LUMIERA.clone/src/stage/guifacade.hpp
Ichthyostega acb674a9d2 Project: update and clean-up Doxygen configuration
...in an attempt to clarify why numerous cross links are not generated.
In the end, this attempt was not very successful, yet I could find some breadcrumbs...

- file comments generally seem to have a problem with auto link generation;
  only fully qualified names seem to work reliably

- cross links to entities within a namespace do not work,
  if the corresponding namespace is not documented in Doxygen

- documentation for entities within anonymous namespaces
  must be explicitly enabled. Of course this makes only sense
  for detailed documentation (but we do generate detailed
  documentation here, including implementation notes)

- and the notorious problem: each file needs a valid @file comment

- the hierarchy of Markdown headings must be consistent within each
  documentation section. This entails also to individual documented
  entities. Basically, there must be a level-one heading (prefix "#"),
  otherwise all headings will just disappear...

- sometimes the doc/devel/doxygen-warnings.txt gives further clues
2021-01-24 19:35:45 +01:00

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/*
GUIFACADE.hpp - access point for communicating with the Lumiera GTK GUI
Copyright (C) Lumiera.org
2008, Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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*/
/** @file guifacade.hpp
** Interface for the GUI loader and for accessing the GUI interface from the
** lower layers of Lumiera. While part of the public interface of the Lumiera GUI,
** the implementation of this facility is part of the core application (and not
** contained within the GUI dynamic module), because it's job is to load and
** activate this module as plug-in and to startup the GUI.
**
** @see lumiera::AppState
** @see lumiera::Option
** @see guifacade.cpp
** @see main.cpp
*/
#ifndef STAGE_FACADE_H
#define STAGE_FACADE_H
#include "common/subsys.hpp"
#include "lib/nocopy.hpp"
extern "C" {
#include "common/interface.h"
}
namespace stage {
/*****************************************************************//**
* Global access point for loading and starting up the Lumiera GTK GUI
* and for controlling the GUI lifecycle. The implementation part of
* this class also is responsible for making the "business" interface
* of the GUI available, i.e. stage::GuiNotification
*
* When running Lumiera with a GUI is required (the default case),
* it is loaded as dynamic module, thus defining the interface(s)
* for any further access. After successfully loading and starting
* the GUI, the actual "business" interfaces of the GUI are opened
* and wired internally such as to allow transparent access from
* within the core.
*
* # intended usage
* This is an facade interface to the GUI subsystem, but it's setup
* is somewhat special, as its sole purpose is to expose the subsystem
* descriptor, which, when started, loads the GUI as a plugin and
* invokes `launchUI(term)` there. For the implementation see
* stage::GuiRunner (guifacade.cpp) and gtk-lumiera.cpp (the plugin).
*
* @note this facade is intended to be used by Lumiera main solely.
* client code should always use the "business" interface(s):
* - stage::GuiNotification
*
*/
class GuiFacade
: util::NonCopyable
{
public:
/** provide a descriptor for lumiera::AppState,
* wired accordingly to allow main to load,
* start and stop the Lumiera GTK GUI. */
static lumiera::Subsys& getDescriptor();
/** weather the GUI has been started and all interfaces are opened */
static bool isUp();
protected:
GuiFacade() = delete;
};
/** interface of the GuiStarterPlugin */
LUMIERA_INTERFACE_DECLARE (lumieraorg_Gui, 1,
LUMIERA_INTERFACE_SLOT (bool, launchUI, (void*))
);
} // namespace stage
#endif