Ceylan::MVC::BaseModel Class Reference

Interface class for all models of the lightweight generic Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern. More...

#include <CeylanGenericModel.h>

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Public Types

enum  TextOutputFormat { rawText, html }
 Defines what text output formats for TextDisplayable instances are available. More...

Public Member Functions

 BaseModel ()
 Constructs a model, not linked to any view or controller.
virtual ~BaseModel () throw ()
 Basic virtual destructor.
virtual void addView (const BaseView &view) const =0
 Adds specified view to that model.
virtual const std::string toString (Ceylan::VerbosityLevels level=Ceylan::high) const
 Returns a user-friendly description of the state of this object.

Static Public Member Functions

static const std::string ToString (std::list< TextDisplayable * > displayables, Ceylan::VerbosityLevels level=Ceylan::high)
 Returns a user-friendly description of this list of pointers to text displayable instances.
static TextOutputFormat GetOutputFormat ()
 Returns the current overall text format to be used by TextDisplayable instances.
static void SetOutputFormat (TextOutputFormat newOutputFormat)
 Sets the current overall text format to be used by TextDisplayable instances.

Static Protected Attributes

static TextOutputFormat _OutputFormat = rawText
 The text format to be used currently by TextDisplayable instances.

Private Member Functions

 BaseModel (const BaseModel &source)
 Copy constructor made private to ensure that it will never be called.
BaseModeloperator= (const BaseModel &source)
 Assignment operator made private to ensure that it will never be called.


Detailed Description

Interface class for all models of the lightweight generic Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern.

The model manages the state of an object. It might be affected by controllers and rendered by views.

A model needs to know its controller(s), as it will have to obtain directly informations from them, rather than relying on controllers to send regular (potentially useless) updates: we are in a context where models, views and controllers might be scheduled independently, therefore the most efficient scheme is to have each scheduled component requesting synchronously fresh informations from the components it depends on whenever (if and when) they are needed.

Note:
The classical MVC framework (with Ceylan::Model, Ceylan::View and Ceylan::Controller) is an entirely separated framework. It is event-based, it uses more resources and is generally deemed less flexible than this generic one. Choose the one you prefer.
See also:
testCeylanGenericMVC.cc for examples.

Definition at line 142 of file CeylanGenericModel.h.


Member Enumeration Documentation

Defines what text output formats for TextDisplayable instances are available.

Enumerator:
rawText 
html 

Definition at line 124 of file CeylanTextDisplayable.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

BaseModel::BaseModel (  ) 

Constructs a model, not linked to any view or controller.

Definition at line 57 of file CeylanGenericModel.cc.

BaseModel::~BaseModel (  )  throw () [virtual]

Basic virtual destructor.

Definition at line 64 of file CeylanGenericModel.cc.

Ceylan::MVC::BaseModel::BaseModel ( const BaseModel source  )  [private]

Copy constructor made private to ensure that it will never be called.

The compiler should complain whenever this undefined constructor is called, implicitly or not.


Member Function Documentation

virtual void Ceylan::MVC::BaseModel::addView ( const BaseView view  )  const [pure virtual]

Adds specified view to that model.

Exceptions:
GenericMVCException if the operation failed.
Pure virtual method so that all model child classes have to choose how many views can be registered and whether they are owned by the model.

Note:
This is nevertheless a 'const' method, as adding a view is deemed not to change the state of the model itself; moreover if it was non-const, then views (which have const references to models) could not auto-register themselves to the models).

Implemented in Ceylan::MVC::NoViewModel, Ceylan::MVC::SingleViewModel, and Ceylan::MVC::MultipleViewModel.

TextDisplayable::TextOutputFormat TextDisplayable::GetOutputFormat (  )  [static, inherited]

BaseModel& Ceylan::MVC::BaseModel::operator= ( const BaseModel source  )  [private]

Assignment operator made private to ensure that it will never be called.

The compiler should complain whenever this undefined operator is called, implicitly or not.

void TextDisplayable::SetOutputFormat ( TextOutputFormat  newOutputFormat  )  [static, inherited]

Sets the current overall text format to be used by TextDisplayable instances.

Parameters:
newOutputFormat the new output format.

Definition at line 72 of file CeylanTextDisplayable.cc.

References Ceylan::TextDisplayable::_OutputFormat.

Referenced by Ceylan::Log::LogHolder::LogHolder().

const std::string TextDisplayable::ToString ( std::list< TextDisplayable * >  displayables,
Ceylan::VerbosityLevels  level = Ceylan::high 
) [static, inherited]

Returns a user-friendly description of this list of pointers to text displayable instances.

Parameters:
displayables a list of pointers to TextDisplayable instances/
level the requested verbosity level.
Note:
Text output format is determined from overall settings.
See also:
toString, Ceylan::VerbosityLevels

Definition at line 45 of file CeylanTextDisplayable.cc.

References Ceylan::formatStringList().

const string BaseModel::toString ( Ceylan::VerbosityLevels  level = Ceylan::high  )  const [virtual]

Returns a user-friendly description of the state of this object.

Parameters:
level the requested verbosity level.
Note:
Text output format is determined from overall settings.
See also:
TextDisplayable

Implements Ceylan::TextDisplayable.

Reimplemented in Ceylan::MVC::NoViewModel, Ceylan::MVC::SingleViewGenericModel< ActualView >, Ceylan::MVC::SingleViewModel, Ceylan::MVC::MultipleViewGenericModel< ActualView >, Ceylan::MVC::MultipleViewModel, and Ceylan::MVC::SingleControllerNoViewGenericModel< ActualController >.

Definition at line 71 of file CeylanGenericModel.cc.


Member Data Documentation

TextDisplayable::TextOutputFormat TextDisplayable::_OutputFormat = rawText [static, protected, inherited]

The text format to be used currently by TextDisplayable instances.

Note:
Defaults to raw text.

Definition at line 158 of file CeylanTextDisplayable.h.

Referenced by Ceylan::TextDisplayable::GetOutputFormat(), and Ceylan::TextDisplayable::SetOutputFormat().


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