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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: recguard.h
e54c96f1 3// Purpose: interface of wxRecursionGuardFlag
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4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
6// Licence: wxWindows license
7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9/**
10 @class wxRecursionGuardFlag
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12 This is a completely opaque class which exists only to be used with
3ed3a1c8 13 wxRecursionGuard, please see the example in that class' documentation.
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15 @remarks
16
17 wxRecursionGuardFlag object must be declared @c static or the recursion
18 would never be detected.
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23324ae1 20 @library{wxbase}
9602ce3d 21 @category{misc}
23324ae1 22*/
7c913512 23class wxRecursionGuardFlag
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24{
25public:
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27};
28
29
e54c96f1 30
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31/**
32 @class wxRecursionGuard
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34 wxRecursionGuard is a very simple class which can be used to prevent reentrancy
35 problems in a function. It is not thread-safe and so should be used only in
36 single-threaded programs or in combination with some thread synchronization
37 mechanisms.
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38
39 wxRecursionGuard is always used together with the
23324ae1 40 wxRecursionGuardFlag like in this example:
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42 @code
43 void Foo()
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44 {
45 static wxRecursionGuardFlag s_flag;
46 wxRecursionGuard guard(s_flag);
47 if ( guard.IsInside() )
23324ae1 48 {
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49 // don't allow reentrancy
50 return;
23324ae1 51 }
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52
53 ...
54 }
23324ae1 55 @endcode
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23324ae1 57 As you can see, wxRecursionGuard simply tests the flag value and sets it to
7c913512 58 @true if it hadn't been already set.
3ed3a1c8 59 IsInside() allows testing the old flag
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60 value. The advantage of using this class compared to directly manipulating the
61 flag is that the flag is always reset in the wxRecursionGuard destructor and so
62 you don't risk to forget to do it even if the function returns in an unexpected
63 way (for example because an exception has been thrown).
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23324ae1 65 @library{wxbase}
9602ce3d 66 @category{misc}
23324ae1 67*/
7c913512 68class wxRecursionGuard
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69{
70public:
71 /**
3ed3a1c8 72 A wxRecursionGuard object must always be initialized with a @c static
23324ae1 73 wxRecursionGuardFlag. The constructor saves the
7c913512 74 value of the flag to be able to return the correct value from
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75 IsInside().
76 */
77 wxRecursionGuard(wxRecursionGuardFlag& flag);
78
79 /**
80 The destructor resets the flag value so that the function can be entered again
81 the next time.
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82
83 @note This is not virtual, so this class is not meant to be derived
84 from (besides, there is absolutely no reason to do it anyhow).
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85 */
86 ~wxRecursionGuard();
87
88 /**
cdbcf4c2 89 Returns @true if we're already inside the code block "protected" by this
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90 wxRecursionGuard (i.e. between this line and the end of current scope).
91 Usually the function using wxRecursionGuard takes some specific actions
92 in such case (may be simply returning) to prevent reentrant calls to itself.
93
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94 If this method returns @false, it is safe to continue.
95 */
328f5751 96 bool IsInside() const;
23324ae1 97};
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