[Panel-devel] Applet updating

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Sunday 16 September 2007, Percy Leonhardt wrote:
> On Sunday 16 September 2007, Petri Damsten wrote:
> > OK. Still feels a little confusing to me. DataEngines like TimeEngine
> > don't 'create' source just call setData and there doesn't seem to be
> > function to just create one if you don't have data (other than calling
> > setData with some empty values)
>
> Hi,
>
> I am using
>
>     Plasma::DataContainer* dc = new Plasma::DataContainer( this );
>     dc->setObjectName(name);
>     addSource( dc );
>
> in sourceRequested to create a new source.

just call setData(). the only time you ever should need to create the 
DataContainer yourself is if you have, for whatever reason, extended 
DataContainer with a subclass that has extra functionality specific to your 
needs.

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