AnjutaCommand

AnjutaCommand — System for creating objects that provide a standard interface to external components (libraries, processes, etc.)

Functions

Signals

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── AnjutaCommand
        ├── AnjutaAsyncCommand
        ╰── AnjutaSyncCommand

Description

AnjutaCommand is the base class for objects that are designed to provide a layer of abstraction between UI code and some other component, like a library or child process. AnjutaCommand provides a simple and consistent interface for plugins to interact with these components without needing to concern themselves with the exact details of how these components work.

To create command objects, plugins derive them from an AnjutaCommand subclass like AnjutaAsyncCommand, which runs commands in another thread or AnjutaSyncCommand, which runs commands synchronously.

These classes determine how ::run is called and how signals are emitted. ::run is responsible for actually doing the work of the command. It is the responsiblity of the command object that does a certain task to implement ::run to do its job. Everything else is normally implemented by its parent classes at this point

For an example of how to use AnjutaCommand, see the Subversion and Git plugins.

Functions

anjuta_command_start ()

void
anjuta_command_start (AnjutaCommand *self);

Starts a command. Client code can handle data from the command by connecting to the ::data-arrived signal.

AnjutaCommand subclasses should override this method to determine how they call ::run, which actually does the command's legwork.

Parameters

self

Command object to start

 

anjuta_command_cancel ()

void
anjuta_command_cancel (AnjutaCommand *self);

Cancels a running command.

Parameters

self

Command object.

 

anjuta_command_notify_data_arrived ()

void
anjuta_command_notify_data_arrived (AnjutaCommand *self);

Used by base classes derived from AnjutaCommand to emit the ::data-arrived signal. This method should be used by both base command classes and non-base classes as appropriate.

Parameters

self

Command object.

 

anjuta_command_notify_complete ()

void
anjuta_command_notify_complete (AnjutaCommand *self,
                                guint return_code);

Used by base classes derived from AnjutaCommand to emit the ::command-finished signal. This method should not be used by client code or AnjutaCommand objects that are not base classes.

Parameters

self

Command object

 

return_code

The returned code that is passed to the notify callback

 

anjuta_command_notify_progress ()

void
anjuta_command_notify_progress (AnjutaCommand *self,
                                gfloat progress);

Emits the ::progress signal. Can be used by both base classes and commands as needed.

Parameters

self

Command object.

 

progress

The of the command that is passed to the notify callback

 

anjuta_command_is_running ()

gboolean
anjuta_command_is_running (AnjutaCommand *self);

Parameters

self

Command object.

 

Returns

TRUE if the command is currently running; FALSE otherwise.


anjuta_command_set_error_message ()

void
anjuta_command_set_error_message (AnjutaCommand *self,
                                  const gchar *error_message);

Command objects use this to set error messages when they encounter some kind of failure.

Parameters

self

Command object.

 

error_message

Error message.

 

anjuta_command_get_error_message ()

gchar *
anjuta_command_get_error_message (AnjutaCommand *self);

Get the error message from the command, if there is one. This method is normally used from a ::command-finished handler to report errors to the user when a command finishes.

Parameters

self

Command object.

 

Returns

Error message string that must be freed when no longer needed. If no error is set, return NULL.

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anjuta_command_start_automatic_monitor ()

gboolean
anjuta_command_start_automatic_monitor
                               (AnjutaCommand *self);

Sets up any monitoring needed for commands that should start themselves automatically in response to some event.

Parameters

self

Command object.

 

Returns

TRUE if automatic starting is supported by the command and no errors were encountered; FALSE if automatic starting is unsupported or on error.


anjuta_command_stop_automatic_monitor ()

void
anjuta_command_stop_automatic_monitor (AnjutaCommand *self);

Stops automatic monitoring for self executing commands. For commands that do not support self-starting, this function does nothing.

Parameters

self

Command object.

 

Types and Values

AnjutaCommandPriv

typedef struct _AnjutaCommandPriv AnjutaCommandPriv;

Signal Details

The “command-finished” signal

void
user_function (AnjutaCommand *command,
               guint          return_code,
               gpointer       user_data)

Indicates that the command has completed. Clients should at least handle this signal to unref the command object.

Sublasses that override the method for this signal should chain up to the parent implementation to ensure proper handling of running/not running states.

Parameters

command

Command

 

return_code

The return code of the finished commmand

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run First


The “command-started” signal

void
user_function (AnjutaCommand *anjutacommand,
               gpointer       user_data)

Flags: Run First


The “data-arrived” signal

void
user_function (AnjutaCommand *command,
               gpointer       user_data)

Notifies clients that the command has processed data that is ready to be used.

Parameters

command

Command

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run Last


The “progress” signal

void
user_function (AnjutaCommand *command,
               gfloat         progress,
               gpointer       user_data)

Notifies clients of changes in progress during command execution.

Parameters

command

Command

 

progress

Fraction of the command's task that is complete, between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusive.

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run First

See Also

AnjutaAsyncCommand, AnjutaSyncCommand include libanjuta/anjuta-command.h