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tomo-old/backend.go
Sasha Koshka 2c55824920 Made the clipboard API a bit better
This should work better with the X clipboard system better when I
eventually make use of that.
2023-01-30 00:54:06 -05:00

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package tomo
import "errors"
// Backend represents a connection to a display server, or something similar.
// It is capable of managing an event loop, and creating windows.
type Backend interface {
// Run runs the backend's event loop. It must block until the backend
// experiences a fatal error, or Stop() is called.
Run () (err error)
// Stop stops the backend's event loop.
Stop ()
// Do executes the specified callback within the main thread as soon as
// possible. This method must be safe to call from other threads.
Do (callback func ())
// NewWindow creates a new window with the specified width and height,
// and returns a struct representing it that fulfills the Window
// interface.
NewWindow (width, height int) (window Window, err error)
// Copy puts data into the clipboard.
Copy (Data)
// Paste returns the data currently in the clipboard.
Paste (accept []Mime) (Data)
}
// BackendFactory represents a function capable of constructing a backend
// struct. Any connections should be initialized within this function. If there
// any errors encountered during this process, the function should immediately
// stop, clean up any resources, and return an error.
type BackendFactory func () (backend Backend, err error)
// RegisterBackend registers a backend factory. When an application calls
// tomo.Run(), the first registered backend that does not throw an error will be
// used.
func RegisterBackend (factory BackendFactory) {
factories = append(factories, factory)
}
var factories []BackendFactory
func instantiateBackend () (backend Backend, err error) {
// find a suitable backend
for _, factory := range factories {
backend, err = factory()
if err == nil && backend != nil { return }
}
// if none were found, but there was no error produced, produce an
// error
if err == nil {
err = errors.New("no available backends")
}
return
}