MAppletMessage Class Reference

Inherited by MAppletAliveMessageRequest, MAppletAliveMessageResponse, MAppletCancelMessage, MAppletIconChangedMessage, MAppletMouseMessage, MAppletObjectMenuActionSelectedMessage, MAppletObjectMenuMessage, MAppletObjectMenuRequestMessage, MAppletOrientationMessage, MAppletPixmapModifiedMessage, MAppletPixmapTakenIntoUseMessage, MAppletSetGeometryMessage, MAppletTextChangedMessage, MAppletTitleChangedMessage, MAppletUpdateGeometryMessage, and MAppletVisibilityMessage.

List of all members.

Public Types
enum	MAppletMessageType {   InvalidMessage = 0, VisibilityMessage, OrientationMessage, MousePressMessage,   MouseReleaseMessage, MouseMoveMessage, CancelMessage, SetGeometryMessage,   PixmapTakenIntoUseMessage, AppletAliveMessageRequest, AppletAliveMessageResponse, AppletIconMessage,   AppletTitleMessage, AppletTextMessage, UpdateGeometryMessage, PixmapModifiedMessage,   ObjectMenuRequestMessage, ObjectMenuMessage, ObjectMenuActionSelectedMessage, NumMessages }
Public Member Functions
virtual	~MAppletMessage ()
MAppletMessageType	type () const
virtual void	serialize (QDataStream &stream) const
virtual void	unserialize (QDataStream &stream)
Protected Member Functions
	MAppletMessage (MAppletMessageType type)

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Detailed Description

An abstract base class for messages that are used for communicating between applets and the host process. Messages can be serialized to a byte stream so they can be communicated to another processes.

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Member Enumeration Documentation

enum MAppletMessage::MAppletMessageType

A type for the message.

Enumerator:

InvalidMessage
VisibilityMessage
OrientationMessage
MousePressMessage
MouseReleaseMessage
MouseMoveMessage
CancelMessage
SetGeometryMessage
PixmapTakenIntoUseMessage
AppletAliveMessageRequest
AppletAliveMessageResponse
AppletIconMessage
AppletTitleMessage
AppletTextMessage
UpdateGeometryMessage
PixmapModifiedMessage
ObjectMenuRequestMessage
ObjectMenuMessage
ObjectMenuActionSelectedMessage
NumMessages

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MAppletMessage::MAppletMessage

(

MAppletMessageType

type

)

[protected]

Constructor.

Sets the type of the message.

Parameters:

type

the message type.

MAppletMessage::~MAppletMessage

(

)

[virtual]

Destructor.

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Member Function Documentation

void MAppletMessage::serialize

(

QDataStream &

stream

)

const [virtual]

Serializes the contents of the message to a data stream.

It doesn't matter what format the message uses for the serialization. It is only required that the unserialize() method knows how to read the data.

Parameters:

stream

the stream to serialize the message to.

MAppletMessage::MAppletMessageType MAppletMessage::type

(

)

const

Returns the type of the applet message.

Returns:

applet message type.

void MAppletMessage::unserialize

(

QDataStream &

stream

)

[virtual]

Unserializes the contents of the message from a data stream.

Parameters:

stream

the stream to serialize the message from.