/* Copyright (C) 2008 jonathon jongsma * * 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. * * 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, see . */ #include #include // This example will not work without properties support // A class that contains properties must inherit from Glib::Object (or a class // that inherits from Glib::Object) class Person : public Glib::Object { public: Person() : // to register custom properties, you must register a custom GType. If // you don't know what that means, don't worry, just remember to add // this Glib::ObjectBase constructor call to your class' constructor Glib::ObjectBase(typeid(Person)), // register the properties with the object and give them names prop_firstname(*this, "firstname"), prop_lastname(*this, "lastname"), // this one has a default value prop_age(*this, "age", 10) { } // provide proxies for the properties. The proxy allows you to connect to // the 'changed' signal, etc. Glib::PropertyProxy property_firstname() { return prop_firstname.get_proxy(); } Glib::PropertyProxy property_lastname() { return prop_lastname.get_proxy(); } Glib::PropertyProxy property_age() { return prop_age.get_proxy(); } private: Glib::Property prop_firstname; Glib::Property prop_lastname; Glib::Property prop_age; }; void on_firstname_changed() { std::cout << "- firstname changed!" << std::endl; } void on_lastname_changed() { std::cout << "- lastname changed!" << std::endl; } void on_age_changed() { std::cout << "- age changed!" << std::endl; } int main(int, char**) { Glib::init(); Person p; // Register some handlers that will be called when the values of the // specified parameters are changed p.property_firstname().signal_changed().connect(sigc::ptr_fun(&on_firstname_changed)); p.property_lastname().signal_changed().connect(sigc::ptr_fun(&on_lastname_changed)); p.property_age().signal_changed().connect(sigc::ptr_fun(&on_age_changed)); std::cout << "Name, age: " << p.property_firstname() << " " << p.property_lastname() << ", " << p.property_age() << std::endl; // now change the properties and see that the handlers get called std::cout << "Changing the properties of 'p'" << std::endl; p.property_firstname() = "John"; p.property_lastname() = "Doe"; p.property_age() = 43; std::cout << "Done changing the properties of 'p'" << std::endl; std::cout << "Name, age: " << p.property_firstname() << " " << p.property_lastname() << ", " << p.property_age() << std::endl; return 0; }