- // process all currently pending events right now
- //
- // it is an error to call Yield() recursively unless the value of
- // onlyIfNeeded is true
- //
- // WARNING: this function is dangerous as it can lead to unexpected
- // reentrancies (i.e. when called from an event handler it
- // may result in calling the same event handler again), use
- // with _extreme_ care or, better, don't use at all!
- // NOTE: in wxConsoleBase it doesn't do anything, just a hook for GUI wxApp
- bool Yield(bool onlyIfNeeded = false)
- { return DoYield(onlyIfNeeded, wxEVT_CATEGORY_ALL); }
- bool YieldFor(long eventsToProcess)
- { return DoYield(true, eventsToProcess); }
- virtual bool IsYielding() const
- { return false; }
- virtual bool IsEventAllowedInsideYield(wxEventCategory WXUNUSED(cat)) const
- { return true; }
- // no SafeYield hooks since it uses wxWindow which is not available when wxUSE_GUI=0
+ // If an object may have pending events for it, it shouldn't be deleted
+ // immediately as this would result in a crash when trying to handle these
+ // events: instead, it should be scheduled for destruction and really
+ // destroyed only after processing all pending events.
+ //
+ // Notice that this is only possible if we have a running event loop,
+ // otherwise the object is just deleted directly by ScheduleForDestruction()
+ // and IsScheduledForDestruction() always returns false.
+
+ // schedule the object for destruction in the near future
+ void ScheduleForDestruction(wxObject *object);
+
+ // return true if the object is scheduled for destruction
+ bool IsScheduledForDestruction(wxObject *object) const;
+
+
+ // wxEventLoop-related methods
+ // ---------------------------
+
+ // all these functions are forwarded to the corresponding methods of the
+ // currently active event loop -- and do nothing if there is none
+ virtual bool Pending();
+ virtual bool Dispatch();
+
+ virtual int MainLoop();
+ virtual void ExitMainLoop();
+
+ bool Yield(bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
+
+ virtual void WakeUpIdle();
+
+ // this method is called by the active event loop when there are no events
+ // to process
+ //
+ // by default it generates the idle events and if you override it in your
+ // derived class you should call the base class version to ensure that idle
+ // events are still sent out
+ virtual bool ProcessIdle();
+
+ // this virtual function is overridden in GUI wxApp to always return true
+ // as GUI applications always have an event loop -- but console ones may
+ // have it or not, so it simply returns true if already have an event loop
+ // running but false otherwise
+ virtual bool UsesEventLoop() const;