Re: [Vala] Generated vapi file for a library not compilable.

[PCMan <pcman tw gmail com>]

Sorry that I forgot to paste the complete vapi file generated
It's here:
http://pastebin.com/v2j6CnXq

Thanks a lot!

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:13 AM, PCMan <pcman tw gmail com> wrote:

> Hello,
> I got another issue with vala.
> I moved the core part of my program to a separate library, and let the
> main program call that library.
> The library itself compiles correctly.
> However, the genrated vapi file is not usable by the main program.
> Both parts are written in vala.
> The generated vapi file looks like this.
>
> When compiling the main program with --pkg <my_vapi_file>, I got errors.
> The generated vapi file seems to have duplicated nested namespace for
> static methods like this.
>
> namespace Lxpanel {
>
> class Applet : Object {
>     static Lxpanel.Applet? from_file(string...);
> }
> }
>
> If I remove Lxpanel.Applet manually and just use Applet, it works.
> I like vala a lot and want to continue use it for my project, so I hope
> that someone knows how to fix it. Otherwise I may have to rewrite the
> program in plain C/GObject, which is a pain. :-(
>
> All of the errors I got are like these:
>   VALAC  lxpanel2_vala.stamp
> lxpanel-applet.vapi:10.27-10.49: error: The type name `Lxpanel.AppletInfo'
> could not be found
> public static GLib.List<weak Lxpanel.AppletInfo> get_all_types ();
>                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> lxpanel-applet.vapi:13.10-13.35: error: The type name
> `Lxpanel.AppletInfo' could not be found
> public unowned Lxpanel.AppletInfo get_info ();
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> lxpanel-applet.vapi:18.17-18.30: error: The type name `Lxpanel.Applet'
> could not be found
> public static Lxpanel.Applet? new_from_type_name (string type_name);
>               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> lxpanel-applet.vapi:19.44-19.61: error: The type name `Lxpanel.AppletInfo'
> could not be found
> public static void register_applet_info (Lxpanel.AppletInfo info);
>                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> lxpanel-applet.vapi:34.10-34.29: error: The type name
> `Lxpanel.AppletModule' could not be found
>  public Lxpanel.AppletModule? module;
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> lxpanel-applet.vapi:40.10-40.23: error: The type name `Lxpanel.Applet'
> could not be found
>  public Lxpanel.Applet? create_new ();
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> lxpanel-applet.vapi:41.17-41.34: error: The type name `Lxpanel.AppletInfo'
> could not be found
>  public static Lxpanel.AppletInfo? from_file (string applet_id, string
> info_path);
>               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> lxpanel-applet.vapi:74.24-74.37: error: The type name `Lxpanel.Button'
> could not be found
> public class Drawer : Lxpanel.Button {
>                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> lxpanel-applet.vapi:75.13-75.25: error: The type name `Lxpanel.Popup'
> could not be found
> protected Lxpanel.Popup? popup;
>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> lxpanel-applet.vapi:80.28-80.41: error: The type name `Lxpanel.Button'
> could not be found
> public class MenuButton : Lxpanel.Button {
>                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Compilation failed: 10 error(s), 0 warning(s)
>
> Thank you guys!