Introducing virtual method AbstractData::getTypeAsString() to let every data...

Introducing virtual method AbstractData::getTypeAsString() to let every data type return a string representation of it's type to be shown in the GUI. Hence, we don't need the static if-then-else block in DataContainerTreeWidget anymore.

application/gui/datacontainertreewidget.cpp

@@ -101,46 +101,7 @@ namespace campvis {
                 const AbstractData* data = _dataHandle.getData();
                 cgtAssert(data != 0, "WTF - QtDataHandle with empty data?");
 
-                if (const ImageData* tester = dynamic_cast<const ImageData*>(data)) {
-                	return QVariant(QString("Image Data"));
-                }
-
-#ifdef CAMPVIS_HAS_MODULE_COLUMBIA
-                else if (const FiberData* tester = dynamic_cast<const FiberData*>(data)) {
-                    return QVariant(QString("Fiber Geometry"));
-                }
-#endif
-
-                else if (const IndexedMeshGeometry* tester = dynamic_cast<const IndexedMeshGeometry*>(data)) {
-                    return QVariant(QString("Indexed Geometry"));
-                }
-                else if (const MultiIndexedGeometry* tester = dynamic_cast<const MultiIndexedGeometry*>(data)) {
-                	return QVariant(QString("Multi Indexed Geometry"));
-                }
-                else if (const FaceGeometry* tester = dynamic_cast<const FaceGeometry*>(data)) {
-                	return QVariant(QString("Face Geometry"));
-                }
-                else if (const MeshGeometry* tester = dynamic_cast<const MeshGeometry*>(data)) {
-                    return QVariant(QString("Mesh Geometry"));
-                }
-                else if (const GeometryData* tester = dynamic_cast<const GeometryData*>(data)) {
-                    return QVariant(QString("Geometry"));
-                }
-
-                else if (const RenderData* tester = dynamic_cast<const RenderData*>(data)) {
-                    return QVariant(QString("Render Data"));
-                }
-
-                else if (const DataSeries* tester = dynamic_cast<const DataSeries*>(data)) {
-                    return QVariant(QString("Data Series"));
-                }
-                else if (const ImageSeries* tester = dynamic_cast<const ImageSeries*>(data)) {
-                    return QVariant(QString("Image Series"));
-                }
-
-                else if (const LightSourceData* tester = dynamic_cast<const LightSourceData*>(data)) {
-                    return QVariant(QString("Light Source"));
-                }
+                return QVariant(QString::fromStdString(data->getTypeAsString()));
             }
             else
                 return QVariant();

core/datastructures/abstractdata.h

@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ namespace campvis {
          */
         virtual size_t getVideoMemoryFootprint() const = 0;
 
+        /**
+         * Returns a human readable representation of the data type that can be used for the GUI.
+         * \return  A string with the type name to be used for the GUI.
+         */
+        virtual std::string getTypeAsString() const = 0;
+
     private:
         /// This weak_ptr points to the shared_ptr owning group of this object, if existant.
         /// Should be only accessed by DataHandle (therefore the friendship) in order to avoid

core/datastructures/cameradata.cpp

@@ -67,4 +67,8 @@ namespace campvis {
         _camera = camera;
     }
 
+    std::string CameraData::getTypeAsString() const {
+        return "Camera Data";
+    }
+
 }
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core/datastructures/cameradata.h

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ namespace campvis {
         /// \see AbstractData::getVideoMemoryFootprint()
         virtual size_t getVideoMemoryFootprint() const;
 
+        /// \see AbstractData::getTypeAsString()
+        virtual std::string getTypeAsString() const;
+
 
         /**
          * Const getter for the camera settings.

core/datastructures/dataseries.cpp

@@ -77,5 +77,10 @@ namespace campvis {
         cgtAssert(index < _data.size(), "Index out of bounds.");
         return _data[index];
     }
-    
+
+    std::string DataSeries::getTypeAsString() const {
+        return "Data Series";
+    }
+
+
 }
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core/datastructures/dataseries.h

@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ namespace campvis {
          * \return  Number of bytes occupied in video memory by the data.
          */
         virtual size_t getVideoMemoryFootprint() const;
+
+        /// \see AbstractData::getTypeAsString()
+        virtual std::string getTypeAsString() const;
         
         /**
          * Appends the AbstractData instance \a data to the series.

core/datastructures/facegeometry.cpp

@@ -274,5 +274,9 @@ namespace campvis {
         _buffersDirty = true;
     }
 
+    std::string FaceGeometry::getTypeAsString() const {
+        return "Face Geometry Data";
+    }
+
 
 }
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core/datastructures/facegeometry.h

@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ namespace campvis {
 
         /// \see AbstractData::clone()
         virtual FaceGeometry* clone() const;
-
         /// \see AbstractData::getLocalMemoryFootprint()
         virtual size_t getLocalMemoryFootprint() const;
+        /// \see AbstractData::getTypeAsString()
+        virtual std::string getTypeAsString() const;
 
         /**
          * Returns the number of vertices of this face.

core/datastructures/genericpointerdata.h

@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ namespace campvis {
             return 0;
         };
 
+        /// \see AbstractData::getTypeAsString()
+        virtual std::string getTypeAsString() const {
+            return "Pointer to " + typeid(T).name();
+        }
+
     protected:
         std::shared_ptr<T> _data;       ///< Shared pointer to the data.
     };

core/datastructures/geometrydatacollection.cpp

@@ -145,4 +145,9 @@ namespace campvis {
 
         return sum;
     }
+
+    std::string GeometryDataCollection::getTypeAsString() const {
+        return "Collection of Geometry Data";
+    }
+
 }
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core/datastructures/geometrydatacollection.h

@@ -123,9 +123,10 @@ namespace campvis {
 
         /// \see AbstractData::getLocalMemoryFootprint()
         virtual size_t getLocalMemoryFootprint() const;
-
         /// \see AbstractData::getVideoMemoryFootprint()
         virtual size_t getVideoMemoryFootprint() const;
+        /// \see AbstractData::getTypeAsString()
+        virtual std::string getTypeAsString() const;
 
     protected:
         /// Collection of the geometries this object has.

core/datastructures/imagedata.cpp

@@ -128,4 +128,8 @@ namespace campvis {
         addRepresentation(representation);
     }
 
+    std::string ImageData::getTypeAsString() const {
+        return "Image Data";
+    }
+
 }
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core/datastructures/imagedata.h

@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ namespace campvis {
          */
         virtual size_t getVideoMemoryFootprint() const;
 
+        /**
+         * Returns a human readable representation of the data type that can be used for the GUI.
+         * \return  A string with the type name to be used for the GUI.
+         */
+        virtual std::string getTypeAsString() const;
+
         /**
          * Dimensionality of this image.
          * \return _dimensionality

core/datastructures/imageseries.cpp

@@ -77,5 +77,10 @@ namespace campvis {
         cgtAssert(index < _images.size(), "Index out of bounds.");
         return _images[index];
     }
-    
+
+    std::string ImageSeries::getTypeAsString() const {
+        return "Image Series";
+    }
+
+
 }
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core/datastructures/imageseries.h

@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ namespace campvis {
          * \return  Number of bytes occupied in video memory by the data.
          */
         virtual size_t getVideoMemoryFootprint() const;
+
+        /// \see AbstractData::getTypeAsString()
+        virtual std::string getTypeAsString() const;
         
         /**
          * Appends the image \a image to the series.

core/datastructures/indexedmeshgeometry.cpp

@@ -219,4 +219,8 @@ namespace campvis {
         _buffersDirty = true;
     }
 
+    std::string IndexedMeshGeometry::getTypeAsString() const {
+        return "Indexed Geometry Data";
+    }
+
 }
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core/datastructures/indexedmeshgeometry.h

@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ namespace campvis {
 
         /// \see AbstractData::clone()
         virtual IndexedMeshGeometry* clone() const;
-
         /// \see AbstractData::getLocalMemoryFootprint()
         virtual size_t getLocalMemoryFootprint() const;
-
         /// \see AbstractData::getVideoMemoryFootprint()
         virtual size_t getVideoMemoryFootprint() const;
+        /// \see AbstractData::getTypeAsString()
+        virtual std::string getTypeAsString() const;
 
         /**
          * Renders this IndexedMeshGeometry.

core/datastructures/lightsourcedata.cpp

@@ -66,4 +66,8 @@ namespace campvis {
         shader->setUniform(uniformName + "._attenuation", _attenuation);
     }
 
+    std::string LightSourceData::getTypeAsString() const {
+        return "Light Source Data";
+    }
+
 }
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core/datastructures/lightsourcedata.h

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ namespace campvis {
         virtual size_t getLocalMemoryFootprint() const;
         /// \see AbstractData::getVideoMemoryFootprint()
         virtual size_t getVideoMemoryFootprint() const;
+        /// \see AbstractData::getTypeAsString()
+        virtual std::string getTypeAsString() const;
 
         /**
          * Binds this light source to the given shader by setting the corresponding uniforms.

core/datastructures/meshgeometry.cpp

@@ -341,4 +341,8 @@ namespace campvis {
         }
     }
 
+    std::string MeshGeometry::getTypeAsString() const {
+        return "Mesh Geometry Data";
+    }
+
 }
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