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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: module.h
e54c96f1 3// Purpose: interface of wxModule
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4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
526954c5 6// Licence: wxWindows licence
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7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9/**
10 @class wxModule
7c913512 11
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12 The module system is a very simple mechanism to allow applications (and parts
13 of wxWidgets itself) to define initialization and cleanup functions that are
14 automatically called on wxWidgets startup and exit.
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23324ae1 16 To define a new kind of module, derive a class from wxModule, override the
ba1d7a6c 17 wxModule::OnInit and wxModule::OnExit functions, and add the
b19b28c8 18 wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS and wxIMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS to header and implementation
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19 files (which can be the same file).
20 On initialization, wxWidgets will find all classes derived from wxModule, create
21 an instance of each, and call each wxModule::OnInit function. On exit, wxWidgets
22 will call the wxModule::OnExit function for each module instance.
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23324ae1 24 Note that your module class does not have to be in a header file.
7c913512 25
23324ae1 26 For example:
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23324ae1 28 @code
ba1d7a6c 29 // A module to allow DDE initialization/cleanup
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30 // without calling these functions from app.cpp or from
31 // the user's application.
32 class wxDDEModule: public wxModule
33 {
34 public:
35 wxDDEModule() { }
6bfc18d0 36 virtual bool OnInit() { wxDDEInitialize(); return true; };
23324ae1 37 virtual void OnExit() { wxDDECleanUp(); };
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23324ae1 39 private:
b19b28c8 40 wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxDDEModule);
23324ae1 41 };
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b19b28c8 43 wxIMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxDDEModule, wxModule);
7c913512 44
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45 // Another module which uses DDE in its OnInit()
46 class MyModule: public wxModule
47 {
48 public:
b19b28c8 49 MyModule() { AddDependency(wxCLASSINFO(wxDDEModule)); }
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50 virtual bool OnInit() { ... code using DDE ... }
51 virtual void OnExit() { ... }
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23324ae1 53 private:
b19b28c8 54 wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyModule);
23324ae1 55 };
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b19b28c8 57 wxIMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyModule, wxModule);
7c913512 58
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59 // Another module which uses DDE in its OnInit()
60 // but uses a named dependency
61 class MyModule2: public wxModule
62 {
63 public:
64 MyModule2() { AddDependency("wxDDEModule"); }
65 virtual bool OnInit() { ... code using DDE ... }
66 virtual void OnExit() { ... }
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23324ae1 68 private:
b19b28c8 69 wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyModule2)
23324ae1 70 };
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b19b28c8 72 wxIMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyModule2, wxModule)
23324ae1 73 @endcode
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23324ae1 75 @library{wxbase}
3c99e2fd 76 @category{appmanagement}
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77*/
78class wxModule : public wxObject
79{
80public:
81 /**
82 Constructs a wxModule object.
83 */
84 wxModule();
85
86 /**
87 Destructor.
88 */
adaaa686 89 virtual ~wxModule();
23324ae1 90
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91 /**
92 Provide this function with appropriate cleanup for your module.
93 */
94 virtual void OnExit() = 0;
95
96 /**
97 Provide this function with appropriate initialization for your module.
98 If the function returns @false, wxWidgets will exit immediately.
99 */
100 virtual bool OnInit() = 0;
101
102protected:
103
23324ae1 104 /**
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105 Call this function from the constructor of the derived class.
106
b19b28c8 107 @a dep must be the wxCLASSINFO() of a wxModule-derived class and the
ba1d7a6c 108 corresponding module will be loaded before and unloaded after this module.
3c4f71cc 109
7c913512 110 @param dep
4cc4bfaf 111 The class information object for the dependent module.
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112 */
113 void AddDependency(wxClassInfo* dep);
114
115 /**
116 Call this function from the constructor of the derived class.
117
118 This overload allows a dependency to be added by name without access to
119 the class info.
120
121 This is useful when a module is declared entirely in a source file and
b19b28c8 122 there is no header for the declaration of the module needed by wxCLASSINFO(),
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123 however errors are not detected until run-time, instead of compile-time, then.
124 Note that circular dependencies are detected and result in a fatal error.
125
7c913512 126 @param classname
4cc4bfaf 127 The class name of the dependent module.
23324ae1 128 */
4cc4bfaf 129 void AddDependency(const char* classname);
23324ae1 130};
e54c96f1 131