[java-gnome-hackers] App.setStatusBar

[Philip A. C. <pc...@td...>]

Everyone,

This is more of a "How does this work in gnome" issue than anything
else, but here goes:

While working to get TestGNOME.java working, I came across this issue.=20
In TestGNOME, an org.gnu.gtk.AppBar is created.  An attempt is made to
assign it to org.gnu.gnome.App.setStatusBar(org.gnu.gnome.StatusBar).=20
Right now, StatusBar does not extend AppBar.  In gnome-app.h,
gnome_app_set_statusbar takes a pointer to GtkWidget.  Could a developer
pass *any* widget to this function?

My first inclination is to overload setStatusBar with
setStatusBar(org.gnu.gtk.AppBar) as well as
setStatusBar(org.gnu.gnome.StatusBar).

Alternatively, I could change to setStatusBar(org.gnu.gtk.Widget), or
change StatusBar so that it extends AppBar.  I'm a fan of strong typing
and would rather not change the method.  Extending AppBar may be an
issue, since gnome's status bar doesn't extend from gtk's app bar.

I've tried using
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/libgnomeui/gnomeapp.html for insight,
into how the gnome_app_set_statusbar function should be used.=20
Unfortunately, I could find nothing there to help me with this.  Is
there a better place to look?  If the only answer is to view the gnome
source I will go there, but I'd rather not.

Thanks,
--=20
Philip A. Chapman