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/*!
\example webkit/simplewebplugin
\title Simple Web Plugin Example
\brief The Simple Web Plugin example shows how to embed a regular Qt widget into a
Web page displayed using QWebView.
\image webkit-simplewebplugin.png A table widget embedded in a Web page.
In this example, we will show how to include Qt widgets in Web-centric user
interfaces.
\section1 QtWebKit Basics
QtWebKit provides integration between Qt and WebKit on two different levels.
On a low level, Qt provides widgets for Web pages to be rendered onto; on a
high level, a set of classes are provided that represent all the key
components of a Web browser.
QWebView is a widget that is used to display Web pages, QWebPage represents
the content in a page, and QWebFrame represents an individual frame in a
Web page. The code to display a Web page is very simple:
\snippet webkitsnippets/simple/main.cpp Using QWebView
The widget provides fundamental Web browsing features, such as Cascading
Style Sheet and JavaScript support. Other technologies can be added to
provide a more comprehensive experience.
\section1 Adding a Widget to a Page
Since Qt is used to render pages, it is easy to add both standard and
custom widgets to pages. All we need is some markup to indicate where a
widget is expected in a page and a mechanism that lets us know when it
needs to be created.
The markup used involves the \c <object> element, described in the HTML 4
specification, which is used to include generic objects in Web pages. When
describing an object to represent a widget, there are typically three
attributes this element can have: a \c data attribute that indicates where
any relevant data can be obtained; \c width and \c height attributes can
be used to set the size of the widget on the page.
Here's how we might describe such an object:
\snippet examples/webkit/simplewebplugin/pages/index.html embedded object
The mechanism used by QtWebKit to insert widgets into pages is a plugin
factory that is registered with a given WebPage instance. Factories are
subclasses of QWebPluginFactory and can be equipped to supply more than one
type of widget.
\section1 Creating a Widget to Embed
To demonstrate how the factory is used, we create a simple widget that can
be used to display Comma-Separated Values (CSV) files. The widget class,
\c CSVView, is just a subclass of QTableView with extra functions to set
up an internal data model. Instances of the factory class, \c CSVFactory,
are responsible for creating \c CSVView widgets and requesting data on
their behalf.
The \c CSVFactory class is defined in the following way:
\snippet examples/webkit/simplewebplugin/csvfactory.h plugin factory
The public functions give a good overview of how QtWebKit will use the
factory to create widgets. We begin by looking at the factory's constructor:
\snippet examples/webkit/simplewebplugin/csvfactory.cpp constructor
The factory contains a network access manager which we will use to obtain
data for each of the plugin widgets created.
The \c plugins() function is used to report information
about the kinds of widget plugins it can create; our implementation reports
the MIME type it expects and provides a description of the plugin:
\snippet examples/webkit/simplewebplugin/csvfactory.cpp plugins
The \c create() function is where most of the action happens. It is
called with a MIME type that describes the kind of data to be displayed,
a URL that refers to the data, and information about any additional
arguments that were specified in the Web page. We begin by checking the
basic MIME type information passed in the \c mimeType parameter, and only
continue if we recognize it.
\snippet examples/webkit/simplewebplugin/csvfactory.cpp begin create
We construct a view widget
using the fully-specified MIME type, which is guaranteed to be in the list of
arguments if a MIME type has been supplied.
\snippet examples/webkit/simplewebplugin/csvfactory.cpp submit request
Lastly, we use the network access manager to request the data specified by
the \c url parameter, connecting its \c finished() signal to the view's
\c updateModel() slot so that it can collect the data. The reply object is
intentionally created on the heap; the \c finished() signal is connected to
its \c deleteLater() slot, ensuring that Qt will dispose of it when it is no
longer needed.
The \c CSVView class provides only minor extensions to the functionality of
QTableView, with a public slot to handle incoming data and a private
variable to record exact MIME type information:
\snippet examples/webkit/simplewebplugin/csvview.h definition
The constructor is simply used to record the MIME type of the data:
\snippet examples/webkit/simplewebplugin/csvview.cpp constructor
To save space, we will only look at parts of the \c updateModel() function,
which begins by obtaining the QNetworkReply object that caused the slot
to be invoked before checking for errors:
\snippet examples/webkit/simplewebplugin/csvview.cpp update model begin
Assuming that the data is correct, we need to determine whether the
CSV file includes a table header, and to find out which character encoding was
used to store the data. Both these pieces of information may be included in
the complete MIME type information, so we parse this before continuing---this
is shown in the online example code.
\snippet examples/webkit/simplewebplugin/csvview.cpp read data begin
Since QNetworkReply is a QIODevice subclass, the reply can be read
using a suitably configured text stream, and the data fed into a standard
model. The mechanics of this can be found in the
\l{webkit/simplewebplugin/csvview.cpp}{code listing}. Here, we skip to the
end of the function where we close the reply object and set the model on
the view:
\snippet examples/webkit/simplewebplugin/csvview.cpp update model
Once the reply has been read, and the model populated with data, very little
needs to be done by the plugin. Ownership of the view widget is handled
elsewhere, and we have ensured that the model will be destroyed when it is
no longer needed by making it a child object of the view.
Let's look quickly at the \c MainWindow implementation:
\snippet examples/webkit/simplewebplugin/mainwindow.cpp constructor
Apart from creating and setting a factory on the QWebPage object, the
most important task is to enable Web plugins. If this global setting is not
enabled, plugins will not be used and our \c <object> elements will simply
be ignored.
\section1 Further Reading
The \l{Web Plugin Example} extends this example by adding a signal-slot
connection between the embedded widget and a JavaScript function in the
page.
*/
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