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Class QSessionManager

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
      extended by com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
          extended by com.trolltech.qt.core.QObject
              extended by com.trolltech.qt.gui.QSessionManager
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QtJambiInterface

public final class QSessionManager
extends QObject

The QSessionManager class provides access to the session manager.

A session manager in a desktop environment (in which Qt GUI applications live) keeps track of a session, which is a group of running applications, each of which has a particular state. The state of an application contains (most notably) the documents the application has open and the position and size of its windows.

The session manager is used to save the session, e.g. when the machine is shut down, and to restore a session, e.g. when the machine is started up. We recommend that you use QSettings to save an individual application's settings, e.g. window positions, recently used files, etc. When the application is restarted by the session manager, you can restore the settings.

QSessionManager provides an interface between the application and the session manager so that the program can work well with the session manager. In Qt, session management requests for action are handled by the two virtual functions QApplication::commitData() and QApplication::saveState(). Both provide a reference to a session manager object as argument, to allow the application to communicate with the session manager. The session manager can only be accessed through these functions.

No user interaction is possible unless the application gets explicit permission from the session manager. You ask for permission by calling allowsInteraction or, if it's really urgent, allowsErrorInteraction. Qt does not enforce this, but the session manager may.

You can try to abort the shutdown process by calling cancel. The default commitData() function does this if some top-level window rejected its closeEvent().

For sophisticated session managers provided on Unix/X11, QSessionManager offers further possibilities to fine-tune an application's session management behavior: setRestartCommand, setDiscardCommand, setRestartHint, setProperty(), requestPhase2. See the respective function descriptions for further details.

See Also:
QApplication, Session Management

Nested Class Summary
static class QSessionManager.RestartHint
          This enum type defines the circumstances under which this application wants to be restarted by the session manager.
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
QSignalEmitter.AbstractSignal, QSignalEmitter.Signal0, QSignalEmitter.Signal1<A>, QSignalEmitter.Signal2<A,B>, QSignalEmitter.Signal3<A,B,C>, QSignalEmitter.Signal4<A,B,C,D>, QSignalEmitter.Signal5<A,B,C,D,E>, QSignalEmitter.Signal6<A,B,C,D,E,F>, QSignalEmitter.Signal7<A,B,C,D,E,F,G>, QSignalEmitter.Signal8<A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H>, QSignalEmitter.Signal9<A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I>
 
Method Summary
 boolean allowsErrorInteraction()
          Returns true if error interaction is permitted; otherwise returns false.
 boolean allowsInteraction()
          Asks the session manager for permission to interact with the user.
 void cancel()
          Tells the session manager to cancel the shutdown process.
 java.util.List<java.lang.String> discardCommand()
          Returns the currently set discard command.
static QSessionManager fromNativePointer(QNativePointer nativePointer)
          This function returns the QSessionManager instance pointed to by nativePointer
 boolean isPhase2()
          Returns true if the session manager is currently performing a second session management phase; otherwise returns false.
 void release()
          Releases the session manager's interaction semaphore after an interaction phase.
 void requestPhase2()
          Requests a second session management phase for the application.
 java.util.List<java.lang.String> restartCommand()
          Returns the currently set restart command.
 QSessionManager.RestartHint restartHint()
          Returns the application's current restart hint.
 java.lang.String sessionId()
          Returns the identifier of the current session.
 java.lang.String sessionKey()
          Returns the session key in the current session.
 void setDiscardCommand(java.util.List<java.lang.String> arg__1)
          Sets the discard command to the given arg__1.
 void setManagerProperty(java.lang.String name, java.util.List<java.lang.String> value)
          Low-level write access to the application's identification and state record are kept in the session manager.
 void setManagerProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)
          Low-level write access to the application's identification and state records are kept in the session manager.
 void setRestartCommand(java.util.List<java.lang.String> arg__1)
          If the session manager is capable of restoring sessions it will execute arg__1 in order to restore the application.
 void setRestartHint(QSessionManager.RestartHint arg__1)
          Sets the application's restart hint to arg__1.
 
Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.core.QObject
blockSignals, childEvent, children, connectSlotsByName, customEvent, disposeLater, dumpObjectInfo, dumpObjectTree, dynamicPropertyNames, event, eventFilter, findChild, findChild, findChild, findChildren, findChildren, findChildren, findChildren, installEventFilter, isWidgetType, killTimer, moveToThread, objectName, parent, property, removeEventFilter, setObjectName, setParent, setProperty, signalsBlocked, startTimer, thread, timerEvent
 
Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
dispose, disposed, finalize, reassignNativeResources, tr, tr, tr
 
Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
disconnect, disconnect, signalSender
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiInterface
disableGarbageCollection, nativeId, nativePointer, reenableGarbageCollection, setJavaOwnership
 

Method Detail

allowsErrorInteraction

public final boolean allowsErrorInteraction()

Returns true if error interaction is permitted; otherwise returns false.

This is similar to allowsInteraction, but also enables the application to tell the user about any errors that occur. Session managers may give error interaction requests higher priority, which means that it is more likely that an error interaction is permitted. However, you are still not guaranteed that the session manager will allow interaction.

See Also:
allowsInteraction, release, cancel

allowsInteraction

public final boolean allowsInteraction()

Asks the session manager for permission to interact with the user. Returns true if interaction is permitted; otherwise returns false.

The rationale behind this mechanism is to make it possible to synchronize user interaction during a shutdown. Advanced session managers may ask all applications simultaneously to commit their data, resulting in a much faster shutdown.

When the interaction is completed we strongly recommend releasing the user interaction semaphore with a call to release. This way, other applications may get the chance to interact with the user while your application is still busy saving data. (The semaphore is implicitly released when the application exits.)

If the user decides to cancel the shutdown process during the interaction phase, you must tell the session manager that this has happened by calling cancel.

Here's an example of how an application's QApplication::commitData() might be implemented:

    void MyApplication::commitData(QSessionManager& manager)
    {
        if (manager.allowsInteraction()) {
            int ret = QMessageBox::warning(
                        mainWindow,
                        tr("My Application"),
                        tr("Save changes to document?"),
                        QMessageBox::Save | QMessageBox::Discard | QMessageBox::Cancel);

            switch (ret) {
            case QMessageBox::Save:
                manager.release();
                if (!saveDocument())
                    manager.cancel();
                break;
            case QMessageBox::Discard:
                break;
            case QMessageBox::Cancel:
            default:
                manager.cancel();
            }
        } else {
            // we did not get permission to interact, then
            // do something reasonable instead
        }
    }

If an error occurred within the application while saving its data, you may want to try allowsErrorInteraction instead.

See Also:
QApplication::commitData, release, cancel

cancel

public final void cancel()

Tells the session manager to cancel the shutdown process. Applications should not call this function without first asking the user.

See Also:
allowsInteraction, allowsErrorInteraction

discardCommand

public final java.util.List<java.lang.String> discardCommand()

Returns the currently set discard command.

To iterate over the list, you can use the foreach pseudo-keyword:

    foreach (QString command, mySession.discardCommand())
        do_something(command);

See Also:
setDiscardCommand, restartCommand, setRestartCommand

isPhase2

public final boolean isPhase2()

Returns true if the session manager is currently performing a second session management phase; otherwise returns false.

See Also:
requestPhase2

release

public final void release()

Releases the session manager's interaction semaphore after an interaction phase.

See Also:
allowsInteraction, allowsErrorInteraction

requestPhase2

public final void requestPhase2()

Requests a second session management phase for the application. The application may then return immediately from the QApplication::commitData() or QApplication::saveState() function, and they will be called again once most or all other applications have finished their session management.

The two phases are useful for applications such as the X11 window manager that need to store information about another application's windows and therefore have to wait until these applications have completed their respective session management tasks.

Note that if another application has requested a second phase it may get called before, simultaneously with, or after your application's second phase.

See Also:
isPhase2

restartCommand

public final java.util.List<java.lang.String> restartCommand()

Returns the currently set restart command.

To iterate over the list, you can use the foreach pseudo-keyword:

    foreach (QString command, mySession.restartCommand())
        do_something(command);

See Also:
setRestartCommand, restartHint

restartHint

public final QSessionManager.RestartHint restartHint()

Returns the application's current restart hint. The default is RestartIfRunning.

See Also:
setRestartHint

sessionId

public final java.lang.String sessionId()

Returns the identifier of the current session.

If the application has been restored from an earlier session, this identifier is the same as it was in that earlier session.

See Also:
sessionKey, QApplication::sessionId

sessionKey

public final java.lang.String sessionKey()

Returns the session key in the current session.

If the application has been restored from an earlier session, this key is the same as it was when the previous session ended.

The session key changes with every call of commitData() or saveState().

See Also:
sessionId, QApplication::sessionKey

setDiscardCommand

public final void setDiscardCommand(java.util.List<java.lang.String> arg__1)

Sets the discard command to the given arg__1.

See Also:
discardCommand, setRestartCommand

setManagerProperty

public final void setManagerProperty(java.lang.String name,
                                     java.util.List<java.lang.String> value)

Low-level write access to the application's identification and state record are kept in the session manager.

The property called name has its value set to the string list value.


setManagerProperty

public final void setManagerProperty(java.lang.String name,
                                     java.lang.String value)

Low-level write access to the application's identification and state records are kept in the session manager.

The property called name has its value set to the string value.


setRestartCommand

public final void setRestartCommand(java.util.List<java.lang.String> arg__1)

If the session manager is capable of restoring sessions it will execute arg__1 in order to restore the application. The command defaults to

    appname -session id

The -session option is mandatory; otherwise QApplication cannot tell whether it has been restored or what the current session identifier is. See QApplication::isSessionRestored() and QApplication::sessionId() for details.

If your application is very simple, it may be possible to store the entire application state in additional command line options. This is usually a very bad idea because command lines are often limited to a few hundred bytes. Instead, use QSettings, or temporary files or a database for this purpose. By marking the data with the unique sessionId, you will be able to restore the application in a future session.

See Also:
restartCommand, setDiscardCommand, setRestartHint

setRestartHint

public final void setRestartHint(QSessionManager.RestartHint arg__1)

Sets the application's restart hint to arg__1. On application startup the hint is set to RestartIfRunning.

Note that these flags are only hints, a session manager may or may not respect them.

We recommend setting the restart hint in QApplication::saveState() because most session managers perform a checkpoint shortly after an application's startup.

See Also:
restartHint

fromNativePointer

public static QSessionManager fromNativePointer(QNativePointer nativePointer)
This function returns the QSessionManager instance pointed to by nativePointer

Parameters:
nativePointer - the QNativePointer of which object should be returned.

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