[java-gnome-hackers] Constructors for Canvas Items

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

Everyone,

Gnome canvas items are a little unique.  There is a single constructor
function that takes a parameter list with a variable number of
parameters:

GnomeCanvasItem * gnome_canvas_item_new(GnomeCanvasGroup * parent,
     GtkType type, const gchar * first_arg_name, ...);

How many and what types of parameters are sent after first_arg_name
depend on what subtype of CanvasItem you are creating.  To begin with, I
started with CanvasRE and its subclasses CanvasEllipse and CanvasRect.=20
I have implemented 4 custom C functions in org_gnu_gnome_CanvasRE.c
which wrap the C constructor function mentioned above.  Each of the
subclasses have 4 constructors.

I think that this approach will work, but I am not sure that it is the
best way or that I have done it 100% correctly.  I would appreciate any
input you may have on the code in the java classes or the C source.
--=20
Philip A. Chapman