Class which stores PixelCanvas refresh event information. More...

#include <PCRefreshEvent.h>

Inheritance diagram for casa::PCRefreshEvent:

Public Member Functions
	PCRefreshEvent (PixelCanvas *pc, const Display::RefreshReason &reason)
	Constructor taking a pointer to the PixelCanvas for which the event is valid, and the reason for the refresh.
virtual	~PCRefreshEvent ()
	Destructor.
virtual Display::RefreshReason	reason () const
	Why did the refresh occur?
Protected Member Functions
	PCRefreshEvent ()
	(Required) default constructor.
	PCRefreshEvent (const PCRefreshEvent &other)
	(Required) copy constructor.
PCRefreshEvent &	operator= (const PCRefreshEvent &other)
	(Required) copy assignment.
Private Attributes
Display::RefreshReason	itsRefreshReason
	Store the reason for the refresh here at construction.

Detailed Description

Class which stores PixelCanvas refresh event information.

Intended use:

Public interface

Review Status

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Etymology

"PCRefreshEvent" is a contraction and concatenation of "PixelCanvas", "Refresh" and "Event", and describes refresh events occuring on PixelCanvases.

Prerequisite

PixelCanvasEvent

Synopsis

This class adds to the information stored in the PixelCanvasEvent class. It adds information describing the reason a refresh event has occurred. An object of this class is generated and distributed to all registered PCRefreshEvent handlers whenever a refresh is explicitly or implicitly generated on a PixelCanvas.

The reason field can be used to minimize the computation required to redraw the screen, or it can be ignored, forcing all elements to be redrawn. The reason for the refresh can be one of the following:

Display::UserCommand

The refresh event was caused by the user explicitly calling the PixelCanvas refresh function.

Display::ColorTableChange

The refresh event was caused by a change in the distribution of colors on the PixelCanvas . Graphical elements that are dependent on colormaps need to be re-drawn. Cached display lists that include colormap-dependent graphical elements must be rebuilt.

Display::ColormapChange

This is a less severe version of the above refresh reason (Display::ColorTableChange), and means that a single Colormap has been modified, but that the overall distribution of colors remains unchanged, ie. other Colormaps in this PixelCanvas' ColorTable are unaffected.

Display::PixelCoordinateChange

The PixelCanvas has changed size. Usually this means the graphics drawn must be translated to a new position (recentered) which can be done by translating all primitives and display lists.

Display::LinearCoordinateChange

The linear coordinate system which is overlaid on the PixelCanvas (normally by a WorldCanvas has changed.

Display::WorldCoordinateChange

The world coordinate system which is overlaid on the PixelCanvas (normally by a WorldCanvas has changed.

Display::BackCopiedToFront

The back buffer has been written to the screen. Only transient graphics drawers should be interested in this refresh reason. Any graphics which are required to be visible over everything else on the PixelCanvas (or WorldCanvas) should catch and respond to this refresh reason. Examples include interactively constructed regions, eg. a zooming box.

Example

Motivation

A compact way of passing refresh event information around the display classes was needed, with a functional but tight and efficient interface.

Thrown Exceptions

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Definition at line 132 of file PCRefreshEvent.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

casa::PCRefreshEvent::PCRefreshEvent	(	PixelCanvas *	pc,
		const Display::RefreshReason &	reason
	)

Constructor taking a pointer to the PixelCanvas for which the event is valid, and the reason for the refresh.

virtual casa::PCRefreshEvent::~PCRefreshEvent ( ) [virtual]

Destructor.

casa::PCRefreshEvent::PCRefreshEvent ( ) [protected]

(Required) default constructor.

casa::PCRefreshEvent::PCRefreshEvent ( const PCRefreshEvent & other ) [protected]

(Required) copy constructor.

Member Function Documentation

PCRefreshEvent& casa::PCRefreshEvent::operator= ( const PCRefreshEvent & other ) [protected]

(Required) copy assignment.

virtual Display::RefreshReason casa::PCRefreshEvent::reason ( ) const [inline, virtual]

Why did the refresh occur?

Definition at line 144 of file PCRefreshEvent.h.

References itsRefreshReason.

Member Data Documentation

Display::RefreshReason casa::PCRefreshEvent::itsRefreshReason [private]

Store the reason for the refresh here at construction.

Definition at line 161 of file PCRefreshEvent.h.

Referenced by reason().

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

code/display/DisplayEvents/PCRefreshEvent.h

Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Private Attributes