Replace setContextProperty with qmlRegisterSingletonType

examples/IntermediatePy/src/IntermediatePy.pyproject

@@ -29,16 +29,17 @@
         "IntermediatePy/Gui/Pages/Report/Sidebar/Basic/Groups/Export.qml",
         "IntermediatePy/Gui/Pages/Report/Sidebar/Extra/Layout.qml",
         "IntermediatePy/Gui/Pages/Report/Sidebar/Extra/Groups/Empty.qml",
-        "IntermediatePy/Logic/Mock/qmldir",
-        "IntermediatePy/Logic/Mock/BackendProxy.qml",
-        "IntermediatePy/Logic/Mock/Project.qml",
-        "IntermediatePy/Logic/Mock/Report.qml",
-        "IntermediatePy/Logic/Mock/Status.qml",
-        "IntermediatePy/Logic/Py/backend_proxy.py",
-        "IntermediatePy/Logic/Py/connections.py",
-        "IntermediatePy/Logic/Py/helpers.py",
-        "IntermediatePy/Logic/Py/project.py",
-        "IntermediatePy/Logic/Py/report.py",
-        "IntermediatePy/Logic/Py/status.py"
+        "IntermediatePy/Logic/qmldir",
+        "IntermediatePy/Logic/MockBackendProxy.qml",
+        "IntermediatePy/Logic/MockQml/Project.qml",
+        "IntermediatePy/Logic/MockQml/Report.qml",
+        "IntermediatePy/Logic/MockQml/Status.qml",
+        "IntermediatePy/Logic/MockQml/qmldir",
+        "IntermediatePy/Logic/real_backend_proxy.py",
+        "IntermediatePy/Logic/RealPy/connections.py",
+        "IntermediatePy/Logic/RealPy/helpers.py",
+        "IntermediatePy/Logic/RealPy/project.py",
+        "IntermediatePy/Logic/RealPy/report.py",
+        "IntermediatePy/Logic/RealPy/status.py"
     ]
 }

examples/IntermediatePy/src/IntermediatePy/Gui/Globals/Backend.qml

@@ -6,24 +6,62 @@ pragma Singleton
 
 import QtQuick
 
-import Logic.Mock as MockLogic
-
-
-// If the backend_proxy_py object is created in main.py and exposed to qml, it is used as to access
-// the necessary backend properties and methods. Otherwise, the mock proxy defined in
-// MockLogic/BackendProxy.qml with hardcoded data is used.
-// The assumption here is that the real backend proxy and the mock proxy have the same API.
+// This module is registered in the main.py file and allows access to the properties
+// and backend  methods of the singleton object of the ‘PyBackendProxy’ class.
+// If ‘PyBackendProxy’ is not defined, then MockBackendProxy from org/easyscience/easydiffraction is used.
+// It is required to be able to run the GUI frontend via the qml runtime tool without a Python backend.
+import Logic
 
 QtObject {
 
+    ////////////////
+    // Backend proxy
+    ////////////////
+
     readonly property var proxy: {
-        if (typeof backend_proxy_py !== 'undefined' && backend_proxy_py !== null) {
-            console.debug('Currently, the real python backend proxy is in use')
-            return backend_proxy_py
+        if (typeof PyBackendProxy !== 'undefined' && PyBackendProxy !== null) {
+            console.debug('Currently, the REAL python backend proxy is in use')
+            return PyBackendProxy
         } else {
-            console.debug('Currently, the mock backend proxy is in use')
-            return MockLogic.BackendProxy
+            console.debug('Currently, the MOCK backend proxy is in use')
+            return MockBackendProxy
         }
     }
 
+    /////////////
+    // Status bar
+    /////////////
+
+    readonly property var status: QtObject {
+        readonly property string project: proxy.status.project
+        readonly property string phases_count: proxy.status.phases_count
+        readonly property string experiments_count: proxy.status.experiments_count
+        readonly property string calculator: proxy.status.calculator
+        readonly property string minimizer: proxy.status.minimizer
+        readonly property string variables: proxy.status.variables
+    }
+
+    ///////////////
+    // Project page
+    ///////////////
+
+    readonly property var project: QtObject {
+        readonly property bool created: proxy.project.created
+        readonly property string name: proxy.project.name
+        readonly property var info: proxy.project.info
+        readonly property var examples: proxy.project.examples
+
+        function create() { proxy.project.create() }
+        function save() { proxy.project.save() }
+    }
+
+    ///////////////
+    // Summary page
+    ///////////////
+
+    readonly property var summary: QtObject {
+        readonly property bool created: proxy.report.created
+        readonly property string as_html: proxy.report.as_html
+    }
+
 }

examples/IntermediatePy/src/IntermediatePy/Logic/Mock/BackendProxy.qml → examples/IntermediatePy/src/IntermediatePy/Logic/MockBackendProxy.qml

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ pragma Singleton
 
 import QtQuick
 
-import Logic.Mock as MockLogic
+import Logic.MockQml as MockLogic
+
 
 QtObject {
 

examples/IntermediatePy/src/IntermediatePy/Logic/Mock/qmldir → examples/IntermediatePy/src/IntermediatePy/Logic/MockQml/qmldir

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-module MockLogic
+module MockQml
 
-singleton BackendProxy BackendProxy.qml
 singleton Project Project.qml
 singleton Report Report.qml
 singleton Status Status.qml

examples/IntermediatePy/src/IntermediatePy/Logic/qmldir

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module Logic
+
+singleton MockBackendProxy MockBackendProxy.qml

examples/IntermediatePy/src/IntermediatePy/Logic/Py/backend_proxy.py → examples/IntermediatePy/src/IntermediatePy/Logic/real_backend_proxy.py

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 from EasyApp.Logic.Logging import LoggerLevelHandler
 
-from .connections import ConnectionsHandler
-from .project import Project
-from .status import Status
-from .report import Report
+from .RealPy.connections import ConnectionsHandler
+from .RealPy.project import Project
+from .RealPy.status import Status
+from .RealPy.report import Report
 
 
 class BackendProxy(QObject):

examples/IntermediatePy/src/IntermediatePy/main.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import sys
 
 from PySide6.QtGui import QGuiApplication
-from PySide6.QtQml import QQmlApplicationEngine
+from PySide6.QtQml import QQmlApplicationEngine, qmlRegisterSingletonType
 from PySide6.QtCore import qInstallMessageHandler
 
 # It is usually assumed that the EasyApp package is already installed in the desired python environment.
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 from EasyApp.Logic.Logging import console
 
-from Logic.Py.backend_proxy import BackendProxy
+from Logic.real_backend_proxy import BackendProxy
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     qInstallMessageHandler(console.qmlMessageHandler)
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@
     engine = QQmlApplicationEngine()
     console.debug(f'QML application engine created {engine}')
 
-    backend_proxy = BackendProxy()
-    engine.rootContext().setContextProperty('backend_proxy_py', backend_proxy)
-    console.debug('backend_proxy object exposed to QML as backend_proxy_py')
+    qmlRegisterSingletonType(BackendProxy, 'Logic', 1, 0, 'PyBackendProxy')
+    console.debug('BackendProxy class is registered to be accessible from QML via the name PyBackendProxy')
 
     engine.addImportPath(EASYAPP_DIR)
     engine.addImportPath(CURRENT_DIR)