Re: [Vala] How to connect to signal if there's a property with the same name?

[Andrew Benton <andrew benton675 gmail com>]

You might be able to get around this issue by using the GLib.Object's connect method to directly specify the 
signal.

See: http://www.valadoc.org/#!api=gobject-2.0/GLib.Object.connect

On 12/10/2015 12:16 PM, Luc Chante wrote:
> Hi,
>
> According to this
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/vala/tree/vapi/gio-2.0.vapi#n516 it seems that
> the signal isn't bound in vala. Maybe vala doesn't accept yet that a
> property and a method (signal) have the same name.
>
> As Robert Schroll says, connect to the notify signal of the property.
> "...
>          connection.notify["closed"].connect(on_dbus_connection_closed)
> ..."
> go to : https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/Tutorial#line-1112
>
> Le jeu. 10 déc. 2015 à 21:05, Robert Schroll <rschroll gmail com> a écrit :
>
> > Does the 'closed' property change at the same time the 'closed' signal
> > fires?  If so, you may be able to connect to the notification on the
> > property:
> >
> >          connection.notify["closed"].connect(on_dbus_connection_closed)
> >
> > Note that you'll probably want to check whether 'closed' is true in
> > your handler before doing anything.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 2:52 PM, marcin saepia net <marcin saepia net>
> > wrote:
> >> I cannot rename this, this is part of GIO.
> >>
> >>
> > https://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/GDBusConnection.html#GDBusConnection--closed
> >>
> >> m.
> >>
> >> 2015-12-10 16:29 GMT+01:00 Al Thomas <astavale yahoo co uk>:
> >>
> >>>   > From: "marcin saepia net" <marcin saepia net>
> >>>
> >>>   > Sent: Thursday, 10 December 2015, 11:51
> >>>   > Subject: [Vala] How to connect to signal if there's a property
> >>> with the
> >>>   same  name?
> >>>   >
> >>>   > I need to connect to "closed" signal of GDBusConnection, but
> >>> because
> >>>   > there
> >>>   > is a property with the same name, valac refuses to compile and
> >>> throws the
> >>>   > following error
> >>>   >
> >>>   > src/common/daemon/base.vala:63.11-63.35: error: The name
> >>> `connect' does
> >>>   not
> >>>   > exist in the context of `bool'
> >>>   >           connection.closed.connect(on_dbus_connection_closed);
> >>>   >           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >>>   >
> >>>   > How can I overcome this?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   Rename your property as 'is_closed', e.g.
> >>>
> >>>   if ( connection.is_closed ) { }
> >>>
> >>>   Otherwise I don't know.
> >>>
> >>>   Al
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