Gui: [skip ci] add method to Python binding of ViewProviderExtension to ignore overlay icon

src/Gui/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ generate_from_xml(DocumentPy)
 generate_from_xml(PythonWorkbenchPy)
 generate_from_xml(ViewProviderPy)
 generate_from_xml(ViewProviderDocumentObjectPy)
+generate_from_xml(ViewProviderExtensionPy)
 generate_from_xml(WorkbenchPy)
 generate_from_xml(SelectionObjectPy)
 generate_from_xml(LinkViewPy)
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ generate_from_py(FreeCADGuiInit GuiInitScript.h)
 SET(FreeCADGui_XML_SRCS
     ViewProviderDocumentObjectPy.xml
     ViewProviderPy.xml
+    ViewProviderExtensionPy.xml
     PythonWorkbenchPy.xml
     WorkbenchPy.xml
     SelectionObjectPy.xml
@@ -1004,6 +1006,7 @@ SOURCE_GROUP("Quarter" FILES ${Quarter_SRCS})
 SET(Viewprovider_CPP_SRCS
     ViewProvider.cpp
     ViewProviderExtension.cpp
+    ViewProviderExtensionPyImp.cpp
     ViewProviderGroupExtension.cpp
     ViewProviderGeoFeatureGroupExtension.cpp
     ViewProviderOriginGroupExtension.cpp

src/Gui/ViewProviderExtension.cpp

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "ViewProviderExtension.h"
-//#include "ViewProviderExtensionPy.h"
+#include "ViewProviderExtensionPy.h"
 
 using namespace Gui;
 
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ void ViewProviderExtension::extensionUpdateData(const App::Property*) {
 
 }
 
+PyObject* ViewProviderExtension::getExtensionPyObject(void) {
+
+    if (ExtensionPythonObject.is(Py::_None())){
+        // ref counter is set to 1
+        auto ext = new ViewProviderExtensionPy(this);
+        ExtensionPythonObject = Py::asObject(ext);
+    }
+    return Py::new_reference_to(ExtensionPythonObject);
+}
+
 namespace Gui {
 EXTENSION_PROPERTY_SOURCE_TEMPLATE(Gui::ViewProviderExtensionPython, Gui::ViewProviderExtension)
 

src/Gui/ViewProviderExtension.h

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public:
 
     //update data of extended opject
     virtual void extensionUpdateData(const App::Property*);
+    virtual PyObject* getExtensionPyObject();
 
     void setIgnoreOverlayIcon(bool on) {
         m_ignoreOverlayIcon = on;

src/Gui/ViewProviderExtensionPy.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<GenerateModel xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="generateMetaModel_Module.xsd">
+  <PythonExport 
+    Father="ExtensionPy" 
+    Name="ViewProviderExtensionPy" 
+    TwinPointer="ViewProviderExtension" 
+    Twin="ViewProviderExtension" 
+    Include="Gui/ViewProviderExtension.h" 
+    Namespace="Gui" 
+    FatherInclude="App/ExtensionPy.h" 
+    FatherNamespace="App">
+    <Documentation>
+      <Author Licence="LGPL" Name="Werner Mayer" EMail="wmayer[at]users.sourceforge.net" />
+      <UserDocu>Base class for all view provider extensions</UserDocu>
+    </Documentation>
+    <Methode Name="setIgnoreOverlayIcon">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>Ignore the overlay icon of an extension</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
+    <Methode Name="ignoreOverlayIcon" Const="true">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>Ignore the overlay icon of an extension</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
+    <CustomAttributes />
+  </PythonExport>
+</GenerateModel>

src/Gui/ViewProviderExtensionPyImp.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2020 Werner Mayer <wmayer[at]users.sourceforge.net>     *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+
+#ifndef _PreComp_
+# include <sstream>
+#endif
+
+// inclution of the generated files (generated out of PropertyContainerPy.xml)
+#include "ViewProviderExtensionPy.h"
+#include "ViewProviderExtensionPy.cpp"
+
+using namespace Gui;
+
+// returns a string which represent the object e.g. when printed in python
+std::string ViewProviderExtensionPy::representation(void) const
+{
+    return std::string("<view provider extension>");
+}
+
+PyObject* ViewProviderExtensionPy::setIgnoreOverlayIcon(PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject* ignore;
+    const char* name = nullptr;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!s", &PyBool_Type, &ignore, &name))
+        return nullptr;
+
+    ViewProviderExtension* ext = getViewProviderExtensionPtr();
+    if (name) {
+        Base::Type type = Base::Type::fromName(name);
+        ext = dynamic_cast<ViewProviderExtension*>(ext->getExtendedContainer()->getExtension(type, true, true));
+        if (!ext) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_NameError, "no such extension");
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ext->setIgnoreOverlayIcon(PyObject_IsTrue(ignore) ? true : false);
+    Py_Return;
+}
+
+PyObject* ViewProviderExtensionPy::ignoreOverlayIcon(PyObject *args)
+{
+    const char* name = nullptr;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &name))
+        return nullptr;
+
+    ViewProviderExtension* ext = getViewProviderExtensionPtr();
+    if (name) {
+        Base::Type type = Base::Type::fromName(name);
+        ext = dynamic_cast<ViewProviderExtension*>(ext->getExtendedContainer()->getExtension(type, true, true));
+        if (!ext) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_NameError, "no such extension");
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+    }
+
+    bool ignore = ext->ignoreOverlayIcon();
+    return Py_BuildValue("O", (ignore ? Py_True : Py_False));
+}
+
+PyObject *ViewProviderExtensionPy::getCustomAttributes(const char* /*attr*/) const
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int ViewProviderExtensionPy::setCustomAttributes(const char* /*attr*/, PyObject * /*obj*/)
+{
+    return 0;
+}

src/Mod/Part/BasicShapes/ViewProviderShapes.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class ViewProviderTube:
         ''' Set this object to the proxy object of the actual view provider '''
         obj.Proxy = self
         obj.addExtension("PartGui::ViewProviderAttachExtensionPython", self)
+        obj.setIgnoreOverlayIcon(True, "PartGui::ViewProviderAttachExtensionPython")
 
     def attach(self, obj):
         ''' Setup the scene sub-graph of the view provider, this method is mandatory '''