tdelibs/dcop/dcopsignals.h

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#ifndef DCOPSIGNALS_H
#define DCOPSIGNALS_H "$Id$"

#include <qdict.h>
#include <qasciidict.h>
#include <qptrlist.h>
#include <qstring.h>
#include "kdelibs_export.h"

class DCOPConnection;

/** \internal
  * This requires:
  * DCOPSignalConnectionList * DCOPConnection::signalConnectionList()
*/
class DCOP_EXPORT DCOPSignalConnection
{
public:
   QCString sender;      // Sender client, empty means any client
   DCOPConnection *senderConn; //Sender client.
   QCString senderObj;   // Object that sends the signal.
   QCString signal;      // Signal name. Connections are sorted on signal name.

   DCOPConnection *recvConn; // Client that wants to receive the signal
   QCString recvObj;     // Object that wants to receive the signal
   QCString slot;        // Function to send to in the object.
};

/** \internal */
class DCOP_EXPORT DCOPSignalConnectionList : public QPtrList<DCOPSignalConnection>
{
public:
   DCOPSignalConnectionList() { };
};

/**
 * @internal
 */
class DCOP_EXPORT DCOPSignals
{
public:
   DCOPSignals();

   /**
    * Client "conn" emits the signal "fun" with "data" as arguments.
    * conn is 0L if the dcopserver sends the signal itself
    *
    * The emitting object is encoded in "fun".
    *
    * If "excludeSelf" is true, signal is never send to "conn" itself.
    */
   void emitSignal( DCOPConnection *conn, const QCString &fun, const QByteArray &data, bool excludeSelf);

   /**
    * Connects "signal" of the client named "sender" with the "slot" of
    * "receiverObj" in the "conn" client.
    *
    * If "Volatile" is true the connection will be removed when either
    * "sender" or "conn" unregisters.
    *
    * If "Volatile" is false the connection will only be removed when
    * "conn" unregisters.
    *
    * Returns true if succesfull. False on failure.
    * An attempt to create a Volatile connection to a non-existing client
    * results in a failure.
    */
   bool connectSignal( const QCString &sender, const QCString &senderObj,
                       const QCString &signal,
                       DCOPConnection *conn, const QCString &receiverObj,
                       const QCString &slot, bool Volatile);

   /**
    * Disconnects "signal" of the client named "sender" from the "slot" of
    * "receiverObj" in the "conn" client.
    *
    * If "receiverObj" is empty, every object is disconnected.
    * If "slot" is empty, every slot is disconnected.
    *
    * Returns true if successful, false if no connection was found.
    */
   bool disconnectSignal( const QCString &sender, const QCString &senderObj,
                       const QCString &signal,
                       DCOPConnection *conn, const QCString &receiverObj,
                       const QCString &slot);

   /**
    * Removes all connections related to the "conn" client.
    * This means:
    *   All connections for which "conn" is the receiver.
    *   All volatile connections for which "conn" is the sender.
    */
   void removeConnections(DCOPConnection *conn, const QCString &obj=0);


   /*
    * The administration.
    *
    * All connections are sorted by "signal" and then inserted in the
    * administration as a list.
    *
    * connections[signal] gives a list of all connections related to
    * a given signal. The connections in this list may specify different
    * senders and receiving clients/objects.
    */
   QAsciiDict<DCOPSignalConnectionList> connections;
};

//
// connectSignal:
//
// Check whether signal and slot match wrt arguments.
// A slot may ignore arguments from the signal.
//
// If volatile
//    then lookup senderConn...
//         If not found?
//            then return false
// Create DCOPSignalConnection.
// Add DCOPSignalConnection to "connections".
// Add DCOPSignalConnection to conn->connectionList()
// If volatile
//    then Add DCOPSignalConnection to senderConn->connectionList()
// Return true


// removeConnections:
//
// For each DCOPSignalConnection in conn->connectionList
//    if DCOPSignalConnection->sender == conn->appId
//        then remove DCOPSignalConnection from DCOPSIgnalConnection->conn
//    if DCOPSignalConnection->conn == conn
//       then.. this is ugly.. remove DCOPSignalConnection from DCOPSignalConnection->sender
//    WARNING: Take care when sender and conn are the same client!
//    Remove DCOPSignalConnection from connections[DCOPSignalConnection->signal]

#endif