Refactor EventDispatcher::tick to allow arbitary timeouts

[libs/core.git] / source / eventdispatcher.h

diff --git a/source/eventdispatcher.h b/source/eventdispatcher.h
index 6f6fe6f72a9455320e8954655eda10f2a01d1dcd..8142b080e2bec9140ddccc1be51ba5f70222fc7c 100644 (file)
--- a/source/eventdispatcher.h
+++ b/source/eventdispatcher.h
@@ -26,10 +26,16 @@ public:
        void remove(Base &);
 
        /**
-       Checks for and dispatches events.  If block is true, will block until events
-       are available.
+       Checks for and dispatches events.  If there are no events available, blocks
+       until there are.
        */
-       void tick(bool =true);
+       void tick();
+
+       /**
+       Checks for and dispatches events.  If there are no events available, waits
+       at most the specified time before returning.
+       */
+       void tick(const Time::TimeDelta &);
 private:
        struct Slot
        {
@@ -46,6 +52,7 @@ private:
 
        void object_events_changed(PollEvent, Base *);
        void object_deleted(Base *);
+       void dispatch();
 };
 
 } // namespace IO