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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: recguard.h
3// Purpose: interface of wxRecursionGuardFlag
4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
6// Licence: wxWindows license
7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9/**
10 @class wxRecursionGuardFlag
11
12 This is a completely opaque class which exists only to be used with
13 wxRecursionGuard, please see the example in that class' documentation.
14
15 @remarks
16
17 wxRecursionGuardFlag object must be declared @c static or the recursion
18 would never be detected.
19
20 @library{wxbase}
21 @category{misc}
22*/
23class wxRecursionGuardFlag
24{
25public:
26
27};
28
29
30
31/**
32 @class wxRecursionGuard
33
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.
38
39 wxRecursionGuard is always used together with the
40 wxRecursionGuardFlag like in this example:
41
42 @code
43 void Foo()
44 {
45 static wxRecursionGuardFlag s_flag;
46 wxRecursionGuard guard(s_flag);
47 if ( guard.IsInside() )
48 {
49 // don't allow reentrancy
50 return;
51 }
52
53 ...
54 }
55 @endcode
56
57 As you can see, wxRecursionGuard simply tests the flag value and sets it to
58 @true if it hadn't been already set.
59 IsInside() allows testing the old flag
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).
64
65 @library{wxbase}
66 @category{misc}
67*/
68class wxRecursionGuard
69{
70public:
71 /**
72 A wxRecursionGuard object must always be initialized with a @c static
73 wxRecursionGuardFlag. The constructor saves the
74 value of the flag to be able to return the correct value from
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.
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).
85 */
86 ~wxRecursionGuard();
87
88 /**
89 Returns @true if we're already inside the code block "protected" by this
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
94 If this method returns @false, it is safe to continue.
95 */
96 bool IsInside() const;
97};
98