[Gammaray-interest] Object connectivity inspector/viewer

[Anton Kreuzkamp]

Hi,

> Connectivity map
> I have a stupid/simple PoC for the connectivity map, it doesn't yet
> contain meta-data, but the result is IMHO interesting. The only
> problem is that it is generated as a dot file on the target (inside
> the ObjectInspector). If i want to implement this on the GUI side,
> that would be better to have a more suited model - my understanding is
> that the GUI has only access to remote models, so i'll have to rely on
> models, is it correct?
No. GammaRay client and server can communicate through the client calling 
slots on the server, the server sending signals to the client and models. It's 
a common pattern in the GammaRay code to communicate by a combination of 
calling slots from the client and emitting signals from the server. If you 
don't need update signals when the data changes, you can call a slot 
"giveMeData()" from the client and then transfer arbitrary data from the 
server to the client by emitting a signal 
"hereIsYourData(QVector<BigStruct>)". We do this in quite some places, where 
we need to have the data in a more machine-readable format than a model (see 
e.g. ToolManager and ClientToolManager).

> As well, i would like to render the graph in the UI, for a start i'm
> thinking about generating an SVG and simply display it.
> I think that a weighted graph would be perfect for that job, no
> details about signal/slots, just weight b/w objects.
> See attached dot files, generate png with "dot -O -Tpng graph1.dot"

Cheers,
Anton

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