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authortoma <toma@283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da>2009-11-25 17:56:58 +0000
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+/*
+ * Watches Inet interfaces
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Tim Jansen <tim@tjansen.de>
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+ * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+#ifndef KINETINTERFACEWATCHER_H
+#define KINETINTERFACEWATCHER_H
+
+#include <kinetinterface.h>
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <qvaluevector.h>
+#include <qcstring.h>
+#include <qstring.h>
+
+
+class KInetInterfaceWatcherPrivate;
+
+
+/**
+ * KInetInterfaceWatcher can watch the state of one or all
+ * of the system's network interfaces.
+ * The watcher will emit the signal @ref changed() when an
+ * interface changed or a interface has been added or removed.
+ *
+ * @author Tim Jansen <tim@tjansen.de>
+ * @short Watches the state of the network interfaces
+ * @see KInetInterface
+ * @since 3.2
+ */
+class KInetInterfaceWatcher : public QObject {
+ Q_OBJECT
+public:
+ /**
+ * Creates a new KInetInterfaceWatcher. Before you can use it,
+ * you must @ref start() it.
+ *
+ * @param interface the name of the interface to watch (e.g.'eth0')
+ * or QString::null to watch all interfaces
+ * @param minInterval the minimum interval between two checks in
+ * seconds. Be careful not to check too often, to
+ * avoid unneccessary wasting of CPU time
+ */
+ KInetInterfaceWatcher(const QString &interface = QString::null,
+ int minInterval = 60);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the name of the interface that is being watched.
+ * @return the name of the interface, or QString::null if all
+ * interfaces are watched
+ */
+ QString interface() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Starts the KInetInterfaceWatcher. It watches either one
+ * or all network interfaces. When one of them changed.
+ * it emits a @ref changed() signal.
+ * @param interface the name of the interface to watch (e.g.'eth0')
+ * or QString::null to watch all interfaces
+ * @param minInterval the minimum interval between two checks in
+ * seconds. Be careful not to check too often, to
+ * avoid unneccessary wasting of CPU time
+ * @see changed()
+ * @see stop()
+ */
+ void start(const QString &interface = QString::null,
+ int minInterval = 60);
+
+ /**
+ * Stops watching the interfaces.
+ * @see start()
+ */
+ void stop();
+
+ /**
+ * Destructor
+ */
+ virtual ~KInetInterfaceWatcher();
+
+signals:
+ /**
+ * Emitted when one or more watched interfaces have changed. The
+ * @p interfaceName is the name of the interface being watched, not
+ * the interface that has changed (because more than one interface
+ * may have changed).
+ * A change occurred, when
+ * @li a new interface has been added (when watching a single interface,
+ * only when an interface of that name has been added)
+ * @li an interface has been removed (when watching a single interface,
+ * only when this interface has been removed)
+ * @li the address or netmask of the interface changed
+ *
+ * No change will be emitted when the broadcast address or destination
+ * address has changed.
+ *
+ * @param interfaceName the name of the interface that is watched,
+ * by the emitter, or QString::null if all
+ * interfaces are being watched
+ * @see start()
+ */
+ void changed(QString interfaceName);
+
+private:
+ KInetInterfaceWatcherPrivate* d;
+};
+
+#endif