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boost::signals2::trackable — Provided to ease porting for code using the boost::signals::trackable class from the original Boost.Signals library.
// In header: <boost/signals2/trackable.hpp> class trackable { public: // construct/copy/destruct trackable(); trackable(const trackable&); trackable& operator=(const trackable&); ~trackable(); };
Use of the trackable
class is not recommended
for new code. The trackable
class is not thread-safe
since trackable
objects disconnect their associated
connections in the trackable
destructor.
Since the trackable
destructor is not run until
after the destructors of any derived classes have completed,
that leaves open a window where a partially destructed
object can still have active connections.
The preferred method of automatic connection management
with Boost.Signals2 is to manage the lifetime of
tracked objects with shared_ptr
s and
to use the signals2::slot::track
method to track their lifetimes.
The trackable
class provides automatic
disconnection of signals and slots when objects bound in
slots (via pointer or reference) are destroyed.
trackable
class may only be used as a public
base class for some other class; when used as such, that
class may be bound to function objects used as part of
slots. The manner in which a trackable
object
tracks the set of signal-slot connections it is a part of is
unspecified.
The actual use of trackable
is contingent
on the presence of appropriate
visit_each overloads for any
type that may contain pointers or references to trackable
objects.
trackable
public
construct/copy/destructtrackable();
Effects: |
Sets the list of connected slots to empty. |
Throws: |
Will not throw. |
trackable(const trackable& other);
Effects: |
Sets the list of connected slots to empty. |
Throws: |
Will not throw. |
Rationale: |
Signal-slot connections can only be created via calls to an explicit connect method, and therefore cannot be created here when trackable objects are copied. |
trackable& operator=(const trackable& other);
Effects: |
Sets the list of connected slots to empty. |
Returns: |
|
Throws: |
Will not throw. |
Rationale: |
Signal-slot connections can only be created via calls to an explicit connect method, and therefore cannot be created here when trackable objects are copied. |
~trackable();
Effects: |
Disconnects all signal/slot connections that contain a pointer or reference to this trackable object that can be found by visit_each. |