<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/xhtml;charset=UTF-8"/> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9"/> <meta name="generator" content="Doxygen 1.8.7"/> <title>libsigc++: Slots</title> <link href="tabs.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="dynsections.js"></script> <link href="doxygen.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="doxygen-extra.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> </head> <body> <div id="top"><!-- do not remove this div, it is closed by doxygen! --> <div id="titlearea"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 56px;"> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"> <div id="projectname">libsigc++  <span id="projectnumber">2.4.0</span> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <!-- end header part --> <!-- Generated by Doxygen 1.8.7 --> <div id="navrow1" class="tabs"> <ul class="tablist"> <li><a href="index.html"><span>Main Page</span></a></li> <li><a href="pages.html"><span>Related Pages</span></a></li> <li><a href="modules.html"><span>Modules</span></a></li> <li><a href="namespaces.html"><span>Namespaces</span></a></li> <li><a href="annotated.html"><span>Classes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div><!-- top --> <div class="header"> <div class="summary"> <a href="#nested-classes">Classes</a> </div> <div class="headertitle"> <div class="title">Slots<div class="ingroups"><a class="el" href="group__sigcfunctors.html">Functors</a></div></div> </div> </div><!--header--> <div class="contents"> <p>Slots are type-safe representations of callback methods and functions. <a href="#details">More...</a></p> <table class="memberdecls"> <tr class="heading"><td colspan="2"><h2 class="groupheader"><a name="nested-classes"></a> Classes</h2></td></tr> <tr class="memitem:"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">struct  </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="structsigc_1_1nil.html">sigc::nil</a></td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">nil struct type. <a href="structsigc_1_1nil.html#details">More...</a><br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">class  </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classsigc_1_1slot.html">sigc::slot< T_return, T_arg1, T_arg2, T_arg3, T_arg4, T_arg5, T_arg6, T_arg7 ></a></td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Convenience wrapper for the numbered <a class="el" href="classsigc_1_1slot.html" title="Convenience wrapper for the numbered sigc::slot# templates. 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class="mdescRight">Converts an arbitrary functor to a unified type which is opaque. <a href="classsigc_1_1slot5.html#details">More...</a><br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">class  </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classsigc_1_1slot6.html">sigc::slot6< T_return, T_arg1, T_arg2, T_arg3, T_arg4, T_arg5, T_arg6 ></a></td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Converts an arbitrary functor to a unified type which is opaque. <a href="classsigc_1_1slot6.html#details">More...</a><br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">class  </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classsigc_1_1slot7.html">sigc::slot7< T_return, T_arg1, T_arg2, T_arg3, T_arg4, T_arg5, T_arg6, T_arg7 ></a></td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Converts an arbitrary functor to a unified type which is opaque. <a href="classsigc_1_1slot7.html#details">More...</a><br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">class  </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classsigc_1_1slot__base.html">sigc::slot_base</a></td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Base type for slots. <a href="classsigc_1_1slot__base.html#details">More...</a><br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> </table> <a name="details" id="details"></a><h2 class="groupheader">Detailed Description</h2> <p>Slots are type-safe representations of callback methods and functions. </p> <p>A Slot can be constructed from any function object or function, regardless of whether it is a global function, a member method, static, or virtual.</p> <p>Use the <a class="el" href="group__mem__fun.html#gadf6b6d22c503b439019f0a2e77352419" title="Creates a functor of type sigc::mem_functor0 which wraps a method. ">sigc::mem_fun()</a> and <a class="el" href="group__ptr__fun.html#ga9c80de72f656fb05e81fda622dddc863" title="Creates a functor of type sigc::pointer_functor0 which wraps an existing non-member function...">sigc::ptr_fun()</a> template functions to get a <a class="el" href="classsigc_1_1slot.html" title="Convenience wrapper for the numbered sigc::slot# templates. ">sigc::slot</a>, like so:</p> <div class="fragment"><div class="line"><a class="code" href="classsigc_1_1slot.html">sigc::slot<void, int></a> sl = <a class="code" href="group__mem__fun.html#gadf6b6d22c503b439019f0a2e77352419">sigc::mem_fun</a>(someobj, &SomeClass::somemethod);</div> </div><!-- fragment --><p>or</p> <div class="fragment"><div class="line"><a class="code" href="classsigc_1_1slot.html">sigc::slot<void, int></a> sl = <a class="code" href="group__ptr__fun.html#ga9c80de72f656fb05e81fda622dddc863">sigc::ptr_fun</a>(&somefunction);</div> </div><!-- fragment --><p>or</p> <div class="fragment"><div class="line">m_Button.signal_clicked().connect( <a class="code" href="group__mem__fun.html#gadf6b6d22c503b439019f0a2e77352419">sigc::mem_fun</a>(*<span class="keyword">this</span>, &MyWindow::on_button_clicked) );</div> </div><!-- fragment --><p>The compiler will complain if SomeClass::somemethod, etc. have the wrong signature.</p> <p>You can also pass slots as method parameters where you might normally pass a function pointer.</p> <p>A C++11 lambda expression is a functor (function object). It is automatically wrapped in a slot, if it is connected to a signal. </p><div class="fragment"><div class="line"><span class="keyword">auto</span> on_response = [&someobj] (<span class="keywordtype">int</span> response_id)</div> <div class="line"> {</div> <div class="line"> someobj.somemethod(response_id);</div> <div class="line"> somefunction(response_id);</div> <div class="line"> };</div> <div class="line">m_Dialog.signal_response().connect(on_response);</div> </div><!-- fragment --><p>If you connect a C++11 lambda expression or a std::function<> instance to a signal or assign it to a slot,</p><ul> <li>if the return type is not void, you must use the <a class="el" href="group__sigcfunctors.html#gadf1ba3cacb09cc5c3c3e399836ec6e50" title="Helper macro, if you want to mix user-defined and third party functors with libsigc++. ">SIGC_FUNCTORS_DEDUCE_RESULT_TYPE_WITH_DECLTYPE</a> macro,</li> <li>if your functor contains references to <a class="el" href="structsigc_1_1trackable.html" title="Base class for objects with auto-disconnection. ">sigc::trackable</a> derived objects, those objects will not be tracked, unless you also use <a class="el" href="group__track__obj.html#ga8fd1ab36d123ff83dd4cd8dc58bb28e2" title="Creates an adaptor of type sigc::track_obj_functor1 which wraps a functor. ">sigc::track_obj()</a>. </li> </ul> </div><!-- contents --> <!-- start footer part --> <hr class="footer"/><address class="footer"><small> Generated on Mon Sep 15 2014 15:59:58 for libsigc++ by  <a href="http://www.doxygen.org/index.html"> <img class="footer" src="doxygen.png" alt="doxygen"/> </a> 1.8.7 </small></address> </body> </html>