Introduce Granite.Bin for subclassing

lib/Widgets/Bin.vala

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 elementary, Inc. (https://elementary.io)
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+/**
+ * This widget is a simple container that can hold a single child widget.
+ * It is mostly useful for deriving subclasses.
+ *
+ * @since 7.6.0
+ */
+public class Granite.Bin : Gtk.Widget {
+    class construct {
+        set_layout_manager_type (typeof (Gtk.BinLayout));
+    }
+
+    private Gtk.Widget? _child;
+    /**
+     * The child widget of the bin.
+     */
+    public Gtk.Widget? child {
+        get {
+            return _child;
+        }
+
+        set {
+            if (value != null && value.get_parent () != null) {
+                critical ("Tried to set a widget as child that already has a parent.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (_child != null) {
+                _child.unparent ();
+            }
+
+            _child = value;
+
+            if (_child != null) {
+                _child.set_parent (this);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    ~Bin () {
+        if (child != null) {
+            child.unparent ();
+        }
+    }
+}

lib/meson.build

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ libgranite_sources = files(
     'Widgets/AbstractSettingsPage.vala',
     'Widgets/AbstractSimpleSettingsPage.vala',
     'Widgets/AccelLabel.vala',
+    'Widgets/Bin.vala',
     'Widgets/DatePicker.vala',
     'Widgets/Dialog.vala',
     'Widgets/HeaderLabel.vala',