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Widgets     Book   Glib::Dispatcher Class Reference [Threads] Signal class for inter-thread communication. More... List of all members. Public Methods   Dispatcher ()   Create new Dispatcher instance using the default main context.   Dispatcher (const Glib::RefPtr<MainContext>& context)   Create new Dispatcher instance using an arbitrary main context.   ~Dispatcher () void  emit () void  operator() () SigC::Connection  connect (const SigC::Slot0<void>& slot) Detailed Description Signal class for inter-thread communication. Glib::Dispatcher works similar to SigC::Signal0<void>. But unlike normal signals, the notification happens asynchronously through a pipe. This is a simple and efficient way of communicating between threads, and especially useful in a thread model with a single GUI thread. No mutex locking is involved, apart from the operating system's internal I/O locking. That implies some usage rules: Only one thread may connect to the signal and receive notification, but multiple senders are allowed even without locking. The GLib main loop must run in the receiving thread (this will be the GUI thread usually). The Dispatcher object must be instantiated by the receiver thread. The Dispatcher object should be instantiated before creating any of the sender threads, if you want to avoid extra locking. Notes about performance: After instantiation, Glib::Dispatcher will never lock any mutexes on its own. The interaction with the GLib main loop might involve locking on the receiver side. The sender side, however, is guaranteed not to lock, except for internal locking in the write() system call. All Dispatcher instances of a receiver thread share the same pipe. That is, if you use Glib::Dispatcher only to notify the GUI thread, only one pipe is created no matter how many Dispatcher objects you have. Examples: thread/dispatcher.cc. Constructor & Destructor Documentation Glib::Dispatcher::Dispatcher (   )    Create new Dispatcher instance using the default main context. Exceptions: Glib::FileError  Glib::Dispatcher::Dispatcher ( const Glib::RefPtr<MainContext>&    context )  [explicit]   Create new Dispatcher instance using an arbitrary main context. Exceptions: Glib::FileError  Glib::Dispatcher::~Dispatcher (   )  Member Function Documentation SigC::Connection Glib::Dispatcher::connect ( const SigC::Slot0<void>&    slot )  void Glib::Dispatcher::emit (   )  void Glib::Dispatcher::operator() (   )  The documentation for this class was generated from the following file: dispatcher.h