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Chapter 8 \(em Callbacks
.XE
.IN "Destroy Callbacks"
Applications and other widgets often need to register a procedure
with a widget that gets called under certain prespecified conditions.
For example,
when a widget is destroyed,
every procedure on the widget's \fIdestroy_callbacks\fP
list is called to notify clients of the widget's impending doom.
.LP
Every widget has an XtNdestroyCallbacks callback list resource.
Widgets can define additional callback lists as they see fit.
For example, the Pushbutton widget has a callback
list to notify clients when the button has been activated.
.LP
Except where otherwise noted, it is the intent that all Intrinsics
functions may be called at any time, including from within callback
procedures, action routines, and event handlers.

.NH 2
Using Callback Procedure and Callback List Definitions
.XS
\fB\*(SN Using Callback Procedure and Callback List Definitions\fP
.XE
.IN "XtCallbackList"
.IN "XtCallbackProc"
.LP
Callback procedure pointers for use in callback lists are of type
.PN XtCallbackProc .
.LP
.IN "XtCallbackProc" "" "@DEF@"
.sM
.FD 0
typedef void (*XtCallbackProc)(Widget, XtPointer, XtPointer);
.br
      Widget \fIw\fP;
.br
      XtPointer \fIclient_data\fP;
.br
      XtPointer \fIcall_data\fP;
.FN
.IP \fIw\fP 1i
Specifies the widget owning the list in which the callback is registered.
.IP \fIclient_data\fP 1i
Specifies additional data supplied by the client when the procedure
was registered.
.IP \fIcall_data\fP 1i
Specifies any callback-specific data the widget wants to pass to the client.
For example,  when Scrollbar executes its XtNthumbChanged callback list,
it passes the new position of the thumb.
.LP
.eM
The \fIclient_data\fP argument provides a way for the
client registering the callback procedure also to register client-specific data,
for example, a pointer to additional information about the widget, 
a reason for invoking the callback, and so on.
The \fIclient_data\fP value may be NULL
if all necessary information is in the widget.
The \fIcall_data\fP argument is a convenience to avoid having simple
cases where the client could otherwise always call
.PN XtGetValues
or a widget-specific function to retrieve data from the widget.
Widgets should generally avoid putting complex state information 
in \fIcall_data\fP.
The client can use the more general data retrieval methods, if necessary.
.LP
Whenever a client wants to pass a callback list as an argument in an
.PN XtCreateWidget ,
.PN XtSetValues ,
or
.PN XtGetValues
call, it should specify the address
of a NULL-terminated array of type
.PN XtCallbackList .
.IN "XtCallbackList" "" "@DEF@"
.IN "XtCallbackRec" "" "@DEF@"
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typedef struct {
	XtCallbackProc callback;
	XtPointer closure;
} XtCallbackRec, *XtCallbackList;
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.LP
.eM
For example, the callback list for procedures A and B with client data
clientDataA and clientDataB, respectively, is
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static XtCallbackRec callbacks[] = {
	{A, (XtPointer) clientDataA},
	{B, (XtPointer) clientDataB},
	{(XtCallbackProc) NULL, (XtPointer) NULL}
};
.De
.KE
.LP
Although callback lists are passed by address in arglists
and varargs lists,
the \*(xI recognize callback lists
through the widget resource list and will copy the contents
when necessary.
Widget initialize and set_values procedures
should not allocate memory for the callback list contents.
The \*(xI automatically do this,
potentially using a different structure for their
internal representation.

.NH 2
Identifying Callback Lists
.XS
\fB\*(SN Identifying Callback Lists\fP
.XE
.LP
Whenever a widget contains a callback list for use by clients, 
it also exports in its public .h file the resource name of the callback list.
Applications and client widgets never access callback list fields directly.
Instead, they always identify the desired callback list by using the exported
resource name.
All the callback manipulation functions described in this chapter 
except
.PN XtCallCallbackList
check 
to see that the requested callback list is indeed implemented by the widget.
.LP
For the \*(xI to find and correctly handle callback lists,
they must be declared with a resource type of
.PN XtRCallback .
The internal representation of a callback list is
implementation-dependent; widgets may make no assumptions about the
value stored in this resource if it is non-NULL.  Except to compare
the value to NULL (which is equivalent to
.PN XtCallbackStatus
.PN XtCallbackHasNone ),
access to callback list resources must be made
through other \*(xI procedures.

.NH 2
Adding Callback Procedures
.XS
\fB\*(SN Adding Callback Procedures\fP
.XE
.LP
To add a callback procedure to a widget's callback list, use
.PN XtAddCallback .
.LP
.IN "XtAddCallback" "" "@DEF@"
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.FD 0
void XtAddCallback(\fIw\fP, \fIcallback_name, \fP\fIcallback\fP, \
\fIclient_data\fP)
.br
      Widget \fIw\fP;
.br
      String \fIcallback_name\fP;
.br
      XtCallbackProc \fIcallback\fP;
.br
      XtPointer \fIclient_data\fP;
.FN
.IP \fIw\fP 1i
Specifies the widget.  \*(oI
.IP \fIcallback_name\fP 1i
Specifies the callback list to which the procedure is to be appended.
.IP \fIcallback\fP 1i
Specifies the callback procedure.
.IP \fIclient_data\fP 1i
Specifies additional data to be passed to the specified procedure
when it is invoked,
or NULL.
.LP
.eM
A callback will be invoked as many times as it occurs in the callback list.
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To add a list of callback procedures to a given widget's callback list, use
.PN XtAddCallbacks .
.LP
.IN "XtAddCallbacks" "" "@DEF@"
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void XtAddCallbacks(\fIw\fP, \fIcallback_name, \fP\fIcallbacks\fP)
.br
      Widget \fIw\fP;
.br
      String \fIcallback_name\fP;
.br
      XtCallbackList \fIcallbacks\fP;
.FN
.IP \fIw\fP 1i
Specifies the widget.  \*(oI
.IP \fIcallback_name\fP 1i
Specifies the callback list to which the procedures are to be appended.
.IP \fIcallbacks\fP 1i
Specifies the null-terminated list of callback procedures and corresponding
client data.
.LP
.eM
.NH 2
Removing Callback Procedures
.XS
\fB\*(SN Removing Callback Procedures\fP
.XE
.LP
To delete a callback procedure from a widget's callback list, use
.PN XtRemoveCallback .
.LP
.IN "XtRemoveCallback" "" "@DEF@"
.sM
.FD 0
void XtRemoveCallback(\fIw\fP, \fIcallback_name\fP, \fIcallback\fP, \
\fIclient_data\fP)
.br
      Widget \fIw\fP;
.br
      String \fIcallback_name\fP;
.br
      XtCallbackProc \fIcallback\fP;
.br
      XtPointer \fIclient_data\fP;
.FN
.IP \fIw\fP 1i
Specifies the widget.  \*(oI
.IP \fIcallback_name\fP 1i
Specifies the callback list from which the procedure is to be deleted.
.IP \fIcallback\fP 1i
Specifies the callback procedure.
.IP \fIclient_data\fP 1i
Specifies the client data to match with the registered callback entry.
.LP
.eM
The
.PN XtRemoveCallback
function removes a callback only if both the procedure and the client
data match.
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.LP
To delete a list of callback procedures from a given widget's callback list, use
.PN XtRemoveCallbacks .
.LP
.IN "XtRemoveCallbacks" "" "@DEF@"
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.FD 0
void XtRemoveCallbacks(\fIw\fP, \fIcallback_name\fP, \fIcallbacks\fP)
.br
      Widget \fIw\fP;
.br
      String \fIcallback_name\fP;
.br
      XtCallbackList \fIcallbacks\fP;
.FN
.IP \fIw\fP 1i
Specifies the widget.  \*(oI
.IP \fIcallback_name\fP 1i
Specifies the callback list from which the procedures are to be deleted.
.IP \fIcallbacks\fP 1i
Specifies the null-terminated list of callback procedures and corresponding
client data.
.LP
.eM
To delete all callback procedures from a given widget's callback list
and free all storage associated with the callback list, use
.PN XtRemoveAllCallbacks .
.LP
.IN "XtRemoveAllCallbacks" "" "@DEF@"
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.FD 0
void XtRemoveAllCallbacks(\fIw\fP, \fIcallback_name\fP)
.br
      Widget \fIw\fP;
.br
      String \fIcallback_name\fP;
.FN
.IP \fIw\fP 1i
Specifies the widget.  \*(oI
.IP \fIcallback_name\fP 1i
Specifies the callback list to be cleared.
.LP
.eM
.NH 2
Executing Callback Procedures
.XS
\*(SN Executing Callback Procedures
.XE
.LP
To execute the procedures in a given widget's callback list,
specifying the callback list by resource name, use
.PN XtCallCallbacks .
.LP
.IN "XtCallCallbacks" "" "@DEF@"
.sM
.FD 0
void XtCallCallbacks(\fIw\fP, \fIcallback_name\fP, \fIcall_data\fP)
.br
      Widget \fIw\fP;
.br
      String \fIcallback_name\fP;
.br
      XtPointer \fIcall_data\fP;
.FN
.IP \fIw\fP 1i
Specifies the widget.  \*(oI
.IP \fIcallback_name\fP 1i
Specifies the callback list to be executed.
.IP \fIcall_data\fP 1i
Specifies a callback-list-specific data value to pass to each of the callback
procedure in the list, or NULL.
.LP
.eM
.LP
.PN XtCallCallbacks
calls each of the callback procedures in the list
named by \fIcallback_name\fP in the specified widget, passing the client
data registered with the procedure and \fIcall-data\fP.
.sp
.LP
To execute the procedures in a callback list, specifying the callback
list by address, use
.PN XtCallCallbackList .
.LP
.IN "XtCallCallbackList" "" "@DEF@"
.sM
.FD 0
void XtCallCallbackList(\fIwidget\fP, \fIcallbacks\fP, \fIcall_data\fP)
.br
      Widget \fIwidget\fP;
.br
      XtCallbackList \fIcallbacks\fP;
.br
      XtPointer \fIcall_data\fP;
.FN
.IP \fIwidget\fP 1i
Specifies the widget instance that contains the callback list.  \*(oI
.IP \fIcallbacks\fP 1i
Specifies the callback list to be executed.
.IP \fIcall_data\fP 1i
Specifies a callback-list-specific data value to pass
to each of the callback procedures in the list, or NULL.
.LP
.eM
The \fIcallbacks\fP parameter must specify the contents of a widget or
object resource declared with representation type
.PN XtRCallback .
If \fIcallbacks\fP is NULL,
.PN XtCallCallbackList
returns immediately; otherwise it calls each of the callback
procedures in the list, passing the client data and \fIcall_data\fP.

.NH 2
Checking the Status of a Callback List
.XS
\*(SN Checking the Status of a Callback List
.XE
.LP
To find out the status of a given widget's callback list, use
.PN XtHasCallbacks .
.LP
.IN "XtHasCallbacks" "" "@DEF@"
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typedef enum {XtCallbackNoList, XtCallbackHasNone, XtCallbackHasSome} \
XtCallbackStatus;
.sp
XtCallbackStatus XtHasCallbacks(\fIw\fP, \fIcallback_name\fP)
.br
      Widget \fIw\fP;
.br
      String \fIcallback_name\fP;
.FN
.IP \fIw\fP 1i
Specifies the widget.  \*(oI
.IP \fIcallback_name\fP 1i
Specifies the callback list to be checked.
.LP
.eM
The
.PN XtHasCallbacks
function first checks to see if the widget has a callback list identified 
by \fIcallback_name\fP.
If the callback list does not exist,
.PN XtHasCallbacks
returns
.PN XtCallbackNoList .
If the callback list exists but is empty,
it returns
.PN XtCallbackHasNone .
If the callback list exists and has at least one callback registered,
it returns
.PN XtCallbackHasSome .
.bp