Fixes for generating Evolution Data Server bindings

jwharm commented

2026-03-28 11:27:43 +01:00

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Issue #341 reported that it was not possible to generate bindings for Evolution Data Server (EDS) and related libraries (ECal, Camel and others). This uncovered a number of bugs in the Java-GI bindings generator. This PR fixes most of them, and adds metadata for the remaining issues that are hard or impossible to handle in a generic way.

Some of the fixes required some refactoring of the handling of out-parameters and arrays with unclear or missing annotations. So the overall quality of all generated bindings will slightly improve as well.

Issue #341 reported that it was not possible to generate bindings for Evolution Data Server (EDS) and related libraries (ECal, Camel and others). This uncovered a number of bugs in the Java-GI bindings generator. This PR fixes most of them, and adds metadata for the remaining issues that are hard or impossible to handle in a generic way. Some of the fixes required some refactoring of the handling of out-parameters and arrays with unclear or missing annotations. So the overall quality of all generated bindings will slightly improve as well.

jwharm added 23 commits

2026-03-28 11:27:43 +01:00

Handle multiple c:identifier-prefixes 13b3a88634

When a GIR file contains multiple (comma-separated) prefixes, default to
the first one.

Related to #341

Always add a dependency to java-gi:glib 857c4d87d4

When a gir file doesn't specify any includes, explicitly add GLib, to
ensure a dependency on the java-gi base module.

Add basic support for metadata in java-gi utility 538ffc85b6

Add metadata file for Camel-1.2 881a0e0957

Add metadata for Camel-1.2 16ce701d84

Fix missing newline in memorylayout 5b9de33855

Fix issues with GString values fdfa8e507a

Fix issue with array fields with unknown size 8969ec77fc

Add metadata for Camel-1.2 6713ffc98a

Add metadata for Camel-1.2 3f58798520

Escape quotes in string contants ccc804e23a

Prevent override of Object.getClass() 24275ad46b

Add metadata for EDataServer-1.2 3865459834

Add "java-gi-returns-self" metadata f3745876eb

This is a new metadata rule that can be applied on methods that return void, but should return "this".

The rule is applied to ICalGLib.Attach.ref(), which overrides GObject.ref() but returns void. This is not allowed in Java.

Fix "inout GObject*" parameter handling 8b9628ea77

Generate javadoc for callback parameters f276f6f450

Remove incorrect metadata patch in GstAudio 56d27a624a

Remove incorrect metadata patch in GstVideo 9103f61c06

Add metadata for GtkEntryBuffer to set parameter direction f36f164492

Add metadata for HarfBuzz 2a4bb5ada9

Refactor handling of out-parameters cbf92e3a60

- Treat typedefs (aliases) for primitive types that are annotated as out/inout, actually as out-parameters (except we still don't wrap them in an Out<>)
- Improve handling of missing annotations with new `isUnannotatedReference()` check
- Improve the `allocatesMemory()` check to be more precise (fewer false positives)
- Add missing `length` parameter for field accessor methods that read array data

Small improvements in Interop class 7ab6bc7aa5

- Use static imports for conciseness
- Add method to read array of aliased type

Update build script generation in java-gi tool 38f7323828

- Update the JDK version to 25
- Remove the explicit JSpecify dependency

jwharm merged commit db6baf3ad1 into main

2026-03-28 11:27:57 +01:00

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2026-03-28 11:27:58 +01:00

Merge pull request 'Fixes for generating Evolution Data Server bindings' (#342) from eds-fixes into main

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