[tracecompass.incubator-dev] Virtual Table question

[Johan Besseling <johanbes@xxxxxx>]

Hello,

I am doing some experiments with my trace and I realized that I do not have to explicitly create the event table as its own data provider. So I wonder what the difference is between using a Virtual Table such as TmfEventTableDataProvider and not? Is it to enhance the event table with additional functionality, for example if the trace is huge and I do not wish to load the entire trace? Would it create an additional event table or replace the default one?

How is the event table queried without a data provider through the trace server? I believe it occurs when I select a trace and the State Provider is created and then fetched through the method getEventLayout but not sure 😊 

//Johan