added automatic c++ variant type conversion

for inputs, as the qml (js) conversion can conflict with the cpp one.
Now everything is converted in cpp, preventing such problems

examples/mvvmquick/SampleQuick/TabView.qml

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ Page {
 	}
 
 	function presentTab(item) {
-		console.log("here");
 		tabBar.insertItem(tabBar.count - 1, _newTab.createObject(tabBar, {viewModel: item.viewModel}));
 		item.parent = swipe;
 		swipe.addItem(item);

src/imports/mvvmcore/plugins.qmltypes

@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ Module {
             type: "QtMvvm::MessageResult*"
             Parameter { name: "config"; type: "QtMvvm::MessageConfig" }
         }
+        Method {
+            name: "safeCastInputType"
+            type: "QVariant"
+            Parameter { name: "type"; type: "string" }
+            Parameter { name: "value"; type: "QVariant" }
+        }
     }
     Component {
         name: "QtMvvm::QQmlMvvmBinding"

src/imports/mvvmcore/qqmlcoreapp.cpp

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ MessageResult *QQmlCoreApp::showDialog(const MessageConfig &config)
 	return CoreApp::showDialog(config);
 }
 
+QVariant QQmlCoreApp::safeCastInputType(const QString &type, const QVariant &value)
+{
+	return CoreApp::safeCastInputType(type.toUtf8(), value);
+}
+
 void QQmlCoreApp::show(const QString &viewModelName, const QVariantHash &params, ViewModel *parentViewModel)
 {
 	CoreApp::show(qUtf8Printable(viewModelName), params, parentViewModel);

src/imports/mvvmcore/qqmlcoreapp.h

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public:
 	explicit QQmlCoreApp(QObject *parent = nullptr);
 
 	Q_INVOKABLE QtMvvm::MessageResult *showDialog(const QtMvvm::MessageConfig &config);
+	Q_INVOKABLE QVariant safeCastInputType(const QString &type, const QVariant &value);
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
 	void show(const QString &viewModelName, const QVariantHash &params = {}, QtMvvm::ViewModel *parentViewModel = nullptr);

src/imports/mvvmquick/DateEdit.qml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ListView {
 
 	property date firstDate: new Date(1970, 0, 1)
 	property date lastDate: new Date(9999, 11, 31)
-	property date currentDate: today();
+	property date date: today();
 
 	function today() {
 		var cDate = new Date();
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ ListView {
 			if(_skipNextFocus)
 				_skipNextFocus = false;
 			else {
-				_calenderList.currentIndex = calendarModel.indexOf(_calenderList.currentDate);
+				_calenderList.currentIndex = calendarModel.indexOf(_calenderList.date);
 				_calenderList.positionViewAtIndex(_calenderList.currentIndex, ListView.SnapPosition);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	Component.onCompleted: _p.focusDate()
-	onCurrentDateChanged: _p.focusDate()
+	onDateChanged: _p.focusDate()
 
 	implicitWidth: 300
 	implicitHeight: 200
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ ListView {
 					id: helper
 				}
 
-				readonly property bool isCurrent: model.day === _calenderList.currentDate.getDate() && model.month === _calenderList.currentDate.getMonth()
+				readonly property bool isCurrent: model.day === _calenderList.date.getDate() && model.month === _calenderList.date.getMonth()
 				readonly property alias highlightColor: helper.highlight
 
 				horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ ListView {
 							_calenderList.incrementCurrentIndex();
 							_p._skipNextFocus = true;
 						}
-						_calenderList.currentDate = model.date;
+						_calenderList.date = model.date;
 					}
 				}
 			}

src/imports/mvvmquick/DialogPresenter11.qml

@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ QtObject {
 		var props = config.viewProperties;
 		props["msgConfig"] = config;
 		props["msgResult"] = result;
-		console.log(config.buttons);
 		var incubator = _inputComponent.incubateObject(rootItem, props, Qt.Synchronous);
 		return incubator.status !== Component.Error;
 	}

src/imports/mvvmquick/PresentingStackView.qml

@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ StackView {
 	 */
 	function safeReplace(target, item, properties, operation) {
 		var items = [];
-		console.log("current depth: ", depth)
 		for(var i = depth -1; i >= 0; i--) {
 			var cItem = get(i, StackView.ForceLoad);
 			_clearItems.push(cItem);

src/imports/mvvmquick/PresentingStackView11.qml

@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ StackView {
 	 */
 	function safeReplace(target, item, properties, operation) {
 		var items = [];
-		console.log("current depth: ", depth)
 		for(var i = depth -1; i >= 0; i--) {
 			var cItem = get(i, StackView.ForceLoad);
 			_clearItems.push(cItem);

src/imports/mvvmquick/TimeEdit.qml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RowLayout {
 			_forceTime = time
 	}
 
-	property var _forceTime: new Date()
+	property date _forceTime: new Date()
 
 	property bool showHours: true
 	property bool showMinutes: true

src/imports/mvvmquick/settingsentrymodel.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "settingsentrymodel.h"
 
 #include <QtCore/QRegularExpression>
+#include <QtMvvmCore/CoreApp>
 
 using namespace QtMvvm;
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ QVariant SettingsEntryModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
 	case DelegateUrlRole:
 		return entry.delegateUrl;
 	case SettingsValueRole:
-		return _viewModel->loadValue(entry.key, entry.defaultValue);
+		return readValue(entry);
 	case PropertiesRole:
 		return entry.properties;
 	case GroupRole:
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ QVariant SettingsEntryModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
 			else if(preview.type() == QVariant::String) {
 				return _factory->format(entry.type,
 										preview.toString(),
-										_viewModel->loadValue(entry.key, entry.defaultValue),
+										readValue(entry),
 										entry.properties);
 			}
 		}
@@ -154,6 +155,11 @@ void SettingsEntryModel::entryChanged(const QString &key)
 	}
 }
 
+QVariant SettingsEntryModel::readValue(const SettingsElements::Entry &entry) const
+{
+	return CoreApp::safeCastInputType(entry.type, _viewModel->loadValue(entry.key, entry.defaultValue));
+}
+
 
 
 SettingsEntryModel::EntryInfo::EntryInfo(SettingsElements::Entry entry, QUrl delegateUrl, SettingsElements::Group group) :

src/imports/mvvmquick/settingsentrymodel.h

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ private:
 	SettingsViewModel *_viewModel = nullptr;
 	InputViewFactory *_factory = nullptr;
 	QList<EntryInfo> _entries;
+
+	QVariant readValue(const SettingsElements::Entry &entry) const;
 };
 
 }

src/mvvmcore/coreapp.cpp

@@ -97,6 +97,38 @@ MessageResult *CoreApp::showDialog(const MessageConfig &config)
 	return result;
 }
 
+QVariant CoreApp::safeCastInputType(const QByteArray &type, const QVariant &value)
+{
+	// get the target type, either explicitly or from the name
+	auto mType = CoreAppPrivate::dInstance()->inputTypeMapping.value(type, QMetaType::UnknownType);
+	if(mType == QMetaType::UnknownType) {
+		mType = QMetaType::type(type.constData());
+		if(mType == QMetaType::UnknownType) { // no type found -> do nothing but warn
+			logWarning() << "Input type" << type << "has no know C++ type to convert it to. Use QtMvvm::CoreApp::registerInputTypeMapping to add it."
+						 << "To surpress this warning without performing a conversion, register it as `CoreApp::registerInputTypeMapping<QVariant>(" << type << ");`";
+			return value;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// target type is QVariant -> return without converting
+	if(mType == QMetaType::QVariant)
+		return value;
+
+	auto convValue = value;
+	if(!convValue.convert(mType)) {
+		logWarning() << "Failed to convert data for input type" << type
+					 << "from given type" << value.typeName()
+					 << "to the target type" << QMetaType::typeName(mType);
+		return value;
+	} else
+		return convValue;
+}
+
+void CoreApp::registerInputTypeMapping(const QByteArray &type, int targetType)
+{
+	CoreAppPrivate::dInstance()->inputTypeMapping.insert(type, targetType);
+}
+
 void CoreApp::bootApp()
 {
 	if(!d->presenter) {
@@ -181,6 +213,23 @@ void CoreApp::showImp(const QMetaObject *metaObject, const QVariantHash &params,
 bool CoreAppPrivate::bootEnabled = true;
 QPointer<CoreApp> CoreAppPrivate::instance = nullptr;
 
+CoreAppPrivate::CoreAppPrivate() :
+	inputTypeMapping{
+		{"switch", QMetaType::Bool},
+		{"string", QMetaType::QString},
+		{"number", QMetaType::Double},
+		{"range", QMetaType::Int},
+		{"date", QMetaType::QDateTime},
+		{"color", QMetaType::QColor},
+		{"url", QMetaType::QUrl},
+		{"var", QMetaType::QVariant},
+		{"variant", QMetaType::QVariant},
+		{"selection", QMetaType::QVariant},
+		{"list", QMetaType::QVariant},
+		{"radiolist", QMetaType::QVariant},
+	}
+{}
+
 QScopedPointer<CoreAppPrivate> &CoreAppPrivate::dInstance()
 {
 	return instance->d;

src/mvvmcore/coreapp.h

@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ public:
 	//! Show a basic dialog
 	static MessageResult *showDialog(const MessageConfig &config);
 
+	static QVariant safeCastInputType(const QByteArray &type, const QVariant &value);
+	static void registerInputTypeMapping(const QByteArray &type, int targetType);
+	template <typename T>
+	static void registerInputTypeMapping(const QByteArray &type);
+
 public Q_SLOTS:
 	//! Boots up the app and starts the mvvm presenting
 	void bootApp();
@@ -81,6 +86,12 @@ inline void CoreApp::show(const QVariantHash &params, QPointer<ViewModel> parent
 	showImp(&TViewModel::staticMetaObject, params, std::move(parentViewModel));
 }
 
+template<typename T>
+void CoreApp::registerInputTypeMapping(const QByteArray &type)
+{
+	registerInputTypeMapping(type, qMetaTypeId<T>());
+}
+
 }
 
 //! Registers you custom CoreApp class as CoreApp to be used

src/mvvmcore/coreapp_p.h

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class Q_MVVMCORE_EXPORT CoreAppPrivate : public QObject
 	friend class QtMvvm::CoreApp;
 
 public:
+	CoreAppPrivate();
+
 	static QScopedPointer<CoreAppPrivate> &dInstance();
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ private:
 	static QPointer<CoreApp> instance;
 
 	IPresenter *presenter = nullptr;
+	QHash<QByteArray, int> inputTypeMapping;
 	QHash<const QMetaObject*, QPointer<ViewModel>> singleInstances;
 
 	bool isSingleton(const QMetaObject *metaObject) const;

src/mvvmcore/message.cpp

@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ QHash<MessageConfig::StandardButton, QString> MessageConfig::buttonTexts() const
 
 QVariant MessageConfig::defaultValue() const
 {
-	return d->defaultValue;
+	if(d->type == MessageConfig::TypeInputDialog)
+		return CoreApp::safeCastInputType(d->subType, d->defaultValue);
+	else
+		return d->defaultValue;
 }
 
 QVariantMap MessageConfig::viewProperties() const

src/mvvmquick/BoolDelegate.qml

@@ -8,16 +8,9 @@ CheckDelegate {
 
 	text: title
 
-	function asBool(value) {
-		if(typeof value == "string")
-			return value === "true";
-		else
-			return Boolean(value);
-	}
-
-	checked: asBool(inputValue)
+	checked: inputValue
 	onCheckedChanged: {
-		if(asBool(inputValue) !== checked)
+		if(inputValue !== checked)
 			inputValue = checked;
 	}
 

src/mvvmquick/DateEdit.qml

@@ -3,16 +3,5 @@ import de.skycoder42.QtMvvm.Quick 1.1 as QtMvvm
 
 QtMvvm.DateEdit {
 	id: _edit
-
-	property var inputValue: new Date()
-
-	onInputValueChanged: {
-		var realDate = typeof inputValue == "string" ? new Date(inputValue + "T00:00:00") : inputValue
-		if(realDate.getDate() !== currentDate.getDate() ||
-		   realDate.getMonth() !== currentDate.getMonth() ||
-		   realDate.getYear() !== currentDate.getYear()) {
-			currentDate = realDate
-		}
-	}
-	onCurrentDateChanged: inputValue = currentDate
+	property alias inputValue: _edit.date
 }

src/mvvmquick/DateTimeEdit.qml

@@ -10,23 +10,23 @@ ColumnLayout {
 
 	property var inputValue: new Date()
 
-	readonly property date combinedDate: new Date(_dateEdit.currentDate.getFullYear(),
-												  _dateEdit.currentDate.getMonth(),
-												  _dateEdit.currentDate.getDate(),
+	readonly property date combinedDate: new Date(_dateEdit.date.getFullYear(),
+												  _dateEdit.date.getMonth(),
+												  _dateEdit.date.getDate(),
 												  _timeEdit.time.getHours(),
 												  _timeEdit.time.getMinutes(),
 												  _timeEdit.time.getSeconds())
 
 	onInputValueChanged: {
-		var realDate = typeof inputValue == "string" ? new Date(inputValue) : inputValue
-		if(realDate.getYear() !== combinedDate.getYear() ||
-		   realDate.getMonth() !== combinedDate.getMonth() ||
-		   realDate.getDate() !== combinedDate.getDate() ||
-		   realDate.getHours() !== combinedDate.getHours() ||
-		   realDate.getMinutes() !== combinedDate.getMinutes() ||
-		   realDate.getSeconds() !== combinedDate.getSeconds()) {
-			_dateEdit.currentDate = realDate;
-			_timeEdit.time = realDate;
+		var newDate = inputValue;
+		if(newDate.getYear() !== combinedDate.getYear() ||
+		   newDate.getMonth() !== combinedDate.getMonth() ||
+		   newDate.getDate() !== combinedDate.getDate() ||
+		   newDate.getHours() !== combinedDate.getHours() ||
+		   newDate.getMinutes() !== combinedDate.getMinutes() ||
+		   newDate.getSeconds() !== combinedDate.getSeconds()) {
+			_dateEdit.date = newDate;
+			_timeEdit.time = newDate;
 		}
 	}
 	onCombinedDateChanged: {

src/mvvmquick/SwitchDelegate.qml

@@ -8,16 +8,9 @@ Controls.SwitchDelegate {
 
 	text: title
 
-	function asBool(value) {
-		if(typeof value == "string")
-			return value === "true";
-		else
-			return Boolean(value);
-	}
-
-	checked: asBool(inputValue)
+	checked: inputValue
 	onCheckedChanged: {
-		if(asBool(inputValue) !== checked)
+		if(inputValue !== checked)
 			inputValue = checked;
 	}
 

src/mvvmquick/TimeEdit.qml

@@ -3,16 +3,5 @@ import de.skycoder42.QtMvvm.Quick 1.1 as QtMvvm
 
 QtMvvm.TimeEdit {
 	id: _edit
-
-	property var inputValue: new Date()
-
-	onInputValueChanged: {
-		var realTime = typeof inputValue == "string" ? new Date("2000-01-01T" + inputValue) : inputValue
-		if(realTime.getHours() !== time.getHours() ||
-		   realTime.getMinutes() !== time.getMinutes() ||
-		   realTime.getSeconds() !== time.getSeconds()) {
-			time = realTime
-		}
-	}
-	onTimeChanged: inputValue = time
+	property alias inputValue: _edit.time
 }

src/mvvmquick/inputviewfactory.cpp

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ InputViewFactoryPrivate::InputViewFactoryPrivate() :
 		{"color", QStringLiteral("qrc:/qtmvvm/inputs/ColorEdit.qml")},
 		{QMetaType::typeName(QMetaType::QFont), QStringLiteral("qrc:/qtmvvm/inputs/FontEdit.qml")},
 		{QMetaType::typeName(QMetaType::QUrl), QStringLiteral("qrc:/qtmvvm/inputs/UrlField.qml")},
+		{"url", QStringLiteral("qrc:/qtmvvm/inputs/UrlField.qml")},
 		{"selection", QStringLiteral("qrc:/qtmvvm/inputs/ListEdit.qml")},
 		{"list", QStringLiteral("qrc:/qtmvvm/inputs/ListEdit.qml")},
 		{"radiolist", QStringLiteral("qrc:/qtmvvm/inputs/RadioListEdit.qml")}

src/mvvmquick/inputviewfactory.h

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public:
 
 	template <typename TType>
 	inline void addFormatter(Formatter *formatter);
-	void addFormatter(const QByteArray &type, Formatter *formatter);
+	void addFormatter(const QByteArray &type, Formatter *formatter); //MAJOR make virtual
 
 	//! Adds a type name alias for views
 	template <typename TAliasType, typename TTargetType>

src/mvvmwidgets/inputwidgetfactory.cpp

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ QWidget *InputWidgetFactory::createInput(const QByteArray &type, QWidget *parent
 	} else if(type == "selection" || type == "list")
 		widget = new SelectComboBox(parent);
 	else
-		throw PresenterException("Unable to find an input view for type" + type);
+		throw PresenterException("Unable to find an input view for type: " + type);
 
 	for(auto it = viewProperties.constBegin(); it != viewProperties.constEnd(); it++)
 		widget->setProperty(qUtf8Printable(it.key()), it.value());

src/mvvmwidgets/settingsdialog.cpp

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <QtWidgets/QPushButton>
 #include <QtWidgets/QScrollArea>
 
+#include <QtMvvmCore/CoreApp>
 #include <QtMvvmCore/private/qtmvvm_logging_p.h>
 
 using namespace QtMvvm;
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ void SettingsDialogPrivate::entryChanged(const QString &key)
 	if(!content)
 		return;
 	auto info = entryMap.value(content);
-	info.second.write(content, viewModel->loadValue(info.first.key, info.first.defaultValue));
+	info.second.write(content, readValue(info.first));
 }
 
 void SettingsDialogPrivate::createCategory(const SettingsElements::Category &category)
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ void SettingsDialogPrivate::createEntry(const SettingsElements::Entry &entry, QW
 			auto widgetFactory = WidgetsPresenterPrivate::currentPresenter()->inputWidgetFactory();
 			content = widgetFactory->createInput(entry.type, sectionWidget, entry.properties);
 			auto property = content->metaObject()->userProperty();
-			property.write(content, viewModel->loadValue(entry.key, entry.defaultValue));
+			property.write(content, readValue(entry));
 			if(property.hasNotifySignal()) {
 				auto changedSlot = metaObject()->method(metaObject()->indexOfSlot("propertyChanged()"));
 				connect(content, property.notifySignal(),
@@ -416,6 +417,11 @@ bool SettingsDialogPrivate::searchInEntry(const QRegularExpression &regex, QLabe
 	return false;
 }
 
+QVariant SettingsDialogPrivate::readValue(const SettingsElements::Entry &entry) const
+{
+	return CoreApp::safeCastInputType(entry.type, viewModel->loadValue(entry.key, entry.defaultValue));
+}
+
 void SettingsDialogPrivate::propertyChanged()
 {
 	auto widget = qobject_cast<QWidget*>(sender());

src/mvvmwidgets/settingsdialog_p.h

@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ public:
 	bool searchInGroup(const QRegularExpression &regex, QGroupBox *groupWidget);
 	bool searchInEntry(const QRegularExpression &regex, QLabel *label, QWidget *content);
 
+	QVariant readValue(const SettingsElements::Entry &entry) const;
+
 public Q_SLOTS:
 	void createUi();
 	void entryChanged(const QString &key);

src/mvvmwidgets/widgetspresenter.cpp

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <QtWidgets/QLabel>
 #include <QtWidgets/QColorDialog>
 
+#include <QtMvvmCore/CoreApp>
 #include <QtMvvmCore/private/qtmvvm_logging_p.h>
 
 #include <dialogmaster.h>