vala.doap

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   3          xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
   4          xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
   5          xmlns:gnome="http://api.gnome.org/doap-extensions#"
   6          xmlns="http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#">
   7
   8   <name xml:lang="en">vala</name>
   9   <shortdesc xml:lang="en">Compiler for the GObject type system</shortdesc>
  10   <description>valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates
  11 Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject type system
  12 to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source code.
  13
  14 The syntax of Vala is similar to C#, modified to better fit the GObject type system.
  15 Vala supports modern language features as the following: Interfaces, Properties,
  16 Signals, Foreach, Lambda expressions, Type inference for local variables, Generics,
  17 Non-null types, Assisted memory management, Exception handling, Type modules (Plugins)
  18
  19 Vala is designed to allow access to existing C libraries, especially GObject-based
  20 libraries, without the need for runtime bindings. All that is needed to use a library
  21 with Vala is an API file, containing the class and method declarations in Vala syntax.
  22 Vala currently comes with bindings for GLib and GTK+ and many others from the GNOME
  23 Platform.
  24
  25 Using classes and methods written in Vala from an application written in C is not
  26 difficult. The Vala library only has to install the generated header files and C
  27 applications may then access the GObject-based API of the Vala library as usual.
  28 It should also be easily possible to write a bindings generator for access to Vala
  29 libraries from applications written in e.g. C# as the Vala parser is written as
  30 a library, so that all compile-time information is available when generating a
  31 binding.</description>
  32
  33   <homepage rdf:resource="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala" />
  34   <mailing-list rdf:resource="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list" />
  35   <download-page rdf:resource="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/Release" />
  36   <bug-database rdf:resource="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=vala" />
  37
  38   <category rdf:resource="http://api.gnome.org/doap-extensions#core" />
  39   <programming-language>Vala</programming-language>
  40
  41   <maintainer>
  42     <foaf:Person>
  43       <foaf:name>Jürg Billeter</foaf:name>
  44       <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:j@bitron.ch" />
  45       <gnome:userid>juergbi</gnome:userid>
  46     </foaf:Person>
  47   </maintainer>
  48   <maintainer>
  49     <foaf:Person>
  50       <foaf:name>Raffaele Sandrini</foaf:name>
  51       <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:rasa@gmx.ch" />
  52       <gnome:userid></gnome:userid>
  53     </foaf:Person>
  54   </maintainer>
  55   <maintainer>
  56     <foaf:Person>
  57       <foaf:name>Rico Tzschichholz</foaf:name>
  58       <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:ricotz@ubuntu.com" />
  59       <gnome:userid>ricotz</gnome:userid>
  60     </foaf:Person>
  61   </maintainer>
  62
  63 </Project>
  64