XGetEventData(3) XLIB FUNCTIONS XGetEventData(3)
NAME
XGetEventData, XFreeEventData, XGenericEventCookie - retrieve and free
additional event data through cookies.
SYNTAX
Bool XGetEventData(Display *display, XGenericEventCookie *cookie);
void XFreeEventData(Display *display, XGenericEventCookie *cookie);
ARGUMENTS
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
cookie Specifies the cookie to free or retrieve the data for.
STRUCTURES
typedef struct {
int type;
unsigned long serial;
Bool send_event;
Display *display;
int extension;
int evtype;
unsigned int cookie;
void *data;
} XGenericEventCookie;
DESCRIPTION
Some extension XGenericEvents require additional memory to store infor-
mation. For these events, the library returns a XGenericEventCookie
with a token ('cookie') unique to this event. The XGenericEventCookie's
data pointer is undefined until XGetEventData is called.
The XGetEventData function retrieves this extra data for the given
cookie. No round-trip to the server is required. If the cookie is in-
valid or the event is not an event handled by cookie handlers, False is
returned. If XGetEventData returns True, the cookie's data pointer
points to the memory containing the event information. A client must
call XFreeEventData to free this memory. XGetEventData returns False
for multiple calls for the same event cookie.
The XFreeEventData function frees the data associated with a cookie. A
client must call XFreeEventData for each cookie claimed with XGetEvent-
Data.
EXAMPLE CODE
XEvent event;
XGenericEventCookie *cookie = &ev;
XNextEvent(display, &event);
if (XGetEventData(display, cookie)) {
handle_cookie_event(cookie->data);
} else
handle_event(&event);
}
XFreeEventData(display, cookie);
NOTES
A cookie is defined as unclaimed if it has been returned to the client
through XNextEvent but its data has not been retrieved via XGetEvent-
Data. Subsequent calls to XNextEvent may free memory associated with
unclaimed cookies. Multi-threaded X clients must ensure that XGetEvent-
Data is called before the next call to XNextEvent.
SEE ALSO
XNextEvent(3),
Xlib - C Language X Interface
X Version 11 libX11 1.8.12 XGetEventData(3)
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