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Template `std.signals.Signal`

Mixin to create a signal within a class object.


						
				template Signal(T1...)
				;

Different signals can be added to a class by naming the mixins.

Contained Functions

Name	Description
connect	Add a slot to the list of slots to be called when emit() is called.
disconnect	Remove a slot from the list of slots to be called when emit() is called.
disconnectAll	Disconnect all the slots.
emit	Call each of the connected slots, passing the argument(s) i to them. Nested call will be ignored.

Contained Aliases

Name	Description
slot_t	A slot is implemented as a delegate. The slot_t is the type of the delegate. The delegate must be to an instance of a class or an interface to a class instance. Delegates to struct instances or nested functions must not be used as slots.

Example

import std.signals;

int observedMessageCounter = 0;

class Observer
{   // our slot
    void watch(string msg, int value)
    {
        switch (observedMessageCounter++)
        {
            case 0:
                writeln(msg); // "setting new value"
                writeln(value); // 4
                break;
            case 1:
                writeln(msg); // "setting new value"
                writeln(value); // 6
                break;
            default:
                assert(0, "Unknown observation");
        }
    }
}

class Observer2
{   // our slot
    void watch(string msg, int value)
    {
    }
}

class Foo
{
    int value() { return _value; }

    int value(int v)
    {
        if (v != _value)
        {   _value = v;
            // call all the connected slots with the two parameters
            emit("setting new value", v);
        }
        return v;
    }

    // Mix in all the code we need to make Foo into a signal
    mixin Signal!(string, int);

  private :
    int _value;
}

Foo a = new Foo;
Observer o = new Observer;
auto o2 = new Observer2;
auto o3 = new Observer2;
auto o4 = new Observer2;
auto o5 = new Observer2;

a.value = 3;                // should not call o.watch()
a.connect(&o.watch);        // o.watch is the slot
a.connect(&o2.watch);
a.connect(&o3.watch);
a.connect(&o4.watch);
a.connect(&o5.watch);
a.value = 4;                // should call o.watch()
a.disconnect(&o.watch);     // o.watch is no longer a slot
a.disconnect(&o3.watch);
a.disconnect(&o5.watch);
a.disconnect(&o4.watch);
a.disconnect(&o2.watch);
a.value = 5;                // so should not call o.watch()
a.connect(&o2.watch);
a.connect(&o.watch);        // connect again
a.value = 6;                // should call o.watch()
destroy(o);                 // destroying o should automatically disconnect it
a.value = 7;                // should not call o.watch()

writeln(observedMessageCounter); // 2
}

// A function whose sole purpose is to get this module linked in
// so the unittest will run.
void linkin() {

Authors

Walter Bright

License

Boost License 1.0.