virtual wxDocument* CreateDocument(const wxString& path, long flags = 0);
/**
- Creates a new instance of the associated view class. If you have not
- supplied a wxClassInfo parameter to the template constructor, you will
- need to override this function to return an appropriate view instance.
+ Creates a new instance of the associated view class.
+
+ If you have not supplied a wxClassInfo parameter to the template
+ constructor, you will need to override this function to return an
+ appropriate view instance.
+
+ If the new view initialization fails, it must call
+ wxDocument::RemoveView() for consistency with the default behaviour of
+ this function.
*/
virtual wxView* CreateView(wxDocument* doc, long flags = 0);
virtual wxString GetViewName() const;
/**
- Initialises the document, calling wxDocument::OnCreate(). This is
- called from CreateDocument().
+ Initialises the document, calling wxDocument::OnCreate().
+
+ This is called from CreateDocument().
+
+ If you override this method, notice that you must @em delete the @a doc
+ if its initialization fails for consistency with the default behaviour.
+
+ @param doc
+ The document to initialize.
+ @param path
+ The associated file path.
+ @param flags
+ Flags passed to CreateDocument().
+ @return
+ @true if the initialization was successful or @false if it failed
+ in which case @a doc should be deleted by this function.
*/
- virtual bool InitDocument(wxDocument* doc, const wxString& path,
+ virtual bool InitDocument(wxDocument* doc,
+ const wxString& path,
long flags = 0);
/**
/**
Called just after the document object is created to give it a chance to
- initialize itself. The default implementation uses the template
- associated with the document to create an initial view. If this
- function returns @false, the document is deleted.
+ initialize itself.
+
+ The default implementation uses the template associated with the
+ document to create an initial view.
+
+ For compatibility reasons, this method may either delete the document
+ itself if its initialization fails or not do it in which case it is
+ deleted by caller. It is recommended to delete the document explicitly
+ in this function if it can't be initialized.
+
+ @param path
+ The associated file path.
+ @param flags
+ Flags passed to CreateDocument().
+ @return
+ @true if the initialization was successful or @false if it failed.
*/
virtual bool OnCreate(const wxString& path, long flags);