irrlicht/include/IEventReceiver.h

// Copyright (C) 2002-2007 Nikolaus Gebhardt
// This file is part of the "Irrlicht Engine".
// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in irrlicht.h

#ifndef __I_EVENT_RECEIVER_H_INCLUDED__
#define __I_EVENT_RECEIVER_H_INCLUDED__

#include "ILogger.h"
#include "position2d.h"
#include "Keycodes.h"

namespace irr
{
	//! Enumeration for all event types there are.
	enum EEVENT_TYPE
	{
		//! An event of the graphical user interface.
		/** GUI events are created by the GUI environment or the GUI elements in response
		to mouse or keyboard events. When a GUI element receives an event it will either 
		process it and return true, or pass the event to its parent. If an event is not absorbed
		before it reaches the root element then it will then be passed to the user receiver. */
		EET_GUI_EVENT = 0,

		//! A mouse input event.
		/** Mouse events are created by the device and passed to IrrlichtDevice::postEventFromUser 
		in response to mouse input received from the operating system. 
		Mouse events are first passed to the user receiver, then to the GUI environment (and possibly
		many GUI elements), then finally the input receiving scene manager (and possibly the active
		camera) */
		EET_MOUSE_INPUT_EVENT,

		//! A key input evant.
		/** Keyboard events are also created by the device and passed to IrrlichtDevice::postEventFromUser.
		They take the same path as mouse events. */
		EET_KEY_INPUT_EVENT,

		//! A log event
		/** Log events are only passed to the user receiver if there is one. If they are absorbed by the
		user receiver then no text will be sent to the console. */
		EET_LOG_TEXT_EVENT,

		//! A user event with user data. This is not used by Irrlicht and can be used
		//! to send user specific data though the system.
		EET_USER_EVENT
	};

	//! Enumeration for all mouse input events
	enum EMOUSE_INPUT_EVENT
	{
		//! Left mouse button was pressed down.
		EMIE_LMOUSE_PRESSED_DOWN = 0,

		//! Right mouse button was pressed down.
		EMIE_RMOUSE_PRESSED_DOWN,

		//! Middle mouse button was pressed down.
		EMIE_MMOUSE_PRESSED_DOWN,

		//! Left mouse button was left up.
		EMIE_LMOUSE_LEFT_UP,

		//! Right mouse button was left up.
		EMIE_RMOUSE_LEFT_UP,

		//! Middle mouse button was left up.
		EMIE_MMOUSE_LEFT_UP,

		//! The mouse cursor changed its position.
		EMIE_MOUSE_MOVED,

		//! The mouse wheel was moved. Use Wheel value in event data to find out 
		//! in what direction and how fast.
		EMIE_MOUSE_WHEEL,

		//! No real event. Just for convenience to get number of events
		EMIE_COUNT
	};

	namespace gui
	{

		class IGUIElement;

		//! Enumeration for all events which are sendable by the gui system
		enum EGUI_EVENT_TYPE
		{
			//! A gui element has lost its focus.
			//! GUIEvent.Caller is losing the focus to GUIEvent.Element
			EGET_ELEMENT_FOCUS_LOST = 0,

			//! A gui element has got the focus.
			EGET_ELEMENT_FOCUSED,

			//! A gui element was hovered.
			EGET_ELEMENT_HOVERED,

			//! A hovered gui element was left
			EGET_ELEMENT_LEFT,

			//! A button was clicked.
			EGET_BUTTON_CLICKED,

			//! A scrollbar has changed its position.
			EGET_SCROLL_BAR_CHANGED,

			//! A checkbox has changed its check state.
			EGET_CHECKBOX_CHANGED,

			//! A new item in a listbox was seleted.
			EGET_LISTBOX_CHANGED, 

			//! An item in the listbox was selected, which was already selected.
			EGET_LISTBOX_SELECTED_AGAIN, 

			//! A file has been selected in the file dialog
			EGET_FILE_SELECTED,

			//! A file open dialog has been closed without choosing a file
			EGET_FILE_CHOOSE_DIALOG_CANCELLED,

			//! 'Yes' was clicked on a messagebox
			EGET_MESSAGEBOX_YES,

			//! 'No' was clicked on a messagebox
			EGET_MESSAGEBOX_NO,

			//! 'OK' was clicked on a messagebox
			EGET_MESSAGEBOX_OK,

			//! 'Cancel' was clicked on a messagebox
			EGET_MESSAGEBOX_CANCEL,

			//! In an editbox was pressed 'ENTER'
			EGET_EDITBOX_ENTER,

			//! The tab was changed in an tab control
			EGET_TAB_CHANGED,

			//! A menu item was selected in a (context) menu
			EGET_MENU_ITEM_SELECTED,

			//! The selection in a combo box has been changed
			EGET_COMBO_BOX_CHANGED,

			//! The value of a spin box has changed
			EGET_SPINBOX_CHANGED

		};
	} // end namespace gui


//! SEvents hold information about an event. See irr::IEventReceiver for details on event handling.
struct SEvent
{
	struct SGUIEvent
	{
		//! IGUIElement who called the event
		gui::IGUIElement* Caller;

		//! If the event has something to do with another element, it will be held here.
		gui::IGUIElement* Element;

		//! Type of GUI Event
		gui::EGUI_EVENT_TYPE EventType;

	};

	struct SMouseInput
	{
		//! X position of mouse cursor
		s32 X;

		//! Y position of mouse cursor
		s32 Y;

		//! mouse wheel delta, usually 1.0 or -1.0.
		/** Only valid if event was EMIE_MOUSE_WHEEL */
		f32 Wheel; 

		//! type of mouse event
		EMOUSE_INPUT_EVENT Event;
	};

	struct SKeyInput
	{
		//! Character corresponding to the key (0, if not a character)
		wchar_t Char; 

		//! Key which has been pressed or released
		EKEY_CODE Key; 

		//! if not pressed, then the key was left up
		bool PressedDown; 

		//! true if shift was also pressed
		bool Shift; 

		//! true if ctrl was also pressed
		bool Control; 
	};

	struct SLogEvent
	{
		//! pointer to text which has been logged
		const c8* Text;

		//! log level in which the text has been logged
		ELOG_LEVEL Level;
	};

	struct SUserEvent
	{
		//! Some user specified data as int
		s32 UserData1; 

		//! Another user specified data as int
		s32 UserData2; 

		//! Some user specified data as float
		f32 UserData3; 
	};

	EEVENT_TYPE EventType;
	union
	{
		struct SGUIEvent GUIEvent;
		struct SMouseInput MouseInput;
		struct SKeyInput KeyInput;
		struct SLogEvent LogEvent;
		struct SUserEvent UserEvent;
	};

};

//! Interface of an object which can receive events.
/** Many of the engine's classes inherit IEventReceiver so they are able to process events.
Events usually start at a postEventFromUser function and are passed down through a chain of 
event receivers until OnEvent returns true.
See irr::EEVENT_TYPE for a description of where each type of event starts, and the path it takes
through the system. */
class IEventReceiver
{
public:

	virtual ~IEventReceiver() {};

	//! called if an event happened.
	//! \return Returns true if the event was processed
	virtual bool OnEvent(SEvent event) = 0;
};


} // end namespace irr

#endif