diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c5d38e..3ce096f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ include(KDECMakeSettings)
 include(KDECompilerSettings)
 include(FeatureSummary)
 
+#add_custom_target(rust
+#    OUTPUT "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/target/debug/librust.a"
+#    COMMAND cargo build
+#    COMMAND cargo build --release
+#    DEPENDS 
+
 set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES EP_PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Rust)
 
 ExternalProject_Add(
diff --git a/common-rust/src/implementation.rs b/common-rust/src/implementation.rs
index aefa8ba..96aebd7 100644
--- a/common-rust/src/implementation.rs
+++ b/common-rust/src/implementation.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 use interface::*;
+use types::*;
+use libc::{c_int};
 
 pub struct Hello {
-    notifier: HelloNotifier,
+    emit: HelloEmitter,
     hello: String,
 }
 
 impl HelloTrait for Hello {
-    fn create(notifier: HelloNotifier) -> Self {
+    fn create(emit: HelloEmitter) -> Self {
         Hello {
-            notifier: notifier,
+            emit: emit,
             hello: String::new()
         }
     }
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ impl HelloTrait for Hello {
     }
     fn set_hello(&mut self, value: String) {
         self.hello = value;
-        self.notifier.hello_changed();
+        self.emit.hello_changed();
     }
 }
 
@@ -27,13 +29,29 @@ impl Drop for Hello {
 }
 
 pub struct RItemModel {
-    notifier: RItemModelNotifier
+    emit: RItemModelEmitter,
+//    string: String
 }
 
 impl RItemModelTrait for RItemModel {
-    fn create(notifier: RItemModelNotifier) -> Self {
+    fn create(emit: RItemModelEmitter) -> Self {
         RItemModel {
-            notifier: notifier
+            emit: emit
         }
     }
+    fn column_count(&self, parent: QModelIndex) -> c_int {
+        if parent.is_valid() { 0 } else { 2 }
+    }
+    fn row_count(&self, parent: QModelIndex) -> c_int {
+        if parent.is_valid() { 0 } else { 2 }
+    }
+    fn index(&self, row: i32, column: i32, parent: QModelIndex) -> QModelIndex {
+        QModelIndex::flat(row, column)
+    }
+    fn parent(&self, index: QModelIndex) -> QModelIndex {
+        QModelIndex::invalid()
+    }
+    fn data(&self, index: QModelIndex, role: c_int) -> Variant {
+        Variant::String(String::from("hello"))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/common-rust/src/interface.rs b/common-rust/src/interface.rs
index 910615b..ee06372 100644
--- a/common-rust/src/interface.rs
+++ b/common-rust/src/interface.rs
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 use std::slice;
-use libc::{uint8_t, uint16_t, size_t};
+use libc::{c_int, uint8_t, uint16_t, size_t, c_void};
+use types::*;
 
 use implementation::Hello;
 use implementation::RItemModel;
 
 pub struct HelloQObject {}
 
-pub struct HelloNotifier {
+pub struct HelloEmitter {
     qobject: *const HelloQObject,
     hello_changed: fn (*const HelloQObject)
 }
 
-impl HelloNotifier {
+impl HelloEmitter {
     pub fn hello_changed(&self) {
         (self.hello_changed)(self.qobject);
     }
 }
 
 pub trait HelloTrait {
-    fn create(notifier: HelloNotifier) -> Self;
+    fn create(emit: HelloEmitter) -> Self;
     fn get_hello(&self) -> &String;
     fn set_hello(&mut self, value: String);
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern fn hello_new(qobject: *const HelloQObject, changed: fn(*const HelloQObject)) -> *mut Hello {
-    let notifier = HelloNotifier {
+    let emit = HelloEmitter {
         qobject: qobject,
         hello_changed: changed
     };
-    let hello = Hello::create(notifier);
+    let hello = Hello::create(emit);
     Box::into_raw(Box::new(hello))
 }
 
@@ -48,40 +49,37 @@ pub extern fn hello_set(ptr: *mut Hello, s: *const uint16_t, len: size_t) {
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
-pub extern fn hello_size(ptr: *mut Hello) -> size_t {
+pub extern fn hello_get(ptr: *mut Hello) -> QString {
     let hello = unsafe {
         &mut *ptr
     };
-    hello.get_hello().len()
-}
-
-#[no_mangle]
-pub extern fn hello_get(ptr: *mut Hello) -> *const uint8_t {
-    let hello = unsafe {
-        &mut *ptr
-    };
-    hello.get_hello().as_ptr()
+    QString::from(hello.get_hello())
 }
 
 pub struct RItemModelQObject {}
 
-pub struct RItemModelNotifier {
+pub struct RItemModelEmitter {
     qobject: *const RItemModelQObject
 }
 
-impl RItemModelNotifier {
+impl RItemModelEmitter {
 }
 
 pub trait RItemModelTrait {
-    fn create(notifier: RItemModelNotifier) -> Self;
+    fn create(emit: RItemModelEmitter) -> Self;
+    fn column_count(&self, parent: QModelIndex) -> c_int;
+    fn row_count(&self, parent: QModelIndex) -> c_int;
+    fn index(&self, row: c_int, column: c_int, parent: QModelIndex) -> QModelIndex;
+    fn parent(&self, index: QModelIndex) -> QModelIndex;
+    fn data(&self, index: QModelIndex, role: c_int) -> Variant;
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern fn ritemmodel_new(qobject: *const RItemModelQObject) -> *mut RItemModel {
-    let notifier = RItemModelNotifier {
+    let emit = RItemModelEmitter {
         qobject: qobject
     };
-    let ritemmodel = RItemModel::create(notifier);
+    let ritemmodel = RItemModel::create(emit);
     Box::into_raw(Box::new(ritemmodel))
 }
 
@@ -90,3 +88,44 @@ pub extern fn ritemmodel_free(ptr: *mut RItemModel) {
     if ptr.is_null() { return }
     unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr); }
 }
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern fn ritemmodel_column_count(ptr: *const RItemModel, parent: QModelIndex) -> i32 {
+    let ritemmodel = unsafe {
+        &*ptr
+    };
+    ritemmodel.column_count(parent)
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern fn ritemmodel_row_count(ptr: *const RItemModel, parent: QModelIndex) -> i32 {
+    let ritemmodel = unsafe {
+        &*ptr
+    };
+    ritemmodel.row_count(parent)
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern fn ritemmodel_index(ptr: *const RItemModel, row: i32, column: i32, parent: QModelIndex) -> QModelIndex {
+    let ritemmodel = unsafe {
+        &*ptr
+    };
+    ritemmodel.index(row, column, parent)
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern fn ritemmodel_parent(ptr: *const RItemModel, index: QModelIndex) -> QModelIndex {
+    let ritemmodel = unsafe {
+        &*ptr
+    };
+    ritemmodel.parent(index)
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern fn ritemmodel_data(ptr: *const RItemModel, index: QModelIndex, role: c_int, d: *mut c_void, set: fn (*mut c_void, &QVariant)) {
+    let ritemmodel = unsafe {
+        &*ptr
+    };
+    let data = ritemmodel.data(index, role);
+    set(d, &QVariant::from(&data));
+}
diff --git a/common-rust/src/lib.rs b/common-rust/src/lib.rs
index 81b3d35..b6bc619 100644
--- a/common-rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common-rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 extern crate libc;
 
-#[macro_use]
+pub mod types;
 pub mod interface;
 pub mod implementation;
diff --git a/common-rust/src/types.rs b/common-rust/src/types.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af94a81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common-rust/src/types.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+use libc::{c_int, c_uint, uint8_t};
+use std::ptr::null;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct QString {
+    data: *const uint8_t,
+    len: c_int
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<&'a String> for QString {
+    fn from(string: &'a String) -> QString {
+        QString {
+            len: string.len() as c_int,
+            data: string.as_ptr()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub enum Variant {
+    None,
+    Bool(bool),
+    String(String)
+}
+
+/* values from qvariant.h and qmetatype.h */
+#[repr(u32)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+enum VariantType {
+    Invalid = 0,
+    Bool = 1,
+    String = 10,
+    ByteArray = 12,
+}
+
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct QVariant<'a> {
+    type_: c_uint,
+    len: c_int,
+    data: *const uint8_t,
+    phantom: PhantomData<&'a u8>
+}
+
+impl<'a> QVariant<'a> {
+    pub fn type_(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.type_ as u32
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<&'a Variant> for QVariant<'a> {
+    fn from(variant: &'a Variant) -> QVariant {
+        match variant {
+            &Variant::None => QVariant {
+                data: null(),
+                len: 0,
+                type_: VariantType::Invalid as c_uint,
+                phantom: PhantomData
+            },
+            &Variant::Bool(v) => QVariant {
+                data: null(),
+                len: v as c_int,
+                type_: VariantType::Bool as c_uint,
+                phantom: PhantomData
+            },
+            &Variant::String(ref v) => QVariant {
+                data: v.as_ptr(),
+                len: v.len() as c_int,
+                type_: VariantType::String as c_uint,
+                phantom: PhantomData
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct QModelIndex {
+    row: c_int,
+    column: c_int,
+    internal_id: usize
+}
+
+impl QModelIndex {
+    pub fn invalid() -> QModelIndex {
+        QModelIndex {
+            row: -1,
+            column: -1,
+            internal_id: 0
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn flat(row: c_int, column: c_int) -> QModelIndex {
+        QModelIndex {
+            row: row,
+            column: column,
+            internal_id: 1
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn is_valid(&self) -> bool {
+        self.internal_id != 0 && self.row >= 0 && self.column >= 0
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/RMailObject.cpp b/src/RMailObject.cpp
index 43c4901..f56d6ad 100644
--- a/src/RMailObject.cpp
+++ b/src/RMailObject.cpp
@@ -1,16 +1,79 @@
 #include "RMailObject.h"
+#include <QSize>
+#include <QDebug>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+namespace {
+    typedef struct {
+    private:
+        const char* data;
+        int len;
+    public:
+        operator QByteArray() const {
+            return QByteArray(data, len);
+        }
+    } qbytearray_t;
+    struct qstring_t {
+    private:
+        const char* data;
+        int len;
+    public:
+        operator QString() const {
+            return QString::fromUtf8(data, len);
+        }
+    };
+    typedef struct {
+        int row;
+        int column;
+        uint64_t id;
+    } qmodelindex_t;
+    typedef struct qvariant_t {
+        unsigned int type;
+        int value;
+        const char* data;
+    } qvariant_t;
+    QVariant variant(const qvariant_t& v) {
+        switch (v.type) {
+            case QVariant::Bool: return QVariant((bool)v.value);
+            case QVariant::String: return QString::fromUtf8(v.data, v.value);
+            default:;
+        }
+        return QVariant();
+    }
+
+/*
+    qvariant_t variant(const QVariant& v) {
+        auto t = v.type();
+        switch (t) {
+            case QVariant::Bool:
+                return { .type = t, .value = { .vbool = 0 } };
+            case QVariant::ByteArray:
+                return { .type = t, .value = { .vbool = 0 } };
+            case QVariant::String:
+                return { .type = t, .value = { .vbool = 0 } };
+            default:;
+        }
+        return { .type = QVariant::Invalid, .value = { .vbool = false } };
+    }
+*/
+}
+
+typedef void (*qvariant_set)(void*, qvariant_t*);
+
 extern "C" {
     RMailObjectInterface* hello_new(void*, void (*)(RMailObject*));
     void hello_free(RMailObjectInterface*);
     void hello_set(RMailObjectInterface*, const uint16_t *, size_t);
-    size_t hello_size(RMailObjectInterface*);
-    const char* hello_get(RMailObjectInterface*);
+    qstring_t hello_get(RMailObjectInterface*);
 
     RItemModelInterface* ritemmodel_new(void*);
     void ritemmodel_free(RItemModelInterface*);
+    int ritemmodel_column_count(RItemModelInterface*, qmodelindex_t parent);
+    int ritemmodel_row_count(RItemModelInterface*, qmodelindex_t parent);
+    qmodelindex_t ritemmodel_index(RItemModelInterface*, int row, int column, qmodelindex_t parent);
+    qmodelindex_t ritemmodel_parent(RItemModelInterface*, qmodelindex_t);
+    void ritemmodel_data(RItemModelInterface*, qmodelindex_t, int, void*, qvariant_set);
 }
 
 RMailObject::RMailObject(QObject *parent):
@@ -27,7 +90,7 @@ RMailObject::~RMailObject() {
 
 QString
 RMailObject::userName() const {
-    return QString::fromUtf8(hello_get(d), hello_size(d));
+    return hello_get(d);
 }
 
 void
@@ -58,21 +121,64 @@ RItemModel::~RItemModel() {
 
 int RItemModel::columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const
 {
-    return 0;
-}
-QVariant RItemModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-QModelIndex RItemModel::index(int row, int column, const QModelIndex &parent) const
-{
-    return QModelIndex();
-}
-QModelIndex RItemModel::parent(const QModelIndex &index) const
-{
-    return QModelIndex();
+    const qmodelindex_t p = {
+        .row = parent.row(),
+        .column = parent.column(),
+        .id = parent.internalId()
+    };
+    return ritemmodel_column_count(d, p);
 }
 int RItemModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const
 {
-    return 0;
+    const qmodelindex_t p = {
+        .row = parent.row(),
+        .column = parent.column(),
+        .id = parent.internalId()
+    };
+    return ritemmodel_row_count(d, p);
+}
+
+void set_variant(void* v, qvariant_t* val) {
+    *static_cast<QVariant*>(v) = variant(*val);
+}
+
+QVariant RItemModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
+{
+    if (!index.isValid()) {
+        return QVariant();
+    }
+    if (role != Qt::DisplayRole) {
+        return QVariant();
+    }
+    const qmodelindex_t i = {
+        .row = index.row(),
+        .column =  index.column(),
+        .id = index.internalId()
+    };
+    QVariant v;
+    ritemmodel_data(d, i, role, &v, set_variant);
+    return v;
+}
+QModelIndex RItemModel::index(int row, int column, const QModelIndex &parent) const
+{
+    const qmodelindex_t p = {
+        .row = parent.row(),
+        .column =  parent.column(),
+        .id = parent.internalId()
+    };
+    const qmodelindex_t i = ritemmodel_index(d, row, column, p);
+    return i.id ?createIndex(i.row, i.column, i.id) :QModelIndex();
+}
+QModelIndex RItemModel::parent(const QModelIndex &index) const
+{
+    if (!index.isValid()) {
+        return QModelIndex();
+    }
+    const qmodelindex_t i = {
+        .row = index.row(),
+        .column =  index.column(),
+        .id = index.internalId()
+    };
+    const qmodelindex_t parent = ritemmodel_parent(d, i);
+    return parent.id ?createIndex(parent.row, parent.column, parent.id) :QModelIndex();
 }
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 8df3336..c5970ef 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "RMailObject.h"
 #include <cstdlib>
 
+#include <QTreeView>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
 #include <KAboutData>
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     parser.process(app);
     aboutData.processCommandLine(&parser);
 
+    RItemModel model;
+    QTreeView view;
+    view.setModel(&model);
+    view.show();
+    return app.exec();
+/*
     RMailObject rmail;
     rmail.setUserName("RMail");
     rmail.userName();
@@ -56,4 +63,5 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
         KMessageBox::questionYesNo 
         (0, i18n( "Hello World" ), i18n( "Hello" ), yesButton ) 
         == KMessageBox::Yes? EXIT_SUCCESS: EXIT_FAILURE;
+*/
 }