wxDataViewModel: What is it and how do i use it?

Question

i read the documentation http://docs.wxwidgets.org/3.0/classwx_data_view_model.html several times but it hardly answers any questions. Maybe i'm confused as to the function of this class?

so i riddle you this:

• Is this a View Model as we know from MVVM?
• How do you implement a derivative?
• How do you set data in the containing wxDataViewListCtrl?
• Is this the right/recommended way to make a table?

Answer 1

As its name subtly hints, wxDataViewModel is indeed the model in the usual MVC design (while wxDataViewCtrl is both the view and the controller).

You can see a couple of examples of custom models in the dataview sample.

Notice that wxDataViewListCtrl is mostly a compatibility class made for transitioning the code using wxListCtrl to wxDataViewCtrl and it already defines its own trivial list model. I don't recommend using it unless this is exactly what you need.