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public class Tutorial1 {

        public static int main (string[] args) {

                /*

                 * The first part of this program is

                 * commented in tut1.c See that one for

                 * instructions

                 */

                var xc = new Xmms.Client("tutorial2");

 

                var path = GLib.Environment.get_variable("XMMS_PATH");

                if (!xc.connect(path)) {

                        GLib.stderr.printf("Could not connect: %s\n", xc.get_last_error());

                        return 1;

                }

 

                /*

                 * Now we send a command that will return

                 * a result. Let's find out which entry

                 * is currently playing.

                 *

                 * Note that this program has be run while

                 * xmms2 is playing something, otherwise

                 * Xmms.Client.playback_current_id will return 0.

                 */

                var result = xc.playback_current_id();

 

                /*

                 * We are still doing sync operations, wait for the

                 * answer and block.

                 */

                result.wait();

 

                /*

                 * Also this time we need to check for errors.

                 * Errors can occur on all commands, but not signals

                 * and broadcasts. We will talk about these later.

                 */

                var value = result.get_value();

 

                if (value.is_error()) {

                        unowned string error = null;

                        if (value.get_error(out error)) {

                                GLib.stderr.printf("Xmms.Client.playback_current_id returned error: %s\n", error);

                        }

                        return 1;

                }

 

                /*

                 * Let's retrieve the value from the result struct.

                 * The caveat here is that you have to know what type

                 * of value is returned in response to each command.

                 *

                 * In this case we know that Xmms.Client.playback_current_id

                 * will return a INT

                 *

                 * Know that all Xmms.Result.get* calls can return FALSE

                 * and that means that the value you are requesting is

                 * not in the result struct.

                 *

                 * Values are stored in the pointer passed to result_get

                 */

                int id;

                if (!value.get_int(out id)) {

                        GLib.stderr.printf("Xmms.Client.playback_current_id didn't return int as expected\n");

                        return 1;

                }

 

                /* Print the value */

                GLib.stdout.printf("Currently playing id is %d\n", id);

 

                return 0;

        }

}