EnumClass


Object Hierarchy:

GLib.EnumClass GLib.EnumClass GLib.EnumClass GLib.TypeClass GLib.TypeClass GLib.TypeClass->GLib.EnumClass

Description:

[ CCode ( has_type_id = false , lower_case_csuffix = "enum" ) ]
public class EnumClass : TypeClass

The class of an enumeration type holds information about its possible values.

Example: Enum-introspection:

public enum MyEnum {
VALUE_A = -10,
VALUE_B = 10;

public static bool try_parse_name (string name, out MyEnum result = null) {
EnumClass enumc = (EnumClass) typeof (MyEnum).class_ref ();
unowned EnumValue? eval = enumc.get_value_by_name (name);
if (eval == null) {
result = MyEnum.VALUE_A;
return false;
}

result = (MyEnum) eval.value;
return true;
}

public static bool try_parse_nick (string nick, out MyEnum result = null) {
EnumClass enumc = (EnumClass) typeof (MyEnum).class_ref ();
unowned EnumValue? eval = enumc.get_value_by_nick (nick);
return_val_if_fail (eval != null, -1);
if (eval == null) {
result = MyEnum.VALUE_A;
return false;
}

result = (MyEnum) eval.value;
return true;
}

public static int min () {
EnumClass enumc = (EnumClass) typeof (MyEnum).class_ref ();
return enumc.minimum;
}

public static int max () {
EnumClass enumc = (EnumClass) typeof (MyEnum).class_ref ();
return enumc.maximum;
}

public static uint n_values () {
EnumClass enumc = (EnumClass) typeof (MyEnum).class_ref ();
return enumc.n_values;
}

public string to_nick () {
EnumClass enumc = (EnumClass) typeof (MyEnum).class_ref ();
unowned EnumValue? eval = enumc.get_value (this);
return_val_if_fail (eval != null, null);
return eval.value_nick;
}

public static HashTable<unowned string, MyEnum> to_hash_table () {
HashTable<unowned string, MyEnum> table = new HashTable<unowned string, MyEnum> (str_hash, str_equal);
EnumClass enumc = (EnumClass) typeof (MyEnum).class_ref ();
foreach (unowned EnumValue val in enumc.values) {
table.insert (val.value_nick, (MyEnum) val.@value);
}
return table;
}
}


public static int main (string[] args) {
uint n_values = MyEnum.n_values ();
assert (n_values == 2);

int min = MyEnum.min ();
assert (min == -10);

int max = MyEnum.max ();
assert (max == 10);


// Output: ``MY_ENUM_VALUE_A, value-a``
string str = MyEnum.VALUE_A.to_string ();
string nick = MyEnum.VALUE_A.to_nick ();
print ("%s, %s\n", str, nick);


HashTable<unowned string, MyEnum> table = MyEnum.to_hash_table ();
string key = "value-a";

// Output: ``value-a, MY_ENUM_VALUE_A = value-a = -10``
MyEnum val = table.lookup (key);
print ("%s, %s = %s = %d\n", key, val.to_string (), val.to_nick (), val);

// Output: ``value-b, MY_ENUM_VALUE_B = value-b = 10``
key = "value-b";
val = table.lookup (key);
print ("%s, %s = %s = %d\n", key, val.to_string (), val.to_nick (), val);

// Output: ``try-parse-nick: MY_ENUM_VALUE_A``
MyEnum result;
if (MyEnum.try_parse_nick ("value-a", out result)) {
print ("try-parse-nick: %s\n", result.to_string ());
}

// Output: ``try-parse-name: MY_ENUM_VALUE_A``
if (MyEnum.try_parse_name ("MY_ENUM_VALUE_A", out result)) {
print ("try-parse-name: %s\n", result.to_string ());
}

return 0;
}

valac --pkg gobject-2.0 GLib.EnumClass.vala


Namespace: GLib
Package: gobject-2.0

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All known members inherited from class GLib.TypeClass