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#include <QtWidgets>
#include "clockthread.h"

 //This class starts another thread where it emits a signal for every new second.

//! [1]
// clock/clockthread.cpp
void ClockThread::run()
{
    QTimer timer;
    connect(&timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(timerHit()), Qt::DirectConnection);
    timer.setInterval(10);
    timer.start();   // puts one event in the threads event queue
    exec();
    timer.stop();
}

void ClockThread::timerHit()
{
    QString newTime= QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString("ddd MMMM d yy, hh:mm:ss");
    if(m_lastTime != newTime ){
        m_lastTime = newTime;
        emit sendTime(newTime) ;
    }
}
//! [1]