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      1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 #ifndef BASE_MESSAGE_LOOP_MESSAGE_PUMP_DISPATCHER_H
      6 #define BASE_MESSAGE_LOOP_MESSAGE_PUMP_DISPATCHER_H
      7 
      8 #include <stdint.h>
      9 
     10 #include "base/base_export.h"
     11 #include "base/event_types.h"
     12 
     13 namespace base {
     14 
     15 // Dispatcher is used during a nested invocation of Run to dispatch events when
     16 // |RunLoop(dispatcher).Run()| is used.  If |RunLoop().Run()| is invoked,
     17 // MessageLoop does not dispatch events (or invoke TranslateMessage), rather
     18 // every message is passed to Dispatcher's Dispatch method for dispatch. It is
     19 // up to the Dispatcher whether or not to dispatch the event.
     20 //
     21 // The nested loop is exited by either posting a quit, or setting the
     22 // POST_DISPATCH_QUIT_LOOP flag on the return value from Dispatch.
     23 class BASE_EXPORT MessagePumpDispatcher {
     24  public:
     25   enum PostDispatchAction {
     26     POST_DISPATCH_NONE = 0x0,
     27     POST_DISPATCH_QUIT_LOOP = 0x1,
     28     POST_DISPATCH_PERFORM_DEFAULT = 0x2,
     29   };
     30 
     31   virtual ~MessagePumpDispatcher() {}
     32 
     33   // Dispatches the event. The return value can have more than one
     34   // PostDispatchAction flags OR'ed together. If POST_DISPATCH_PERFORM_DEFAULT
     35   // is set in the returned value, then the message-pump performs the default
     36   // action. If POST_DISPATCH_QUIT_LOOP is set, in the return value, then the
     37   // nested loop exits immediately.
     38   virtual uint32_t Dispatch(const NativeEvent& event) = 0;
     39 };
     40 
     41 }  // namespace base
     42 
     43 #endif  // BASE_MESSAGE_LOOP_MESSAGE_PUMP_DISPATCHER_H
     44