FXGUISignal.h

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#ifndef FXGUISIGNAL_H
#define FXGUISIGNAL_H

#ifndef FXOBJECT_H
#include "FXObject.h"
#endif

namespace FX {

class FXApp;


/**
* A GUI Signal is an object used by a worker thread to signal the
* user interface thread of some event; it wakes up the user interface
* thread from the blocking state and causes it to send the given message
* to the GUI Signal object's target.
*/
class FXGUISignal : public FXObject {
  FXDECLARE(FXGUISignal)
private:
  FXApp     *app;       // Application
protected:
  FXObject  *target;    // Target object
  void      *data;      // User data
  FXSelector message;   // Message id
private:
#ifndef WIN32
  FXInputHandle fd[2];
#else
  FXInputHandle event;
#endif
protected:
  FXGUISignal();
private:
  FXGUISignal(const FXGUISignal&);
  FXGUISignal& operator=(const FXGUISignal&);
public:
  enum{
    ID_IO_READ=0,
    ID_LAST
    };
public:
  long onSignal(FXObject*,FXSelector,void*);
public:

  /// Constructor
  FXGUISignal(FXApp* a,FXObject* tgt=NULL,FXSelector sel=0,void* ptr=NULL);

  /// Get application
  FXApp* getApp() const { return app; }

  /// Set the message target object
  void setTarget(FXObject *t){ target=t; }

  /// Get the message target object, if any
  FXObject* getTarget() const { return target; }

  /// Set the message identifier
  void setSelector(FXSelector sel){ message=sel; }

  /// Get the message identifier
  FXSelector getSelector() const { return message; }

  /// Set user data pointer
  void setData(void *ptr){ data=ptr; }

  /// Get user data pointer
  void* getData() const { return data; }

  /**
  * Signal the event; this API may be called by the worker thread
  * to send a message to the user-interface thread.
  */
  void signal();

  /// Destructor
  virtual ~FXGUISignal();
  };

}

#endif

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