lyx_mirror/src/support/Timeout.h
André Pönitz adaad6e2e5 simplify class structure
git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@21554 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
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// -*- C++ -*-
/**
* \file Timeout.h
* This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
* Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
*
* \author John Levon
*
* Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
*/
#ifndef TIMEOUT_H
#define TIMEOUT_H
#include <boost/signal.hpp>
namespace lyx {
/**
* This class executes the callback when the timeout expires.
*/
class Timeout {
public:
/// the timeout type
enum Type {
ONETIME, //< one-shot timer
CONTINUOUS //< repeating
};
/// Note that the c-tor is implemented in the GUI-specific frontends
Timeout(unsigned int msec, Type = ONETIME);
///
~Timeout();
/// Is the timer running?
bool running() const;
/// start the timer
void start();
/// stop the timer
void stop();
/// restart the timer
void restart();
/// signal emitted on timer expiry
boost::signal<void()> timeout;
/// emit the signal
void emit();
/// set the timer type
Timeout & setType(Type t);
/// set the timeout value
Timeout & setTimeout(unsigned int msec);
private:
/// noncopyable
Timeout(Timeout const &);
void operator=(Timeout const &);
///
class Impl;
///
friend class Impl;
///
Impl * const pimpl_;
/// one-shot or repeating
Type type;
/// timeout value in milliseconds
unsigned int timeout_ms;
};
} // namespace lyx
#endif