xref: /haiku/src/servers/registrar/Watcher.cpp (revision 4c8e85b316c35a9161f5a1c50ad70bc91c83a76f)
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22 //	File Name:		Watcher.cpp
23 //	Author:			Ingo Weinhold (bonefish@users.sf.net)
24 //	Description:	A Watcher represents a target of a watching service.
25 //					A WatcherFilter represents a predicate on Watchers.
26 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
27 
28 #include <Message.h>
29 
30 #include "MessageDeliverer.h"
31 #include "Watcher.h"
32 
33 // Watcher
34 
35 /*!	\class Watcher
36 	\brief A Watcher represents a target of a watching service.
37 
38 	The Watcher base class only has one attribute, a BMessenger which
39 	specifies the target to which notification messages shall be sent.
40 	SendMessage() actually sends the message to the target. It can be
41 	overridden in case of special needs.
42 */
43 
44 /*!	\var Watcher::fTarget
45 	\brief The watcher's message target.
46 */
47 
48 // constructor
49 /*!	\brief Creates a new watcher with a specified target.
50 
51 	The supplied BMessenger is copied, that is the caller can delete the
52 	object when the constructor returns.
53 
54 	\param target The watcher's message target.
55 */
56 Watcher::Watcher(const BMessenger &target)
57 	: fTarget(target)
58 {
59 }
60 
61 // destructor
62 /*!	\brief Frees all resources associated with the object.
63 */
64 Watcher::~Watcher()
65 {
66 }
67 
68 // Target
69 /*!	\brief Returns the watcher's message target.
70 	\return The watcher's message target.
71 */
72 const BMessenger&
73 Watcher::Target() const
74 {
75 	return fTarget;
76 }
77 
78 // SendMessage
79 /*!	\brief Sends the supplied message to the watcher's message target.
80 
81 	The method can be overridden by a derived class to e.g. add additional
82 	fields to the message. Note, that in this case the message must not be
83 	modified directly, but a copy has to be made.
84 
85 	\param message The message to be sent.
86 	\return \c B_OK, if everything went fine, another error code, if an error
87 			occured.
88 */
89 status_t
90 Watcher::SendMessage(BMessage *message)
91 {
92 	return MessageDeliverer::Default()->DeliverMessage(message, fTarget);
93 }
94 
95 
96 // WatcherFilter
97 
98 /*!	\class WatcherFilter
99 	\brief A WatcherFilter represents a predicate on Watchers.
100 
101 	It's only method Filter() returns whether a given Watcher and a BMessage
102 	satisfy the predicate. This class' Filter() implementation always returns
103 	\c true. Derived classes override it.
104 */
105 
106 // constructor
107 /*!	\brief Creates a new WatchingFilter.
108 */
109 WatcherFilter::WatcherFilter()
110 {
111 }
112 
113 // destructor
114 /*!	\brief Frees all resources associated with the object.
115 */
116 WatcherFilter::~WatcherFilter()
117 {
118 }
119 
120 // Filter
121 /*!	\brief Returns whether the watcher-message pair satisfies the predicate
122 		   represented by this object.
123 
124 	Derived classes override this method. This version always returns \c true.
125 
126 	\param watcher The watcher in question.
127 	\param message The message in question.
128 	\return \c true.
129 */
130 bool
131 WatcherFilter::Filter(Watcher *watcher, BMessage *message)
132 {
133 	return true;
134 }
135 
136