Currently ClutterModel::get_iter_at_row() ignores whether we have
a filter in place. This also extends to the get_n_rows() method.
The more consistent, more intuitive and surely more correct way to
handle a Model with a filter in place is to take into account the
presence of the filter itself -- that is:
- get_n_rows() should take into account the filter and return the
number of *filtered* rows
- get_iter_at_row() should also take the filter into account and
get the first non-filtered row
These two changes make the ClutterModel with a filter function
behave like a subset of the original Model without a filter in
place.
For instance, given a model with three rows:
- [row 0] <does not match filter>
- [row 1] <matches filter>
- [row 2] <matches filter>
- [row 3] <does not match filter>
The get_n_rows() method will return "2", since only two rows will
match the filter; the get_first_iter() method will ask for the
zero-eth row, which will return an iterator pointing to the contents
of row 1 (but the :row property of the iterator will be set to 0);
the get_last_iter() method will ask for the last row, which will
return an iterator pointing to the contents of row 2 (but the :row
property of the iterator will be set to 1).
This changes will hopefully make the Model API more consistent
in its usage whether there is a filter in place or not.
ClutterListModel has been added as a terminal class in case we
decided to change API or implementation.
Apparently, it's a lot more resilient than we expected -- or far
too few are using it and reporting bugs. Once common issue, though,
is that it cannot be subclassed, hence it's fairly limited in its
usage.
In the hope that more developers will start using it, here's a
patch that makes ListModel a fully subclassable object.
May whatever god you believe in have mercy on your eventual soul.
* clutter/clutter-model.[ch]: Add a ::copy() virtual function
for copying iterators.
* clutter/clutter-list-model.c:
(clutter_list_model_iter_copy),
(clutter_list_model_iter_class_init): Implement the ::copy()
function inside the ListModel iterator subclass.
* clutter/Makefile.am:
* clutter/clutter.h:
* clutter/clutter-list-model.[ch]: Complete the ClutterModelDefault
to ClutterListModel rename by renaming the source files
