/indra/llcommon/lleventemitter.h

/** 
 * @file lleventemitter.h
 * @brief General event emitter class
 *
 * $LicenseInfo:firstyear=2005&license=viewerlgpl$
 * Second Life Viewer Source Code
 * Copyright (C) 2010, Linden Research, Inc.
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 * version 2.1 of the License only.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 * 
 * Linden Research, Inc., 945 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA  94111  USA
 * $/LicenseInfo$
 */

// header guard
#ifndef LL_EVENTEMITTER_H
#define LL_EVENTEMITTER_H

// standard headers
#include <algorithm>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <list>

#include "stdtypes.h"

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//	templatized emitter class
template < class T >
class eventEmitter
{
	public:
		typedef typename T::EventType EventType;
		typedef std::list< T* > ObserverContainer;
		typedef void ( T::*observerMethod )( const EventType& );

	protected:
		ObserverContainer observers;

	public:
		eventEmitter () { };

		~eventEmitter () { };

		///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
		//
		BOOL addObserver ( T* observerIn )
		{
			if ( ! observerIn )
				return FALSE;

			// check if observer already exists
			if ( std::find ( observers.begin (), observers.end (), observerIn ) != observers.end () )
				return FALSE;

			// save it
			observers.push_back ( observerIn );

			return true;
		};

		///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
		//
		BOOL remObserver ( T* observerIn )
		{
			if ( ! observerIn )
				return FALSE;

			observers.remove ( observerIn );

			return TRUE;
		};

		///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
		//
		void update ( observerMethod method, const EventType& msgIn )
		{
			typename std::list< T* >::iterator iter = observers.begin ();

			while ( iter != observers.end () )
			{
				( ( *iter )->*method ) ( msgIn );

				++iter;
			};
		};
};

#endif // lleventemitter_h