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GanttEvents from GanntChart? [message #1072769] Tue, 23 July 2013 13:08 Go to next message
Luis Fernando Robledano-Esteban is currently offline Luis Fernando Robledano-EstebanFriend
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I have created a GanttChart populating it with Events and I want now to access the events. How do I do that?

I am starting to work with the GanntChart widget and the fact is that I think is wonderfully programmed. Very well encapsulated! (dependencies with other stuff, such as SWT, etc.), which I think in Eclipse world is quite difficult. Chapeau.

I however don't find a way to access the events that I've already added to a GanttChart.

I would like something like "ganttchart.getEvents(): list" (or through the GanttComposite)
Can't it be done? Should I keep an copy of the events?

The main goal I want right now, is adding the connections after I've already created the Chart and added the events.


PS. BTW, I think it would be interesting to synchonise names with Project Scheduling field. A more appropriate name for what MS-Project calls "Tasks" and GanttChart calls "Event" is "Activity" -although everybody understands "Task" as well". Events is usually understood as something punctual (no duration), normally identified with a milestone.


ArkosX
Re: GanttEvents from GanntChart? [message #1075349 is a reply to message #1072769] Mon, 29 July 2013 09:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dirk Fauth is currently offline Dirk FauthFriend
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Why don't you do it then using the following code?

for (Object eventObject : myGantt.getGanttComposite().getEvents()) {
	GanttEvent event = (GanttEvent) eventObject;
}


The API exists.
Re: GanttEvents from GanntChart? [message #1075492 is a reply to message #1075349] Mon, 29 July 2013 14:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Luis Fernando Robledano-Esteban is currently offline Luis Fernando Robledano-EstebanFriend
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Hi, thanks Dirk,
yes I am using that way Smile
The problem comes by the fact that there is no direct access to an Event whose Content is X. I have to go through the list in order to look for it.
There is no myGantt.getEvent( Data data ), right?
Since a Data element has already been set, it would be nice if Gantt saves an inverse relation, to accesses it efficiently.
I know I can do it externally... but it seemed so common that maybe is already encapsulated inside GanttChart library.

Thinking about my particular case, from the model, for each task, I get their successors and in the Gantt I add the link from this Event to each of the Successors; for this last part I need to find the Event which contains the successor Task object.


/***
	 * setLinks adds the connections among different Events.
	 * It assumes:
	 *  - m_ganttchart has been created
	 *  - has the events set
	 *  - the events contains the Data (Task).
	 */
	private void setLinks()
	{
		System.out.println("*** setLinks\n");
		GanttComposite ganttcomposite = m_ganttchart.getGanttComposite();
		GanttEvent[] ganttevents = (GanttEvent[]) ganttcomposite.getEvents().toArray( new GanttEvent[0] );
		
		//
		// Checks all events in order to see which ones has  a task with successors
		//
		for( GanttEvent gantteventSource: ganttevents ){
			Task task = (Task) gantteventSource.getData();
			printlnTask( task );
			//
			// For Each successor connection is added.
			//
			List<Relation> listrelationSuccessors = task.getSuccessors();
			if( listrelationSuccessors==null )
				continue;
			Relation[] relationsSuccessors = listrelationSuccessors.toArray( new Relation[0]);
			for( Relation relationSuccessor: relationsSuccessors ){
				Task taskSuccessor = relationSuccessor.getTargetTask();
				GanttEvent gantteventSuccessor = findEvent( taskSuccessor ); // efficientcy depends on findEvent
				if( gantteventSuccessor!=null){
					m_ganttchart.addConnection( gantteventSource, gantteventSuccessor );
				} else {
					// TODO: Control this error with an exception. Tasks says there is a successor but event doesn't have it
					System.out.println("TODO: There is a problem. Tasks says there is a successor but event doesn't have it");
				}//- else
			}//- for taskSuccessors
		}//- for ganttevenSource
		
	}//- setLinks
	/***
	 * finEvent finds the Event containing the Task given. assummes there is only one.
	 *   
	 * @param task for wich we want the graphical event.
	 * @return the Event containing the task or null
	 */
	private GanttEvent findEvent( Task task )
	{
	...
	}


Thanks for your help.


ArkosX
Re: GanttEvents from GanntChart? [message #1075527 is a reply to message #1075492] Mon, 29 July 2013 15:30 Go to previous message
Dirk Fauth is currently offline Dirk FauthFriend
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Well as there is no MUST to add data to an event, there is no such convenience API to retrieve an event by data. At least that is my understanding.
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