m2-GTK4/lib/GtkClosures.def

DEFINITION MODULE GtkClosures ;

(*
   m2-GTK4 - per-connection signal closures.

   GObject signals carry a single gpointer of user data.  This module
   allocates a small context for each connection, stores the handler and
   the user payload in it, and installs a trampoline as the C callback.
   When the connection is removed - explicitly with
   g_signal_handler_disconnect(), or implicitly when the GObject is
   finalized - the optional destroy procedure runs and the context is
   freed.  Every connection therefore owns its own state and cleans up
   after itself.

   Handlers receive exactly the payload passed to Connect*; recover the
   typed state with SYSTEM.CAST:

      PROCEDURE OnClick (button, user: ADDRESS);
      VAR state: State;
      BEGIN state := CAST(State, user); ... END OnClick;
      ...
      Connect2(button, "clicked", OnClick, CAST(ADDRESS, state));

   ISO dialect required
   --------------------
   This module (and therefore the whole build) uses -fiso: CAST comes
   from ISO's SYSTEM, and NEW/DISPOSE need ALLOCATE/DEALLOCATE from the
   ISO Storage module.
*)

FROM SYSTEM IMPORT ADDRESS;

EXPORT UNQUALIFIED
   Handler2, Handler3, DestroyProc,
   Connect2, Connect3, Connect2Owned, Connect3Owned;

TYPE
   (* void handler(instance, user_data)
      e.g. GtkButton "clicked". *)
   Handler2 = PROCEDURE (ADDRESS, ADDRESS);

   (* void handler(instance, parameter, user_data)
      e.g. GAction "activate"/"change-state", GObject "notify". *)
   Handler3 = PROCEDURE (ADDRESS, ADDRESS, ADDRESS);

   (* void destroy(user_data) - release the payload when the connection
      goes away; pass NIL when the payload is not owned. *)
   DestroyProc = PROCEDURE (ADDRESS);

(* Connect a 2-argument handler; the payload is not owned. *)
PROCEDURE Connect2 (instance: ADDRESS; signal: ARRAY OF CHAR;
                    handler: Handler2; user: ADDRESS) : [ LONGCARD ];

(* Connect a 3-argument handler; the payload is not owned. *)
PROCEDURE Connect3 (instance: ADDRESS; signal: ARRAY OF CHAR;
                    handler: Handler3; user: ADDRESS) : [ LONGCARD ];

(* As Connect2, but destroy(user) runs when the connection is removed. *)
PROCEDURE Connect2Owned (instance: ADDRESS; signal: ARRAY OF CHAR;
                         handler: Handler2; user: ADDRESS;
                         destroy: DestroyProc) : [ LONGCARD ];

(* As Connect3, but destroy(user) runs when the connection is removed. *)
PROCEDURE Connect3Owned (instance: ADDRESS; signal: ARRAY OF CHAR;
                         handler: Handler3; user: ADDRESS;
                         destroy: DestroyProc) : [ LONGCARD ];

END GtkClosures.