I have a use case when user actions initialise application data at each runtime. To represent that behavior here is my sample code:
SignalSlotChange.h
#ifndef SIGNALSLOTCHANGE_H
#define SIGNALSLOTCHANGE_H
#include <QtGui>
class SignalSlotChange : public QWidget
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
SignalSlotChange(QWidget *parent = 0);
private slots:
void firstCall();
void secondCall();
private:
QPushButton *button;
};
#endif // SIGNALSLOTCHANGE_H
SignalSlotChange.cpp
#include "SignalSlotChange.h"
SignalSlotChange::SignalSlotChange(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent)
{
button = new QPushButton("Messgage", this);
QObject::connect(button, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(firstCall()));
show();
}
void SignalSlotChange::firstCall()
{
QMessageBox::information(this, "SignalSlotChange", "First call", QMessageBox::Ok, QMessageBox::NoButton);
// Change the signal-slot connection to secondCall()
QObject::disconnect(button, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(firstCall()));
QObject::connect(button, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(secondCall()));
}
void SignalSlotChange::secondCall()
{
QMessageBox::information(this, "SignalSlotChange", "Second call", QMessageBox::Ok, QMessageBox::NoButton);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);
SignalSlotChange ssc;
return app.exec();
}
When the button is pressed then the initialising slot firstCall()
is called. It changed the signal-slot connection to secondCall()
for subsequent signals.
The problem with the way I do it is that it is highly coupled and requires that slot knows exact method and signals to change it.
With QObject::sender()
I would know origin of sender but not its signal, and I would know about just one sender which happened to emit that signal.
I can do it with a Boolean first_call
but that would be making a check on Boolean value for all subsequent calls, something which I want to avoid and hence this question.