/*
* DataTreeListView - A data bindable TreeListView
*
* Author: Phillip Piper
* Date: 05/05/2012 3:26 PM
*
* Change log:
* 2012-05-05 JPP Initial version
*
* TO DO:
*
* Copyright (C) 2012 Phillip Piper
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see .
*
* If you wish to use this code in a closed source application, please contact phillip.piper@gmail.com.
*/
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing.Design;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace BrightIdeasSoftware
{
///
/// A DataTreeListView is a TreeListView that calculates its hierarchy based on
/// information in the data source.
///
///
/// Like a , a DataTreeListView sources all its information
/// from a combination of and .
/// can be a DataTable, DataSet,
/// or anything that implements .
///
///
/// To function properly, the DataTreeListView requires:
///
/// - the table to have a column which holds a unique for the row. The name of this column must be set in .
/// - the table to have a column which holds id of the hierarchical parent of the row. The name of this column must be set in .
/// - a value which identifies which rows are the roots of the tree ().
///
/// The hierarchy structure is determined finding all the rows where the parent key is equal to . These rows
/// become the root objects of the hierarchy.
///
/// Like a TreeListView, the hierarchy must not contain cycles. Bad things will happen if the data is cyclic.
///
public partial class DataTreeListView : TreeListView
{
#region Public Properties
///
/// Gets or sets whether or not columns will be automatically generated to show the
/// columns when the DataSource is set.
///
/// This must be set before the DataSource is set. It has no effect afterwards.
[Category("Data"),
Description("Should the control automatically generate columns from the DataSource"),
DefaultValue(true)]
public bool AutoGenerateColumns
{
get { return this.Adapter.AutoGenerateColumns; }
set { this.Adapter.AutoGenerateColumns = value; }
}
///
/// Get or set the DataSource that will be displayed in this list view.
///
/// The DataSource should implement either , ,
/// or . Some common examples are the following types of objects:
///
///
///
///
///
///
///
/// When binding to a list container (i.e. one that implements the
/// interface, such as )
/// you must also set the property in order
/// to identify which particular list you would like to display. You
/// may also set the property even when
/// DataSource refers to a list, since can
/// also be used to navigate relations between lists.
///
[Category("Data"),
TypeConverter("System.Windows.Forms.Design.DataSourceConverter, System.Design")]
public virtual Object DataSource {
get { return this.Adapter.DataSource; }
set { this.Adapter.DataSource = value; }
}
///
/// Gets or sets the name of the list or table in the data source for which the DataListView is displaying data.
///
/// If the data source is not a DataSet or DataViewManager, this property has no effect
[Category("Data"),
Editor("System.Windows.Forms.Design.DataMemberListEditor, System.Design", typeof(UITypeEditor)),
DefaultValue("")]
public virtual string DataMember {
get { return this.Adapter.DataMember; }
set { this.Adapter.DataMember = value; }
}
///
/// Gets or sets the name of the property/column that uniquely identifies each row.
///
///
///
/// The value contained by this column must be unique across all rows
/// in the data source. Odd and unpredictable things will happen if two
/// rows have the same id.
///
/// Null cannot be a valid key value.
///
[Category("Data"),
Description("The name of the property/column that holds the key of a row"),
DefaultValue(null)]
public virtual string KeyAspectName {
get { return this.Adapter.KeyAspectName; }
set { this.Adapter.KeyAspectName = value; }
}
///
/// Gets or sets the name of the property/column that contains the key of
/// the parent of a row.
///
///
///
/// The test condition for deciding if one row is the parent of another is functionally
/// equivilent to this:
///
/// Object.Equals(candidateParentRow[this.KeyAspectName], row[this.ParentKeyAspectName])
///
///
/// Unlike key value, parent keys can be null but a null parent key can only be used
/// to identify root objects.
///
[Category("Data"),
Description("The name of the property/column that holds the key of the parent of a row"),
DefaultValue(null)]
public virtual string ParentKeyAspectName {
get { return this.Adapter.ParentKeyAspectName; }
set { this.Adapter.ParentKeyAspectName = value; }
}
///
/// Gets or sets the value that identifies a row as a root object.
/// When the ParentKey of a row equals the RootKeyValue, that row will
/// be treated as root of the TreeListView.
///
///
///
/// The test condition for deciding a root object is functionally
/// equivilent to this:
///
/// Object.Equals(candidateRow[this.ParentKeyAspectName], this.RootKeyValue)
///
///
/// The RootKeyValue can be null. Actually, it can be any value that can
/// be compared for equality against a basic type.
/// If this is set to the wrong value (i.e. to a value that no row
/// has in the parent id column), the list will be empty.
///
[Browsable(false),
DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)]
public virtual object RootKeyValue {
get { return this.Adapter.RootKeyValue; }
set { this.Adapter.RootKeyValue = value; }
}
///
/// Gets or sets the value that identifies a row as a root object.
/// . The RootKeyValue can be of any type,
/// but the IDE cannot sensibly represent a value of any type,
/// so this is a typed wrapper around that property.
///
///
/// If you want the root value to be something other than a string,
/// you will have set it yourself.
///
[Category("Data"),
Description("The parent id value that identifies a row as a root object"),
DefaultValue(null)]
public virtual string RootKeyValueString {
get { return Convert.ToString(this.Adapter.RootKeyValue); }
set { this.Adapter.RootKeyValue = value; }
}
///
/// Gets or sets whether or not the key columns (id and parent id) should
/// be shown to the user.
///
/// This must be set before the DataSource is set. It has no effect
/// afterwards.
[Category("Data"),
Description("Should the keys columns (id and parent id) be shown to the user?"),
DefaultValue(true)]
public virtual bool ShowKeyColumns {
get { return this.Adapter.ShowKeyColumns; }
set { this.Adapter.ShowKeyColumns = value; }
}
#endregion
#region Implementation properties
///
/// Gets or sets the DataSourceAdaptor that does the bulk of the work needed
/// for data binding.
///
protected TreeDataSourceAdapter Adapter {
get {
if (this.adapter == null)
this.adapter = new TreeDataSourceAdapter(this);
return adapter;
}
set { adapter = value; }
}
private TreeDataSourceAdapter adapter;
#endregion
}
}