DemoTreeList Class Reference

A demonstration of the treelist. More...

#include <DemoTreeList.h>

Inheritance diagram for DemoTreeList:

Public Member Functions
	DemoTreeList (Wt::WContainerWidget *parent)
	Create a DemoTreeList. More...

Private Member Functions
void	addMap ()
	Add a map. More...
void	removeMap ()
	Remove a map. More...
TreeNode *	makeTreeMap (const std::string name, TreeNode *parent)
	Create a "map" node, and insert in the given parent. More...
TreeNode *	makeTreeFile (const std::string name, TreeNode *parent)
	Create a "file" node, and insert in the given parent. More...

Private Attributes
TreeNode *	tree_
TreeNode *	testMap_
int	testCount_
Wt::WPushButton *	addMapButton_
Wt::WPushButton *	removeMapButton_

Detailed Description

A demonstration of the treelist.

This is the main class for the treelist example.

Definition at line 27 of file DemoTreeList.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

DemoTreeList()

DemoTreeList::DemoTreeList

(

Wt::WContainerWidget *

parent

)

Create a DemoTreeList.

Definition at line 20 of file DemoTreeList.C.

  : WContainerWidget(parent),
    testCount_(0)
{
  addWidget
    (new WText("<h2>Wt Tree List example</h2>"
               "<p>This is a simple demo of a treelist, implemented using"
               " <a href='http://witty.sourceforge.net/'>Wt</a>.</p>"
               "<p>The leafs of the tree contain the source code of the "
               "tree-list in the classes <b>TreeNode</b> and "
               "<b>IconPair</b>, as well as the implementation of this "
               "demo itself in the class <b>DemoTreeList</b>.</p>"));

  tree_ = makeTreeMap("Examples", 0);
  addWidget(tree_);

  TreeNode *treelist = makeTreeMap("Tree List", tree_);
  TreeNode *wstateicon = makeTreeMap("class IconPair", treelist);
  makeTreeFile("<a href=\"IconPair.h\">IconPair.h</a>", wstateicon);
  makeTreeFile("<a href=\"IconPair.C\">IconPair.C</a>", wstateicon);
  TreeNode *wtreenode = makeTreeMap("class TreeNode", treelist);
  makeTreeFile("<a href=\"TreeNode.h\">TreeNode.h</a>", wtreenode);
  makeTreeFile("<a href=\"TreeNode.C\">TreeNode.C</a>", wtreenode);
  TreeNode *demotreelist = makeTreeMap("class DemoTreeList", treelist);
  makeTreeFile("<a href=\"DemoTreeList.h\">DemoTreeList.h</a>", demotreelist);
  makeTreeFile("<a href=\"DemoTreeList.C\">DemoTreeList.C</a>", demotreelist);

  testMap_ = makeTreeMap("Test map", tree_);

  /*
   * Buttons to dynamically demonstrate changing the tree contents.
   */
  addWidget
    (new WText("<p>Use the following buttons to change the tree "
               "contents:</p>"));

  addMapButton_
    = new WPushButton("Add map", this);
  addMapButton_->clicked().connect(this, &DemoTreeList::addMap);

  removeMapButton_
    = new WPushButton("Remove map", this);
  removeMapButton_->clicked().connect(this, &DemoTreeList::removeMap);
  removeMapButton_->disable();

  addWidget
    (new WText("<p>Remarks:"
               "<ul>"
               "<li><p>This is not the instantiation of a pre-defined "
               "tree list component, but the full implementation of such "
               "a component, in about 350 lines of C++ code !</p> "
               "<p>In comparison, the <a href='http://myfaces.apache.org'> "
               "Apache MyFaces</a> JSF implementation of tree2, with similar "
               "functionality, uses about 2400 lines of Java, and 140 lines "
               "of JavaScript code.</p></li>"
               "<li><p>Once loaded, the tree list does not require any "
               "interaction with the server for handling the click events on "
               "the <img src='icons/nav-plus-line-middle.gif' /> and "
               "<img src='icons/nav-minus-line-middle.gif' /> icons, "
               "because these events have been connected to slots using "
               "STATIC connections. Such connections are converted to the "
               "appropriate JavaScript code that is inserted into the page. "
               "Still, the events are signaled to the server to update the "
               "application state.</p></li>"
               "<li><p>In contrast, the buttons for manipulating the tree "
               "contents use DYNAMIC connections, and thus the update "
               "is computed at server-side, and communicated back to the "
               "browser (by default using AJAX).</p></li>"
               "<li><p>When loading a page, only visible widgets (that are not "
               "<b>setHidden(true)</b>) are transmitted. "
               "The remaining widgets are loaded in the background after "
               "rendering the page. "
               "As a result the application is loaded as fast as possible.</p>"
               "</li>"
               "<li><p>The browser reload button is supported and behaves as "
               "expected: the page is reloaded from the server. Again, "
               "only visible widgets are transmitted immediately.</p> "
               "<p>(For the curious, this is the way to see the actual "
               "HTML/JavaScript code !)</p></li>"
               "</ul></p>"));
}

Member Function Documentation

addMap()

void DemoTreeList::addMap ( )

private

Add a map.

Definition at line 102 of file DemoTreeList.C.

{
  TreeNode *node
    = makeTreeMap("Map " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(++testCount_),
                  testMap_);
  makeTreeFile("File " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(testCount_),
               node);

  removeMapButton_->enable();
}

makeTreeFile()

TreeNode * DemoTreeList::makeTreeFile ( const std::string  name, TreeNode *  parent  )

private

Create a "file" node, and insert in the given parent.

Definition at line 143 of file DemoTreeList.C.

{
  IconPair *labelIcon
    = new IconPair("icons/document.png", "icons/yellow-folder-open.png",
                   false);

  TreeNode *node = new TreeNode(name, XHTMLText, labelIcon, 0);
  if (parent)
    parent->addChildNode(node);

  return node;
}

makeTreeMap()

TreeNode * DemoTreeList::makeTreeMap ( const std::string  name, TreeNode *  parent  )

private

Create a "map" node, and insert in the given parent.

Definition at line 129 of file DemoTreeList.C.

{
  IconPair *labelIcon
    = new IconPair("icons/yellow-folder-closed.png",
                   "icons/yellow-folder-open.png",
                   false);

  TreeNode *node = new TreeNode(name, PlainText, labelIcon, 0);
  if (parent)
    parent->addChildNode(node);

  return node;
}

removeMap()

void DemoTreeList::removeMap ( )

private

Remove a map.

Definition at line 113 of file DemoTreeList.C.

{
  int numMaps = testMap_->childNodes().size();

  if (numMaps > 0) {
    int c = rand() % numMaps;

    TreeNode *child = testMap_->childNodes()[c];
    testMap_->removeChildNode(child);
    delete child;

    if (numMaps == 1)
      removeMapButton_->disable();
  }
}

Member Data Documentation

addMapButton_

Wt::WPushButton* DemoTreeList::addMapButton_

private

Definition at line 39 of file DemoTreeList.h.

removeMapButton_

Wt::WPushButton* DemoTreeList::removeMapButton_

private

Definition at line 40 of file DemoTreeList.h.

testCount_

int DemoTreeList::testCount_

private

Definition at line 37 of file DemoTreeList.h.

testMap_

TreeNode* DemoTreeList::testMap_

private

Definition at line 36 of file DemoTreeList.h.

tree_

TreeNode* DemoTreeList::tree_

private

Definition at line 35 of file DemoTreeList.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• /build/witty-yEjK4r/witty-3.3.6+dfsg/examples/treelist/DemoTreeList.h
• /build/witty-yEjK4r/witty-3.3.6+dfsg/examples/treelist/DemoTreeList.C