qsharedmemory.h

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#ifndef QSHAREDMEMORY_H
#define QSHAREDMEMORY_H

#include <QtCore/qobject.h>

QT_BEGIN_HEADER

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

QT_MODULE(Core)

#ifndef QT_NO_SHAREDMEMORY

class QSharedMemoryPrivate;

class Q_CORE_EXPORT QSharedMemory : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
    Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(QSharedMemory)

public:
    enum AccessMode
    {
        ReadOnly,
        ReadWrite
    };

    enum SharedMemoryError
    {
        NoError,
        PermissionDenied,
        InvalidSize,
        KeyError,
        AlreadyExists,
        NotFound,
        LockError,
        OutOfResources,
        UnknownError
    };

    QSharedMemory(QObject *parent = 0);
    QSharedMemory(const QString &key, QObject *parent = 0);
    ~QSharedMemory();

    void setKey(const QString &key);
    QString key() const;

    bool create(int size, AccessMode mode = ReadWrite);
    int size() const;

    bool attach(AccessMode mode = ReadWrite);
    bool isAttached() const;
    bool detach();

    void *data();
    const void* constData() const;
    const void *data() const;

#ifndef QT_NO_SYSTEMSEMAPHORE
    bool lock();
    bool unlock();
#endif

    SharedMemoryError error() const;
    QString errorString() const;

private:
    Q_DISABLE_COPY(QSharedMemory)
};

#endif // QT_NO_SHAREDMEMORY

QT_END_NAMESPACE

QT_END_HEADER

#endif // QSHAREDMEMORY_H