[cdt-dev] DSF viewmodel/datamodel etc.

[Branko Drevenšek <branko.drevensek@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.

I hope someone can share some insight on my problem.

I'm trying to add new view to eclipse, that would show some additional 
information.
The background is that when program is running on simulator, simulator 
can provide additional execution information directly (execution profile 
etc.). This happens in a similar way to gdb MI communication. On lower 
level this is done and information is successfully read by a DSF service 
that represents simulator.

I'm trying to use DSF view model here, but I'm having difficulties 
grasping all of it. I'm studying examples (nice), but still. Currently 
I'm having problem getting IVMProvider for my IPresentationContext. The 
query to create a provider ends up in GdbViewModelAdapter class, which 
knows nothing about my context and returns null. I tried (at one point) 
to extend org.eclipse.core.runtime.adapters, but all I managed to to was 
get that query into my model adapter, which successfully disabled the 
GdbViewModelAdapter making whole debug unusable.

Is there a (nice) way to add additional adapter, that would be used in 
case that one returns null?
Is it at all good idea to have my view extend AbstractDebugView instead 
of ViewPart directly?

Regards.
Branko