another patch bring the docs more up to date (patch 1717776)

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / dataviewmodel.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/dataviewmodel.tex b/docs/latex/wx/dataviewmodel.tex
index fb8a80c79f61844ca33158dc803c44f13c05353e..095ce8918e7c3ece7a24e6ef067f9baf6a39f57e 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/dataviewmodel.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/dataviewmodel.tex
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ of the abstract wxDataViewModel.
 
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
-\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
+\helpref{wxObjectRefData}{wxobjectrefdata}
 
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ of the abstract wxDataViewModel.
 
 \func{}{wxDataViewModel}{\void}
 
+Constructor.
 
 \membersection{wxDataViewModel::\destruct{wxDataViewModel}}\label{wxdataviewmodeldtor}
 
 \func{}{\destruct{wxDataViewModel}}{\void}
 
+Destructor.
 
 \section{\class{wxDataViewListModel}}\label{wxdataviewlistmodel}
 
@@ -37,10 +39,43 @@ to define a table like data model to be displayed by a
 \helpref{wxDataViewCtrl}{wxdataviewctrl}. You need to derive
 from this class to define your own data model.
 
+You need to override \helpref{GetRowCount}{wxdataviewlistmodelgetrowcount},
+\helpref{GetColumnCount}{wxdataviewlistmodelgetcolumncount},
+\helpref{GetColumnType}{wxdataviewlistmodelgetcolumntype} and
+\helpref{GetValue}{wxdataviewlistmodelgetvalue} in order to
+define the data model (which acts as an interface between 
+your actual data and the wxDataViewCtrl). Since you will
+usually also allow the wxDataViewCtrl to change your data
+through its graphical interface, you will also have to override
+\helpref{SetValue}{wxdataviewlistmodelsetvalue} which the
+wxDataViewCtrl will call when a change to some data has been
+commited.
+
+The data that is presented through this data model is expected
+to change at run-time. You need to inform the data model that
+a change happens. Depending on what happened you need to call
+one of the following methods: 
+\helpref{ValueChanged}{wxdataviewlistmodelvaluechanged},
+\helpref{RowChanged}{wxdataviewlistmodelrowchanged},
+\helpref{RowAppended}{wxdataviewlistmodelrowappended},
+\helpref{RowPrepended}{wxdataviewlistmodelrowprepended},
+\helpref{RowInserted}{wxdataviewlistmodelrowinserted},
+\helpref{RowDeleted}{wxdataviewlistmodelrowdeleted},
+\helpref{RowsReordered}{wxdataviewlistmodelrowsreordered} or
+\helpref{RowsCleared}{wxdataviewlistmodelcleared}.
+
+
+
+wxDataViewModel and this class (as indeed the entire wxDataViewCtrl
+code) is using \helpref{wxVariant}{wxvariant} to store data and
+its type in a generic way. wxVariant can be extended to contain
+almost any data without changes to the original class.
+
 This class maintains a list of 
 \helpref{wxDataListViewListModelNotifier}{wxdataviewlistmodelnotifier}
 which link this class to the specific implementations on the
-supported platforms so that e.g. calling {\it ValueChanged()}
+supported platforms so that e.g. calling 
+\helpref{ValueChanged}{wxdataviewlistmodelvaluechanged}
 on this model will just call 
 \helpref{wxDataListViewListModelNotifier::ValueChanged}{wxdataviewlistmodelnotifiervaluechanged}
 for each notifier that has been added. This is used both for
@@ -56,7 +91,8 @@ mostly used internally.
 
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
-\helpref{wxDataViewModel}{wxdataviewmodel}
+\helpref{wxDataViewModel}{wxdataviewmodel}\\
+\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
 
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
@@ -67,11 +103,13 @@ mostly used internally.
 
 \func{}{wxDataViewListModel}{\void}
 
+Constructor.
 
 \membersection{wxDataViewListModel::\destruct{wxDataViewListModel}}\label{wxdataviewlistmodeldtor}
 
 \func{}{\destruct{wxDataViewListModel}}{\void}
 
+Destructor.
 
 \membersection{wxDataViewListModel::AddNotifier}\label{wxdataviewlistmodeladdnotifier}
 
@@ -79,7 +117,7 @@ mostly used internally.
 
 Adds {\it notifier} to the internal list of notifers.
 
-See also \helpref{RemoveNotifier}{{wxdataviewlistmodelremovenotifier}.
+See also \helpref{RemoveNotifier}{wxdataviewlistmodelremovenotifier}.
 
 \membersection{wxDataViewListModel::AddViewingColumn}\label{wxdataviewlistmodeladdviewingcolumn}
 
@@ -91,11 +129,18 @@ display a certain column of this model.
 
 \membersection{wxDataViewListModel::Cleared}\label{wxdataviewlistmodelcleared}
 
-\func{bool}{Cleared}{\void}
+\func{bool}{virtual Cleared}{\void}
 
 Call this if all data in your model has been cleared.
 
-\membersection{wxDataViewListModel::GetColType}\label{wxdataviewlistmodelgetcoltype}
+\membersection{wxDataViewListModel::GetColumnCount}\label{wxdataviewlistmodelgetcolumncount}
+
+\func{virtual unsigned int}{GetColumnCount}{\void}
+
+Override this to indicate, how many columns the list
+model has.
+
+\membersection{wxDataViewListModel::GetColumnType}\label{wxdataviewlistmodelgetcolumntype}
 
 \func{virtual wxString}{GetColType}{\param{unsigned int }{col}}
 
@@ -103,16 +148,9 @@ Override this to indicate what type of data is stored in the
 column specified by {\it col}. This should return a string
 indicating the type of data as reported by \helpref{wxVariant}{wxvariant}.
 
-\membersection{wxDataViewListModel::GetNumberOfCols}\label{wxdataviewlistmodelgetnumberofcols}
-
-\func{virtual unsigned int}{GetNumberOfCols}{\void}
-
-Override this to indicate, how many columns the list
-model has.
+\membersection{wxDataViewListModel::GetRowCount}\label{wxdataviewlistmodelgetrowcount}
 
-\membersection{wxDataViewListModel::GetNumberOfRows}\label{wxdataviewlistmodelgetnumberofrows}
-
-\func{virtual unsigned int}{GetNumberOfRows}{\void}
+\func{virtual unsigned int}{GetRowCount}{\void}
 
 Override this to indicate, how many rows the list
 model has.
@@ -131,7 +169,7 @@ is used to store the data.
 
 Removes the notifier from the list of notifiers.
 
-See also \helpref{AddNotifier}{{wxdataviewlistmodeladdnotifier}.
+See also \helpref{AddNotifier}{wxdataviewlistmodeladdnotifier}.
 
 \membersection{wxDataViewListModel::RemoveViewingColumn}\label{wxdataviewlistmodelremoveviewingcolumn}
 
@@ -179,7 +217,7 @@ Call this if the rows have been reorderd.
 
 \membersection{wxDataViewListModel::SetValue}\label{wxdataviewlistmodelsetvalue}
 
-\func{virtual bool}{SetValue}{\param{wxVariant\& }{variant}, \param{unsigned int }{col}, \param{unsigned int }{row}}
+\func{virtual bool}{SetValue}{\param{const wxVariant\& }{variant}, \param{unsigned int }{col}, \param{unsigned int }{row}}
 
 This method gets called by e.g. the wxDataViewCtrl class if a 
 value has been changed through its graphical interface. You
@@ -206,7 +244,9 @@ to be fixed.
 
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
-\helpref{wxDataViewListModel}{wxdataviewlistmodel}
+\helpref{wxDataViewListModel}{wxdataviewlistmodel}\\
+\helpref{wxDataViewModel}{wxdataviewmodel}\\
+\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
 
 \wxheading{Include files}