diff --git a/include/wx/dataview.h b/include/wx/dataview.h
index 5572dfd5a2..5052a7c0e3 100644
--- a/include/wx/dataview.h
+++ b/include/wx/dataview.h
@@ -252,24 +252,78 @@ protected:
     wxDataViewModelNotifiers  m_notifiers;
 };
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxDataViewListModel: a model of a list, i.e. flat data structure without any
+//      branches/containers, used as base class by wxDataViewIndexListModel and
+//      wxDataViewVirtualListModel
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_ADV wxDataViewListModel : public wxDataViewModel
+{
+public:
+    // derived classes should override these methods instead of
+    // {Get,Set}Value() and GetAttr() inherited from the base class
+
+    virtual void GetValueByRow(wxVariant &variant,
+                               unsigned row, unsigned col) const = 0;
+
+    virtual bool SetValueByRow(const wxVariant &variant,
+                               unsigned row, unsigned col) = 0;
+
+    virtual bool
+    GetAttrByRow(unsigned WXUNUSED(row), unsigned WXUNUSED(col),
+                 wxDataViewItemAttr &WXUNUSED(attr))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    // helper methods provided by list models only
+    virtual unsigned GetRow( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const = 0;
+
+
+    // implement some base class pure virtual directly
+    virtual wxDataViewItem
+    GetParent( const wxDataViewItem & WXUNUSED(item) ) const
+    {
+        // items never have valid parent in this model
+        return wxDataViewItem();
+    }
+
+    virtual bool IsContainer( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const
+    {
+        // only the invisible (and invalid) root item has children
+        return !item.IsOk();
+    }
+
+    // and implement some others by forwarding them to our own ones
+    virtual void GetValue( wxVariant &variant,
+                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col ) const
+    {
+        GetValueByRow(variant, GetRow(item), col);
+    }
+
+    virtual bool SetValue( const wxVariant &variant,
+                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col )
+    {
+        return SetValueByRow( variant, GetRow(item), col );
+    }
+
+    virtual bool GetAttr(const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col,
+                         wxDataViewItemAttr &attr)
+    {
+        return GetAttrByRow( GetRow(item), col, attr );
+    }
+};
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------
 // wxDataViewIndexListModel
 // ---------------------------------------------------------
 
-class WXDLLIMPEXP_ADV wxDataViewIndexListModel: public wxDataViewModel
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_ADV wxDataViewIndexListModel: public wxDataViewListModel
 {
 public:
     wxDataViewIndexListModel( unsigned int initial_size = 0 );
-    ~wxDataViewIndexListModel();
-
-    virtual void GetValueByRow( wxVariant &variant,
-                           unsigned int row, unsigned int col ) const = 0;
-
-    virtual bool SetValueByRow( const wxVariant &variant,
-                           unsigned int row, unsigned int col ) = 0;
-
-    virtual bool GetAttrByRow( unsigned int WXUNUSED(row), unsigned int WXUNUSED(col), wxDataViewItemAttr &WXUNUSED(attr) )
-        { return false; }
 
     void RowPrepended();
     void RowInserted( unsigned int before );
@@ -282,7 +336,7 @@ public:
 
     // convert to/from row/wxDataViewItem
 
-    unsigned int GetRow( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const;
+    virtual unsigned GetRow( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const;
     wxDataViewItem GetItem( unsigned int row ) const;
 
     // compare based on index
@@ -292,18 +346,9 @@ public:
     virtual bool HasDefaultCompare() const;
 
     // implement base methods
-
-    virtual void GetValue( wxVariant &variant,
-                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col ) const;
-    virtual bool SetValue( const wxVariant &variant,
-                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col );
-    virtual bool GetAttr( const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col, wxDataViewItemAttr &attr );
-    virtual wxDataViewItem GetParent( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const;
-    virtual bool IsContainer( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const;
     virtual unsigned int GetChildren( const wxDataViewItem &item, wxDataViewItemArray &children ) const;
 
     // internal
-    virtual bool IsVirtualListModel() const { return false; }
     unsigned int GetCount() const { return m_hash.GetCount(); }
 
 private:
@@ -321,20 +366,10 @@ private:
 typedef wxDataViewIndexListModel wxDataViewVirtualListModel;
 #else
 
-class WXDLLIMPEXP_ADV wxDataViewVirtualListModel: public wxDataViewModel
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_ADV wxDataViewVirtualListModel: public wxDataViewListModel
 {
 public:
     wxDataViewVirtualListModel( unsigned int initial_size = 0 );
-    ~wxDataViewVirtualListModel();
-
-    virtual void GetValueByRow( wxVariant &variant,
-                           unsigned int row, unsigned int col ) const = 0;
-
-    virtual bool SetValueByRow( const wxVariant &variant,
-                           unsigned int row, unsigned int col ) = 0;
-
-    virtual bool GetAttrByRow( unsigned int WXUNUSED(row), unsigned int WXUNUSED(col), wxDataViewItemAttr &WXUNUSED(attr) )
-        { return false; }
 
     void RowPrepended();
     void RowInserted( unsigned int before );
@@ -347,7 +382,7 @@ public:
 
     // convert to/from row/wxDataViewItem
 
-    unsigned int GetRow( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const;
+    virtual unsigned GetRow( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const;
     wxDataViewItem GetItem( unsigned int row ) const;
 
     // compare based on index
@@ -357,14 +392,6 @@ public:
     virtual bool HasDefaultCompare() const;
 
     // implement base methods
-
-    virtual void GetValue( wxVariant &variant,
-                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col ) const;
-    virtual bool SetValue( const wxVariant &variant,
-                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col );
-    virtual bool GetAttr( const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col, wxDataViewItemAttr &attr );
-    virtual wxDataViewItem GetParent( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const;
-    virtual bool IsContainer( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const;
     virtual unsigned int GetChildren( const wxDataViewItem &item, wxDataViewItemArray &children ) const;
 
     // internal
diff --git a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
index ba4792ecfa..7cc40afcea 100644
--- a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
@@ -306,10 +306,6 @@ wxDataViewIndexListModel::wxDataViewIndexListModel( unsigned int initial_size )
     m_nextFreeID = initial_size + 1;
 }
 
-wxDataViewIndexListModel::~wxDataViewIndexListModel()
-{
-}
-
 void wxDataViewIndexListModel::Reset( unsigned int new_size )
 {
     m_hash.Clear();
@@ -443,37 +439,6 @@ int wxDataViewIndexListModel::Compare(const wxDataViewItem& item1,
     return GetRow(item2) - GetRow(item1);
 }
 
-void wxDataViewIndexListModel::GetValue( wxVariant &variant,
-                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col ) const
-{
-    GetValueByRow( variant, GetRow(item), col );
-}
-
-bool wxDataViewIndexListModel::SetValue( const wxVariant &variant,
-                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col )
-{
-    return SetValueByRow( variant, GetRow(item), col );
-}
-
-bool wxDataViewIndexListModel::GetAttr( const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col, wxDataViewItemAttr &attr )
-{
-    return GetAttrByRow( GetRow(item), col, attr );
-}
-
-wxDataViewItem wxDataViewIndexListModel::GetParent( const wxDataViewItem & WXUNUSED(item) ) const
-{
-    return wxDataViewItem(0);
-}
-
-bool wxDataViewIndexListModel::IsContainer( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const
-{
-    // only the invisible root item has children
-    if (!item.IsOk())
-        return true;
-
-    return false;
-}
-
 unsigned int wxDataViewIndexListModel::GetChildren( const wxDataViewItem &item, wxDataViewItemArray &children ) const
 {
     if (item.IsOk())
@@ -495,10 +460,6 @@ wxDataViewVirtualListModel::wxDataViewVirtualListModel( unsigned int initial_siz
     m_size = initial_size;
 }
 
-wxDataViewVirtualListModel::~wxDataViewVirtualListModel()
-{
-}
-
 void wxDataViewVirtualListModel::Reset( unsigned int new_size )
 {
     m_size = new_size;
@@ -590,37 +551,6 @@ int wxDataViewVirtualListModel::Compare(const wxDataViewItem& item1,
        return pos2 - pos1;
 }
 
-void wxDataViewVirtualListModel::GetValue( wxVariant &variant,
-                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col ) const
-{
-    GetValueByRow( variant, GetRow(item), col );
-}
-
-bool wxDataViewVirtualListModel::SetValue( const wxVariant &variant,
-                           const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col )
-{
-    return SetValueByRow( variant, GetRow(item), col );
-}
-
-bool wxDataViewVirtualListModel::GetAttr( const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col, wxDataViewItemAttr &attr )
-{
-    return GetAttrByRow( GetRow(item), col, attr );
-}
-
-wxDataViewItem wxDataViewVirtualListModel::GetParent( const wxDataViewItem & WXUNUSED(item) ) const
-{
-    return wxDataViewItem(0);
-}
-
-bool wxDataViewVirtualListModel::IsContainer( const wxDataViewItem &item ) const
-{
-    // only the invisible root item has children
-    if (!item.IsOk())
-        return true;
-
-    return false;
-}
-
 unsigned int wxDataViewVirtualListModel::GetChildren( const wxDataViewItem &WXUNUSED(item), wxDataViewItemArray &WXUNUSED(children) ) const
 {
     return 0;  // should we report an error ?