Combine NMEA sentences - Live mode

This patch combines multiple nmea sentences related to the same update,
preventing the push of multiple separate updates with the same
timestamp.

Task-number: QTBUG-64699
Change-Id: I082cd46924afe0f00e510dc059ff8594373b1e67
Reviewed-by: Alex Blasche <alexander.blasche@qt.io>

7 files changed, 212 insertions, 57 deletions

diff --git a/src/positioning/qgeopositioninfo.cpp b/src/positioning/qgeopositioninfo.cpp
index 71e363d1..08162efc 100644
--- a/src/positioning/qgeopositioninfo.cpp
+++ b/src/positioning/qgeopositioninfo.cpp
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ bool QGeoPositionInfoPrivate::operator==(const QGeoPositionInfoPrivate &other) c
             && doubleAttribs == other.doubleAttribs;
 }
 
-QGeoPositionInfoPrivate *QGeoPositionInfoPrivate::getPimpl(const QGeoPositionInfo &info)
+QGeoPositionInfoPrivate *QGeoPositionInfoPrivate::get(const QGeoPositionInfo &info)
 {
     return info.d;
 }
diff --git a/src/positioning/qgeopositioninfo_p.h b/src/positioning/qgeopositioninfo_p.h
index 4d6ccb8c..b4522649 100644
--- a/src/positioning/qgeopositioninfo_p.h
+++ b/src/positioning/qgeopositioninfo_p.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public:
     QGeoCoordinate coord;
     QHash<QGeoPositionInfo::Attribute, qreal> doubleAttribs;
 
-    static QGeoPositionInfoPrivate *getPimpl(const QGeoPositionInfo &info);
+    static QGeoPositionInfoPrivate *get(const QGeoPositionInfo &info);
 };
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/positioning/qnmeapositioninfosource.cpp b/src/positioning/qnmeapositioninfosource.cpp
index 7fdf1e14..0b8c3ede 100644
--- a/src/positioning/qnmeapositioninfosource.cpp
+++ b/src/positioning/qnmeapositioninfosource.cpp
@@ -79,27 +79,42 @@ QGeoPositionInfoPrivate *QGeoPositionInfoPrivateNmea::clone() const
 typedef QGeoPositionInfoPrivate QGeoPositionInfoPrivateNmea;
 #endif
 
-static void mergePositions(QGeoPositionInfo &dst, const QGeoPositionInfo &src, QByteArray nmeaSentence)
+static bool propagateCoordinate(QGeoPositionInfo &dst, const QGeoPositionInfo &src, bool force = true)
 {
-#if USE_NMEA_PIMPL
-    QGeoPositionInfoPrivateNmea *dstPimpl = static_cast<QGeoPositionInfoPrivateNmea *>(QGeoPositionInfoPrivate::getPimpl(dst));
-    dstPimpl->nmeaSentences.append(nmeaSentence);
-#else
-    Q_UNUSED(nmeaSentence)
-#endif
-
+    bool updated = false;
     QGeoCoordinate c = dst.coordinate();
-    if (!qIsNaN(src.coordinate().latitude()))
+    const QGeoCoordinate & srcCoordinate = src.coordinate();
+    if (qIsFinite(src.coordinate().latitude())
+            && (!qIsFinite(dst.coordinate().latitude()) || force)) {
+        updated |= (c.latitude() != srcCoordinate.latitude());
         c.setLatitude(src.coordinate().latitude());
-    if (!qIsNaN(src.coordinate().longitude()))
+    }
+    if (qIsFinite(src.coordinate().longitude())
+            && (!qIsFinite(dst.coordinate().longitude()) || force)) {
+        updated |= (c.longitude() != srcCoordinate.longitude());
         c.setLongitude(src.coordinate().longitude());
-    if (!qIsNaN(src.coordinate().altitude()))
+    }
+    if (qIsFinite(src.coordinate().altitude())
+            && (!qIsFinite(dst.coordinate().altitude()) || force)) {
+        updated |= (c.altitude() != srcCoordinate.altitude());
         c.setAltitude(src.coordinate().altitude());
+    }
     dst.setCoordinate(c);
+    return updated;
+}
 
-    if (!dst.timestamp().date().isValid() && src.timestamp().isValid()) // time was supposed to be set/the same already. Date can be overwritten.
+static bool propagateDate(QGeoPositionInfo &dst, const QGeoPositionInfo &src)
+{
+    if (!dst.timestamp().date().isValid() && src.timestamp().isValid()) { // time was supposed to be set/the same already. Date can be overwritten.
         dst.setTimestamp(src.timestamp());
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
 
+static bool propagateAttributes(QGeoPositionInfo &dst, const QGeoPositionInfo &src, bool force = true)
+{
+    bool updated = false;
     static Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR std::array<QGeoPositionInfo::Attribute, 6> attrs {
                                                 { QGeoPositionInfo::GroundSpeed
                                                  ,QGeoPositionInfo::HorizontalAccuracy
@@ -108,11 +123,32 @@ static void mergePositions(QGeoPositionInfo &dst, const QGeoPositionInfo &src, Q
                                                  ,QGeoPositionInfo::VerticalSpeed
                                                  ,QGeoPositionInfo::MagneticVariation} };
     for (const auto a: attrs) {
-        if (src.hasAttribute(a))
+        if (src.hasAttribute(a) && (!dst.hasAttribute(a) || force)) {
+            updated |= (dst.attribute(a) != src.attribute(a));
             dst.setAttribute(a, src.attribute(a));
+        }
     }
 
+    return updated;
+}
 
+// returns false if src does not contain any additional or different data than dst,
+// true otherwise.
+static bool mergePositions(QGeoPositionInfo &dst, const QGeoPositionInfo &src, QByteArray nmeaSentence)
+{
+    bool updated = false;
+
+    updated |= propagateCoordinate(dst, src);
+    updated |= propagateDate(dst, src);
+    updated |= propagateAttributes(dst, src);
+
+#if USE_NMEA_PIMPL
+    QGeoPositionInfoPrivateNmea *dstPimpl = static_cast<QGeoPositionInfoPrivateNmea *>(QGeoPositionInfoPrivate::get(dst));
+    dstPimpl->nmeaSentences.append(nmeaSentence);
+#else
+    Q_UNUSED(nmeaSentence)
+#endif
+    return updated;
 }
 
 static qint64 msecsTo(const QDateTime &from, const QDateTime &to)
@@ -127,21 +163,124 @@ static qint64 msecsTo(const QDateTime &from, const QDateTime &to)
 }
 
 QNmeaRealTimeReader::QNmeaRealTimeReader(QNmeaPositionInfoSourcePrivate *sourcePrivate)
-        : QNmeaReader(sourcePrivate)
-{
+        : QNmeaReader(sourcePrivate), m_update(*new QGeoPositionInfoPrivateNmea)
+{
+    // An env var controlling the number of milliseconds to use to withold
+    // an update and wait for additional data to combine.
+    // The update will be pushed earlier than this if a newer update will be received.
+    // The update will be withold longer than this amount of time if additional
+    // valid data will keep arriving within this time frame.
+    QByteArray pushDelay = qgetenv("QT_NMEA_PUSH_DELAY");
+    if (!pushDelay.isEmpty())
+        m_pushDelay = qBound(-1, QString::fromLatin1(pushDelay).toInt(), 1000);
+    else
+        m_pushDelay = 20;
+
+    if (m_pushDelay >= 0) {
+        m_timer.setSingleShot(true);
+        m_timer.setInterval(m_pushDelay);
+        m_timer.connect(&m_timer, &QTimer::timeout, [this]() {
+           this->notifyNewUpdate();
+        });
+    }
 }
 
 void QNmeaRealTimeReader::readAvailableData()
 {
-    while (m_proxy->m_device->canReadLine()){
-        QGeoPositionInfo update;
-        bool hasFix = false;
+    while (m_proxy->m_device->canReadLine()) {
+        const QTime infoTime = m_update.timestamp().time(); // if update has been set, time must be valid.
+        const QDate infoDate = m_update.timestamp().date(); // this one might not be valid, as some sentences do not contain it
+
+        QGeoPositionInfoPrivateNmea *pimpl = new QGeoPositionInfoPrivateNmea;
+        QGeoPositionInfo pos(*pimpl);
 
         char buf[1024];
         qint64 size = m_proxy->m_device->readLine(buf, sizeof(buf));
-        if (m_proxy->parsePosInfoFromNmeaData(buf, size, &update, &hasFix))
-            m_proxy->notifyNewUpdate(&update, hasFix);
+        const bool oldFix = m_hasFix;
+        bool hasFix;
+        const bool parsed = m_proxy->parsePosInfoFromNmeaData(buf, size, &pos, &hasFix);
+
+        if (!parsed) {
+            // got garbage, don't stop the timer
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        m_hasFix |= hasFix;
+        m_updateParsed = true;
+
+        // Date may or may not be valid, as some packets do not have date.
+        // If date isn't valid, match is performed on time only.
+        // Hence, make sure that packet blocks are generated with
+        // the sentences containing the full timestamp (e.g., GPRMC) *first* !
+        if (infoTime.isValid()) {
+            if (pos.timestamp().time().isValid()) {
+                const bool newerTime = infoTime < pos.timestamp().time();
+                const bool newerDate = (infoDate.isValid() // if time is valid but one date or both are not,
+                                        && pos.timestamp().date().isValid()
+                                        && infoDate < pos.timestamp().date());
+                if (newerTime || newerDate) {
+                    // Effectively read data for different update, that is also newer,
+                    // so flush retained update, and copy the new pos into m_update
+                    const QDate updateDate = m_update.timestamp().date();
+                    const QDate lastPushedDate = m_lastPushedTS.date();
+                    const bool newerTimestampSinceLastPushed = m_update.timestamp() > m_lastPushedTS;
+                    const bool invalidDate = !(updateDate.isValid() && lastPushedDate.isValid());
+                    const bool newerTimeSinceLastPushed = m_update.timestamp().time() > m_lastPushedTS.time();
+                    if ( newerTimestampSinceLastPushed || (invalidDate && newerTimeSinceLastPushed)) {
+                        m_proxy->notifyNewUpdate(&m_update, oldFix);
+                        m_lastPushedTS = m_update.timestamp();
+                    }
+                    m_timer.stop();
+                    // next update data
+                    propagateAttributes(pos, m_update, false);
+                    m_update = pos;
+                    m_hasFix = hasFix;
+                } else {
+                    if (infoTime == pos.timestamp().time())
+                        // timestamps match -- merge into m_update
+                        if (mergePositions(m_update, pos, QByteArray(buf, size))) {
+                            // Reset the timer only if new info has been received.
+                            // Else the source might be keep repeating outdated info until
+                            // new info become available.
+                            m_timer.stop();
+                        }
+                    // else discard out of order outdated info.
+                }
+            } else {
+                // no timestamp available in parsed update-- merge into m_update
+                if (mergePositions(m_update, pos, QByteArray(buf, size)))
+                    m_timer.stop();
+            }
+        } else {
+            // there was no info with valid TS. Overwrite with whatever is parsed.
+#if USE_NMEA_PIMPL
+            pimpl->nmeaSentences.append(QByteArray(buf, size));
+#endif
+            propagateAttributes(pos, m_update);
+            m_update = pos;
+            m_timer.stop();
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (m_updateParsed) {
+        if (m_pushDelay < 0)
+            notifyNewUpdate();
+        else
+            m_timer.start();
+    }
+}
+
+void QNmeaRealTimeReader::notifyNewUpdate()
+{
+    const bool newerTime = m_update.timestamp().time() > m_lastPushedTS.time();
+    const bool newerDate = (m_update.timestamp().date().isValid()
+                            && m_lastPushedTS.date().isValid()
+                            && m_update.timestamp().date() > m_lastPushedTS.date());
+    if (newerTime || newerDate) {
+        m_proxy->notifyNewUpdate(&m_update, m_hasFix);
+        m_lastPushedTS = m_update.timestamp();
     }
+    m_timer.stop();
 }
 
 
@@ -222,13 +361,13 @@ static int processSentence(QGeoPositionInfo &info,
 
              GGA : GPS fix data                           - only time
              GLL : geographic latitude and longitude      - only time
-             RMC : recommended minimum FPOS/transit data  - date/time
-             ZDA : only timestamp                         - date/time
+             RMC : recommended minimum FPOS/transit data  - date and time
+             ZDA : only timestamp                         - date and time
 
              QLocationUtils is currently also capable of parsing VTG and GSA sentences:
 
              VTG: containing Track made good and ground speed
-             GSA: overall satellite data
+             GSA: overall satellite data, w. accuracies (ends up into PositionInfo)
 
              Since these sentences contain no timestamp, their content will be merged with the content
              from any prior sentence that had timestamp info, if any is available.
@@ -243,10 +382,11 @@ static int processSentence(QGeoPositionInfo &info,
             // the sentences containing the full timestamp (e.g., GPRMC) *first* !
             if (infoTime.isValid()) {
                 if (pos.timestamp().time().isValid()) {
-                    if (infoTime < pos.timestamp().time() ||
-                            (infoDate.isValid() // if time is valid but one date or both are not,
-                             && pos.timestamp().date().isValid()
-                             && infoDate < pos.timestamp().date())) {
+                    const bool newerTime = infoTime < pos.timestamp().time();
+                    const bool newerDate = (infoDate.isValid() // if time is valid but one date or both are not,
+                                            && pos.timestamp().date().isValid()
+                                            && infoDate < pos.timestamp().date());
+                    if (newerTime || newerDate) {
                         // Effectively read data for different update, that is also newer, so copy buf into m_nextLine
                         m_nextLine = QByteArray(buf, size);
                         break;
@@ -442,7 +582,8 @@ void QNmeaPositionInfoSourcePrivate::startUpdates()
         return;
 
     if (m_updateMode == QNmeaPositionInfoSource::RealTimeMode) {
-        // skip over any buffered data - we only want the newest data
+        // skip over any buffered data - we only want the newest data.
+        // Don't do this in requestUpdate. In that case bufferedData is good to have/use.
         if (m_device->bytesAvailable()) {
             if (m_device->isSequential())
                 m_device->readAll();
@@ -495,9 +636,7 @@ void QNmeaPositionInfoSourcePrivate::requestUpdate(int msec)
     }
 
     m_requestTimer->start(msec);
-
-    if (initialized)
-        prepareSourceDevice();
+    prepareSourceDevice();
 }
 
 void QNmeaPositionInfoSourcePrivate::updateRequestTimeout()
@@ -527,28 +666,31 @@ void QNmeaPositionInfoSourcePrivate::notifyNewUpdate(QGeoPositionInfo *update, b
         m_horizontalAccuracy = update->attribute(QGeoPositionInfo::HorizontalAccuracy);
     else if (!qIsNaN(m_horizontalAccuracy))
         update->setAttribute(QGeoPositionInfo::HorizontalAccuracy, m_horizontalAccuracy);
+
     if (update->hasAttribute(QGeoPositionInfo::VerticalAccuracy))
         m_verticalAccuracy = update->attribute(QGeoPositionInfo::VerticalAccuracy);
     else if (!qIsNaN(m_verticalAccuracy))
         update->setAttribute(QGeoPositionInfo::VerticalAccuracy, m_verticalAccuracy);
 
     if (hasFix && update->isValid()) {
-        if (m_requestTimer && m_requestTimer->isActive()) {
+        if (m_requestTimer && m_requestTimer->isActive()) { // User called requestUpdate()
             m_requestTimer->stop();
             emitUpdated(*update);
-        } else if (m_invokedStart) {
-            if (m_updateTimer && m_updateTimer->isActive()) {
+        } else if (m_invokedStart) { // user called startUpdates()
+            if (m_updateTimer && m_updateTimer->isActive()) { // update interval > 0
                 // for periodic updates, only want the most recent update
-                m_pendingUpdate = *update;
+                m_pendingUpdate = *update; // Set what to send in timerEvent()
                 if (m_noUpdateLastInterval) {
+                    // if the update was invalid when timerEvent was last called, a valid update
+                    // should be sent ASAP
                     emitPendingUpdate();
                     m_noUpdateLastInterval = false;
                 }
-            } else {
+            } else { // update interval <= 0
                 emitUpdated(*update);
             }
         }
-        m_lastUpdate = *update;
+        m_lastUpdate = *update; // Set in any case, if update is valid. Used in lastKnownPosition().
     }
 }
 
@@ -564,10 +706,10 @@ void QNmeaPositionInfoSourcePrivate::emitPendingUpdate()
         m_noUpdateLastInterval = false;
         emitUpdated(m_pendingUpdate);
         m_pendingUpdate = QGeoPositionInfo();
-    } else {
+    } else { // invalid update
         if (m_noUpdateLastInterval && !m_updateTimeoutSent) {
             m_updateTimeoutSent = true;
-            m_pendingUpdate = QGeoPositionInfo();
+            m_pendingUpdate = QGeoPositionInfo(); // Invalid already, but clear just in case.
             emit m_source->updateTimeout();
         }
         m_noUpdateLastInterval = true;
@@ -576,6 +718,8 @@ void QNmeaPositionInfoSourcePrivate::emitPendingUpdate()
 
 void QNmeaPositionInfoSourcePrivate::emitUpdated(const QGeoPositionInfo &update)
 {
+    // check for duplication already done in QNmeaRealTimeReader::notifyNewUpdate
+    // and QNmeaRealTimeReader::readAvailableData
     m_lastUpdate = update;
     emit m_source->positionUpdated(update);
 }
@@ -772,7 +916,7 @@ void QNmeaPositionInfoSource::stopUpdates()
 */
 void QNmeaPositionInfoSource::requestUpdate(int msec)
 {
-    d->requestUpdate(msec == 0 ? 60000 * 5 : msec);
+    d->requestUpdate(msec == 0 ? 60000 * 5 : msec); // 5min default timeout
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/positioning/qnmeapositioninfosource_p.h b/src/positioning/qnmeapositioninfosource_p.h
index 6efb5648..3d2bbb74 100644
--- a/src/positioning/qnmeapositioninfosource_p.h
+++ b/src/positioning/qnmeapositioninfosource_p.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QQueue>
 #include <QPointer>
+#include <QtCore/qtimer.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -115,10 +116,10 @@ private:
 
     QNmeaPositionInfoSource *m_source;
     QNmeaReader *m_nmeaReader;
-    QBasicTimer *m_updateTimer;
     QGeoPositionInfo m_pendingUpdate;
     QDate m_currentDate;
-    QTimer *m_requestTimer;
+    QBasicTimer *m_updateTimer; // the timer used in startUpdates()
+    QTimer *m_requestTimer; // the timer used in requestUpdate()
     qreal m_horizontalAccuracy;
     qreal m_verticalAccuracy;
     bool m_noUpdateLastInterval;
@@ -146,6 +147,15 @@ class QNmeaRealTimeReader : public QNmeaReader
 public:
     explicit QNmeaRealTimeReader(QNmeaPositionInfoSourcePrivate *sourcePrivate);
     virtual void readAvailableData();
+    void notifyNewUpdate();
+
+    // Data members
+    QGeoPositionInfo m_update;
+    QDateTime m_lastPushedTS;
+    bool m_updateParsed = false;
+    bool m_hasFix = false;
+    QTimer m_timer;
+    int m_pushDelay = -1;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/qgeopositioninfosource/testqgeopositioninfosource.cpp b/tests/auto/qgeopositioninfosource/testqgeopositioninfosource.cpp
index fa073308..ce7b4d66 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qgeopositioninfosource/testqgeopositioninfosource.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qgeopositioninfosource/testqgeopositioninfosource.cpp
@@ -482,12 +482,12 @@ void TestQGeoPositionInfoSource::startUpdates_testIntervalChangesWhileRunning()
 
     m_source->setUpdateInterval(0);
 
-    QTRY_VERIFY_WITH_TIMEOUT((spy.count() == 1) && (timeout.count() == 0), 7000);
+    QTRY_VERIFY_WITH_TIMEOUT((spy.count() > 0) && (timeout.count() == 0), 7000);
     spy.clear();
 
     m_source->setUpdateInterval(0);
 
-    QTRY_VERIFY_WITH_TIMEOUT((spy.count() == 1) && (timeout.count() == 0), 7000);
+    QTRY_VERIFY_WITH_TIMEOUT((spy.count() > 0) && (timeout.count() == 0), 7000);
     spy.clear();
 
     m_source->stopUpdates();
diff --git a/tests/auto/qnmeapositioninfosource/tst_qnmeapositioninfosource.cpp b/tests/auto/qnmeapositioninfosource/tst_qnmeapositioninfosource.cpp
index 886d7009..37fe7abc 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qnmeapositioninfosource/tst_qnmeapositioninfosource.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qnmeapositioninfosource/tst_qnmeapositioninfosource.cpp
@@ -147,13 +147,14 @@ void tst_QNmeaPositionInfoSource::lastKnownPosition()
 
     QList<QDateTime> dateTimes = createDateTimes(5);
     for (int i=0; i<dateTimes.count(); i++) {
-        proxy->source()->requestUpdate();
+        proxy->source()->requestUpdate(); // Irrelevant for this test
         proxy->feedUpdate(dateTimes[i]);
         QTRY_COMPARE(proxy->source()->lastKnownPosition().timestamp(), dateTimes[i]);
     }
 
     proxy->source()->startUpdates();
-    dateTimes = createDateTimes(5);
+    // if dateTimes are older than before, they will be ignored.
+    dateTimes = createDateTimes(dateTimes.last().addMSecs(100), 5);
     for (int i=0; i<dateTimes.count(); i++) {
         proxy->feedUpdate(dateTimes[i]);
         QTRY_COMPARE(proxy->source()->lastKnownPosition().timestamp(), dateTimes[i]);
@@ -358,8 +359,10 @@ void tst_QNmeaPositionInfoSource::startUpdates_waitForValidDateTime()
     QObject::connect(proxy->source(), &QNmeaPositionInfoSource::positionUpdated, [](const QGeoPositionInfo &info) {
                                                                             qDebug() << info.timestamp();
                                                                         });
+
     proxy->source()->startUpdates();
     proxy->feedBytes(bytes);
+    QTest::qWait(1000); // default push delay is 20ms
     QTRY_COMPARE(spy.count(), dateTimes.count());
 
     for (int i=0; i<spy.count(); i++) {
@@ -397,6 +400,7 @@ void tst_QNmeaPositionInfoSource::startUpdates_waitForValidDateTime_data()
     bytes += QLocationTestUtils::createGgaSentence(dt.addMSecs(100).time()).toLatin1();
     bytes += QLocationTestUtils::createRmcSentence(dt.addMSecs(200)).toLatin1();
     bytes += QLocationTestUtils::createGgaSentence(dt.addMSecs(300).time()).toLatin1();
+    // The first GGA does not have date, and there's no cached date to inject, so that update will be invalid
     QTest::newRow("Feed GGA,RMC,GGA; expect RMC, second GGA only")
             << bytes << (QList<QDateTime>() << dt.addMSecs(200) << dt.addMSecs(300))
             << (QList<bool>() << true << true) // accuracies are currently cached and injected in QGeoPositionInfos that do not have it
@@ -424,13 +428,6 @@ void tst_QNmeaPositionInfoSource::startUpdates_waitForValidDateTime_data()
                 << bytes << (QList<QDateTime>() << dt.addMSecs(200) << dt.addMSecs(300))
                 << (QList<bool>() << true << true)
                 << (QList<bool>() << true << true); // First GGA gets VDOP from GSA bundled into previous, as it has no timestamp, second GGA gets the cached value.
-    } else {
-        // FixMe: remove else block once NMEA realtime mode supports timestamp-based combination of nmea sentences
-        QTest::newRow("Feed ZDA,GGA,GSA,GGA; expect vertical accuracy from second GGA")
-                << bytes << (QList<QDateTime>() << dt.addMSecs(200) << dt.addMSecs(300))
-                << (QList<bool>() << true << true)
-                << (QList<bool>() << false << true);
-
     }
 
     if (m_mode == QNmeaPositionInfoSource::SimulationMode) {
diff --git a/tests/auto/qnmeapositioninfosource/tst_qnmeapositioninfosource.h b/tests/auto/qnmeapositioninfosource/tst_qnmeapositioninfosource.h
index 60a4093c..073a4aac 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qnmeapositioninfosource/tst_qnmeapositioninfosource.h
+++ b/tests/auto/qnmeapositioninfosource/tst_qnmeapositioninfosource.h
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ public:
     tst_QNmeaPositionInfoSource(QNmeaPositionInfoSource::UpdateMode mode, QObject *parent = 0);
 
 private:
-    QList<QDateTime> createDateTimes(int count) const
+    QList<QDateTime> createDateTimes(const QDateTime &dt, int count) const
     {
         QList<QDateTime> dateTimes;
-        QDateTime dt = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toUTC();
         int interval = 100;
         for (int i=0; i<count; i++) {
             dateTimes << dt.addMSecs(interval);
@@ -73,6 +72,11 @@ private:
         return dateTimes;
     }
 
+    QList<QDateTime> createDateTimes(int count) const
+    {
+        return createDateTimes(QDateTime::currentDateTime().toUTC(), count);
+    }
+
 private slots:
     void initTestCase();