/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Marc Boris Duerner
 * 
 * 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; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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 */
#ifndef CXXTOOLS_APPLICATION_H
#define CXXTOOLS_APPLICATION_H

#include <cxxtools/api.h>
#include <cxxtools/eventloop.h>
#include <cxxtools/application.h>
#include <cxxtools/connectable.h>
#include <cxxtools/event.h>
#include <cxxtools/signal.h>

namespace cxxtools {

    class ApplicationImpl;

    /**
     * \brief The Application class provides an event loop for console applications
     * without a GUI.
     *
     * This class is used by non-GUI applications to provide the applications's event
     * loop. There should be only exactly one instance of Application (or one of its
     * subclasses) per application. This is not ensured, though.
     *
     * Application contains the main event loop, where event sources can be registered
     * and events from those sources are dispatched to listeners, that were registered
     * to the event loop. Events may for example be operating system events (timer, file
     * system changes).
     *
     * The application and therefore the event loop is started with a call to run() and
     * can be exited with a call to exit(). After calling exit() the application should
     * terminate.
     *
     * The event loop can be access by calling eventLoop(). Events can be committed by
     * calling EventLoop::commitEvent(). Long running operations can call
     * EventLoop::processEvents() to keep the application responsive.
     *
     * There are convenience methods available for easier access to functionality of
     * the underlying event loop. commitEvent() delegates to EventLoop::commitEvent(),
     * queueEvent() delegates to EventLoop::delegateEvent() and processEvents() delegates
     * to EventLoop::processEvents() without making it necessary to first obtain the
     * event loop manually.
     */
    class CXXTOOLS_API Application : public Connectable
    {
            void construct();

        public:
            Application();

            Application(int argc, char** argv);

            Application(EventLoopBase* loop);

            Application(EventLoopBase* loop, int argc, char** argv);

            ~Application();

            static Application& instance();

            EventLoopBase& loop()
			{ return *_loop; }

            void run()
			{ _loop->run(); }

            void exit()
			{ _loop->exit(); }

            bool catchSystemSignal(int sig);

            bool raiseSystemSignal(int sig);

            Signal<int> systemSignal;

            int argc() const
            { return _argc; }

            char** argv() const
            { return _argv; }

            ApplicationImpl& impl()
			{ return *_impl; }

        protected:
            void init(EventLoopBase& loop);

        private:
            ApplicationImpl* _impl;
            int     _argc;
            char**  _argv;
            EventLoopBase* _loop;
            EventLoop* _owner;
    };

} // namespace cxxtools

#endif
