CEGUI::Event Class Reference

Defines an 'event' which can be subscribed to by interested parties. More...

Inheritance diagram for CEGUI::Event:

Collaboration diagram for CEGUI::Event:

Classes
class	ScopedConnection
	Event::Connection wrapper that automatically disconnects the connection when the object is deleted (or goes out of scope). More...

Public Types
typedef RefCounted< BoundSlot >	Connection
	Connection object. This is a thin 'smart pointer' wrapper around the actual BoundSlot that represents the connection. You can use this object to inspect the current connection state and also to disconnect from the event.
typedef CEGUI::SubscriberSlot	Subscriber
	Subscriber object type. This is now just a typedef to SubscriberSlot, the use of the name Event::Subscriber is maintained for hostorical and compatability reasons.
typedef unsigned int	Group
	Type for a subscriber group. You can use the subscriber group to order calls to multiple subscribers. Groups are called in ascending order, with subscribers with no group called last.

Public Member Functions
	Event (const String &name)
	Constructs a new Event object with the specified name.
virtual	~Event ()
	Destructor for Event objects. Note that this is non-virtual and so you should not sub-class Event.
const String &	getName (void) const
	Return the name given to this Event object when it was created. More...
Connection	subscribe (const Subscriber &slot)
	Subscribes some function or object to the Event. More...
Connection	subscribe (Group group, const Subscriber &slot)
	Subscribes some function or object to the Event. More...
void	operator() (EventArgs &args)
	Fires the event. All event subscribers get called in the appropriate sequence. More...

Protected Types
typedef std::multimap< Group, Connection, std::less< Group > CEGUI_MULTIMAP_ALLOC(Group, Connection)>	SlotContainer

Protected Member Functions
void	unsubscribe (const BoundSlot &slot)
	Disconnects and removes the given BoundSlot from the collection of bound slots attached to this Event, thus 'unsubscribing' it. More...
	Event (const Event &)
Event &	operator= (const Event &)

Protected Attributes
SlotContainer	d_slots
	Collection holding ref-counted bound slots.
const String	d_name
	Name of this event.

Friends
void	CEGUI::BoundSlot::disconnect ()

Detailed Description

Defines an 'event' which can be subscribed to by interested parties.

An Event can be subscribed by a function, a member function, or a function object. Whichever option is taken, the function signature needs to be as follows:

bool function_name(const EventArgs& args);

Note

An Event object may not be copied.

Member Function Documentation

const String& CEGUI::Event::getName ( void  ) const

inline

Return the name given to this Event object when it was created.

Returns

String object containing the name of the Event object.

void CEGUI::Event::operator()

(

EventArgs &

args

)

Fires the event. All event subscribers get called in the appropriate sequence.

Parameters

args	An object derived from EventArgs to be passed to each event subscriber. The 'handled' field will be set to true if any of the called subscribers return that they handled the event.

Returns

Nothing.

Connection CEGUI::Event::subscribe

(

const Subscriber &

slot

)

Subscribes some function or object to the Event.

Parameters

subscriber

A function, static member function, or function object, with the signature void function_name(const EventArgs& args). To subscribe a member function you should explicitly create an Event::Subscriber as this parameter.

Returns

A Connection object which can be used to disconnect (unsubscribe) from the Event, and also to check the connection state.

Connection CEGUI::Event::subscribe	(	Group	group,
		const Subscriber &	slot
	)

Subscribes some function or object to the Event.

Parameters

group	The Event group to subscribe to, subscription groups are called in ascending order, followed by subscriptions with no group. Note that calling order of connections to the same group is unspecified.
subscriber	A function, static member function, or function object, with the signature void function_name(const EventArgs& args). To subscribe a member function you should explicitly create an Event::Subscriber as this parameter.

Returns

A Connection object which can be used to disconnect (unsubscribe) from the Event, and also to check the connection state.

void CEGUI::Event::unsubscribe ( const BoundSlot &  slot )

protected

Disconnects and removes the given BoundSlot from the collection of bound slots attached to this Event, thus 'unsubscribing' it.

Note

This is an implementation member, and is not available to client code. In order to detach / unsubscribe from an Event you should be using the Connection object(s) returned when you initially subscribed.