Advanced signal/slot usage

GrahamL

Hi
Suppose I have 2 classes A and B

Class B has a signal
Class A has a slot designed to handle B's signal
Now what I want to do is to arrange things such that class A connects its slot to ALL instances of B
Is it possible?

Any ideas are appreciated

Thanks

p3c0

Hi,
Is this what you want to do ?

@Class A {

ClassB *b = new ClassB(this);
connect(b,SIGNAL(signalfromb()),this,SLOT(CallSlotOfA()));

};
@

So whenever signal gets emitted from any particular instance of B it will call class A's slot viz. CallSlotOfA().

raven-worx

[quote author="p3c0" date="1379402708"]
Is this what you want to do ?
[/quote]
i don't think so, but i may be wrong either :)

If i got you right GrahamL you want to connect your signal to all current instances in the memory?
This is only possible if you have them specified as childs.

Something like this:
@
A::connectAllSignalsToBInstances()
{
QList<B*> objectList = this->findChildren<B*>();
foreach( B* b, objectList )
connect(b,SIGNAL(signal()),this,SLOT(slot()));
}
@

thEClaw

Can you make a signal or a slot static? I never tried. But if you can, there might be a simple solution to this.

Another idea would be to create the connection within the constructor of B. Would that be a possibility for you?

raven-worx

[quote author="thEClaw" date="1379406246"]Can you make a signal or a slot static? I never tried. But if you can, there might be a simple solution to this.[/quote]
No that's not possible.

GrahamL

Thanks everyone
I think I need to revist my design!