take any value with impl AsRef<T> in setter

Author: ranfdev

glib-macros/src/properties.rs

@@ -498,10 +498,10 @@ fn expand_getset_properties_impl(props: &[PropDesc]) -> TokenStream2 {
             quote!(#fn_prototype { #body })
         });
         let setter = (p.set.is_some() && !p.flags.contains(&"construct_only")).then(|| {
-            let body = quote!(self.set_property_from_value(#name, &value.to_value()));
+            let body = quote!(self.set_property_from_value(#name, &value.as_ref().to_value()));
             let fn_prototype = {
                 let ident = format_ident!("set_{}", ident);
-                quote!(pub fn #ident(&self, value: &<<#ty as #crate_ident::Property>::Value as #crate_ident::HasParamSpec>::SetValue))
+                quote!(pub fn #ident<'a>(&self, value: impl AsRef<<<#ty as #crate_ident::Property>::Value as #crate_ident::HasParamSpec>::SetValue>))
             };
             quote!(#fn_prototype { #body })
         });

glib-macros/tests/properties.rs

@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ fn props() {
                 boxed: RefCell<SimpleBoxedString>,
                 #[property(get, set, builder(SimpleEnum::static_type()))]
                 fenum: RefCell<SimpleEnum>,
+                #[property(get, set, builder(glib::Object::static_type()))]
+                object: RefCell<Option<glib::Object>>,
                 #[property(get, set)]
                 optional: RefCell<Option<String>>,
                 #[property(get, set)]
@@ -231,6 +233,17 @@ fn props() {
             "setter working".to_string()
         );
 
+        // simple with various String types
+        myfoo.set_bar(String::from("setter working"));
+        myfoo.set_bar(glib::GString::from("setter working"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            myfoo.property::<String>("bar"),
+            "setter working".to_string()
+        );
+
+        // object subclass
+        myfoo.set_object(glib::BoxedAnyObject::new(""));
+
         // custom
         myfoo.set_fake_field("fake setter");
         assert_eq!(