interface/wx/windowid.h

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        windowid.h
   3 // Purpose:     interface of wxIdManager
   4 // Author:      wxWidgets team
   5 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   6 // Licence:     wxWindows license
   7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   8
   9 /**
  10     The type of unique identifiers (ID) used for wxWindow-derived classes.
  11 */
  12 typedef int wxWindowID;
  13
  14 /**
  15     @class wxIdManager
  16
  17     wxIdManager is responsible for allocating and releasing window IDs.
  18     It is used by wxWindow::NewControlId() and wxWindow::UnreserveControlId(),
  19     and can also be used be used directly.
  20
  21     @library{wxcore}
  22     @category{misc}
  23
  24     @see wxWindow::NewControlId(), wxWindow::UnreserveControlId(),
  25          @ref overview_windowids
  26 */
  27 class wxIdManager
  28 {
  29 public:
  30     /**
  31         Called directly by wxWindow::NewControlId(), this function will create
  32         a new ID or range of IDs.
  33         The IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindowIDRef() or unreserved
  34         with UnreserveControlId().
  35         Only ID values that are not assigned to a wxWindowIDRef() need to be unreserved.
  36
  37         @param count
  38             The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
  39
  40         @return The value of the first ID in the sequence, or wxID_NONE.
  41     */
  42     static wxWindowID ReserveControlId(int count = 1);
  43
  44     /**
  45         Called directly by wxWindow::UnreserveControlId(), this function will
  46         unreserve an ID or range of IDs that is currently reserved.
  47         This should only be called for IDs returned by ReserveControlId() that
  48         have NOT been assigned to a wxWindowIDRef (see @ref overview_windowids).
  49
  50         @param id
  51             The first of the range of IDs to unreserve.
  52         @param count
  53             The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
  54
  55         @return The value of the first ID in the sequence, or wxID_NONE.
  56     */
  57     static wxWindowID UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id, int count = 1);
  58 };
  59