WIP saving of widget through pickle process

src/core/widgets/drag_area_widget.py

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ class DragArea(GtkSource.View):
         date_label    = Gtk.Label(label = date)
         wrapped_date  = self.wrap_widget_in_trap( date_label )
 
-
         ctx = entry.get_style_context()
         ctx.add_class("drag-area-title")
 

src/core/widgets/template/dynamic_widget_template.py

@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ class DynamicWidget(Gtk.Box):
     def __init__(self, move_callback, x, y):
         super(DynamicWidget, self).__init__()
 
-        self._header_widget = DynamicHeaderWidget(move_callback, x, y)
         self.uuid           = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        self._header_widget = DynamicHeaderWidget(move_callback, x, y)
+        self._body_widget   = None
 
         self._setup_styling()
         self._setup_signals()
@@ -46,16 +47,21 @@ class DynamicWidget(Gtk.Box):
     def _load_widgets(self):
         try:
             self.add(self._header_widget)
-            widget = event_system.emit_and_await("get_widget_type")
-            if not widget:
+            self._body_widget = event_system.emit_and_await("get_widget_type")
+            if not self._body_widget:
                 raise Exception("No widget detected... Will not insert anything.")
 
-            self.add(widget)
+            self.add(self._body_widget)
         except DynamicWidgetException as e:
             logger.debug(e)
 
     def save(self):
+        save_collection      = self._body_widget.get_saveable_data()
+        save_collection["w"] = self._header_widget._current_w
+        save_collection["h"] = self._header_widget._current_h
+        save_collection["x"] = self._header_widget._current_x
+        save_collection["y"] = self._header_widget._current_y
+
         path = f"{settings.get_active_page()}/{self.uuid}"
-        logger.debug("Widget save stub...")
-        # with open(path, "wb") as f:
-        #     pickle.dump(self, f, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL, fix_imports=True, buffer_callback=None)
+        with open(path, "wb") as f:
+            pickle.dump(save_collection, f, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL, fix_imports=True, buffer_callback=None)

src/core/widgets/widget_selector/widgets/text_area.py

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
 from gi.repository import Gtk
 
 # Application imports
+from utils.widget_save_load_controller import WidgetSaveLoadController
 
 
-
-class TextAreaWidget(Gtk.TextView):
+class TextAreaWidget(WidgetSaveLoadController, Gtk.TextView):
     def __init__(self):
         super(TextAreaWidget, self).__init__()
 
@@ -35,7 +35,20 @@ class TextAreaWidget(Gtk.TextView):
     def _load_widgets(self):
         ...
 
+    def get_buffer_text(self):
+        start, end = self.buffer.get_start_iter(), self.buffer.get_end_iter()
+        return self.buffer.get_slice(start, end, True)
+
+    def load_saveable_data(self, data):
+        self.save_collection = data
+        self.buffer.set_text(self.save_collection["data"])
+
+    def get_saveable_data(self):
+        self.save_collection["data"] = self.get_buffer_text()
+        self.save_collection["widget_type"] = str(type(self).__name__)
+        return self.save_collection
+
     def new(self):
         widget = TextAreaWidget()
-        widget.buffer.set_text("Poo")
+        widget.buffer.set_text("Lorem ipsum dolor")
         return widget

src/utils/widget_save_load_controller.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Python imports
+
+# Lib imports
+
+# Application imports
+
+
+
+class SaveLoadControllerException(Exception):
+    ...
+
+
+class WidgetSaveLoadController:
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(WidgetSaveLoadController, self).__init__()
+        self.saveable_data   = []
+        self.save_collection = {
+            "width": -1,
+            "height": -1,
+            "x": 0,
+            "y": 0,
+            "data": None,
+            "widget_type": None
+        }
+
+    def register_saveable_data(self, data):
+        self.saveable_data.append(data)
+
+    def load_saveable_data(self, data):
+        self.save_collection = data
+
+    def get_saveable_data(self):
+        return self.save_collection