[Qt-creator] Kit and device concept in QtCreator

[David Kaspar]

Hi Christian,

You are right. I am sorry - I have been looking too much into our use-cases.

Then as you suggest, we might have another interface to represent the 
'context' instead of RunConfiguration. Theoretically we might use such 
Context even for the Device i.e.:

bool canHandle(Context)
Context getActive(Context)
QList<Context> getChildren(Context)
void setActive(Context, Context)

This would be enough extensible to allow any number of columns if 
necessary. The current behavior of the columns might be handled by a 
fallback implementation (aka Project/Target/Build/Deploy/Run columns) 
which would be always searching for extension interface to allow plugin 
into any column.

Thanks,
   David


On 05/09/13 17:23, Christian Kandeler wrote:
> On 09/05/2013 05:15 PM, David Kaspar wrote:
>> We wanted this 'device-switching in Mini Target Selector' feature
>> implemented right after the 'device-switching in run-configuration' - at
>> least for Qnx plugin. This would significantly improve the usability. I
>> think that this feature would be very useful even for other devices.
>>
>>    From API point of view, this feature can be implemented by providing a
>> new extension interface with the following methods:
>>
>> bool canProvideDeviceListFor(RunConfiguration)
>> Core::Id getActiveDevice(RunConfiguration)
>> QList<Core::Id> getDeviceList(RunConfiguration)
>> void setActiveDevice(RunConfiguration, Core::Id)
> Please keep in mind that there might not be a run configuration, but a
> deploy configuration could still be present (or, less likely, vice
> versa). And if both are present, they would typically share the device
> setting. So you'd need a new abstraction for that.
>
>
> Christian
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