Re: [Vala] Problem with programmatic generic object instantiation

[Andy Lees <andrewl oz gmail com>]

The problem with Object.new is that it doesn't call the object constructor
so far as I can tell, just calling g_object_new without any of the Vala
object construction code.

My Serializable is an interface.  I'm trying to make use of the Json
serialization framework, and for the most part it's working.  The problem
I'm having is with the construction of instances of array types - there
appears to be no factory framework for object creation in Vala, and so far
the only workaround I've come up with is very clunky.

Is there an object factory somewhere that someone could point me towards?

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:49 AM, Daniel Espinosa <esodan gmail com> wrote:

> Try use Object.new(typeof(IntArr))
>
> Try to rename type() to any other, to avoid conflics with Object.type()
>
> You are trying to implement Gee.ArrayList<>, may you:
>
> A) wrap Gee.ArrayList in your class
>
> B) Derive directly from Gee.Arraylist then convert your base class
> Serializable as an interface with all required methods implemented as
> virtual, then you have two bases.
>
> You may want to check at GXml.Serializable interface and its
> GXml.SerializableArrayList implementation based on Gee.
> El feb. 16, 2016 7:10 AM, "Andy Lees" <andrewl oz gmail com> escribió:
>
> > I would have expected the generic type to be obtained from the type id of
> > the derived type (generic instantiation), which is obtained fresh each
> > execution, but it seems not.  Is the generic type a hidden property of the
> > class derived from the generic class, and if so, what would its name be so
> > that it can be set in the new call?
> >
> > Alternatively, is there a way to call an object constructor given the
> > type id?
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:16 PM, Daniel Espinosa <esodan gmail com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Take in account that Type system is dynamically created, then a type
> > > number will change with each execution.
> > >
> > > Use
> > >
> > > YourCreatedObject is typeof (Object)
> > >
> > > to check if the created object is of type you need, like a derived
> > > object.
> > >
> > > You can use
> > >
> > > obj.get_type().is_a(typeof (Object))
> > >
> > > And consider that your example is exactly the way to create an object of
> > > Generic class, because you have set tje object type. Create a generic
> > > instance with Object.new you should provide the object type.
> > > El feb. 16, 2016 5:14 AM, "Andy Lees" <andrewl oz gmail com> escribió:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have a generic array implementation like so:
> > > >
> > > > public class GArrSerializable<T> : Serializable, Object  {
> > > >   public T[] data;
> > > >   public int length;
> > > >   public GArrSerializable(int size = 0) {
> > > >     data = new T[size];
> > > >   }
> > > >
> > > >   public Type type () { return typeof (T); }
> > > >
> > > > ...etc
> > > >
> > > > and a derived type:
> > > >
> > > > public class IntArr : GArrSerializable<int> {
> > > >
> > > >   public IntArr(int size = 0) {
> > > >     base (size);
> > > >   }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > If I create an instance of the type, then instance.type () returns 24 as
> > > > expected.
> > > > If I create an instance like so:
> > > > var ia = Object  new (type) as IntArr;
> > > > var t = ia.type ();
> > > >
> > > > Then t is 4 rather than 24.  As it is in the instance when it tries to
> > > > deserialize.
> > > >
> > > > Can you tell me why this is so, and how I can programmatically create
> > > > objects derived from a parameterised type?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Andrew Lees
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