[boost] GUI/GDI template library

From: E. Gladyshev (egladysh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-25 13:11:18

I was thinking about designing a GUI/GDI template
library.  

The main ideas are:
1. Create a portable template abstraction for standard
GUI/GDI elements and dialog boxes.
2. Design an "iterator-like" interface.
3. The most important goal is design a natural
connection between STL containers and GUI elements, so
that STL data can be easily presented in the GUI
environment.

For example
template < typename IT, typename PhysicalGuiLayer >
class ListControl
{
public:
        template < typename Filter, typename Format >
        void push_back( IT& FirstIt, 
                        IT& EndIt, 
                        Filter& filter, 
                        Format& format )
        {
                for( IT it = FirstIt; it < EndIt; ++it )
                {
                        if( filter(it) )
                        {
                                PhysicalGuiLayer::list_add_item( 
                                        m_hnd, 
                                        format.get_list_item(it) 
                                );
                        }
                }
        }
};

Does something similar exist already?
It seems like a challenging project. If anybody is
interested, let me know.  

Eugene

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