ecore_idler_example.c

This example shows when Ecore_Idler, Ecore_Idle_Enterer and Ecore_Idle_Exiter are called.

This example shows when Ecore_Idler, Ecore_Idle_Enterer and Ecore_Idle_Exiter are called. See the explanation here.

//Compile with:
// gcc -o ecore_idler_example ecore_idler_example.c `pkg-config --libs --cflags ecore eo`
 
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include <config.h>
#endif
 
#include <Ecore.h>
#include <Eo.h>
#include <unistd.h>
 
struct context   // helper struct to give some context to the callbacks
{
   int                  count;
   Ecore_Idle_Enterer  *enterer;
   Ecore_Idler         *idler;
   Ecore_Idle_Exiter   *exiter;
   Ecore_Event_Handler *handler;
   Ecore_Timer         *timer;
};
 
static int _event_type = 0; // a new type of event will be defined and stored here
 
static Eina_Bool
_enterer_cb(void *data EINA_UNUSED) // the idle enterer callback
{
   printf("IDLE ENTERER: Ecore entering in idle state.\n");
 
   return ECORE_CALLBACK_RENEW; // same as EINA_TRUE
}
 
static Eina_Bool
_exiter_cb(void *data EINA_UNUSED) // the idle exiter callback
{
   printf("IDLE EXITER: Ecore exiting idle state.\n");
 
   return ECORE_CALLBACK_RENEW; // same as EINA_TRUE
}
 
static Eina_Bool
_idler_cb(void *data) // the idler callback - ran while the mainloop is idle
{
   struct context *ctxt = data;
   printf("IDLER: executing idler callback while in idle state.\n");
 
   ctxt->count++;
 
   /* each 10 times that the callback gets called, generate an event that
    * will wake up the main loop, triggering idle enterers, exiters, etc. */
   if ((ctxt->count % 10) == 0)
     ecore_event_add(_event_type, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
   return ECORE_CALLBACK_RENEW; // same as EINA_TRUE
}
 
static Eina_Bool
_event_handler_cb(void *data, int type EINA_UNUSED, void *event EINA_UNUSED) // event callback
{
   struct context *ctxt = data;
 
   printf("EVENT: processing callback for the event received.\n");
 
   if (ctxt->count > 100)
     {
        ecore_idle_enterer_del(ctxt->enterer);
        ecore_idle_exiter_del(ctxt->exiter);
//        ecore_idler_del(ctxt->idler);
 
        ctxt->enterer = NULL;
        ctxt->exiter = NULL;
        ctxt->idler = NULL;
 
        if (ctxt->timer)
          {
             ecore_timer_del(ctxt->timer);
             ctxt->timer = NULL;
          }
 
        ecore_main_loop_quit();
     }
 
   return ECORE_CALLBACK_DONE; // same as EINA_FALSE
}
 
static Eina_Bool
_timer_cb(void *data)
{
   struct context *ctxt = data;
   printf("TIMER: timer callback called.\n");
 
   if (ctxt->timer)
     ctxt->timer = NULL;
 
   return ECORE_CALLBACK_CANCEL; // same as EINA_FALSE
}
 
int
main(void)
{
   struct context ctxt = {0};
 
   if (!ecore_init())
     {
        printf("ERROR: Cannot init Ecore!\n");
        return -1;
     }
 
   _event_type = ecore_event_type_new();
 
   ctxt.enterer = ecore_idle_enterer_add(_enterer_cb, &ctxt);
   ctxt.exiter = ecore_idle_exiter_add(_exiter_cb, &ctxt);
   ctxt.idler = ecore_idler_add(_idler_cb, &ctxt);
//   ctxt.idler = efl_add_ref(ECORE_IDLER_CLASS, NULL, ecore_idler_constructor(efl_added, _idler_cb, &ctxt));
   ctxt.handler = ecore_event_handler_add(_event_type,
                                          _event_handler_cb,
                                          &ctxt);
   ctxt.timer = ecore_timer_add(0.0005, _timer_cb, &ctxt);
 
   ecore_main_loop_begin();
   ecore_shutdown();
 
   return 0;
}