Tulip  5.3.1
Large graphs analysis and drawing
View.h
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19 #ifndef VIEW_H
20 #define VIEW_H
21 
22 #include <unordered_set>
23 
24 #include <QObject>
25 #include <QSet>
26 #include <QList>
27 #include <QSize>
28 
29 #include <tulip/tulipconf.h>
30 #include <tulip/Edge.h>
31 #include <tulip/Observable.h>
32 #include <tulip/Plugin.h>
33 
34 class QGraphicsView;
35 class QGraphicsItem;
36 class QWidget;
37 class QPixmap;
38 class QMenu;
39 class QPointF;
40 class QPoint;
41 
42 namespace tlp {
43 static const std::string VIEW_CATEGORY = "Panel";
44 
45 class Interactor;
46 class GlMainWidget;
47 class ViewToolTipAndUrlManager;
48 
49 /**
50  @ingroup Plugins
51 
52  @brief View plugins provide a way to dynamically add to a Tulip plateform various ways to
53  visualize a graph.
54 
55  A view takes the following elements as inputs:
56  @li A graph which contains the data to be displayed.
57  @li A state (@c tlp::DataSet) which contains initialization parameters.
58 
59  As an output, a View must provide a @c QGraphicsView instance where all drawing is done.
60  User interaction on a View is handled by the tlp::Interactor class. Several interactors can be
61  installed on the same view but there can be only one active interactor at the same time.
62  In the end, the view can provide several configuration widgets used to set up additional
63  parameters.
64 
65  When a View gets created, the following methods will always be called in the following order:
66  @li The constructor. Basically, you don't want to do anything in this method as View instance may
67  be created at Tulip startup when the plugin system gets initialized. Subsequent methods will be
68  called in order for the view to build UI elements
69  @li View::setupUi(). Notifies the view it can now build GUI components since every part of its
70  initial state should be valid by now. Once this method is called, any call to View::graphicsView()
71  is expected to return a valid pointer object.
72  @li View::setGraph. Sets the graph that is meant to be visualized in the View's panel.
73  @li View::setState(). Sets initial data. This method may be used to restore a previously backed-up
74  state retrieved from the View::state() method.
75  @li View::interactorsInstalled(). Notifies the view of the available interactors. Interactors
76  objects taken from the list have already been initialized.
77 
78  Once the View is initialized, none of the previously mentioned methods, except View::setGraph(),
79  can be called again.
80  View::setGraph method may be called again to notify the view that another graph should be
81  displayed (this may be a sub/parent graph of the previously displayed graph or a graph coming from
82  a totally different hierarchy)
83 
84  Views are meant to be managed by an overleying system. As a consequence, a view may not decide
85  directly when to redraw.
86  Thus, you should never call the View::draw() method. To notify the overleying system that your
87  view needs to be redrawn, emit the View::drawNeeded() signal instead.
88 
89  A tlp::View subclass automatically inherits from the tlp::Observable interface. The tlp::View
90  interface also automatically listn to its active graph to trigger handling trigger when this graph
91  gets deleted.
92  When the graph associated to a View gets deleted, the View::graphDeleted() callback is triggered.
93  @see graphDeleted() for more information.
94  */
95 class TLP_QT_SCOPE View : public QObject, public tlp::Plugin, public tlp::Observable {
96  Q_OBJECT
97 
98  QList<tlp::Interactor *> _interactors;
99  tlp::Interactor *_currentInteractor;
100  tlp::Graph *_graph;
101  tlp::ViewToolTipAndUrlManager *_tturlManager;
102  bool interactorsActivated;
103 
104  QSet<tlp::Observable *> _triggers;
105  bool _displayContextMenu;
106 
107 public:
108  /**
109  @brief Default constructor
110  @warning Code of this method should almost be a no-op. Subsequent calls on other methods should
111  allow you to setup your view.
112  */
113  View();
114 
115  /**
116  @brief Destructor
117  View's GUI components (graphics view, configuration widgets) responsibility belongs to the
118  overleying system. Thus, the View is not in charge of deleting its graphcis view.
119  View's interactors are already deleted in the top class.
120  */
121  ~View() override;
122 
123  std::string category() const override {
124  return VIEW_CATEGORY;
125  }
126  std::string icon() const override {
127  return ":/tulip/gui/icons/32/plugin_view.png";
128  }
129 
130  /**
131  @return the View's panel as a @c QGraphicsView instance.
132  @note This method MUST ALWAYS return the same instance of a QGraphicsView.
133  */
134  virtual QGraphicsView *graphicsView() const = 0;
135  // Following commit #10531 (see void WorkspacePanel::showEvent(QShowEvent *event);)
136  // this method is called when creating a new QGraphicsScene
137  // to restore any specific behaviour in user made graph views
138  virtual void resetGraphicsScene() {}
139 
140  /**
141  @return The list of interactors installed on this view.
142  The list is always the same as the one given when View::setInteractors() was called.
143  @see setInteractors();
144  */
145  inline const QList<Interactor *> &interactors() const {
146  return _interactors;
147  }
148 
149  /**
150  @return The currently active interactor.
151  The active interactor is the one that currently recieve user inputs.
152  @see setCurrentInteractor();
153  @warning This method may return a nullptr pointer if no interactor is currently active.
154  */
155  tlp::Interactor *currentInteractor() const;
156 
157  /**
158  * @brief interactorsEnabled indicates if interactors are enabled or not
159  * @return true if interactors are enabled, false instead
160  */
161  virtual bool interactorsEnabled() const {
162  return interactorsActivated;
163  }
164 
165  /**
166  @return a list of widgets that can be used to set up the view.
167  Since several widgets can be retrived, user will be able to select them from a combo box where
168  each widget will be identified by its windowsTitle.
169  @see View::applySettings()
170  @warning This method must not instantiate configuration widgets on the fly.
171  */
172  virtual QList<QWidget *> configurationWidgets() const;
173 
174  /**
175  * @brief This method can be used to change the configuration widgets' style
176  * sheet. From Qt documentation: The style sheet contains a textual description of customizations
177  * to the
178  * widget's style, as described in the Qt Style Sheets document. see
179  * http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.7/stylesheet.html.
180  * @return The stylesheet to use
181  */
182  virtual QString configurationWidgetsStyleSheet() const;
183 
184  /**
185  @brief Backup the state of the view.
186  This method is used to restore the View's parameters when it's re-opened.
187  */
188  virtual tlp::DataSet state() const;
189 
190  /**
191  @return the graph displayed by the view.
192  @note This method MUST return the same graph pointer that was previously passed down to
193  setGraph.
194  */
195  tlp::Graph *graph() const;
196 
197  /**
198  @return The list of currently registered triggers.
199  @see View::addRedrawTrigger()
200  */
201  QSet<tlp::Observable *> triggers() const;
202 
203  /**
204  @brief reimplemented from tlp::Observable to provide the triggers mechanism.
205  @see View::addRedrawTrigger()
206  */
207  void treatEvents(const std::vector<Event> &events) override;
208 
209  /**
210  @brief defines which item is considered as the central item in the view.
211  The central item is considered to be a background item that will be set as parent of every
212  graphics item added by the workspace into the view.
213  By default, this method returns nullptr, which means that no central item is defined.
214  */
215  virtual QGraphicsItem *centralItem() const;
216 
217  /**
218  @brief Takes a snapshot of the view's screen and saves it into the given pixmap.
219  The snapshot is scaled to outputSize. If a null size is given, the snapshot is to be on a 1:1
220  ratio
221  @return A non-null pixmap of the snapshot was correctly taken.
222  */
223  virtual QPixmap snapshot(const QSize &outputSize = QSize()) const = 0;
224 
225  /**
226  * @brief This method is called whenever the context menu is required on the view.
227  * @param point The screen coordinates where the context menu should be displayed.
228  */
229  void showContextMenu(const QPoint &point, const QPointF &scenePoint);
230 
231  /**
232  * @brief This method allows to control the display of the context menu.
233  * @param show a bool indicating if the context menu must be displayed or not.
234  */
235  void setShowContextMenu(bool show) {
236  _displayContextMenu = show;
237  }
238 
239 public slots:
240  /**
241  * @brief This method is a callback to notify the panel that the pop() method (undo) has just been
242  *called on the graph.
243  * By default, this method will make a call to centerView()
244  **/
245  virtual void undoCallback();
246 
247  /**
248  @brief This method applies settings changed in the configuration widgets
249  This method may be called from the overleying system in various situations. The View is expected
250  to apply settings in an optimized way to prevent extra redraws.
251  By default, this method does nothing.
252  */
253  virtual void applySettings();
254 
255  /**
256  @brief Reset the visualization to the center.
257  This method is called after major changes into the data structure. At this point, the user point
258  of view should be reset and brought back to a point where all the data can be seen.
259  @note It is expected for the view to be redrawn when calling centerView
260  For a 3D visualization, this method could be implemented by centering the camera. For a table,
261  this could be done by setting the scroll bar to the top position etc...
262  By default, this method calls draw().
263  */
264  virtual void centerView(bool graphChanged = false);
265 
266  /**
267  @brief defines the list of interactors available on this View
268  @note Calling this will trigger the View::interactorsInstalled() callback for custom handling.
269  */
270  virtual void setInteractors(const QList<tlp::Interactor *> &);
271 
272  /**
273  @brief defines the active interactor that will receive user inputs.
274  @note This method will first remove the previously active interactor (if any) using
275  Interactor::uninstall()
276  @note Calling this will trigger the View::currentInteractorChanged() callback for custom
277  handling.
278  @note Calling View::setCurrentInteractor(nullptr) will only remove the previous current
279  interactor.
280  */
281  void setCurrentInteractor(tlp::Interactor *currentInteractor);
282 
283  /**
284  @brief Restores the state of the view.
285  DataSet passed down to this method can come from a previous backup or be generated by the
286  overlaying system. It's up to the view to use this data or not.
287  */
288  virtual void setState(const tlp::DataSet &);
289 
290  /**
291  @brief Defines the graph that should be displayed by the View
292  @note Calling setGraph triggers the View::graphChanged() callback for custom handling.
293  @warning This method and its subsequent callback might be called several times.
294  */
295  void setGraph(tlp::Graph *graph);
296 
297  /**
298  @brief Asks the view to draw.
299  A call to draw() means that internal data has most probably been modified and that the View
300  should take that into account when drawing.
301  */
302  virtual void draw() = 0;
303 
304  /**
305  @brief Refresh the View's panel.
306  Calling refresh() means that no internal data has been modified. This can happen when the view's
307  panel gets resized, restored etc
308  */
309  inline virtual void refresh() {
310  draw();
311  }
312 
313  /**
314  @brief Sets up GUI elements belonging to the View.
315  This method is called once the initial state as been set (using setGraph and setState) and is
316  called only once.
317  */
318  virtual void setupUi() = 0;
319 
320  /**
321  @brief This method is inherited from tlp::Observable and allows the view to trigger custom
322  callback when its associated graph gets deleted.
323  @warning When overriding this method. You MUST always make a call to View::treatEvent before
324  doing anything in order to keep this callback working.
325  */
326  void treatEvent(const Event &) override;
327 
328  /**
329  @brief Registers a new trigger for automatic view drawing.
330  Triggers are tlp::Observable subclasses. Once registered, the view will listen to the trigger's
331  events and emit the drawNeeded signal each time the Observable::treatEvents() callback is run.
332  For more information about the Observable system, @see tlp::Observable
333 
334  @note This is a convenience function. However, using triggers prevent from performign extra
335  checks on the data structure to know if a redraw must me made or not. For more control over
336  event handling, you will have to implement your own treatEvent/treatEvents callback.
337  @warning If your tlp::View subclass overloads the treatEvents method. You must make sure to call
338  the View::treatEvents method in order to keep the triggers system working.
339  */
340  void addRedrawTrigger(tlp::Observable *);
341 
342  /**
343  @brief Removes a trigger from the list of registered triggers. Event coming from this trigger
344  will no longer trigger the drawNeeded signal.
345  @see View::addRedrawTrigger()
346  */
347  void removeRedrawTrigger(tlp::Observable *);
348 
349  /**
350  @brief Clears the list of attached triggers
351  This method removes all triggers associated to the View.
352  @note From the moment this method is called, no update on previous triggers will be considered.
353  Even if this is called during an Observable::holdObservers()
354  */
355  void clearRedrawTriggers();
356 
357  /**
358  @brief This function emit the signal drawNeeded
359  */
360  void emitDrawNeededSignal();
361 
362  /**
363  @brief allow to add some check when a user want to close a view.
364  @return true if the view can be closed, false if not
365  */
366  virtual bool checkOnClose() {
367  return true;
368  }
369 
370  /**
371  * @brief indicate which node or edge is under the (x, y) position in graphicsView()->viewport()
372  * @param x the x axis coordinate
373  * @param y the y axis coordinate
374  * @param n on return will give the found node
375  * @param e on return will give the found edge
376  @return true if a node or edge has been found, false if not
377  */
378  virtual bool getNodeOrEdgeAtViewportPos(int /*x*/, int /*y*/, node & /*n*/, edge & /*e*/) const {
379  return false;
380  }
381 
382 signals:
383  /**
384  @brief Inform the overlying subsystem that this view needs to be drawn.
385  @note Depending on the overlying implementation, a subsequent call to draw might not be
386  immediate.
387  */
388  void drawNeeded();
389 
390  /**
391  @brief Emitted after the setGraph method has been called.
392  @note This signal is emitted from the non-virtual View::setGraph() method thus cannot be
393  prevented.
394  */
395  void graphSet(tlp::Graph *);
396 
397  void interactorsChanged();
398 
399 protected slots:
400  /**
401  @brief Callback method after setInteractors() was called.
402  At this point, a call to View::interactors() is considered valid.
403  */
404  virtual void interactorsInstalled(const QList<tlp::Interactor *> &interactors);
405 
406  /**
407  @brief Callback method after setCurrentInteractor() was called.
408  At this point, a call to View::currentInteractor() is considered valid and return the newly
409  active interactor.
410  @warning The interactor passed down to this method MAY BE a nullptr pointer ! This means that no
411  current interactor should be set.
412  */
413  virtual void currentInteractorChanged(tlp::Interactor *);
414 
415  /**
416  * @brief Activate or deactivate interactors in the view
417  * @param activate: set to true (resp. false) to enable (resp. disable) interactors
418  * @param exceptions: a set of interactor names whose bevahior has to be left unchanged
419  */
420  void toggleInteractors(const bool activate, const std::unordered_set<const char *> &exceptions);
421 
422  /**
423  @brief Callback method after setGraph() was called.
424  At this point, a call to View::graph() is considered valid and return the lastly set graph.
425  */
426  virtual void graphChanged(tlp::Graph *) = 0;
427 
428  /**
429  @brief Called when the graph associated to the view gets deleted.
430  This method should call setGraph to input a new graph pointer (nullptr or valid)
431  @param parentGraph The parent of the graph that was just deleted. If there is no parent
432  available (eg. the graph was root), parentGraph is nullptr
433  */
434  virtual void graphDeleted(tlp::Graph *parentGraph) = 0;
435 
436  /**
437  * @brief fills the context menu with entries related to the view.
438  * This method is called whenever the context menu is displayed on the panel.
439  * @param QMenu The popup menu that will be displayed. This menu should be populated with context
440  * action related to the panel.
441  */
442  virtual void fillContextMenu(QMenu *, const QPointF &);
443 
444  /**
445  * @brief fills the context menu with entries related to the node.
446  */
447  void fillContextMenu(QMenu *menu, node n);
448 
449  /**
450  * @brief fills the context menu with entries related to the edge.
451  */
452  void fillContextMenu(QMenu *menu, edge e);
453 
454  /**
455  * @brief activate the management of tooltips and urls
456  * through the context menu
457  * @param Qwidget the widget to manage.
458  */
459  void activateTooltipAndUrlManager(QWidget *);
460 };
461 } // namespace tlp
462 
463 #endif /* VIEW_H_ */
void setShowContextMenu(bool show)
This method allows to control the display of the context menu.
Definition: View.h:235
Interactor provides a way to handle user inputs over a view. Basically, The interactor class is an ov...
Definition: Interactor.h:62
A container that can store data from any type.
Definition: DataSet.h:189
virtual void refresh()
Refresh the View&#39;s panel. Calling refresh() means that no internal data has been modified. This can happen when the view&#39;s panel gets resized, restored etc.
Definition: View.h:309
virtual bool interactorsEnabled() const
interactorsEnabled indicates if interactors are enabled or not
Definition: View.h:161
The edge struct represents an edge in a Graph object.
Definition: Edge.h:40
The node struct represents a node in a Graph object.
Definition: Node.h:40
virtual bool checkOnClose()
allow to add some check when a user want to close a view.
Definition: View.h:366
virtual bool getNodeOrEdgeAtViewportPos(int, int, node &, edge &) const
indicate which node or edge is under the (x, y) position in graphicsView()->viewport() ...
Definition: View.h:378
Event is the base class for all events used in the Observation mechanism.
Definition: Observable.h:52
std::string category() const override
A string identifier for a plugin used for categorization purposes.
Definition: View.h:123
Top-level interface for plug-ins.
Definition: Plugin.h:85
std::string icon() const override
The icon (preferably a thumbnail) of the plugin.
Definition: View.h:126
const QList< Interactor * > & interactors() const
Definition: View.h:145
View plugins provide a way to dynamically add to a Tulip plateform various ways to visualize a graph...
Definition: View.h:95
The Observable class is the base of Tulip&#39;s observation system.
Definition: Observable.h:127