/usr/include/paraview/pqServerLauncher.h

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#ifndef pqServerLauncher_h
#define pqServerLauncher_h

#include <QObject>
#include <QProcess> // needed for QProcess::ProcessError.
#include "pqComponentsModule.h"

class pqServer;
class pqServerConfiguration;
class QDialog;
class QProcessEnvironment;

/// pqServerLauncher manages launching of server process using the details
/// specified in the server configuration.
/// pqServerConfiguration can be simple, i.e the user is expected to launch the
/// pvserver, or complex, i.e. the user is prompted for several options a
/// pvserver process is launched automatically. All this is handled by this
/// class.
///
/// When launching processes or during reverse-connect, this class also shows
/// message box that can be used by the user to abort the waiting for
/// connection.
class PQCOMPONENTS_EXPORT pqServerLauncher : public QObject
{
  Q_OBJECT
  typedef QObject Superclass;
public:
  pqServerLauncher(
    const pqServerConfiguration& configuration,
    QObject* parent=0);
  virtual ~pqServerLauncher();

  /// Custom applications may want to extend the pqServerLauncher to customize
  /// connecting to servers. Such application can set the QMetaObject to use
  /// using this method. If none is set, pqServerLauncher will be created, by
  /// default.
  /// Returns the previous QMetaObject instance set, if any.
  static const QMetaObject* setServerDefaultLauncherType(const QMetaObject*);
  static const QMetaObject* defaultServerLauncherType();

  /// Creates a new instance using the default launcher type specified. If none
  /// is specified, pqServerLauncher is created.
  static pqServerLauncher* newInstance(
    const pqServerConfiguration& configuration, QObject* parent=NULL);

  /// This method will launch the server process based on the configuration and
  /// connect to the server. Returns true if the connection was successful,
  /// otherwise returns false.
  bool connectToServer();

  /// on successful call to connectToServer() this method can be used to obtain
  /// pqServer connection.
  pqServer* connectedServer() const;

protected slots:
  void processFailed(QProcess::ProcessError);
  void readStandardOutput();
  void readStandardError();
  void launchServerForReverseConnection();

protected:
  /// Request the user for user-configurable options, if any. Returns false if
  /// the user cancelled the dialog asking the options. Returns true if there
  /// are not user-configurable options or the user has accepted the values.
  bool promptOptions();

  /// Called when starting a server processes using a command-startup.
  /// Returns true if launch was successful else returns false.
  virtual bool launchServer(bool show_status_dialog);

  /// An utility method to execute a command using a QProcess
  bool processCommand(QString command, double timeout, double delay, const QProcessEnvironment* options = NULL);

  virtual bool connectToPrelaunchedServer();

  bool isReverseConnection() const;

  /// Subclasses can override this method to further customize the dialog being
  /// shown to the user to prompt for options in
  /// pqServerLauncher::promptOptions.
  virtual void prepareDialogForPromptOptions(QDialog&) {}

  /// Provides access to the pqServerConfiguration passed to the constructor.
  /// Note this is clone of the pqServerConfiguration passed to the constuctor and
  /// not the same instance.
  pqServerConfiguration& configuration() const;

  /// Provide access to the QProcessEnvironment.
  QProcessEnvironment& options() const;

  /// Use this method to update the process environment using current user selections.
  virtual void updateOptionsUsingUserSelections();

  /// Subclasses can override this to handle output and error messages from the
  /// QProcess launched for command-startup configurations. Default
  /// implementation simply dumps the text to the debug/error console.
  virtual void handleProcessStandardOutput(const QByteArray& data);
  virtual void handleProcessErrorOutput(const QByteArray& data);

private:
  Q_DISABLE_COPY(pqServerLauncher)

  class pqInternals;
  pqInternals* Internals;
  static const QMetaObject* DefaultServerLauncherType;
};

#endif
paraview-dev 5.0.1+dfsg1-4 / usr / include / paraview / pqServerLauncher.h
