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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: ctrlsub.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxControlWithItems
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9
10 /**
11 @class wxItemContainerImmutable
12
13 wxItemContainer defines an interface which is implemented by all controls
14 which have string subitems each of which may be selected.
15
16 It is decomposed in wxItemContainerImmutable which omits all methods
17 adding/removing items and is used by wxRadioBox and wxItemContainer itself.
18
19 Note that this is not a control, it's a mixin interface that classes
20 have to derive from in addition to wxControl or wxWindow.
21
22 Examples: wxListBox, wxCheckListBox, wxChoice and wxComboBox (which
23 implements an extended interface deriving from this one)
24
25 @library{wxcore}
26 @category{ctrl}
27
28 @see wxControlWithItems, wxItemContainer
29 */
30 class wxItemContainerImmutable
31 {
32 public:
33 /// Constructor
34 wxItemContainerImmutable();
35
36 //@{
37
38 /**
39 Returns the number of items in the control.
40
41 @see IsEmpty()
42 */
43 virtual unsigned int GetCount() const = 0;
44
45 /**
46 Returns @true if the control is empty or @false if it has some items.
47
48 @see GetCount()
49 */
50 bool IsEmpty() const;
51
52 /**
53 Returns the label of the item with the given index.
54
55 @param n
56 The zero-based index.
57
58 @return The label of the item or an empty string if the position was
59 invalid.
60 */
61 virtual wxString GetString(unsigned int n) const = 0;
62
63 /**
64 Returns the array of the labels of all items in the control.
65 */
66 wxArrayString GetStrings() const;
67
68 /**
69 Sets the label for the given item.
70
71 @param n
72 The zero-based item index.
73 @param string
74 The label to set.
75 */
76 virtual void SetString(unsigned int n, const wxString& string) = 0;
77
78 /**
79 Finds an item whose label matches the given string.
80
81 @param string
82 String to find.
83 @param caseSensitive
84 Whether search is case sensitive (default is not).
85
86 @return The zero-based position of the item, or wxNOT_FOUND if the
87 string was not found.
88 */
89 virtual int FindString(const wxString& string, bool caseSensitive = false) const;
90
91 //@}
92
93 /// @name Selection
94 //@{
95
96 /**
97 Sets the selection to the given item @a n or removes the selection
98 entirely if @a n == @c wxNOT_FOUND.
99
100 Note that this does not cause any command events to be emitted nor does
101 it deselect any other items in the controls which support multiple
102 selections.
103
104 @param n
105 The string position to select, starting from zero.
106
107 @see SetString(), SetStringSelection()
108 */
109 virtual void SetSelection(int n) = 0;
110
111 /**
112 Returns the index of the selected item or @c wxNOT_FOUND if no item is
113 selected.
114
115 @return The position of the current selection.
116
117 @remarks This method can be used with single selection list boxes only,
118 you should use wxListBox::GetSelections() for the list
119 boxes with wxLB_MULTIPLE style.
120
121 @see SetSelection(), GetStringSelection()
122 */
123 virtual int GetSelection() const = 0;
124
125 /**
126 Selects the item with the specified string in the control.
127
128 This method doesn't cause any command events to be emitted.
129
130 Notice that this method is case-insensitive, i.e. the string is
131 compared with all the elements of the control case-insensitively and
132 the first matching entry is selected, even if it doesn't have exactly
133 the same case as this string and there is an exact match afterwards.
134
135 @param string
136 The string to select.
137 @return @true if the specified string has been selected, @false if it
138 wasn't found in the control.
139 */
140 bool SetStringSelection(const wxString& string);
141
142 /**
143 Returns the label of the selected item or an empty string if no item is
144 selected.
145
146 @see GetSelection()
147 */
148 virtual wxString GetStringSelection() const;
149
150 /**
151 This is the same as SetSelection() and exists only because it is
152 slightly more natural for controls which support multiple selection.
153 */
154 void Select(int n);
155
156 //@}
157 };
158
159
160 /**
161 @class wxItemContainer
162
163 This class is an abstract base class for some wxWidgets controls which
164 contain several items such as wxListBox, wxCheckListBox, wxComboBox or
165 wxChoice. It defines an interface which is implemented by all controls
166 which have string subitems each of which may be selected.
167
168 wxItemContainer extends wxItemContainerImmutable interface with methods
169 for adding/removing items.
170
171 It defines the methods for accessing the controls items and although each
172 of the derived classes implements them differently, they still all conform
173 to the same interface.
174
175 The items in a wxItemContainer have (non-empty) string labels and,
176 optionally, client data associated with them. Client data may be of two
177 different kinds: either simple untyped (@c void *) pointers which are
178 simply stored by the control but not used in any way by it, or typed
179 pointers (wxClientData*) which are owned by the control meaning that the
180 typed client data (and only it) will be deleted when an item is deleted
181 using Delete() or the entire control is cleared using Clear(), which also
182 happens when it is destroyed.
183
184 Finally note that in the same control all items must have client data of
185 the same type (typed or untyped), if any. This type is determined by the
186 first call to Append() (the version with client data pointer) or
187 SetClientData().
188
189 Note that this is not a control, it's a mixin interface that classes
190 have to derive from in addition to wxControl or wxWindow. Convenience
191 class wxControlWithItems is provided for this purpose.
192
193 @library{wxcore}
194 @category{ctrl}
195
196 @see wxControlWithItems, wxItemContainerImmutable
197 */
198 class wxItemContainer : public wxItemContainerImmutable
199 {
200 public:
201 //@{
202
203 /**
204 Appends item into the control.
205
206 @param item
207 String to add.
208
209 @return The return value is the index of the newly inserted item.
210 Note that this may be different from the last one if the
211 control is sorted (e.g. has @c wxLB_SORT or @c wxCB_SORT
212 style).
213 */
214 int Append(const wxString& item);
215
216 /**
217 Appends item into the control.
218
219 @param item
220 String to add.
221 @param clientData
222 Pointer to client data to associate with the new item.
223
224 @return The return value is the index of the newly inserted item.
225 Note that this may be different from the last one if the
226 control is sorted (e.g. has @c wxLB_SORT or @c wxCB_SORT
227 style).
228 */
229 int Append(const wxString& item, void* clientData);
230
231 /**
232 Appends item into the control.
233
234 @param item
235 String to add.
236 @param clientData
237 Pointer to client data to associate with the new item.
238
239 @return The return value is the index of the newly inserted item.
240 Note that this may be different from the last one if the
241 control is sorted (e.g. has @c wxLB_SORT or @c wxCB_SORT
242 style).
243 */
244 int Append(const wxString& item, wxClientData* clientData);
245
246 /**
247 Appends several items at once into the control.
248
249 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
250 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
251
252 @param items
253 Array of strings to insert.
254 */
255 int Append(const wxArrayString& items);
256
257 /**
258 Appends several items at once into the control.
259
260 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
261 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
262
263 @param items
264 Array of strings to insert.
265 @param clientData
266 Array of client data pointers of the same size as @a items to
267 associate with the new items.
268 */
269 int Append(const wxArrayString& items, void **clientData);
270
271 /**
272 Appends several items at once into the control.
273
274 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
275 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
276
277 @param items
278 Array of strings to insert.
279 @param clientData
280 Array of client data pointers of the same size as @a items to
281 associate with the new items.
282 */
283 int Append(const wxArrayString& items, wxClientData **clientData);
284
285 /**
286 Appends several items at once into the control.
287
288 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
289 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
290
291 @param n
292 Number of items in the @a items array.
293 @param items
294 Array of strings of size @a n.
295 */
296 int Append(unsigned int n, const wxString* items);
297
298 /**
299 Appends several items at once into the control.
300
301 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
302 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
303
304 @param n
305 Number of items in the @a items array.
306 @param items
307 Array of strings of size @a n.
308 @param clientData
309 Array of client data pointers of size @a n to associate with the
310 new items.
311 */
312 int Append(unsigned int n, const wxString* items,
313 void** clientData);
314
315 /**
316 Appends several items at once into the control.
317
318 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
319 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
320
321 @param n
322 Number of items in the @a items array.
323 @param items
324 Array of strings of size @a n.
325 @param clientData
326 Array of client data pointers of size @a n to associate with the
327 new items.
328 */
329 int Append(unsigned int n, const wxString* items,
330 wxClientData** clientData);
331 //@}
332
333 /**
334 Removes all items from the control.
335 Clear() also deletes the client data of the existing items if it is
336 owned by the control.
337 */
338 void Clear();
339
340 /**
341 Deletes an item from the control.
342
343 The client data associated with the item will be also deleted if it is
344 owned by the control. Note that it is an error (signalled by an assert
345 failure in debug builds) to remove an item with the index negative or
346 greater or equal than the number of items in the control.
347
348 @param n
349 The zero-based item index.
350
351 @see Clear()
352 */
353 void Delete(unsigned int n);
354
355
356 /**
357 Returns the client object associated with the given item and transfers
358 its ownership to the caller.
359
360 This method, unlike GetClientObject(), expects the caller to delete the
361 returned pointer. It also replaces the internally stored pointer with
362 @NULL, i.e. completely detaches the client object pointer from the
363 control.
364
365 It's an error to call this method unless HasClientObjectData() returns
366 @true.
367
368 @param n
369 The zero-based item index.
370 @return The associated client object pointer to be deleted by caller or
371 @NULL.
372
373 @since 2.9.2
374 */
375 wxClientData *DetachClientObject(unsigned int n);
376
377 /**
378 Returns true, if either untyped data (@c void*) or object data (wxClientData*)
379 is associated with the items of the control.
380 */
381 bool HasClientData() const;
382
383 /**
384 Returns true, if object data is associated with the items of the
385 control.
386
387 Object data pointers have the type @c wxClientData* instead of @c void*
388 and, importantly, are owned by the control, i.e. will be deleted by it,
389 unlike their untyped counterparts.
390 */
391 bool HasClientObjectData() const;
392
393 /**
394 Returns true, if untyped data (@c void*)
395 is associated with the items of the control.
396 */
397 bool HasClientUntypedData() const;
398
399
400 //@{
401
402 /**
403 Returns a pointer to the client data associated with the given item (if
404 any). It is an error to call this function for a control which doesn't
405 have untyped client data at all although it is OK to call it even if
406 the given item doesn't have any client data associated with it (but
407 other items do).
408
409 @param n
410 The zero-based position of the item.
411
412 @return A pointer to the client data, or @NULL if not present.
413 */
414 void* GetClientData(unsigned int n) const;
415
416 /**
417 Returns a pointer to the client data associated with the given item (if
418 any). It is an error to call this function for a control which doesn't
419 have typed client data at all although it is OK to call it even if the
420 given item doesn't have any client data associated with it (but other
421 items do).
422
423 Notice that the returned pointer is still owned by the control and will
424 be deleted by it, use DetachClientObject() if you want to remove the
425 pointer from the control.
426
427 @param n
428 The zero-based position of the item.
429
430 @return A pointer to the client data, or @NULL if not present.
431 */
432 wxClientData* GetClientObject(unsigned int n) const;
433
434 /**
435 Associates the given untyped client data pointer with the given item.
436 Note that it is an error to call this function if any typed client data
437 pointers had been associated with the control items before.
438
439 @param n
440 The zero-based item index.
441 @param data
442 The client data to associate with the item.
443 */
444 void SetClientData(unsigned int n, void* data);
445
446 /**
447 Associates the given typed client data pointer with the given item: the
448 @a data object will be deleted when the item is deleted (either
449 explicitly by using Delete() or implicitly when the control itself is
450 destroyed). Note that it is an error to call this function if any
451 untyped client data pointers had been associated with the control items
452 before.
453
454 @param n
455 The zero-based item index.
456 @param data
457 The client data to associate with the item.
458 */
459 void SetClientObject(unsigned int n, wxClientData* data);
460
461 //@}
462
463 //@{
464
465 /**
466 Inserts item into the control.
467
468 @param item
469 String to add.
470 @param pos
471 Position to insert item before, zero based.
472
473 @return The return value is the index of the newly inserted item.
474 If the insertion failed for some reason, -1 is returned.
475 */
476 int Insert(const wxString& item, unsigned int pos);
477
478 /**
479 Inserts item into the control.
480
481 @param item
482 String to add.
483 @param pos
484 Position to insert item before, zero based.
485 @param clientData
486 Pointer to client data to associate with the new item.
487
488 @return The return value is the index of the newly inserted item.
489 If the insertion failed for some reason, -1 is returned.
490 */
491 int Insert(const wxString& item, unsigned int pos, void* clientData);
492
493 /**
494 Inserts item into the control.
495
496 @param item
497 String to add.
498 @param pos
499 Position to insert item before, zero based.
500 @param clientData
501 Pointer to client data to associate with the new item.
502
503 @return The return value is the index of the newly inserted item.
504 If the insertion failed for some reason, -1 is returned.
505 */
506 int Insert(const wxString& item, unsigned int pos,
507 wxClientData* clientData);
508
509 /**
510 Inserts several items at once into the control.
511
512 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than inserting
513 them one by one if you need to insert a lot of items.
514
515 @param items
516 Array of strings to insert.
517 @param pos
518 Position to insert the items before, zero based.
519 @return The return value is the index of the last inserted item.
520 If the insertion failed for some reason, -1 is returned.
521 */
522 int Insert(const wxArrayString& items, unsigned int pos);
523
524 /**
525 Inserts several items at once into the control.
526
527 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than inserting
528 them one by one if you need to insert a lot of items.
529
530 @param items
531 Array of strings to insert.
532 @param pos
533 Position to insert the items before, zero based.
534 @param clientData
535 Array of client data pointers of the same size as @a items to
536 associate with the new items.
537 @return The return value is the index of the last inserted item.
538 If the insertion failed for some reason, -1 is returned.
539 */
540 int Insert(const wxArrayString& items, unsigned int pos,
541 void **clientData);
542
543 /**
544 Inserts several items at once into the control.
545
546 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than inserting
547 them one by one if you need to insert a lot of items.
548
549 @param items
550 Array of strings to insert.
551 @param pos
552 Position to insert the items before, zero based.
553 @param clientData
554 Array of client data pointers of the same size as @a items to
555 associate with the new items.
556 @return The return value is the index of the last inserted item.
557 If the insertion failed for some reason, -1 is returned.
558 */
559 int Insert(const wxArrayString& items, unsigned int pos,
560 wxClientData **clientData);
561
562 /**
563 Inserts several items at once into the control.
564
565 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than inserting
566 them one by one if you need to insert a lot of items.
567
568 @param n
569 Number of items in the @a items array.
570 @param items
571 Array of strings of size @a n.
572 @param pos
573 Position to insert the items before, zero based.
574 @return The return value is the index of the last inserted item.
575 If the insertion failed for some reason, -1 is returned.
576 */
577 int Insert(unsigned int n, const wxString* items,
578 unsigned int pos);
579
580 /**
581 Inserts several items at once into the control.
582
583 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than inserting
584 them one by one if you need to insert a lot of items.
585
586 @param n
587 Number of items in the @a items array.
588 @param items
589 Array of strings of size @a n.
590 @param pos
591 Position to insert the new items before, zero based.
592 @param clientData
593 Array of client data pointers of size @a n to associate with the
594 new items.
595 @return The return value is the index of the last inserted item.
596 If the insertion failed for some reason, -1 is returned.
597 */
598 int Insert(unsigned int n, const wxString* items,
599 unsigned int pos,
600 void** clientData);
601
602 /**
603 Inserts several items at once into the control.
604
605 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than inserting
606 them one by one if you need to insert a lot of items.
607
608 @param n
609 Number of items in the @a items array.
610 @param items
611 Array of strings of size @a n.
612 @param pos
613 Position to insert the new items before, zero based.
614 @param clientData
615 Array of client data pointers of size @a n to associate with the
616 new items.
617 @return The return value is the index of the last inserted item.
618 If the insertion failed for some reason, -1 is returned.
619 */
620 int Insert(unsigned int n, const wxString* items,
621 unsigned int pos,
622 wxClientData** clientData);
623 //@}
624
625 //@{
626 /**
627 Replaces the current control contents with the given items.
628
629 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
630 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
631
632 @param items
633 Array of strings to insert.
634 */
635 void Set(const wxArrayString& items);
636
637 /**
638 Replaces the current control contents with the given items.
639
640 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
641 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
642
643 @param items
644 Array of strings to insert.
645 @param clientData
646 Array of client data pointers of the same size as @a items to
647 associate with the new items.
648 */
649 void Set(const wxArrayString& items, void **clientData);
650
651 /**
652 Replaces the current control contents with the given items.
653
654 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
655 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
656
657 @param items
658 Array of strings to insert.
659 @param clientData
660 Array of client data pointers of the same size as @a items to
661 associate with the new items.
662 */
663 void Set(const wxArrayString& items, wxClientData **clientData);
664
665 /**
666 Replaces the current control contents with the given items.
667
668 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
669 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
670
671 @param n
672 Number of items in the @a items array.
673 @param items
674 Array of strings of size @a n.
675 */
676 void Set(unsigned int n, const wxString* items);
677
678 /**
679 Replaces the current control contents with the given items.
680
681 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
682 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
683
684 @param n
685 Number of items in the @a items array.
686 @param items
687 Array of strings of size @a n.
688 @param clientData
689 Array of client data pointers of size @a n to associate with the
690 new items.
691 */
692 void Set(unsigned int n, const wxString* items, void** clientData);
693
694 /**
695 Replaces the current control contents with the given items.
696
697 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
698 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
699
700 @param n
701 Number of items in the @a items array.
702 @param items
703 Array of strings of size @a n.
704 @param clientData
705 Array of client data pointers of size @a n to associate with the
706 new items.
707 */
708 void Set(unsigned int n, const wxString* items, wxClientData** clientData);
709 //@}
710 };
711
712
713 /**
714 @class wxControlWithItems
715
716 This is convenience class that derives from both wxControl and
717 wxItemContainer. It is used as basis for some wxWidgets controls
718 (wxChoice and wxListBox).
719
720 @library{wxcore}
721 @category{ctrl}
722
723 @see wxItemContainer, wxItemContainerImmutable
724 */
725 class wxControlWithItems : public wxControl, public wxItemContainer
726 {
727 };
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