QSocketNotifier: extend API to provide more flexible startup

Technically, having a single constructor limits the use-cases for this
class. We should take into account that:

  - an opened socket descriptor must be available at the moment of
    construction;
  - the constructor unconditionally enables the notifier (the possible
    solution

        notifier = new QSocketNotifier(...);
        notifier->setEnabled(false);

    is suboptimal due to heavy operations inside the event dispatcher);
  - for these reasons, QSocketNotifier most often cannot be a member of
    another class (we have an extra allocation and indirect access).

This patch addresses this shortcoming by making it possible to set the
socket descriptor at a later point:

[ChangeLog][QtCore][QSocketNotifier] Added setSocket() and an additional
constructor which requires no socket.

Change-Id: I2eb2edf33ddafe99e528aac7d3774ade40795e7a
Reviewed-by: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>

2 files changed, 76 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qsocketnotifier.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qsocketnotifier.cpp
index 934727a6ba..0e360342e9 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qsocketnotifier.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qsocketnotifier.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class QSocketNotifierPrivate : public QObjectPrivate
 public:
     QSocketDescriptor sockfd;
     QSocketNotifier::Type sntype;
-    bool snenabled;
+    bool snenabled = false;
 };
 
 /*!
@@ -85,11 +85,16 @@ public:
 
     Once you have opened a device using a low-level (usually
     platform-specific) API, you can create a socket notifier to
-    monitor the file descriptor. The socket notifier is enabled by
-    default, i.e. it emits the activated() signal whenever a socket
-    event corresponding to its type occurs. Connect the activated()
-    signal to the slot you want to be called when an event
-    corresponding to your socket notifier's type occurs.
+    monitor the file descriptor. If the descriptor is passed to the
+    notifier's constructor, the socket notifier is enabled by default,
+    i.e. it emits the activated() signal whenever a socket event
+    corresponding to its type occurs. Connect the activated() signal
+    to the slot you want to be called when an event corresponding to
+    your socket notifier's type occurs.
+
+    You can create a socket notifier with no descriptor assigned. In
+    this case, you should call the setSocket() function after the
+    descriptor has been obtained.
 
     There are three types of socket notifiers: read, write, and
     exception. The type is described by the \l Type enum, and must be
@@ -136,6 +141,29 @@ public:
 */
 
 /*!
+    \since 6.1
+
+    Constructs a socket notifier with the given \a type that has no
+    descriptor assigned. The \a parent argument is passed to QObject's
+    constructor.
+
+    Call the setSocket() function to set the descriptor for monitoring.
+
+    \sa setSocket(), isValid(), isEnabled()
+*/
+
+QSocketNotifier::QSocketNotifier(Type type, QObject *parent)
+    : QObject(*new QSocketNotifierPrivate, parent)
+{
+    Q_D(QSocketNotifier);
+
+    qRegisterMetaType<QSocketDescriptor>();
+    qRegisterMetaType<QSocketNotifier::Type>();
+
+    d->sntype = type;
+}
+
+/*!
     Constructs a socket notifier with the given \a parent. It enables
     the \a socket, and watches for events of the given \a type.
 
@@ -149,15 +177,11 @@ public:
 */
 
 QSocketNotifier::QSocketNotifier(qintptr socket, Type type, QObject *parent)
-    : QObject(*new QSocketNotifierPrivate, parent)
+    : QSocketNotifier(type, parent)
 {
     Q_D(QSocketNotifier);
 
-    qRegisterMetaType<QSocketDescriptor>();
-    qRegisterMetaType<QSocketNotifier::Type>();
-
     d->sockfd = socket;
-    d->sntype = type;
     d->snenabled = true;
 
     auto thisThreadData = d->threadData.loadRelaxed();
@@ -208,11 +232,29 @@ QSocketNotifier::~QSocketNotifier()
     \sa type(), socket()
 */
 
+/*!
+    \since 6.1
+
+    Assigns the \a socket to this notifier. The \a enable argument is
+    passed to the setEnabled() function.
+
+    \sa setEnabled(), isValid()
+*/
+void QSocketNotifier::setSocket(qintptr socket, bool enable)
+{
+    Q_D(QSocketNotifier);
+
+    if (d->sockfd != QSocketDescriptor(socket)) {
+        setEnabled(false);
+        d->sockfd = socket;
+    }
+    setEnabled(enable);
+}
 
 /*!
-    Returns the socket identifier specified to the constructor.
+    Returns the socket identifier assigned to this object.
 
-    \sa type()
+    \sa isValid(), type()
 */
 qintptr QSocketNotifier::socket() const
 {
@@ -232,6 +274,20 @@ QSocketNotifier::Type QSocketNotifier::type() const
 }
 
 /*!
+    \since 6.1
+
+    Returns \c true if the notifier is valid (that is, it has
+    a descriptor assigned); otherwise returns \c false.
+
+    \sa setSocket()
+*/
+bool QSocketNotifier::isValid() const
+{
+    Q_D(const QSocketNotifier);
+    return d->sockfd.isValid();
+}
+
+/*!
     Returns \c true if the notifier is enabled; otherwise returns \c false.
 
     \sa setEnabled()
@@ -246,10 +302,10 @@ bool QSocketNotifier::isEnabled() const
     If \a enable is true, the notifier is enabled; otherwise the notifier
     is disabled.
 
-    The notifier is enabled by default, i.e. it emits the activated()
-    signal whenever a socket event corresponding to its
-    \l{type()}{type} occurs. If it is disabled, it ignores socket
-    events (the same effect as not creating the socket notifier).
+    When the notifier is enabled, it emits the activated() signal whenever
+    a socket event corresponding to its \l{type()}{type} occurs. When it is
+    disabled, it ignores socket events (the same effect as not creating
+    the socket notifier).
 
     Write notifiers should normally be disabled immediately after the
     activated() signal has been emitted
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qsocketnotifier.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qsocketnotifier.h
index b8a5cc542a..fdf11961c3 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qsocketnotifier.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qsocketnotifier.h
@@ -54,12 +54,15 @@ class Q_CORE_EXPORT QSocketNotifier : public QObject
 public:
     enum Type { Read, Write, Exception };
 
+    explicit QSocketNotifier(Type, QObject *parent = nullptr);
     QSocketNotifier(qintptr socket, Type, QObject *parent = nullptr);
     ~QSocketNotifier();
 
+    void setSocket(qintptr socket, bool enable = false);
     qintptr socket() const;
     Type type() const;
 
+    bool isValid() const;
     bool isEnabled() const;
 
 public Q_SLOTS: