/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Aaron Seigo SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause */ #include "sourcesOnRequest.h" #include #include /* This DataEngine shows how to created sources on demand as they are requested and update them on visualization-requested update intervals. It also shows how to bind and arbitrary QAbstractItemModel to a source */ SourcesOnRequestEngine::SourcesOnRequestEngine(QObject *parent, const QVariantList &args) : Plasma::DataEngine(parent, args) { // We've passed the constructor's args to our parent class. // We're done for now! } bool SourcesOnRequestEngine::sourceRequestEvent(const QString &source) { // When this method is called we can assume that: // * the source does not exist yet // * the source name parameter passed in is not an empty string // * we are free to reject creating the source if we wish // We're going to reject any sources that start with the letter 'a' // to demonstrate how to reject a request in a DataEngine. if (source.startsWith(QLatin1Char('a')) || source.startsWith(QLatin1Char('A'))) { return false; } // For every other source, we're going to start an update count for it. // Critically, we create a source before returning that has the exact // same key as the source string. We MUST NOT create a source of a different // name as that will cause unexpected results for the visualization. // In such a case the DataEngine will remain happy and Do The Right Thing(tm) // but the visualization will not get the source connected to it as it // expects. So ALWAYS key the new data by the source string as below: setData(source, QStringLiteral("Update Count"), 0); if (!modelForSource(source)) { QStandardItemModel *m = new QStandardItemModel; m->appendRow(new QStandardItem(QStringLiteral("Item1, first update"))); m->appendRow(new QStandardItem(QStringLiteral("Item2, first update"))); m->appendRow(new QStandardItem(QStringLiteral("Item3, first update"))); setModel(source, m); } // as we successfully set up the source, return true return true; } bool SourcesOnRequestEngine::updateSourceEvent(const QString &source) { // Whenever a visualization has requested an update, such as when passing // an update interval to DataEngine::connectSource, this method will be called. // When this method is called we can assume that: // * the source exists // * it hasn't been updated more frequently than the minimum update interval // // If not data is set in this method, then the update is skipped for the visualiation // and that is just fine. // // We can also set data for other sources here if we wish, but as with // sourceRequestEvent this may not be what the visualization expects. Unlike in // sourceRequestEvent, however, this will result in expected behavior: visualizations // connected to the sources which have setData called for them will be notified // of these changes. const int updateCount = containerForSource(source)->data().value(QStringLiteral("Update Count")).toInt() + 1; setData(source, QStringLiteral("Update Count"), updateCount); QStandardItemModel *m = qobject_cast(modelForSource(source)); if (m) { m->clear(); m->appendRow(new QStandardItem(QStringLiteral("Item1, update %1").arg(updateCount))); m->appendRow(new QStandardItem(QStringLiteral("Item2, update %1").arg(updateCount))); m->appendRow(new QStandardItem(QStringLiteral("Item3, update %1").arg(updateCount))); } // Since we updated the source immediately here, we need to return true so the DataEngine // knows to continue with the update notification for visualizations. return true; } // export the plugin; use the plugin name and the class name K_PLUGIN_CLASS_WITH_JSON(SourcesOnRequestEngine, "plasma-dataengine-example-sourcesOnRequest.json") // include the moc file so the build system makes it for us #include "sourcesOnRequest.moc"