VizKit::VisualUpdateManager Class Reference

Checking for, prompting for, and downloading available updates for this visualizer. More...

#include <VisualUpdateManager.h>

List of all members.

Static Public Member Functions
static void	dispose (void)
	Disposes the VisualUpdateManager.
static void	checkForUpdate (void)
	Checks to see whether an update for the current visualizer is available online.
static void	getMoreInfoAboutAvailableUpdate (void)
	Launches external application to display more information about available update.
static void	doDownloadAvailableUpdate (void)
	Launches external application to download available update.
static bool	evaluateUpdateInformation (void)
	Evaluates the update information.
Private Member Functions
	VisualUpdateManager ()
	The constructor.
	~VisualUpdateManager ()
	The destructor.
	VisualUpdateManager (const VisualUpdateManager &other)
	Copy constructor.
VisualUpdateManager &	operator= (const VisualUpdateManager &other)
	Assignment operator.
void	launchBrowserToOpenURL (const char *const URL)
	Launches browser application to open remote URL.
Static Private Member Functions
static VisualUpdateManager *	getInstance (void)
	Constructs a VisualUpdateManager.
Private Attributes
VisualString *	updateInformation
	String containing the update information (fetched from VisualConfiguration::kCurrentVersionInformationURL).
VisualString	currentVersionString
	The complete string of the current version.
VisualString	infoURL
	URL pointing to more information about visualizer.
VisualString	downloadURL
	Download URL.
Static Private Attributes
static VisualUpdateManager *	theVisualUpdateManager = NULL
	VisualUpdateManager is a singleton class.

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Detailed Description

Checking for, prompting for, and downloading available updates for this visualizer.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

VisualUpdateManager::VisualUpdateManager

(

)

[private]

The constructor.

VisualUpdateManager is a singleton class. The constructor is private. New instance of class can only be created internally.

VisualUpdateManager::~VisualUpdateManager

(

)

[private]

The destructor.

VisualUpdateManager is a singleton class. The destructor is private. Instance of class can only be destructed internally.

VizKit::VisualUpdateManager::VisualUpdateManager

(

const VisualUpdateManager &

other

)

[private]

Copy constructor.

Parameters:

other

Another VisualNetwork.

Remarks:

Explicitely declared in private section and not implemented to enforce uniqueness of singleton pattern.

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Member Function Documentation

void VisualUpdateManager::checkForUpdate

(

void

)

[static]

Checks to see whether an update for the current visualizer is available online.

Remarks:

The check is not performed if preference VisualPreferences::kCheckForUpdate is set to false.

void VisualUpdateManager::dispose

(

void

)

[static]

Disposes the VisualUpdateManager.

void VisualUpdateManager::doDownloadAvailableUpdate

(

void

)

[static]

Launches external application to download available update.

bool VisualUpdateManager::evaluateUpdateInformation

(

void

)

[static]

Evaluates the update information.

Returns:

True if update is available, false if not.

VisualUpdateManager * VisualUpdateManager::getInstance

(

void

)

[static, private]

Constructs a VisualUpdateManager.

The VisualUpdateManager acts as a singleton. Returns a pointer to the initialised VisualUpdateManager.

Returns:

A pointer to the singleton instance.

void VisualUpdateManager::getMoreInfoAboutAvailableUpdate

(

void

)

[static]

Launches external application to display more information about available update.

void VisualUpdateManager::launchBrowserToOpenURL

(

const char *const

URL

)

[private]

Launches browser application to open remote URL.

VisualUpdateManager& VizKit::VisualUpdateManager::operator=

(

const VisualUpdateManager &

other

)

[private]

Assignment operator.

Remarks:

Explicitely declared in private section and not implemented to enforce uniqueness of singleton pattern.

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Member Data Documentation

VisualString VizKit::VisualUpdateManager::currentVersionString [private]

The complete string of the current version.

VisualString VizKit::VisualUpdateManager::downloadURL [private]

Download URL.

VisualString VizKit::VisualUpdateManager::infoURL [private]

URL pointing to more information about visualizer.

VisualUpdateManager * VisualUpdateManager::theVisualUpdateManager = NULL [static, private]

VisualUpdateManager is a singleton class.

Pointer to private instance is handled internally.

VisualString* VizKit::VisualUpdateManager::updateInformation [private]

String containing the update information (fetched from VisualConfiguration::kCurrentVersionInformationURL).

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• vizkit/source/Tools/VisualUpdateManager.h
• vizkit/source/Tools/VisualUpdateManager.cpp