ValueArray

Warning: ValueArray is deprecated since 2.32.

A `GValueArray` is a container structure to hold an array of generic values.

The prime purpose of a `GValueArray` is for it to be used as an object property that holds an array of values. A `GValueArray` wraps an array of `GValue` elements in order for it to be used as a boxed type through `G_TYPE_VALUE_ARRAY`.

`GValueArray` is deprecated in favour of `GArray` since GLib 2.32. It is possible to create a `GArray` that behaves like a `GValueArray` by using the size of `GValue` as the element size, and by setting [method@GObject.Value.unset] as the clear function using [ func@GLib.Array.set_clear_func], for instance, the following code:

```c GValueArray *array = g_value_array_new (10); ```

can be replaced by:

```c GArray *array = g_array_sized_new (FALSE, TRUE, sizeof (GValue), 10); g_array_set_clear_func (array, (GDestroyNotify) g_value_unset); ```

Example: Value arrays:

private inline Value create_string_value (string str) {
	Value val = Value (typeof (string));
	val.set_string (str);
	return val;
}

public static int main (string[] args) {
	ValueArray array = new ValueArray (10);

	array.append (create_string_value ("BB"));
	array.append (create_string_value ("DD"));
	array.prepend (create_string_value ("AA"));

	// Output: ``Len: 3``
	print ("Len: %u\n", array.n_values);

	array.insert (2, create_string_value ("CC"));
	array.remove (3);
	

	// Output:
	//  ``AA``
	//  ``BB``
	//  ``CC``
	foreach (Value val in array.values) {
		print ("%s\n", val.get_string ());
	}

	return 0;
}

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