IDataModelManager::RegisterNamedModel method (dbgmodel.h)

The RegisterNamedModel method registers a given data model under a well known name so that it can be found by clients wishing to extend it. This is the primary purpose of the API -- to publish a data model as something which can be extended by retrieving the model registered under this well known name and adding a parent model to it. While the string passed in the modelName argument can be anything (it is just a name), there is a convention that it look like a dot separated namespace of the following form:

• Debugger.Models.* - Data models which pertain to the debug target.  

• DataModel.Models.* - Data models which pertain to the core data model itself. 

  o DataModel.Models.Concepts.* - Data models which pertain to concepts in the data model.

An example of such a name is Debugger.Models.Process. This is the name under which the debugger's notion of a process is registered. A client which extends process and itself is extensible might register its extensibility point as Debugger.Models.Process.NamedExtensionPoint where NamedExtensionPoint refers to the semantics being added to process.

Note that if a given data model is registered under a name, the implementation of IDataModelConcept for that data model must have a GetName method which returns the name registered via calling this RegisterNamedModel method.

Syntax

HRESULT RegisterNamedModel(
  PCWSTR       modelName,
  IModelObject *modeObject
);

Parameters

modelName

The root namespace of the data model is returned here.

modeObject

The data model being registered.

Return value

This method returns HRESULT that indicates success or failure.

Remarks

Sample Code

ComPtr<IDataModelManager> spManager;    /* get the data model manager */
ComPtr<IModelObject> spDataModelObject; /* get your data model object (see
                                           CreateDataModelObject) */

// If the model is registered under a name (e.g.: 
// Debugger.Models.Process.PrivateProcessExtension as below), the
// IDataModelConcept::GetName method must return one of the registration 
// names (the one the extension considers "canonical").  It is legal for an 
// object to be registered under multiple names.
if (SUCCEEDED(spManager->RegisterNamedModel(
    L"Debugger.Models.Process.PrivateProcessExtension", 
    spDataModelObject.Get()))
    )
{
    // The model object spDataModelObject is now registered and can be looked up 
    // under the name "Debugger.Models.Process.PrivateProcessExtension".
    // This means others can extend it by fetching that name.
    //
    // Fetch it back as example:
    ComPtr<IModelObject> spFetchedModel;
    if (SUCCEEDED(spManager->AcquireNamedModel(
        L"Debugger.Models.Process.PrivateProcessExtension", 
        &spFetchedModel))
        )
    {
        // spFetchedModel should be the same as spDataModelObject
    }
}

Requirements

See also

IDataModelManager interface