Model-View and Undo

[jc-denton]

I am extending my app with undo functionality. It consists of a table view and a model derived from QAbstractTableModel. My model now has an undo stack as member and the commands operate on the model. If setData() is called I just push the concerning command on the stack. When first trying out undo I noticed that the view was not updated immediately, because dataChanged() was not emitted. dataChanged(..) is a protected (why?) member of QAbstractItemModel, but because I use the undo framework I need to call it from my commands within undo() / redo() and not only from the model. For now I extended my model class with a public method called UpdateView(const QModelIndex& index) which just emits dataChanged(..). UpdateView(..) can then be called from any command. This of course is not an optimal solution. Any ideas how I could improve my software design? And why is dataChanged() protected in the first place? Or should I just add my commands as friends to my model?

[broadpeak]

As I know: dataChanged() won't be called in this case.
You have to call somehow manually on the model an update().

This code maybe helps:
http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/tools-undoframework.html
(ie.: myGraphicsScene->update(); )

[jc-denton]

I am not soo sure if you understood my question..