Insert qan::Edge directly with qan::Graph::insertEdge(org, dst, ...) being org and dst qan::PortItem

[anibalanto]

Hello! This is posible?
I see that qan::PortItem inhertis from qan::NodeItem.
I thik that this idea might work:

auto node1 = graph->insertNode<CustomNode>();
auto node2 = graph->insertNode<CustomNode>();
auto in1 = graph->insertPort<CustomPort>(node1, qan::NodeItem::Dock::Left, qan::PortItem::Type::In, "IN1", "in1");
auto out1 = graph->insertPort<CustomPort>(node2, qan::NodeItem::Dock::Right, qan::PortItem::Type::Out, "OUT1", "out1");
...
auto portIn = node1->findPort("IN1");
auto portOut = node2->findPort("OUT1");
if(portIn && portOut){
    graph->insertEdge<CustomEdge>(portIn, portOut);
}

[cneben]

Hello,

Thank you for the suggestion, it would be a simpler API than the actual bindEdge() interface.

Actually, it won't work because qan::PortItem has no link to the internal topology, it is just a visual node with no reference to qan::Graph topology (except a pointer to the "host node").
But insertEdge<>() could detect that src and dst arguments are actually port items, then forward the edge to src and dst host nodes and automatically bind inserted edge to correct ports. It would be a lot simpler than the actual API.

I am actually working on build system and edge generation, but I will certainly implement that interface in the near future. Keeping the report open with an "help needed" tag.