[Kde-games-devel] A new highscore manager - KScoreManager

[Matt Williams]

On Tuesday 29 April 2008 17:50:49 Parker Coates wrote:
> But after having thought about this further, maybe it makes sense to
> completely separate the "score manager" back-end from the "score
> display" front-ends into separate classes. Please bear with me: OO
> class design isn't a particular strength of mine, so if something
> below seems downright nonsensical or impossible, don't hesitate to
> shoot me down.
>
> KScoreManager::self()->addField(KScoreDialog::Custom1, i18n(Moves Taken));
> KScoreManager::self()->setDisplayFields(KScoreDialog::Name |
> KScoreDialog::Score | KScoreDialog::Custom1);
>
> KScoreManager::ScoreInfo scoreInfo;
> scoreInfo[KScoreDialog::Name] = playerName;
> scoreInfo[KScoreDialog::Score] = playerScore;
> scoreInfo[KScoreDialog::Custom1] = numberOfMovesTaken;
>
> if ( KScoreManager::self()->addScore(scoreInfo) )
> {
>     KScoreDialog scoreDialog( KScoreManager::self() );
>     scoreDialog.show();
>
>     // OR
>
>     KGraphicsScoreItem scoreItem( KScoreManager::self() );
>     m_scene->addItem( scoreItem );
> }

OK, now that I've though about it a little bit I'd like some people's opinions 
on how things should work. The way I was envisioning things working was when 
the call to addScore() is made, a dialog of some kind would be provided for 
the user to enter their name (unless this has been disabled). The name entry 
dialog would tell the user what place their score came.. Then when show() (or 
createDialog() or passing KScoreManager::self() to a KScoreBoard constructor 
etc.) is called the scoreboard will be shown, but it would be static. That 
is, the name would no longer be entered 'inline'. 

Now, if we're going to be abstracting away the display of the highscore table 
it would make sense to also allow any method of entering a name (i.e. a 
KDialog or a entryfield in the QGraphicsScene).

Any ideas about how name entry would work, when the score board should be 
show, who should handle the name entry, etc.? For example, in the snippet you 
posted above, the call to addScore() is made before any UI frontend is 
created and so the frontend won't be able to handle adding the name.

Any thoughts?

Regards,
Matt Williams
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