Difference between revisions of "Projects/Marble/GeoData/PointerVsImplicitShare"

Latest revision as of 16:09, 31 March 2010

Implicit sharing and storing objects as value is very reasonable for basic data as QStrings, but there are reasonable doubts regarding Placemarks and other GeoData. There are some possibilities:

Don't use implicit sharing at all and store all objects on the heap with a pointer to it.
Use implicit sharing and storing as value for GeoDataCoordinates only.
Use implicit sharing and storing as value for all GeoData classes.

To find out which is the wisest I try to look at every single class: (please add your thoughts here)

GeoDataCoordinates This one is quite simple. It is not more than a QPoint in GeoCoordinates. This should stay implicilty shared.
GeoDataLatLonBox (GeoDataObject) It seems to nothing more than a QRect for GeoCoordinates. I'm not sure if it must be derived from GeoDataObject
- GeoDataLatLonAltBox same for this
GeoDataAccuracy Should be base data => value
GeoDataLod
GeoDataRegion I'm not sure if it belongs into this group ...

[edit] Geometric structures

GeoDataGeometry The base class for all geometric. We could want a pointer for this, so using it as data may not be the right way.
- GeoDataPoint This one uses multiple inheritance (GeoDataCoordinates). I don't think that this is semantically correct.
- GeoDataLineString
  - GeoDataLinearRing
- GeoDataMultiGeometry
- GeoDataPolygon

[edit] Features

GeoDataFeature These should be pointered, so GeoGraphicsItems could refer to them and change them easily.
- GeoDataFeature
- GeoDataContainer
  - GeoDataFolder (by the way, this is an object which probably wouldn't need a GeoGraphics representation)
  - GeoDataDocument (GeoDocument)

[edit] views

GeoDataAbstractView It's nothing more than a view, this could stay implicitly shared.
- GeoDataLookAt Same for this as this is a child.

[edit] styles

GeoDataColorStyle
- GeoDataIconStyle
- GeoDataLabelStyle
- GeoDataLineStyle
- GeoDataPolyStyle
GeoDataStyleSelector
- GeoDataStyle
- GeoDataStyleMap (QMap<QString, QString>)

GeoDataHotSpot

It is possible to group these things in two groups:

objects that represent data which is actually shown on the map:
- Features
objects that are abstract
- everything else :)

I'm not sure to which of the groups the geometry classes belongs.

A compromise could be to use the classes of the first group with a pointer and all others as a value. In KML all items are children of GeoDataObject (except GeoDataCoordinates). See here.

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 To find out which is the wisest I try to look at every single class:
+(please add your thoughts here)
 === Base data ===
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 * '''GeoDataLatLonBox''' (GeoDataObject) It seems to nothing more than a QRect for GeoCoordinates. I'm not sure if it must be derived from GeoDataObject
 ** '''GeoDataLatLonAltBox''' same for this
+* '''GeoDataAccuracy''' Should be base data => value
+* '''GeoDataLod'''
+* '''GeoDataRegion''' I'm not sure if it belongs into this group ...
 === Geometric structures ===
 * '''GeoDataGeometry''' The base class for all geometric. We could want a pointer for this, so using it as data may not be the right way.
 ** '''GeoDataPoint''' This one uses multiple inheritance (GeoDataCoordinates). I don't think that this is semantically correct.
+** '''GeoDataLineString'''
+*** '''GeoDataLinearRing'''
+** '''GeoDataMultiGeometry'''
+** '''GeoDataPolygon'''
+=== Features ===
+* '''GeoDataFeature''' These should be pointered, so GeoGraphicsItems could refer to them and change them easily.
+** '''GeoDataFeature'''
+** '''GeoDataContainer'''
+*** '''GeoDataFolder''' (by the way, this is an object which probably wouldn't need a GeoGraphics representation)
+*** '''GeoDataDocument''' (GeoDocument)
 === views ===
 * '''GeoDataAbstractView''' It's nothing more than a view, this could stay implicitly shared.
 ** '''GeoDataLookAt''' Same for this as this is a child.
+=== styles ===
+* '''GeoDataColorStyle'''
+** '''GeoDataIconStyle'''
+** '''GeoDataLabelStyle'''
+** '''GeoDataLineStyle'''
+** '''GeoDataPolyStyle'''
+* '''GeoDataStyleSelector'''
+** '''GeoDataStyle'''
+** '''GeoDataStyleMap''' (QMap<QString, QString>)
+* '''GeoDataHotSpot'''
+It is possible to group these things in two groups:
+* objects that represent data which is actually shown on the map:
+** Features
+* objects that are abstract
+** everything else :)
+I'm not sure to which of the groups the geometry classes belongs.
+A compromise could be to use the classes of the first group with a pointer and all others as a value.
+In KML all items are children of GeoDataObject (except GeoDataCoordinates). See [http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/apis/kml/documentation/kmlreference.html#object here].