Added IdRole for the server generated UUID of the items.

formats/jsonparser.cpp

@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ QJsonArray JsonParser::extractItemArray(const QByteArray& jsonData, const QStrin
 ModelItemValues JsonParser::jsonObjectToItemValues(const QJsonObject& itemJsonObject) {
   ModelItemValues values;
 
+  const UserRoles idRole   = IdRole;
+  const QString idRoleName = ROLE_NAMES.value(idRole);
+  // QVariant idValue         = data(idRole);
+  if (itemJsonObject.contains(idRoleName)) {
+    std::pair<int, QVariant> keyValuePair = getKeyValuePair(itemJsonObject, idRole);
+    values.insert(keyValuePair.first, keyValuePair.second);
+  }
+
   QListIterator<UserRoles> i(USER_FACING_ROLES);
   while (i.hasNext()) {
     const UserRoles role                  = i.next();

genericcore.cpp

@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ void GenericCore::onSendItemTriggered(const int row) {
 void GenericCore::onItemsFetched(const QByteArray jsonDoc) {
   emit displayStatusMessage("New items fetched.");
   // TODO ? check compability of JSON structure beforehand?
+  // TODO check if item already exists?
   m_mainModel->appendItems(jsonDoc);
 }
 
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ void GenericCore::onItemsFetchFailure(const QString errorString) {
 }
 
 void GenericCore::onPostRequestSuccessful(const QString message) {
+  // NEXT search local item an set server generated UUID
   emit displayStatusMessage(message);
 }
 

model/metadata.h

@@ -16,18 +16,19 @@ enum UserRoles {
   AmountRole,
   FactorRole,
   /// helper roles
-  ToStringRole
+  ToStringRole,
+  IdRole
 };
 
 static UserRoles DEFAULT_ROLE = NameRole;
+// TODO ?rename USER_FACING_ROLES -> MAIN_ROLES ?
 static QList<UserRoles> USER_FACING_ROLES = {NameRole, DescriptionRole, InfoRole, AmountRole,
                                              FactorRole};
-static QHash<int, QByteArray> ROLE_NAMES  = {{NameRole, "Name"},
-                                             {DescriptionRole, "Description"},
-                                             {InfoRole, "Info"},
-                                             {AmountRole, "Amount"},
-                                             {FactorRole, "Factor"}};
-static QList<UserRoles> STRING_ROLES      = {NameRole, DescriptionRole, InfoRole};
+static QHash<int, QByteArray> ROLE_NAMES  = {
+    {NameRole, "Name"},     {DescriptionRole, "Description"}, {InfoRole, "Info"},
+    {AmountRole, "Amount"}, {FactorRole, "Factor"},           {ToStringRole, "ToString"},
+    {IdRole, "id"}};
+static QList<UserRoles> STRING_ROLES = {NameRole, DescriptionRole, InfoRole, IdRole};
 static QList<UserRoles> INT_ROLES    = {AmountRole};
 static QList<UserRoles> DOUBLE_ROLES = {FactorRole};
 

model/modelitem.cpp

@@ -55,12 +55,25 @@ QString ModelItem::toString() const {
     // result.append(value.toString());
     result.append(QString("%1: %2\n").arg(roleName, data(role).toString()));
   }
+
+  const UserRoles idRole = IdRole;
+  QVariant idValue       = data(idRole);
+  if (!idValue.isNull()) {
+    const QString idRoleName = ROLE_NAMES.value(idRole);
+    result.append(QString("%1: %2\n").arg(idRoleName, idValue.toString()));
+  }
   return result;
 }
 
 QJsonObject ModelItem::toJsonObject() const {
   QJsonObject itemObject;
   // TODO add UUID and dates (entry, modification, end)
+  const UserRoles idRole = IdRole;
+  QVariant idValue       = data(idRole);
+  if (!idValue.isNull()) {
+    const QString idRoleName = ROLE_NAMES.value(idRole);
+    itemObject.insert(idRoleName, idValue.toString());
+  }
 
   QListIterator<UserRoles> i(USER_FACING_ROLES);
   while (i.hasNext()) {

model/tablemodel.cpp

@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ QHash<int, QByteArray> TableModel::roleNames() const { return ROLE_NAMES; }
 
 int TableModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex& parent) const {
   if (parent.isValid()) {
-    return 0;  // no children
+    return 0;  /// no children
   }
   return m_items.size();
 }
 
 int TableModel::columnCount(const QModelIndex& parent) const {
   if (parent.isValid()) {
-    return 0;  // no children
+    return 0;  /// no children
   }
-  return ROLE_NAMES.size();
+  return USER_FACING_ROLES.size();
 }
 
 QVariant TableModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const {
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ void TableModel::execEditItemData(const int row, const QMap<int, QVariant>& chan
     /// is getting notified about (potential) data changes; dataChanged should be called only for
     /// the affected columns
     const QModelIndex firstIndex = this->index(row, 0);
-    const QModelIndex lastIndex  = this->index(row, ROLE_NAMES.size() - 1);
+    const QModelIndex lastIndex  = this->index(row, USER_FACING_ROLES.size() - 1);
     QList<int> roles             = changedValues.keys();
     roles.insert(0, Qt::DisplayRole);
     emit dataChanged(firstIndex, lastIndex, roles.toVector());