Update on progress. ☺
1. Updated LayersView to use MapItemLazyLayerProvider. Also added a method in ProjectUIPlugin to return the adapter factoies for LayersView since the view still uses all the other factories not just the ProjectItemAdapterFactory. 2. Merged LegendView code into our working branch. Updated LegendView to use MapItemLazyLegendProvider. 3. Updated ProjectItemProviderAdapterFactory to use MapItemNoProvider as its default map adapter which returns no children. Things to do: 1. Test all the changes in ItemProviders if all changes result in expected changes. 2. Integrate functionality to add legend items. Options: a. Enable drag/drop from LayersView b. Add toolbar button or context menu item to open “wizard” to add legend item c. Listen to context model’s layers changes and synchronize add/delete to legend items list. 3. Clean up and finalize LegendView functionalities: a. Adapt code to LayerLegendItem b. Update functions to work with LegendItems (delete, properties?, etc.) c. Update sorting functionalities d. Check drag/drop functionalities 4. Review docs and submit pull request Thanks! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jody Garnett Sent: Friday, 16 March 2012 2:23 PM To: User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS Subject: [udig-devel] notes on map item provider work (for legend view) Naz and I have both had a go at sorting out how MapItemProvider is handled. RFC Page: http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Legend+View History: MapItemProvider is responsible for listing the "children" when displaying the map in a tree view (such as in the project view or layers view). This generated implementation has been hacked up to have a custom toString(), only list layers (rather than viewport model etc…) and and to load the children in a lazy fashion using a background Job. Jody: 1) Backed up the hacked MapItemProvider as LazyMapLayerProvider 2) Made MapItemProviderDecorator wrap around a normal generated MapItemProvider. Naz: 1) Backuped up the hacked MapItemProvider and called it MapItemLayerOld 2) Regenerated the MapItemProvider from scratch (yay!) 3) Created a LazyMapLayerItemProvider as a subclass of AbstractLazyLoadingItemProvider; has a generated MapItemProvider as a delegate. This was wrapped around the germinated MapItemProvider in order to lazily load Layers and only list layers as as the children. Hooked this up to LayerView - and it all worked! 4) Created a second one MapLegendItemProvider subclass AbstractLazyLoadingItemProvider as above but listing LegendItems. Notes: - ProjectsView has a custom MapItemProvider that does not list any children. - The custom getText( element ) will display only the Layer name (rather than the default which lists the object type) - Original hacked MapITemProvider internally had a descriptor for the Viewport model - we are ignoring that for now Plan: 1) We are going to try and put these bits of work together and see where it gets us :-) 2) We will use the name LazyMapLayerProvider for LayersView (rather than the name MapItemLayerOld) mostly because we still intend for it to be used 3) We will create a MapNoItemProvider that does not return *any* children - to be used as the "default" used by the ProjectItemProviderAdaptorFactory for things like the Projects view - this will ensure we don't accidentally load the layers (unless the developer is explicitly using some of the implementations that uses lazy loading) 4) We will merge in LegendView code (update the DnD code to use legend Items) and hook it into MapLegendItemProvider allowing it to list legend items. We expect some work is needed on the generated LayerLegendItem provider getText() and getIcon() methods. 5) Review docs and submit pull request -- Jody Garnett ________________________________ The contents of this email are confidential and may be subject to legal or professional privilege and copyright. No representation is made that this email is free of viruses or other defects. If you have received this communication in error, you may not copy or distribute any part of it or otherwise disclose its contents to anyone. Please advise the sender of your incorrect receipt of this correspondence.
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