const wxDataFormat wxFormatInvalid;
%mutable;
-
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxDataObject represents a piece of data which knows which formats it
-// supports and knows how to render itself in each of them - GetDataHere(),
-// and how to restore data from the buffer (SetData()).
-//
-// Although this class may be used directly (i.e. custom classes may be
-// derived from it), in many cases it might be simpler to use either
-// wxDataObjectSimple or wxDataObjectComposite classes.
-//
-// A data object may be "read only", i.e. support only GetData() functions or
-// "read-write", i.e. support both GetData() and SetData() (in principle, it
-// might be "write only" too, but this is rare). Moreover, it doesn't have to
-// support the same formats in Get() and Set() directions: for example, a data
-// object containing JPEG image might accept BMPs in GetData() because JPEG
-// image may be easily transformed into BMP but not in SetData(). Accordingly,
-// all methods dealing with formats take an additional "direction" argument
-// which is either SET or GET and which tells the function if the format needs
-// to be supported by SetData() or GetDataHere().
+DocStr(wxDataObject,
+"A wx.DataObject represents data that can be copied to or from the
+clipboard, or dragged and dropped. The important thing about
+wx.DataObject is that this is a 'smart' piece of data unlike usual
+'dumb' data containers such as memory buffers or files. Being 'smart'
+here means that the data object itself should know what data formats
+it supports and how to render itself in each of supported formats.
+
+**NOTE**: This class is an abstract base class and can not be used
+directly from Python. If you need a custom type of data object then
+you should instead derive from `wx.PyDataObjectSimple` or use
+`wx.CustomDataObject`.
+", "
+Not surprisingly, being 'smart' comes at a price of added
+complexity. This is reasonable for the situations when you really need
+to support multiple formats, but may be annoying if you only want to
+do something simple like cut and paste text.
+
+To provide a solution for both cases, wxWidgets has two predefined
+classes which derive from wx.DataObject: `wx.DataObjectSimple` and
+`wx.DataObjectComposite`. `wx.DataObjectSimple` is the simplest
+wx.DataObject possible and only holds data in a single format (such as
+text or bitmap) and `wx.DataObjectComposite` is the simplest way to
+implement a wx.DataObject which supports multiple simultaneous formats
+because it achievs this by simply holding several
+`wx.DataObjectSimple` objects.
+
+Please note that the easiest way to use drag and drop and the
+clipboard with multiple formats is by using `wx.DataObjectComposite`,
+but it is not the most efficient one as each `wx.DataObjectSimple`
+would contain the whole data in its respective formats. Now imagine
+that you want to paste 200 pages of text in your proprietary format,
+as well as Word, RTF, HTML, Unicode and plain text to the clipboard
+and even today's computers are in trouble. For this case, you will
+have to derive from wx.DataObject directly and make it enumerate its
+formats and provide the data in the requested format on
+demand. (**TODO**: This is currently not possible from Python. Make
+it so.)
+
+Note that the platform transfer mechanisms for the clipboard and drag
+and drop, do not copy any data out of the source application until
+another application actually requests the data. This is in contrast to
+the 'feel' offered to the user of a program who would normally think
+that the data resides in the clipboard after having pressed 'Copy' -
+in reality it is only declared to be available.
+");
+
+// [other docs...]
+// There are several predefined data object classes derived from
+// wxDataObjectSimple: wxFileDataObject, wxTextDataObject and
+// wxBitmapDataObject which can be used without change.
+
+// You may also derive your own data object classes from
+// wxCustomDataObject for user-defined types. The format of user-defined
+// data is given as mime-type string literal, such as 'application/word'
+// or 'image/png'. These strings are used as they are under Unix (so far
+// only GTK) to identify a format and are translated into their Windows
+// equivalent under Win32 (using the OLE IDataObject for data exchange to
+// and from the clipboard and for drag and drop). Note that the format
+// string translation under Windows is not yet finished.
+
+
+
class wxDataObject {
public:
enum Direction {
// wxDataObject(); // *** It's an ABC.
~wxDataObject();
- // get the best suited format for rendering our data
- virtual wxDataFormat GetPreferredFormat(Direction dir = Get) const;
-
- // get the number of formats we support
- virtual size_t GetFormatCount(Direction dir = Get) const;
+ DocDeclStr(
+ virtual wxDataFormat , GetPreferredFormat(Direction dir = Get) const,
+ "Returns the preferred format for either rendering the data (if dir is
+Get, its default value) or for setting it. Usually this will be the
+native format of the wx.DataObject.", "");
+
- // returns True if this format is supported
- bool IsSupported(const wxDataFormat& format, Direction dir = Get) const;
+ DocDeclStr(
+ virtual size_t , GetFormatCount(Direction dir = Get) const,
+ "Returns the number of available formats for rendering or setting the
+data.", "");
+
- // get the (total) size of data for the given format
- virtual size_t GetDataSize(const wxDataFormat& format) const;
+ DocDeclStr(
+ bool , IsSupported(const wxDataFormat& format, Direction dir = Get) const,
+ "Returns True if this format is supported.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ virtual size_t , GetDataSize(const wxDataFormat& format) const,
+ "Get the (total) size of data for the given format", "");
+
- //-------------------------------------------------------------------
- // TODO: Fix these three methods to do the right Pythonic things...
- //-------------------------------------------------------------------
// return all formats in the provided array (of size GetFormatCount())
- virtual void GetAllFormats(wxDataFormat *formats,
- Direction dir = Get) const;
+ //virtual void GetAllFormats(wxDataFormat *formats,
+ // Direction dir = Get) const;
+ DocAStr(GetAllFormats,
+ "GetAllFormats(self, int dir=Get) -> [formats]",
+ "Returns a list of all the wx.DataFormats that this dataobject supports
+in the given direction.", "");
+ %extend {
+ PyObject* GetAllFormats(Direction dir = Get) {
+ size_t count = self->GetFormatCount(dir);
+ wxDataFormat* formats = new wxDataFormat[count];
+ self->GetAllFormats(formats, dir);
+
+ bool blocked = wxPyBeginBlockThreads();
+ PyObject* list = PyList_New(count);
+ for (size_t i=0; i<count; i++) {
+ wxDataFormat* format = new wxDataFormat(formats[i]);
+ PyObject* obj = wxPyConstructObject((void*)format, wxT("wxDataFormat"), True);
+ PyList_Append(list, obj);
+ Py_DECREF(obj);
+ }
+ wxPyEndBlockThreads(blocked);
+ delete [] formats;
+ return list;
+ }
+ }
+
+
// copy raw data (in the specified format) to the provided buffer, return
// True if data copied successfully, False otherwise
- virtual bool GetDataHere(const wxDataFormat& format, void *buf) const;
+ // virtual bool GetDataHere(const wxDataFormat& format, void *buf) const;
+
+ DocAStr(GetDataHere,
+ "GetDataHere(self, DataFormat format) -> String",
+ "Get the data bytes in the specified format, returns None on failure.
+", "
+:todo: This should use the python buffer interface isntead...");
+ %extend {
+ PyObject* GetDataHere(const wxDataFormat& format) {
+ PyObject* rval = NULL;
+ size_t size = self->GetDataSize(format);
+ bool blocked = wxPyBeginBlockThreads();
+ if (size) {
+ char* buf = new char[size];
+ if (self->GetDataHere(format, buf))
+ rval = PyString_FromStringAndSize(buf, size);
+ delete [] buf;
+ }
+ if (! rval) {
+ rval = Py_None;
+ Py_INCREF(rval);
+ }
+ wxPyEndBlockThreads(blocked);
+ return rval;
+ }
+ }
+
// get data from the buffer of specified length (in the given format),
// return True if the data was read successfully, False otherwise
- virtual bool SetData(const wxDataFormat& format,
- size_t len, const void * buf);
+ //virtual bool SetData(const wxDataFormat& format,
+ // size_t len, const void * buf);
+ DocAStr(SetData,
+ "SetData(self, DataFormat format, String data) -> bool",
+ "Set the data in the specified format from the bytes in the the data string.
+", "
+:todo: This should use the python buffer interface isntead...");
+ %extend {
+ bool SetData(const wxDataFormat& format, PyObject* data) {
+ bool rval;
+ bool blocked = wxPyBeginBlockThreads();
+ if (PyString_Check(data)) {
+ rval = self->SetData(format, PyString_Size(data), PyString_AsString(data));
+ }
+ else {
+ // raise a TypeError if not a string
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "String expected.");
+ rval = False;
+ }
+ wxPyEndBlockThreads(blocked);
+ return rval;
+ }
+ }
+
+
};
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DocStr(wxDataObjectSimple,
+"wx.DataObjectSimple is a `wx.DataObject` which only supports one
+format. This is the simplest possible `wx.DataObject` implementation.
+
+This is still an \"abstract base class\" meaning that you can't use it
+directly. You either need to use one of the predefined base classes,
+or derive your own class from `wx.PyDataObjectSimple`.
+", "");
-// wxDataObjectSimple is a wxDataObject which only supports one format (in
-// both Get and Set directions, but you may return False from GetDataHere() or
-// SetData() if one of them is not supported). This is the simplest possible
-// wxDataObject implementation.
-//
-// This is still an "abstract base class" (although it doesn't have any pure
-// virtual functions), to use it you should derive from it and implement
-// GetDataSize(), GetDataHere() and SetData() functions because the base class
-// versions don't do anything - they just return "not implemented".
-//
-// This class should be used when you provide data in only one format (no
-// conversion to/from other formats), either a standard or a custom one.
-// Otherwise, you should use wxDataObjectComposite or wxDataObject directly.
class wxDataObjectSimple : public wxDataObject {
public:
- wxDataObjectSimple(const wxDataFormat& format = wxFormatInvalid);
+ DocCtorStr(
+ wxDataObjectSimple(const wxDataFormat& format = wxFormatInvalid),
+ "Constructor accepts the supported format (none by default) which may
+also be set later with `SetFormat`.","");
+
- // get/set the format we support
- const wxDataFormat& GetFormat();
- void SetFormat(const wxDataFormat& format);
+ DocDeclStr(
+ const wxDataFormat& , GetFormat(),
+ "Returns the (one and only one) format supported by this object. It is
+assumed that the format is supported in both directions.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , SetFormat(const wxDataFormat& format),
+ "Sets the supported format.", "");
+ DocDeclStr(
+ virtual size_t , GetDataSize() const,
+ "Get the size of our data.", "");
+
+
+
+ DocAStr(GetDataHere,
+ "GetDataHere(self) -> String",
+ "Returns the data bytes from the data object as a string, returns None
+on failure. Must be implemented in the derived class if the object
+supports rendering its data.", "");
+ %extend {
+ PyObject* GetDataHere() {
+ PyObject* rval = NULL;
+ size_t size = self->GetDataSize();
+ bool blocked = wxPyBeginBlockThreads();
+ if (size) {
+ char* buf = new char[size];
+ if (self->GetDataHere(buf))
+ rval = PyString_FromStringAndSize(buf, size);
+ delete [] buf;
+ }
+ if (! rval) {
+ rval = Py_None;
+ Py_INCREF(rval);
+ }
+ wxPyEndBlockThreads(blocked);
+ return rval;
+ }
+ }
+
+
+ DocAStr(SetData,
+ "SetData(self, String data) -> bool",
+ "Copy the data value to the data object. Must be implemented in the
+derived class if the object supports setting its data.
+", "");
+ %extend {
+ bool SetData(PyObject* data) {
+ bool rval;
+ bool blocked = wxPyBeginBlockThreads();
+ if (PyString_Check(data)) {
+ rval = self->SetData(PyString_Size(data), PyString_AsString(data));
+ }
+ else {
+ // raise a TypeError if not a string
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "String expected.");
+ rval = False;
+ }
+ wxPyEndBlockThreads(blocked);
+ return rval;
+ }
+ }
+
};
+
+
%{ // Create a new class for wxPython to use
class wxPyDataObjectSimple : public wxDataObjectSimple {
public:
// Now define it for SWIG
+DocStr(wxPyDataObjectSimple,
+"wx.PyDataObjectSimple is a version of `wx.DataObjectSimple` that is
+Python-aware and knows how to reflect calls to its C++ virtual methods
+to methods in the Python derived class. You should derive from this
+class and overload `GetDataSize`, `GetDataHere` and `SetData` when you
+need to create your own simple single-format type of `wx.DataObject`.
+", "
+Here is a simple example::
+
+ class MyDataObject(wx.PyDataObjectSimple):
+ def __init__(self):
+ wx.PyDataObjectSimple.__init__(
+ self, wx.CustomDataFormat('MyDOFormat'))
+ self.data = ''
+
+ def GetDataSize(self):
+ return len(self.data)
+ def GetDataHere(self):
+ return self.data # returns a string
+ def SetData(self, data):
+ self.data = data
+ return True
+
+Note that there is already a `wx.CustomDataObject` class that behaves
+very similarly to this example. The value of creating your own
+derived class like this is to be able to do additional things when the
+data is requested or given via the clipboard or drag and drop
+operation, such as generate the data value or decode it into needed
+data structures.
+");
class wxPyDataObjectSimple : public wxDataObjectSimple {
public:
%pythonAppend wxPyDataObjectSimple "self._setCallbackInfo(self, PyDataObjectSimple)"
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxDataObjectComposite is the simplest way to implement wxDataObject
-// supporting multiple formats. It contains several wxDataObjectSimple and
-// supports all formats supported by any of them.
-//
+DocStr(wxDataObjectComposite,
+"wx.DataObjectComposite is the simplest `wx.DataObject` derivation
+which may be sued to support multiple formats. It contains several
+'wx.DataObjectSimple` objects and supports any format supported by at
+least one of them. Only one of these data objects is *preferred* (the
+first one if not explicitly changed by using the second parameter of
+`Add`) and its format determines the preferred format of the composite
+data object as well.
+
+See `wx.DataObject` documentation for the reasons why you might prefer
+to use wx.DataObject directly instead of wx.DataObjectComposite for
+efficiency reasons.
+", "");
+
class wxDataObjectComposite : public wxDataObject {
public:
wxDataObjectComposite();
%apply SWIGTYPE *DISOWN { wxDataObjectSimple *dataObject };
- void Add(wxDataObjectSimple *dataObject, int preferred = False);
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , Add(wxDataObjectSimple *dataObject, bool preferred = False),
+ "Adds the dataObject to the list of supported objects and it becomes
+the preferred object if preferred is True.", "");
+
%clear wxDataObjectSimple *dataObject;
};
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxTextDataObject contains text data
+DocStr(wxTextDataObject,
+"wx.TextDataObject is a specialization of `wx.DataObject` for text
+data. It can be used without change to paste data into the `wx.Clipboard`
+or a `wx.DropSource`.
+
+Alternativly, you may wish to derive a new class from the
+`wx.PyTextDataObject` class for providing text on-demand in order to
+minimize memory consumption when offering data in several formats,
+such as plain text and RTF, because by default the text is stored in a
+string in this class, but it might as well be generated on demand when
+requested. For this, `GetTextLength` and `GetText` will have to be
+overridden.", "");
class wxTextDataObject : public wxDataObjectSimple {
public:
- wxTextDataObject(const wxString& text = wxPyEmptyString);
+ DocCtorStr(
+ wxTextDataObject(const wxString& text = wxPyEmptyString),
+ "Constructor, may be used to initialise the text (otherwise `SetText`
+should be used later).", "");
- size_t GetTextLength();
- wxString GetText();
- void SetText(const wxString& text);
+ DocDeclStr(
+ size_t , GetTextLength(),
+ "Returns the data size. By default, returns the size of the text data
+set in the constructor or using `SetText`. This can be overridden (via
+`wx.PyTextDataObject`) to provide text size data on-demand. It is
+recommended to return the text length plus 1 for a trailing zero, but
+this is not strictly required.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ wxString , GetText(),
+ "Returns the text associated with the data object.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , SetText(const wxString& text),
+ "Sets the text associated with the data object. This method is called
+when the data object receives the data and, by default, copies the
+text into the member variable. If you want to process the text on the
+fly you may wish to override this function (via
+`wx.PyTextDataObject`.)", "");
+
};
+
+
+
%{ // Create a new class for wxPython to use
class wxPyTextDataObject : public wxTextDataObject {
public:
// Now define it for SWIG
+
+DocStr(wxPyTextDataObject,
+"wx.PyTextDataObject is a version of `wx.TextDataObject` that is
+Python-aware and knows how to reflect calls to its C++ virtual methods
+to methods in the Python derived class. You should derive from this
+class and overload `GetTextLength`, `GetText`, and `SetText` when you
+want to be able to provide text on demand instead of preloading it
+into the data object.", "");
+
class wxPyTextDataObject : public wxTextDataObject {
public:
%pythonAppend wxPyTextDataObject "self._setCallbackInfo(self, PyTextDataObject)"
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxBitmapDataObject contains a bitmap
+DocStr(wxBitmapDataObject,
+"wx.BitmapDataObject is a specialization of wxDataObject for bitmap
+data. It can be used without change to paste data into the `wx.Clipboard`
+or a `wx.DropSource`.
+", "
+:see: `wx.PyBitmapDataObject` if you wish to override `GetBitmap` to increase efficiency.");
+
class wxBitmapDataObject : public wxDataObjectSimple {
public:
- wxBitmapDataObject(const wxBitmap& bitmap = wxNullBitmap);
+ DocCtorStr(
+ wxBitmapDataObject(const wxBitmap& bitmap = wxNullBitmap),
+ "Constructor, optionally passing a bitmap (otherwise use `SetBitmap`
+later).", "");
- wxBitmap GetBitmap() const;
- void SetBitmap(const wxBitmap& bitmap);
+ DocDeclStr(
+ wxBitmap , GetBitmap() const,
+ "Returns the bitmap associated with the data object. You may wish to
+override this method (by deriving from `wx.PyBitmapDataObject`) when
+offering data on-demand, but this is not required by wxWidgets'
+internals. Use this method to get data in bitmap form from the
+`wx.Clipboard`.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , SetBitmap(const wxBitmap& bitmap),
+ "Sets the bitmap associated with the data object. This method is called
+when the data object receives data. Usually there will be no reason to
+override this function.", "");
+
};
+
+
%{ // Create a new class for wxPython to use
class wxPyBitmapDataObject : public wxBitmapDataObject {
public:
wxPyEndBlockThreads(blocked);
return *rval;
}
-
+
void wxPyBitmapDataObject::SetBitmap(const wxBitmap& bitmap) {
bool blocked = wxPyBeginBlockThreads();
if (wxPyCBH_findCallback(m_myInst, "SetBitmap")) {
-// Now define it for SWIG
+
+DocStr(wxPyBitmapDataObject,
+"wx.PyBitmapDataObject is a version of `wx.BitmapDataObject` that is
+Python-aware and knows how to reflect calls to its C++ virtual methods
+to methods in the Python derived class. To be able to provide bitmap
+data on demand derive from this class and overload `GetBitmap`.", "");
+
class wxPyBitmapDataObject : public wxBitmapDataObject {
public:
%pythonAppend wxPyBitmapDataObject "self._setCallbackInfo(self, PyBitmapDataObject)"
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxFileDataObject contains a list of filenames
+DocStr(wxFileDataObject,
+"wx.FileDataObject is a specialization of `wx.DataObjectSimple` for
+file names. The program works with it just as if it were a list of
+absolute file names, but internally it uses the same format as
+Explorer and other compatible programs under Windows or GNOME/KDE
+filemanager under Unix which makes it possible to receive files from
+them using this class.
+
+:Warning: Under all non-Windows platforms this class is currently
+ \"input-only\", i.e. you can receive the files from another
+ application, but copying (or dragging) file(s) from a wxWidgets
+ application is not currently supported.
+", "");
+
class wxFileDataObject : public wxDataObjectSimple
{
public:
- wxFileDataObject();
+ DocCtorStr(
+ wxFileDataObject(),
+ "", "");
- const wxArrayString& GetFilenames();
- void AddFile(const wxString &filename);
+ DocDeclAStr(
+ const wxArrayString& , GetFilenames(),
+ "GetFilenames(self) -> [names]",
+ "Returns a list of file names.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , AddFile(const wxString &filename),
+ "Adds a file to the list of files represented by this data object.", "");
+
};
-
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxCustomDataObject contains arbitrary untyped user data.
-// It is understood that this data can be copied bitwise.
+DocStr(wxCustomDataObject,
+"wx.CustomDataObject is a specialization of `wx.DataObjectSimple` for
+some application-specific data in arbitrary format. Python strings
+are used for getting and setting data, but any picklable object can
+easily be transfered via strings. A copy of the data is stored in the
+data object.", "");
+
class wxCustomDataObject : public wxDataObjectSimple {
public:
wxCustomDataObject(const wxDataFormat& format = wxFormatInvalid);
- //void TakeData(size_t size, void *data);
- //bool SetData(size_t size, const void *buf);
+
+ DocAStr(SetData,
+ "SetData(self, String data) -> bool",
+ "Copy the data value to the data object.", "");
%extend {
- void TakeData(PyObject* data) {
- if (PyString_Check(data)) {
- // for Python we just call SetData here since we always need it to make a copy.
- self->SetData(PyString_Size(data), PyString_AsString(data));
- }
- else {
- // raise a TypeError if not a string
- PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "String expected.");
- }
- }
bool SetData(PyObject* data) {
+ bool rval;
+ bool blocked = wxPyBeginBlockThreads();
if (PyString_Check(data)) {
- return self->SetData(PyString_Size(data), PyString_AsString(data));
+ rval = self->SetData(PyString_Size(data), PyString_AsString(data));
}
else {
// raise a TypeError if not a string
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "String expected.");
- return False;
+ rval = False;
}
+ wxPyEndBlockThreads(blocked);
+ return rval;
}
}
+ %pythoncode { TakeData = SetData }
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ size_t , GetSize(),
+ "Get the size of the data.", "");
+
- size_t GetSize();
-
- //void *GetData();
+ DocAStr(GetData,
+ "GetData(self) -> String",
+ "Returns the data bytes from the data object as a string.", "");
%extend {
PyObject* GetData() {
- return PyString_FromStringAndSize((char*)self->GetData(), self->GetSize());
+ PyObject* obj;
+ bool blocked = wxPyBeginBlockThreads();
+ obj = PyString_FromStringAndSize((char*)self->GetData(), self->GetSize());
+ wxPyEndBlockThreads(blocked);
+ return obj;
}
}
};
-// TODO: Implement wxPyCustomDataObject allowing GetSize, GetData and SetData
-// to be overloaded.
-
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DocStr(wxURLDataObject,
+"This data object holds a URL in a format that is compatible with some
+browsers such that it is able to be dragged to or from them.", "");
class wxURLDataObject : public wxDataObjectComposite {
public:
wxURLDataObject();
- wxString GetURL();
- void SetURL(const wxString& url);
+ DocDeclStr(
+ wxString , GetURL(),
+ "Returns a string containing the current URL.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , SetURL(const wxString& url),
+ "Set the URL.", "");
+
};
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------