Applibs eventloop.h

Header: #include <applibs/eventloop.h>

The Applibs eventloop header contains functions and types used to monitor and dispatch events.

Concepts and samples

• Defer device updates
• Sample: DeferredUpdate

Functions

Function	Description
EventLoop_Close	Closes an EventLoop object and releases its memory.
EventLoop_Create	Creates an EventLoop object.
EventLoop_GetWaitDescriptor	Gets a file descriptor for an EventLoop.
EventLoop_RegisterIo	Registers an I/O event with an EventLoop.
EventLoop_Run	Runs an EventLoop and dispatches pending events in the caller's thread of execution.
EventLoop_Stop	Stops the EventLoop from running and causes EventLoop_Run to return control to its caller.
EventLoop_UnregisterIo	Unregisters an I/O event from an EventLoop object.
EventLoopIoCallback	The callback invoked by an EventLoop object when a registered I/O event occurs.

Structs

Struct	Description
EventLoop	An object that monitors event sources and dispatches their events to handlers.
EventRegistration	A handle returned when a callback is registered with an event source.

Enums

Enum	Description
EventLoop_IoEvents	A bitmask of the I/O events that can be captured by the EventLoop object.
EventLoop_Run_Result	The possible return values for the EventLoop_Run function.