vtkObject.h

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  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkObject.h

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/**
 * @class   vtkObject
 * @brief   abstract base class for most VTK objects
 *
 * vtkObject is the base class for most objects in the visualization
 * toolkit. vtkObject provides methods for tracking modification time,
 * debugging, printing, and event callbacks. Most objects created
 * within the VTK framework should be a subclass of vtkObject or one
 * of its children.  The few exceptions tend to be very small helper
 * classes that usually never get instantiated or situations where
 * multiple inheritance gets in the way.  vtkObject also performs
 * reference counting: objects that are reference counted exist as
 * long as another object uses them. Once the last reference to a
 * reference counted object is removed, the object will spontaneously
 * destruct.
 *
 * @warning
 * Note: in VTK objects should always be created with the New() method
 * and deleted with the Delete() method. VTK objects cannot be
 * allocated off the stack (i.e., automatic objects) because the
 * constructor is a protected method.
 *
 * @sa
 * vtkCommand vtkTimeStamp
*/

#ifndef vtkObject_h
#define vtkObject_h

#include "vtkCommonCoreModule.h" // For export macro
#include "vtkObjectBase.h"
#include "vtkSetGet.h"
#include "vtkTimeStamp.h"
#include "vtkWeakPointerBase.h" // needed for vtkWeakPointer

class vtkSubjectHelper;
class vtkCommand;

class VTKCOMMONCORE_EXPORT vtkObject : public vtkObjectBase
{
public:
  vtkBaseTypeMacro(vtkObject,vtkObjectBase);

  /**
   * Create an object with Debug turned off, modified time initialized
   * to zero, and reference counting on.
   */
  static vtkObject *New();

#ifdef _WIN32
  // avoid dll boundary problems
  void* operator new( size_t tSize );
  void operator delete( void* p );
#endif

  /**
   * Turn debugging output on.
   */
  virtual void DebugOn();

  /**
   * Turn debugging output off.
   */
  virtual void DebugOff();

  /**
   * Get the value of the debug flag.
   */
  bool GetDebug();

  /**
   * Set the value of the debug flag. A true value turns debugging on.
   */
  void SetDebug(bool debugFlag);

  /**
   * This method is called when vtkErrorMacro executes. It allows
   * the debugger to break on error.
   */
  static void BreakOnError();

  /**
   * Update the modification time for this object. Many filters rely on
   * the modification time to determine if they need to recompute their
   * data. The modification time is a unique monotonically increasing
   * unsigned long integer.
   */
  virtual void Modified();

  /**
   * Return this object's modified time.
   */
  virtual vtkMTimeType GetMTime();

  /**
   * Methods invoked by print to print information about the object
   * including superclasses. Typically not called by the user (use
   * Print() instead) but used in the hierarchical print process to
   * combine the output of several classes.
   */
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent) VTK_OVERRIDE;

  //@{
  /**
   * This is a global flag that controls whether any debug, warning
   * or error messages are displayed.
   */
  static void SetGlobalWarningDisplay(int val);
  static void GlobalWarningDisplayOn(){vtkObject::SetGlobalWarningDisplay(1);};
  static void GlobalWarningDisplayOff()
    {vtkObject::SetGlobalWarningDisplay(0);};
  static int  GetGlobalWarningDisplay();
  //@}

  //@{
  /**
   * Allow people to add/remove/invoke observers (callbacks) to any VTK
   * object.  This is an implementation of the subject/observer design
   * pattern. An observer is added by specifying an event to respond to
   * and a vtkCommand to execute. It returns an unsigned long tag which
   * can be used later to remove the event or retrieve the command.
   * When events are invoked, the observers are called in the order they
   * were added. If a priority value is specified, then the higher
   * priority commands are called first. A command may set an abort
   * flag to stop processing of the event. (See vtkCommand.h for more
   * information.)
   */
  unsigned long AddObserver(unsigned long event, vtkCommand *,
                            float priority=0.0f);
  unsigned long AddObserver(const char *event, vtkCommand *,
                            float priority=0.0f);
  vtkCommand *GetCommand(unsigned long tag);
  void RemoveObserver(vtkCommand*);
  void RemoveObservers(unsigned long event, vtkCommand *);
  void RemoveObservers(const char *event, vtkCommand *);
  int HasObserver(unsigned long event, vtkCommand *);
  int HasObserver(const char *event, vtkCommand *);
  //@}

  void RemoveObserver(unsigned long tag);
  void RemoveObservers(unsigned long event);
  void RemoveObservers(const char *event);
  void RemoveAllObservers(); //remove every last one of them
  int HasObserver(unsigned long event);
  int HasObserver(const char *event);

  //@{
  /**
   * Overloads to AddObserver that allow developers to add class member
   * functions as callbacks for events.  The callback function can
   * be one of these two types:
   * \code
   * void foo(void);\n
   * void foo(vtkObject*, unsigned long, void*);
   * \endcode
   * If the callback is a member of a vtkObjectBase-derived object,
   * then the callback will automatically be disabled if the object
   * destructs (but the observer will not automatically be removed).
   * If the callback is a member of any other type of object, then
   * the observer must be removed before the object destructs or else
   * its dead pointer will be used the next time the event occurs.
   * Typical usage of these functions is as follows:
   * \code
   * SomeClassOfMine* observer = SomeClassOfMine::New();\n
   * to_observe->AddObserver(event, observer, \&SomeClassOfMine::SomeMethod);
   * \endcode
   * Note that this does not affect the reference count of a
   * vtkObjectBase-derived \c observer, which can be safely deleted
   * with the observer still in place. For non-vtkObjectBase observers,
   * the observer should never be deleted before it is removed.
   * Return value is a tag that can be used to remove the observer.
   */
  template <class U, class T>
  unsigned long AddObserver(unsigned long event,
    U observer, void (T::*callback)(), float priority=0.0f)
  {
    vtkClassMemberCallback<T> *callable =
      new vtkClassMemberCallback<T>(observer, callback);
    // callable is deleted when the observer is cleaned up (look at
    // vtkObjectCommandInternal)
    return this->AddTemplatedObserver(event, callable, priority);
  }
  template <class U, class T>
  unsigned long AddObserver(unsigned long event,
    U observer, void (T::*callback)(vtkObject*, unsigned long, void*),
    float priority=0.0f)
  {
    vtkClassMemberCallback<T> *callable =
      new vtkClassMemberCallback<T>(observer, callback);
    // callable is deleted when the observer is cleaned up (look at
    // vtkObjectCommandInternal)
    return this->AddTemplatedObserver(event, callable, priority);
  }
  //@}

  //@{
  /**
   * Allow user to set the AbortFlagOn() with the return value of the callback
   * method.
   */
  template <class U, class T>
  unsigned long AddObserver(unsigned long event,
    U observer, bool (T::*callback)(vtkObject*, unsigned long, void*),
    float priority=0.0f)
  {
    vtkClassMemberCallback<T> *callable =
      new vtkClassMemberCallback<T>(observer, callback);
    // callable is deleted when the observer is cleaned up (look at
    // vtkObjectCommandInternal)
    return this->AddTemplatedObserver(event, callable, priority);
  }
  //@}

  //@{
  /**
   * This method invokes an event and return whether the event was
   * aborted or not. If the event was aborted, the return value is 1,
   * otherwise it is 0.
   */
  int InvokeEvent(unsigned long event, void *callData);
  int InvokeEvent(const char *event, void *callData);
  //@}

  int InvokeEvent(unsigned long event) { return this->InvokeEvent(event, NULL); };
  int InvokeEvent(const char *event) { return this->InvokeEvent(event, NULL); };

protected:
  vtkObject();
  ~vtkObject() VTK_OVERRIDE;

  // See vtkObjectBase.h.
  void RegisterInternal(vtkObjectBase*, vtkTypeBool check) VTK_OVERRIDE;
  void UnRegisterInternal(vtkObjectBase*, vtkTypeBool check) VTK_OVERRIDE;

  bool     Debug;      // Enable debug messages
  vtkTimeStamp      MTime;      // Keep track of modification time
  vtkSubjectHelper *SubjectHelper; // List of observers on this object

  //@{
  /**
   * These methods allow a command to exclusively grab all events. (This
   * method is typically used by widgets to grab events once an event
   * sequence begins.)  These methods are provided in support of the
   * public methods found in the class vtkInteractorObserver. Note that
   * these methods are designed to support vtkInteractorObservers since
   * they use two separate vtkCommands to watch for mouse and keypress events.
   */
  void InternalGrabFocus(vtkCommand *mouseEvents, vtkCommand *keypressEvents=NULL);
  void InternalReleaseFocus();
  //@}

private:
  vtkObject(const vtkObject&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;
  void operator=(const vtkObject&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;

  /**
   * Following classes (vtkClassMemberCallbackBase,
   * vtkClassMemberCallback, and vtkClassMemberHanderPointer)
   * along with vtkObjectCommandInternal are for supporting
   * templated AddObserver() overloads that allow developers
   * to add event callbacks that are class member functions.
   */
  class vtkClassMemberCallbackBase
  {
  public:
    //@{
    /**
     * Called when the event is invoked
     */
    virtual bool operator()(vtkObject*, unsigned long, void*) = 0;
    virtual ~vtkClassMemberCallbackBase(){}
  };
    //@}

  //@{
  /**
   * This is a weak pointer for vtkObjectBase and a regular
   * void pointer for everything else
   */
  template<class T>
    class vtkClassMemberHandlerPointer
  {
    public:
      void operator=(vtkObjectBase *o)
      {
        // The cast is needed in case "o" has multi-inheritance,
        // to offset the pointer to get the vtkObjectBase.
        if ((this->VoidPointer = dynamic_cast<T*>(o)) == 0)
        {
          // fallback to just using its vtkObjectBase as-is.
          this->VoidPointer = o;
        }
        this->WeakPointer = o;
        this->UseWeakPointer = true;
      }
      void operator=(void *o)
      {
        this->VoidPointer = o;
        this->WeakPointer = 0;
        this->UseWeakPointer = false;
      }
      T *GetPointer()
      {
        if (this->UseWeakPointer && !this->WeakPointer.GetPointer())
        {
          return 0;
        }
        return static_cast<T*>(this->VoidPointer);
      }
    private:
      vtkWeakPointerBase WeakPointer;
      void *VoidPointer;
      bool UseWeakPointer;
  };
  //@}

  //@{
  /**
   * Templated member callback.
   */
  template <class T>
    class vtkClassMemberCallback : public vtkClassMemberCallbackBase
  {
      vtkClassMemberHandlerPointer<T> Handler;
      void (T::*Method1)();
      void (T::*Method2)(vtkObject*, unsigned long, void*);
      bool (T::*Method3)(vtkObject*, unsigned long, void*);
  //@}

    public:
      vtkClassMemberCallback(T* handler, void (T::*method)())
      {
        this->Handler = handler;
        this->Method1 = method;
        this->Method2 = NULL;
        this->Method3 = NULL;
      }

      vtkClassMemberCallback(
        T* handler, void (T::*method)(vtkObject*, unsigned long, void*))
      {
        this->Handler = handler;
        this->Method1 = NULL;
        this->Method2 = method;
        this->Method3 = NULL;
      }

      vtkClassMemberCallback(
        T* handler, bool (T::*method)(vtkObject*, unsigned long, void*))
      {
        this->Handler = handler;
        this->Method1 = NULL;
        this->Method2 = NULL;
        this->Method3 = method;
      }
      ~vtkClassMemberCallback() VTK_OVERRIDE { }

      // Called when the event is invoked
      bool operator()(
        vtkObject* caller, unsigned long event, void* calldata) VTK_OVERRIDE
      {
        T *handler = this->Handler.GetPointer();
        if (handler)
        {
          if (this->Method1)
          {
            (handler->*this->Method1)();
          }
          else if (this->Method2)
          {
            (handler->*this->Method2)(caller, event, calldata);
          }
          else if (this->Method3)
          {
            return (handler->*this->Method3)(caller, event, calldata);
          }
        }
        return false;
      }
  };

  //@{
  /**
   * Called by templated variants of AddObserver.
   */
  unsigned long AddTemplatedObserver(
    unsigned long event, vtkClassMemberCallbackBase* callable, float priority);
  // Friend to access AddTemplatedObserver().
  friend class vtkObjectCommandInternal;
  //@}

};

#endif
// VTK-HeaderTest-Exclude: vtkObject.h