[dsdp-dd-dev] RE: Need new API in Traditional Rendering

[Samantha Chan <chanskw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I do not think there needs to be an API to allow clients to force a tab
label update.  The same can be achieved by firing a property change event:

firePropertyChangedEvent(new PropertyChangeEvent(rendering,
IBasicPropertyConstants.P_TEXT, null, "new label"));

The tab listens for property change events and will update the tab label
for the rendering upon this event.

Regarding the #goToAddress API, my concern is that not all renderings can
perform a "go to address" operation.  This is similar to the #reset API
that is provided by the IResettableMemoryRendering.  If we want to provide
such API, it will most likely be another interface that a rendering needs
to implement  (e.g. IGoToAddressRendering or something) and the method will
be defined in this interface.

There is another request to have a gobal "go to address bar" in the Memory
View.  (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=126909) The address
bar needs to be put inside the Monitors pane and will direct all visible
renderings to go to a certain address.This new interface will be required
in order to implement this global address bar.

Thanks...
Samantha



                                                                       
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Currently, these two APIs, updateLabels() and gotoAddress(), are available
in AbstractTableRendering and AbstractAsyncTableRendering.


From: Williams, Ted [mailto:ted.williams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 1:46 PM
To: Lee, Alain; Device Debugging developer discussions; Samantha Chan
Subject: RE: Need new API in Traditional Rendering


I agree that such functionality would be useful, but I believe the APIs
should be provided by the memory view and not the individual renderings.

Samantha, do you have any thoughts on this topic?

ted


From: Lee, Alain [mailto:a-lee@xxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 10:31 AM
To: Williams, Ted
Subject: Need new API in Traditional Rendering
Ted,

Is it possible to provide APIs to perform the following functions in
Traditional Rendering?
      ·         API to update the memory view tab label?
      ·         API to provide the similar function like
      Rendering.gotoAddress(address) so that our code can call
      MemoryRenderingTraditional.gotoAddress() to set the rendering to show
      the memory for a particular address.

Best regards,
Alain Lee
Texas Instruments Canada Ltd
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