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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Christian Mollekopf <chrigi_1@fastmail.fm>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
 * later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
 * successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
 * act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

#pragma once

#include <QObject>
#include <functional>

namespace async {
    /*
     * A helper class to invoke a method in a different thread using the event loop.
     * The ThreadBoundary object must live in the thread where the function should be called.
     */
    class ThreadBoundary : public QObject {
        Q_OBJECT
    public:
        ThreadBoundary();
        virtual ~ThreadBoundary();

        //Call in worker thread
        void callInMainThread(std::function<void()> f) {
            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, "runInMainThread", Qt::QueuedConnection, QGenericReturnArgument(), Q_ARG(std::function<void()>, f));
        }
    public slots:
        //Get's called in main thread by it's eventloop
        void runInMainThread(std::function<void()> f) {
            f();
        }
    };
}