[Lldb-commits] [lldb] r173734 - Describe the data formatters as part of the architecture

[Enrico Granata]

Author: enrico
Date: Mon Jan 28 18:42:12 2013
New Revision: 173734

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=173734&view=rev
Log:
Describe the data formatters as part of the architecture

Modified:
    lldb/trunk/www/architecture.html

Modified: lldb/trunk/www/architecture.html
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/lldb/trunk/www/architecture.html?rev=173734&r1=173733&r2=173734&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- lldb/trunk/www/architecture.html (original)
+++ lldb/trunk/www/architecture.html Mon Jan 28 18:42:12 2013
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
       					<li><a href="#breakpoint">Breakpoint</a></li>
       					<li><a href="#commands">Commands</a></li>
       					<li><a href="#core">Core</a></li>
+      					<li><a href="#dataformatters">DataFormatters</a></li>
        					<li><a href="#expression">Expression</a></li>
        					<li><a href="#host">Host</a></li>
        					<li><a href="#interpreter">Interpreter</a></li>
@@ -143,6 +144,23 @@
 				</div>
 				<div class="postfooter"></div>
 			</div>
+			<a name="dataformatters"></a>
+			<div class="post">
+				<h1 class ="postheader">DataFormatters</h1>
+				<div class="postcontent">
+
+				   <p>A collection of classes that implement the data formatters subsystem.</p>
+				<p>The main entry point for interacting with the LLDB data formatters is the DataVisualization class. It provides
+					a relatively stable front-end interface to ask questions of the data formatters regardless of the internal implementation.</p>
+				<p>For people actively maintaining the data formatters subsystem itself, however, the FormatManager class is the relevant point of entry.
+					This class is subject to more frequent changes as the formatters evolve. Currently, it provides a thin caching layer on top of a list of categories
+					that each export a group of formatters.
+					</p>
+				<p>From an end-user perspective, the "type" LLDB command is the point of access to the data formatters. A large group of generally-useful formatters
+					is provided by default and loaded upon debugger startup.
+				</div>
+				<div class="postfooter"></div>
+			</div>
 			<a name="expression"></a>
 			<div class="post">
 				<h1 class ="postheader">Expression</h1>