Actually, I just thought of something.. I'd like to have events that
have both subject AND object.. Right now we just have a Subject +
Verb (QofEntity + QofEventId). I'd like to add an object, too, so we
could have an event Subject + Verb + Object (QofEntity + QofEventId +
gpointer). The generator and consumer of the QofEventId need to
agree on what the object of the event is.
Use case: In GnuCash I want to emit an event when a new Split is added
or removed from an Account. Therefore I'd like to emit the tuple:
<Account*,Add_Split,Split*> or
<Account*,Del_Split,Split*>
Unfortunately I cannot do that in the current QofEvent framework.
Could we add a second set of APIs that parallel the existing set
that let me pass an extra object back to the event handler?
I'd propose:
typedef void (*QofEventHandlerWithArg)(QofEntity*, QofEventId, gpointer);
void qof_event_add_handler_with_arg(QofEventHandlerWithArg);
void qof_event_del_handler_with_arg(QofEventHandlerWithArg);
void qof_event_with_arg(QofEntity*, QofEventId, gpointer);
I admit this would be a LOT easier if QOF were based on gobject and we
used g_signal... Mea Culpa.
What do you think?
-derek
Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Monday 20 February 2006 3:42 pm, Neil Williams wrote:
>
> Update:
>
>> 3. A new handler prototype is added: QofEventHandler:
>> typedef void(* QofEventHandler)(QofEntity *ent, QofEventNameConst
>> event_type, gpointer user_data) where QofEventNameConst is a const gchar*.
> Modified:
> typedef void (*QofEventHandler) (QofEntity *ent, QofEventId event_type,
> gpointer user_data); where typedef gint QofEventId;
>
> This makes for easier comparisons.
>
>> Although the added names will be available via a foreach,
>
> (removed the iteration - not needed)
>
>> 4. New events are added as simple strings using void
>> qof_event_add_name ( QofEventNameConst new_event_name ) at any time prior
>> to generating an event using that name.
>
> (removed need for pre-registration)
>
>> Testing continues and then I'll make a QOF 0.6.2 release.
>
> continuing....
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