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Re: [eclipse-incubator-e4-dev] Modelled UI change notification - live model

> From: Kevin McGuire/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCA
>
> 1) Do we agree this is the behaviour we want?
>

I'd certainly like to see this. In particular, when we have talked publically about how e4 would be more dynamic/responsive to develop for, this was the kind of thing we had in mind.

> 2) When do we we think we'd provide it?
>

I'd argue that it's worth thinking about it soon, since there are potentially interesting issues w.r.t. state management, SWT widget lifecycle, etc.

> 3) I think I can imagine with the current code base how we handle
> on-the-fly creation and deletion, but what about modification?  
> Right now the factories 'make', they don't 'modify existing'.
>

... and if we end up with a "destroy and recreate" model, we need to do a better job of maintaining state than we currently do (e.g. it's not ok for the tree to be recreated with all the nodes collapsed, etc.)

McQ.


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