RE: [Java-gnome-developer] Question concerning pixel graphics (fw d)

[Jeffrey M. <Jef...@Br...>]

> This is an artifact of the object wrapping, not of Gdk types 
> per se. The
> problem is that the code that is generated assumes it is 
> always generated
> for Gtk bindings. The code assumes that. What should be done 
> is to have a
> property for all objects to defined "what type" of object 
> they are. That
> property would then be properly inherited, eg. for example something
> like..

That is essentially what I am doing with "define-object" and 
"define-boxed".  The concept of define-object and define-boxed 
were not created in this project but were created and used in
several other language bindings (as were define-enum and 
define-flags)to differentiate between GtkObject objects and 
standard structures that do not have runtime type resolution 
capabilities.  define-boxed is also used for GTK objects
that don't have runtime discovery capabilities like GtkStyle.
In Java-GNOME the define-object type has been my primary focus, 
not define-boxed.  I have recently added the ability to have 
methods on define-boxed and as I stated in a previous email I 
will soon add the ability to implement inheritance.


> Then, when code is generated which requires to access the 
> underlying type
> mechanism, GtkFoo and GdkFoo at their code generation time 
> have access to
> information of which type they are.