/*

    Copyright 2004 Bastiaan Veelo

    This file is part of dcouple.

    Dcouple is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    You are free to negociate a different license with the copyright holder.
    
    Dcouple 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 General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with dcouple; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

*/

module dcouple.connect;

private import dcouple.signal;
private import dcouple.slot;

/*! Provides a syntax for connecting signals to slots akin to the Qt syntax:
\code
connect(incomeButton.pressed, moneyInTheBank.up);
\endcode
Alternatively, you can do
\code
incomeButton.pressed.connect(moneyInTheBank.up);	// or:
moneyInTheBank.up.connect(incomeButton.pressed);
\endcode
*/
void connect(GenericSignal signal, GenericSlot slot)
{
	signal.genericConnect(slot);
	//slot.connect(signal);	// superfluous
}
void connect(GenericSlot slot, GenericSignal signal)
{
	signal.genericConnect(slot);
	//slot.connect(signal);	// superfluous
}

/*! Provides a syntax for explicitly disconnecting signals from slots akin to the Qt syntax: 
\code
disconnect(incomeButton.pressed, moneyInTheBank.up);
\endcode
Alternatively, you can do
\code
incomeButton.pressed.disconnect(moneyInTheBank.up);	// or:
moneyInTheBank.up.disconnect(incomeButton.pressed);
\endcode
Note that connections get implicitly disconnected when the sending and/or the receiving end is deleted, and connections may be broken by classes that manage the signals and slots they own.
*/
void disconnect(GenericSignal signal, GenericSlot slot)
{
	signal.genericDisconnect(slot);
	//slot.disconnect(signal);	// superfluous
}
void disconnect(GenericSlot slot, GenericSignal signal)
{
	signal.genericDisconnect(slot);
	//slot.disconnect(signal);	// superfluous
}