Re: [Vala] class constructor not being called

[Jonas Kulla <nyocurio gmail com>]

2013/3/16 Albert Hopkins <marduk letterboxes org>

> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Jonas Kulla wrote:
> [...]
> > Hi,
> >
> > Your function 'noop()' is declared static, hence no instance is required
> > to
> > call it.
> > Class constructors are called on the first construction of an instance,
> > ie.
> > when you do 'new MyClass();' .
> >
> > Jonas
>
> I'm looking to create a static class (or whatever the correct way to to
> this in vala).  Basically I need a class that will have all static data,
> so I won't require to initialize the class.  It will have some static
> methods and a HashMap.  I'm trying to initialize the HashMap.  I thought
> a class/static constructor would do the trick.  Apparently this is not
> the preferred method.  Do you know what is?
>
> thanks,
> -a

Hm, a since a class with only static methods isn't really more than just
a bunch of functions/variables namespace'd together, I don't quite see the
point in it to begin with. Anyway, what I'd do in your case is to either
require
the user of your class/functions to call an initial 'MyClass::init()', or
to do
a check at the beginning of each function and init the respective variables.

Jonas