[scribus-dev] Short question about access level of DrawObj_*() functions

[Elvis Stansvik]

Hi folks,

What's the purpose of e.g. DrawObj_Decoration() being public in
PageItem but protected in PageItem_TextFrame?

My cells return a PageItem_TextFrame* representing their content, and
during table painting I'd like to do:

PageItem_TextFrame* cellFrame = cell.textFrame();
cellFrame->DrawObj(p, QRectF());
cellFrame->DrawObj_Decoration(p);

but instead I have to do something like

PageItem_TextFrame* cellFrame = cell.textFrame();
cellFrame->DrawObj(p, QRectF());
dynamic_cast<PageItem*>(cellFrame)->DrawObj_Decoration(p);

since DrawObj_Decoration() is protected in PageItem_TextFrame.

I see no way of painting decorations of a page item without working
through a base class pointer.

Thoughts?

Elvis