,
> BASE64,
> ARRAY,
> STRUCT,
> C_PTR,
> NIL,
> I8,
> DEAD
> }
>
> So perhaps it is something to do with how one installs the bindings?
> Maybe there is more to it than just copying the file!
>
> Appreciate any pointers.
>
> Thanks
>
> Phil
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