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28 <h2><span class="refentrytitle">Class template signal</span></h2>
29 <p>boost::signal — Safe multicast callback.</p>
31 <h2 xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="refsynopsisdiv-title">Synopsis</h2>
32 <div xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="refsynopsisdiv"><pre class="synopsis"><span class="comment">// In header: <<a class="link" href="../signals/reference.html#header.boost.signal_hpp" title="Header <boost/signal.hpp>">boost/signal.hpp</a>>
34 </span><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> Signature<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> Combiner <span class="special">=</span> <a class="link" href="last_value.html" title="Class template last_value">last_value</a><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">R</span><span class="special">></span><span class="special">,</span>
35 <span class="keyword">typename</span> Group <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> GroupCompare <span class="special">=</span> std::less<span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Group</span><span class="special">></span><span class="special">,</span>
36 <span class="keyword">typename</span> SlotFunction <span class="special">=</span> <a class="link" href="functionN.html" title="Class template functionN">functionN</a><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Signature</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="special">></span>
37 <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="signal.html" title="Class template signal">signal</a> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword">public</span> <a class="link" href="signalN.html" title="Class template signalN">signalN</a><R, T1, T2, ..., TN, Combiner, Group, GroupCompare, SlotFunction>
38 <span class="special">{</span>
39 <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
40 <span class="comment">// <a class="link" href="signal.html#boost.signalconstruct-copy-destruct">construct/copy/destruct</a></span>
41 <a class="link" href="signal.html#idp44102112-bb"><span class="identifier">signal</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">combiner_type</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">combiner_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">,</span>
42 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">group_compare_type</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">group_compare_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
43 <span class="special">}</span><span class="special">;</span></pre></div>
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45 <a name="idp425874992"></a><h2>Description</h2>
46 <p>Class template <a class="link" href="signal.html" title="Class template signal">signal</a> is a thin
47 wrapper around the numbered class templates <a class="link" href="signalN.html" title="Class template signalN">signal0</a>, <a class="link" href="signalN.html" title="Class template signalN">signal1</a>, etc. It accepts a function
48 type with N arguments instead of N separate arguments, and
49 derives from the appropriate <a class="link" href="signalN.html" title="Class template signalN">signalN</a>
51 <p>All functionality of this class template is in its base
52 class <a class="link" href="signalN.html" title="Class template signalN">signalN</a>.</p>
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54 <a name="idp425880672"></a><h3>Template Parameters</h3>
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57 <pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">typename</span> Signature</pre>
60 <li class="listitem"><pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">typename</span> Combiner <span class="special">=</span> <a class="link" href="last_value.html" title="Class template last_value">last_value</a><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">R</span><span class="special">></span></pre></li>
61 <li class="listitem"><pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">typename</span> Group <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">int</span></pre></li>
62 <li class="listitem"><pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">typename</span> GroupCompare <span class="special">=</span> std::less<span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Group</span><span class="special">></span></pre></li>
63 <li class="listitem"><pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">typename</span> SlotFunction <span class="special">=</span> <a class="link" href="functionN.html" title="Class template functionN">functionN</a><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Signature</span><span class="special">></span></pre></li>
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67 <a name="idp425899664"></a><h3>
68 <a name="boost.signalconstruct-copy-destruct"></a><code class="computeroutput">signal</code>
70 construct/copy/destruct</h3>
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72 <pre class="literallayout"><a name="idp44102112-bb"></a><span class="identifier">signal</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">combiner_type</span><span class="special">&</span> combiner <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">combiner_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">,</span>
73 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">group_compare_type</span><span class="special">&</span> compare <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">group_compare_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
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80 <td><p><span class="term">Effects:</span></p></td>
81 <td>Initializes the base class with the given combiner
82 and comparison objects.</td>
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91 <td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2001-2004 Douglas Gregor<p>Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost
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