ThreadedUpdatableWidget.h

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#pragma once

#include <ICLUtils/Macros.h>
#include <QWidget>
#include <QApplication>
#include <QtCore/QEvent>
#include <QtCore/QThread>

namespace icl{
  namespace qt{


    class ThreadedUpdatableWidget : public QWidget{
      public:

      ThreadedUpdatableWidget(QWidget *parent = 0): QWidget(parent){}


      void updateFromOtherThread(){
        if(QThread::currentThread() == QCoreApplication::instance()->thread()){
          update();
        }else{
          QApplication::postEvent(this,new QEvent(QEvent::User),Qt::HighEventPriority);
        }

      }

      virtual bool event ( QEvent * event ){
        ICLASSERT_RETURN_VAL(event,false);
        if(event->type() == QEvent::User){
          update();
          return true;
        }else{
          return QWidget::event(event);
        }
      }
    };

  } // namespace qt
}