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20 #ifndef __pbd_controllable_h__
21 #define __pbd_controllable_h__
27 #include "pbd/libpbd_visibility.h"
28 #include "pbd/signals.h"
29 #include <glibmm/threads.h>
31 #include "pbd/statefuldestructible.h"
40 /** This is a pure virtual class to represent a scalar control.
42 * Note that it contains no storage/state for the controllable thing that it
43 * represents. Derived classes must provide set_value()/get_value() methods,
44 * which will involve (somehow) an actual location to store the value.
46 * In essence, this is an interface, not a class.
48 * Without overriding upper() and lower(), a derived class will function
49 * as a control whose value can range between 0 and 1.0.
52 class LIBPBD_API Controllable : public PBD::StatefulDestructible {
62 Controllable (const std::string& name, Flag f = Flag (0));
63 virtual ~Controllable() { Destroyed (this); }
65 /* We express Controllable values in one of three ways:
66 * 1. `user' --- as presented to the user (e.g. dB, Hz, etc.)
67 * 2. `interface' --- as used in some cases for the UI representation
68 * (in order to make controls behave logarithmically).
69 * 3. `internal' --- as passed to a processor, track, plugin, or whatever.
71 * Note that in some cases user and processor may be the same
72 * (and interface different) e.g. frequency, which is presented
73 * to the user and passed to the processor in linear terms, but
74 * which needs log scaling in the interface.
76 * In other cases, user and interface may be the same (and processor different)
77 * e.g. gain, which is presented to the user in log terms (dB)
78 * but passed to the processor as a linear quantity.
81 /* Within an application, various Controllables might be considered to
82 * be "grouped" in a way that implies that setting 1 of them also
83 * modifies others in the group.
86 enum GroupControlDisposition {
87 InverseGroup, /* set all controls in the same "group" as this one */
88 NoGroup, /* set only this control */
89 UseGroup, /* use group settings to decide which group controls are altered */
90 ForGroup /* this setting is being done *for* the group
91 (i.e. UseGroup was set in the callchain
96 /** Get and Set `internal' value
98 * All derived classes must implement this.
100 * Basic derived classes will ignore @param group_override,
101 * but more sophisticated children, notably those that
102 * proxy the value setting logic via an object that is aware of group
103 * relationships between this control and others, will find it useful.
105 virtual void set_value (double, GroupControlDisposition group_override) = 0;
106 virtual double get_value (void) const = 0;
108 /** Conversions between `internal', 'interface', and 'user' values */
109 virtual double internal_to_interface (double i) const {return (i-lower())/(upper() - lower());} //by default, the interface range is just a linear interpolation between lower and upper values
110 virtual double interface_to_internal (double i) const {return lower() + i*(upper() - lower());}
111 virtual double internal_to_user (double i) const {return i;} //by default the internal value is the same as the user value
112 virtual double user_to_internal (double i) const {return i;} //by default the internal value is the same as the user value
114 /** Get and Set `interface' value (typically, fraction of knob travel) */
115 virtual float get_interface() const { return (internal_to_interface(get_value())); }
116 virtual void set_interface (float fraction) { fraction = min( max(0.0f, fraction), 1.0f); set_value(interface_to_internal(fraction), NoGroup); }
118 /** Get and Set `user' value ( dB or milliseconds, etc. This MIGHT be the same as the internal value, but in a few cases it is not ) */
119 virtual float get_user() const { return (internal_to_user(get_value())); }
120 virtual void set_user (float user_v) { set_value(user_to_internal(user_v), NoGroup); }
121 virtual std::string get_user_string() const { return std::string(); }
123 PBD::Signal0<void> LearningFinished;
124 static PBD::Signal3<void,PBD::Controllable*,int,int> CreateBinding;
125 static PBD::Signal1<void,PBD::Controllable*> DeleteBinding;
127 static PBD::Signal1<bool,PBD::Controllable*> StartLearning;
128 static PBD::Signal1<void,PBD::Controllable*> StopLearning;
130 static PBD::Signal1<void,Controllable*> Destroyed;
132 PBD::Signal2<void,bool,PBD::Controllable::GroupControlDisposition> Changed;
134 int set_state (const XMLNode&, int version);
135 XMLNode& get_state ();
137 std::string name() const { return _name; }
139 bool touching () const { return _touching; }
140 void set_touching (bool yn) { _touching = yn; }
142 bool is_toggle() const { return _flags & Toggle; }
143 bool is_gain_like() const { return _flags & GainLike; }
145 virtual double lower() const { return 0.0; }
146 virtual double upper() const { return 1.0; }
147 virtual double normal() const { return 0.0; } //the default value
149 Flag flags() const { return _flags; }
150 void set_flags (Flag f);
152 static Controllable* by_id (const PBD::ID&);
153 static Controllable* by_name (const std::string&);
154 static const std::string xml_node_name;
162 static void add (Controllable&);
163 static void remove (Controllable*);
165 typedef std::set<PBD::Controllable*> Controllables;
166 static Glib::Threads::RWLock registry_lock;
167 static Controllables registry;
170 /* a utility class for the occasions when you need but do not have
174 class LIBPBD_API IgnorableControllable : public Controllable
177 IgnorableControllable () : PBD::Controllable ("ignoreMe") {}
178 ~IgnorableControllable () {}
180 void set_value (double /*v*/, PBD::Controllable::GroupControlDisposition /* group_override */) {}
181 double get_value () const { return 0.0; }
186 #endif /* __pbd_controllable_h__ */