TQtTimer.cxx

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// @(#)root/qt:$Id: TQtTimer.cxx 32141 2010-01-28 16:42:30Z bellenot $
// Author: Valeri Fine   23/01/2003

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 * Copyright (C) 2003 by Valeri Fine.                                    *
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#include <qapplication.h>
#include "TQtTimer.h"
#include "TSystem.h"

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// TQtTimer is a singelton singleshot QTimer to awake the ROOT event loop from Qt event loop
//
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

ClassImp(TQtTimer)

TQtTimer *TQtTimer::fgQTimer=0;
//______________________________________________________________________________
void TQtTimer::AwakeRootEvent(){
     // proceess the ROOT events inside of Qt event loop
     gSystem->DispatchOneEvent(kFALSE);
     start(300);
}
//______________________________________________________________________________
TQtTimer * TQtTimer::Create(QObject *parent)
{
   // Create a singelton object TQtTimer
   if (!fgQTimer) {
      fgQTimer = new  TQtTimer(parent);
      fgQTimer->setSingleShot(true);
      connect(fgQTimer,SIGNAL(timeout()),fgQTimer,SLOT(AwakeRootEvent()) );
   }
   return fgQTimer;
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
TQtTimer *TQtTimer::QtTimer()
{
   // Return the singelton TQtTimer object
   return fgQTimer;
}

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