bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/common/org/eclipse/swt/internal/Callback.java

package org.eclipse.swt.internal;

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2002 IBM Corp.  All rights reserved.
 * This file is made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
 */

import org.eclipse.swt.*;

/**
 * Instances of this class represent entry points into Java
 * which can be invoked from operating system level callback
 * routines.
 * <p>
 * IMPORTANT: A callback is only valid when invoked on the
 * thread which created it. The results are undefined (and
 * typically bad) when a callback is passed out to the 
 * operating system (or other code) in such a way that the
 * callback is called from a different thread.
 */

public class Callback {
	
	Object object;
	String method, signature;
	int argCount, address;
	boolean isStatic, isArrayBased;

	/* Load the SWT library */
	static {
		Library.loadLibrary ("swt");
	}

/**
 * Constructs a new instance of this class given an object
 * to send the message to, a string naming the method to
 * invoke and an argument count. Note that, if the object
 * is an instance of <code>Class</code> it is assumed that
 * the method is a static method on that class.
 *
 * @param object the object to send the message to
 * @param method the name of the method to invoke
 * @param argCount the number of arguments that the method takes
 */
public Callback (Object object, String method, int argCount) {
	this (object, method, argCount, false);
}

/**
 * Constructs a new instance of this class given an object
 * to send the message to, a string naming the method to
 * invoke, an argument count and a flag indicating whether
 * or not the arguments will be passed in an array. Note 
 * that, if the object is an instance of <code>Class</code>
 * it is assumed that the method is a static method on that
 * class.
 *
 * @param object the object to send the message to
 * @param method the name of the method to invoke
 * @param argCount the number of arguments that the method takes
 * @param isArrayBased <code>true</code> if the arguments should be passed in an array and false otherwise
 */
public Callback (Object object, String method, int argCount, boolean isArrayBased) {

	/* Set the callback fields */
	this.object = object;
	this.method = method;
	this.argCount = argCount;
	isStatic = object instanceof Class;
	this.isArrayBased = isArrayBased;
	
	/* Inline the common cases */
	if (isArrayBased) {
		signature = "([I)I";
	} else {
		switch (argCount) {
			case 0: signature = "()I"; break;
			case 1: signature = "(I)I"; break;
			case 2: signature = "(II)I"; break;
			case 3: signature = "(III)I"; break;
			case 4: signature = "(IIII)I"; break;
			default:
				signature = "(";
				for (int i=0; i<argCount; i++) signature += "I";
				signature += ")I";
		}
	}
	
	/* Bind the address */
	address = bind (this);
}

/**
 * Allocates the native level resources associated with the
 * callback. This method is only invoked from within the
 * constructor for the argument.
 *
 * @param callback the callback to bind
 */
static native synchronized int bind (Callback callback);

/**
 * Releases the native level resources associated with the callback,
 * and removes all references between the callback and
 * other objects. This helps to prevent (bad) application code
 * from accidentally holding onto extraneous garbage.
 */
public void dispose () {
	if (object == null) return;
	unbind (this);
	object = method = signature = null;
	address = 0;
}

/**
 * Returns the address of a block of machine code which will
 * invoke the callback represented by the receiver.
 *
 * @return the callback address
 */
public int getAddress () {
	return address;
}

/**
 * Returns the SWT platform name.
 *
 * @return the platform name of the currently running SWT
 */
public static native String getPlatform ();

/**
 * Indicates whether or not callbacks which are triggered at the
 * native level should cause the messages described by the matching
 * <code>Callback</code> objects to be invoked. This method is used
 * to safely shut down SWT when it is run within environments
 * which can generate spurious events.
 * <p>
 * Note: This should not be called by application code.
 * </p>
 *
 * @param ignore true if callbacks should not be invoked
 */
public static final native synchronized void setEnabled (boolean enable);

/**
 * Returns whether or not callbacks which are triggered at the
 * native level should cause the messages described by the matching
 * <code>Callback</code> objects to be invoked. This method is used
 * to safely shut down SWT when it is run within environments
 * which can generate spurious events.
 * <p>
 * Note: This should not be called by application code.
 * </p>
 *
 * @return true if callbacks should not be invoked
 */
public static final native synchronized boolean getEnabled ();

/**
 * This might be called directly from native code in environments
 * which can generate spurious events. Check before removing it.
 *
 * @deprecated
 *
 * @param ignore true if callbacks should not be invoked
 */
static final void ignoreCallbacks (boolean ignore) {
	setEnabled (!ignore);
} 

/**
 * Immediately wipes out all native level state associated
 * with <em>all</em> callbacks.
 * <p>
 * <b>WARNING:</b> This operation is <em>extremely</em> dangerous,
 * and should never be performed by application code.
 * </p>
 */
public static final native synchronized void reset ();

/**
 * Releases the native level resources associated with the callback.
 *
 * @see #dispose
 */
static final native synchronized void unbind (Callback callback);

}