RE: [wxperl-users] Re: wxValidator available via wxPerl

[James L. <ja...@mi...>]

> wxTextValidator is OK for Perl, while wxGenericValidator does
> 1 - use overloading
>     wxGV construtor takes one of a int/bool/string/integer array
>     (C++) pointer ( think Perl references ), but in Perl
>     int/string/bool map to scalar.
Yes, I think a Perl-implemented GenericValidator can just take the
address of the variable to/from which to deposit/get data, and can
handle it appropriately internally by checking the reference type.

> 2 - there is no NumericValidator ( or whatever you want to call it )
>     one that does a text->number conversion with error
>     checking/bound checking, for intehers and floats
What would you like it to do?  Take a mask and validate the input
according to the mask?  (I'm assuming there's no existing wx masked text
control already).

> 3 - I don't like wxGV because it tries to do
>     validation for all controls, doing the Right Thing, but this
>     sometimes is not possible ( like: for comboboxes
>     if you pass a string, it returns the selected string,
>     if you pass an integer it returns the index of the=20
> selected string in
>     the combobox, but if I want the selected string as a number
>     ( because my combobox contains, say, 1,2,3,4,6,12 ) I need
>     a custom validator ( this relates to the lack of a=20
> NumericValidator )=20
>     BTW this example does not fit with Perl ( because in Perl a
>     number "is" a string, but I hope you get the idea )
>=20
Hmm... Have looked at the C++ code for the GV, and see what you mean
with comboboxes. =20

Just trying to work out how we can differentiate between setting
selection by index or string. In this case, I think we need a separate
ComboBoxValidator (or rather ChoiceValidator), with a flag passed to the
constructor indicating how we want to set the selection (index or
string).

In the light of this, do you think we should not have a GV, but have
individual ones for each control type, or implement the GV in Perl with
more intelligence?

> But since I do not use validator that much, it's up to you to decide
Oh goody!

In terms of package/object naming, what should I do?  Not sure if the
Perl validators should be in the Wx namespace.  Notwithstanding that, I
think I should name the validators PlGenericValidator, PlChoiceValidator
etc., to differentiate from the 'native' wx validators.  What do you
think?  I don't know if there are standards already published on this in
the Wx/Perl community.

James