7.1. Collections

Java: java.util.* package

Vala: Gee namespace, --pkg gee-1.0, Libgee

See Gee Examples, Gee documentation.

Vala allows array-like access for Gee collections (e.g. my_map[key] is equivalent to my_map.get (key)). Vala supports an in operator for collections: x in my_collection is equivalent to my_collection.contains (x). This operator also works with strings, even though strings are not collections.

Please note that Libgee checks for errors like the bounds for the index key with an assert, and so it won't raise any catchable RuntimeException like Java does.