GObject Style Construction...

vala/array_sort/array_sort.vala

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+/**
+ * Bounds of the ``ATable`` to split.
+ */
+public struct SplitLimit {
+
+	/**
+	 * First column index [0; last].
+	 */
+	uint first;
+
+	/**
+	 * Last column index [first; ncols - 1].
+	 */
+	uint last;
+
+	/**
+	 * Maximum of columns per page [1; ncols].
+	 */
+	uint max_cols;
+}
+
+void print_list (List<SplitLimit?> array) {
+	for (var i = 0; i < array.length(); ++i) {
+		stdout.printf ("%lu %lu %lu\n", array.nth(i).data.first,
+		               array.nth(i).data.last, array.nth(i).data.max_cols);
+	}
+}
+
+void main () {
+	var array = new List<SplitLimit?> ();
+	SplitLimit lim = { 9, 11, 3 };
+	array.append (lim);
+	lim = { 2, 6, 2 };
+	array.append (lim);
+	lim = { 13, 16, 1 };
+	array.append (lim);
+	//array.append ("ccc");
+	//array.append ("aaa");
+	//array.append ("bbb");
+
+	print_list (array);
+
+	stdout.puts ("--------\n");
+
+	array.sort ((a, b) => {
+	            stdout.printf ("a.first=%lu\n", a.first);
+	            if (a.first < b.first) return -1;
+	            if (a.first > b.first) return 1;
+				return 0;
+			});
+
+	stdout.puts ("--------\n");
+
+	print_list (array);
+}

vala/gobj_style_construction/main.vala

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+public class Person : Object {
+	/* Construction properties */
+	public string name { get; construct; }
+	public int age { get; construct set; }
+
+	public Person(string name) {
+		Object(name: name);
+	}
+
+	public Person.with_age(string name, int years) {
+		Object(name: name, age:years);
+	}
+
+	construct {
+		// do anything else
+		stdout.printf("Welcome %s\n", this.name);
+	}
+}
+
+void main () {
+	var a = new Person("Kolan"),
+	    b = new Person.with_age("Volodia", 30);
+
+	var c = Object.new (a.get_type(), "name", "Unnamed");
+}