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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/*!
+ \example itemviews/fetchmore
+ \title Fetch More Example
+
+ The Fetch More example shows how two add items to an item view
+ model on demand.
+
+ \image fetchmore-example.png
+
+ The user of the example can enter a directory in the \gui
+ Directory line edit. The contents of the directory will
+ be listed in the list view below.
+
+ When you have large - or perhaps even infinite - data sets, you
+ will need to add items to the model in batches, and preferably only
+ when the items are needed by the view (i.e., when they are visible
+ in the view).
+
+ In this example, we implement \c FileListModel - an item view
+ model containing the entries of a directory. We also have \c
+ Window, which sets up the GUI and feeds the model with
+ directories.
+
+ Let's take a tour of \c {FileListModel}'s code.
+
+ \section1 FileListModel Class Definition
+
+ The \c FileListModel inherits QAbstractListModel and contains the
+ contents of a directory. It will add items to itself only when
+ requested to do so by the view.
+
+ \snippet examples/itemviews/fetchmore/filelistmodel.h 0
+
+ The secret lies in the reimplementation of
+ \l{QAbstractItemModel::}{fetchMore()} and
+ \l{QAbstractItemModel::}{canFetchMore()} from QAbstractItemModel.
+ These functions are called by the item view when it needs more
+ items.
+
+ The \c setDirPath() function sets the directory the model will
+ work on. We emit \c numberPopulated() each time we add a batch of
+ items to the model.
+
+ We keep all directory entries in \c fileList. \c fileCount is the
+ number of items that have been added to the model.
+
+ \section1 FileListModel Class Implementation
+
+ We start by checking out the \c setDirPath().
+
+ \snippet examples/itemviews/fetchmore/filelistmodel.cpp 0
+
+ We use a QDir to get the contents of the directory. We need to
+ inform QAbstractItemModel that we want to remove all items - if
+ any - from the model.
+
+ \snippet examples/itemviews/fetchmore/filelistmodel.cpp 1
+
+ The \c canFetchMore() function is called by the view when it needs
+ more items. We return true if there still are entries that we have
+ not added to the model; otherwise, we return false.
+
+ And now, the \c fetchMore() function itself:
+
+ \snippet examples/itemviews/fetchmore/filelistmodel.cpp 2
+
+ We first calculate the number of items to fetch.
+ \l{QAbstractItemModel::}{beginInsertRows()} and
+ \l{QAbstractItemModel::}{endInsertRows()} are mandatory for
+ QAbstractItemModel to keep up with the row insertions. Finally, we
+ emit \c numberPopulated(), which is picked up by \c Window.
+
+ To complete the tour, we also look at \c rowCount() and \c data().
+
+ \snippet examples/itemviews/fetchmore/filelistmodel.cpp 4
+
+ Notice that the row count is only the items we have added so far,
+ i.e., not the number of entries in the directory.
+
+ In \c data(), we return the appropriate entry from the \c
+ fileList. We also separate the batches with a different background
+ color.
+*/
+