LUMIERA.clone/src/gui/guifacade.hpp

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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 the
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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
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
/** @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 and to startup the GUI.
**
** @see lumiera::AppState
** @see lumiera::Option
** @see guifacade.cpp
** @see main.cpp
*/
#ifndef GUI_FACADE_H
#define GUI_FACADE_H
#include "common/subsys.hpp"
extern "C" {
#include "common/interface.h"
}
namespace gui {
/*********************************************************************
* 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. gui::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, this gui::Facade is wired internally with this interface
* such as to allow transparent access from within the core. This
* startup sequence includes providing the GUI with similar facade
* access via interface handles for communication with Backend and
* Proc-Layer.
*
* @note this facade is intended to be used by Lumiera main solely.
* client code should always use the "business" interface(s).
*
*/
class GuiFacade
{
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();
/* ===== control interface for the GuiStarterPlugin ======= */
/** start the actual GUI thread(s), after successfully loading
* the GuiStarterPlugin, that is. The implementation of this function
* must ensure to invoke the given termination signal reliably after
* shutting down the GUI, otherwise the application will hang on exit.
* @internal this function is invoked automatically during the GUI
* loading and startup process. Don't call it manually.
*/
virtual void kickOff (lumiera::Subsys::SigTerm&) =0;
protected:
virtual ~GuiFacade() {}
};
/** interface of the GuiStarterPlugin */
LUMIERA_INTERFACE_DECLARE (lumieraorg_Gui, 1,
LUMIERA_INTERFACE_SLOT (void, kickOff, (void*))
);
} // namespace gui
#endif