include/wx/univ/inpcons.h

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        wx/univ/inpcons.h
   3 // Purpose:     wxInputConsumer: mix-in class for input handling
   4 // Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
   5 // Modified by:
   6 // Created:     14.08.00
   7 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   8 // Copyright:   (c) 2000 SciTech Software, Inc. (www.scitechsoft.com)
   9 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
  10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  11
  12 #ifndef _WX_UNIV_INPCONS_H_
  13 #define _WX_UNIV_INPCONS_H_
  14
  15 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxInputHandler;
  16 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxWindow;
  17
  18 #include "wx/object.h"
  19 #include "wx/event.h"
  20
  21 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  22 // wxControlAction: the action is currently just a string which identifies it,
  23 // later it might become an atom (i.e. an opaque handler to string).
  24 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  25
  26 typedef wxString wxControlAction;
  27
  28 // the list of actions which apply to all controls (other actions are defined
  29 // in the controls headers)
  30
  31 #define wxACTION_NONE    wxT("")           // no action to perform
  32
  33 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  34 // wxInputConsumer: mix-in class for handling wxControlActions (used by
  35 // wxControl and wxTopLevelWindow).
  36 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  37
  38 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxInputConsumer
  39 {
  40 public:
  41     wxInputConsumer() { m_inputHandler = NULL; }
  42     virtual ~wxInputConsumer() { }
  43
  44     // get the input handler
  45     wxInputHandler *GetInputHandler() const { return m_inputHandler; }
  46
  47     // perform a control-dependent action: an action may have an optional
  48     // numeric and another (also optional) string argument whose interpretation
  49     // depends on the action
  50     //
  51     // NB: we might use ellipsis in PerformAction() declaration but this
  52     //     wouldn't be more efficient than always passing 2 unused parameters
  53     //     but would be more difficult. Another solution would be to have
  54     //     several overloaded versions but this will expose the problem of
  55     //     virtual function hiding we don't have here.
  56     virtual bool PerformAction(const wxControlAction& action,
  57                                long numArg = -1l,
  58                                const wxString& strArg = wxEmptyString);
  59
  60     // get the window to work with (usually the class wxInputConsumer was mixed into)
  61     virtual wxWindow *GetInputWindow() const = 0;
  62
  63     // this function must be implemented in any classes process input (i.e. not
  64     // static controls) to create the standard input handler for the concrete
  65     // class deriving from this mix-in
  66     //
  67     // the parameter is the default input handler which should receive all
  68     // unprocessed input (i.e. typically handlerDef is passed to
  69     // wxStdInputHandler ctor) or it may be NULL
  70     //
  71     // the returned pointer will not be deleted by caller so it must either
  72     // point to a static object or be deleted on program termination
  73     virtual wxInputHandler *DoGetStdInputHandler(wxInputHandler *handlerDef);
  74
  75
  76 protected:
  77     // event handlers
  78     void OnMouse(wxMouseEvent& event);
  79     void OnKeyDown(wxKeyEvent& event);
  80     void OnKeyUp(wxKeyEvent& event);
  81     void OnFocus(wxFocusEvent& event);
  82     void OnActivate(wxActivateEvent& event);
  83
  84     // create input handler by name, fall back to GetStdInputHandler() if
  85     // the current theme doesn't define any specific handler of this type
  86     void CreateInputHandler(const wxString& inphandler);
  87
  88 private:
  89     // the input processor (we never delete it)
  90     wxInputHandler *m_inputHandler;
  91 };
  92
  93
  94 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  95 // macros which must be used by the classes derived from wxInputConsumer mix-in
  96 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  97
  98 // declare the methods to be forwarded
  99 #define WX_DECLARE_INPUT_CONSUMER() \
 100 private: \
 101     void OnMouse(wxMouseEvent& event); \
 102     void OnKeyDown(wxKeyEvent& event); \
 103     void OnKeyUp(wxKeyEvent& event); \
 104     void OnFocus(wxFocusEvent& event); \
 105 public: /* because of docview :-( */ \
 106     void OnActivate(wxActivateEvent& event); \
 107 private:
 108
 109 // implement the event table entries for wxControlContainer
 110 #define WX_EVENT_TABLE_INPUT_CONSUMER(classname) \
 111     EVT_KEY_DOWN(classname::OnKeyDown) \
 112     EVT_KEY_UP(classname::OnKeyUp) \
 113     EVT_MOUSE_EVENTS(classname::OnMouse) \
 114     EVT_SET_FOCUS(classname::OnFocus) \
 115     EVT_KILL_FOCUS(classname::OnFocus) \
 116     EVT_ACTIVATE(classname::OnActivate)
 117
 118 // Forward event handlers to wxInputConsumer
 119 //
 120 // (We can't use them directly, because wxIC has virtual methods, which forces
 121 // the compiler to include (at least) two vtables into wxControl, one for the
 122 // wxWindow-wxControlBase-wxControl branch and one for the wxIC mix-in.
 123 // Consequently, the "this" pointer has different value when in wxControl's
 124 // and wxIC's method, even though the instance stays same. This doesn't matter
 125 // so far as member pointers aren't used, but that's not wxControl's case.
 126 // When we add an event table entry (= use a member pointer) pointing to
 127 // wxIC's OnXXX method, GCC compiles code that executes wxIC::OnXXX with the
 128 // version of "this" that belongs to wxControl, not wxIC! In our particular
 129 // case, the effect is that m_handler is NULL (probably same memory
 130 // area as the_other_vtable's_this->m_refObj) and input handling doesn't work.)
 131 #define WX_FORWARD_TO_INPUT_CONSUMER(classname) \
 132     void classname::OnMouse(wxMouseEvent& event) \
 133     { \
 134         wxInputConsumer::OnMouse(event); \
 135     } \
 136     void classname::OnKeyDown(wxKeyEvent& event) \
 137     { \
 138         wxInputConsumer::OnKeyDown(event); \
 139     } \
 140     void classname::OnKeyUp(wxKeyEvent& event) \
 141     { \
 142         wxInputConsumer::OnKeyUp(event); \
 143     } \
 144     void classname::OnFocus(wxFocusEvent& event) \
 145     { \
 146         wxInputConsumer::OnFocus(event); \
 147     } \
 148     void classname::OnActivate(wxActivateEvent& event) \
 149     { \
 150         wxInputConsumer::OnActivate(event); \
 151     }
 152
 153 #endif // _WX_UNIV_INPCONS_H_