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#include <QtCore>
#include "workerobject.h"

/*
 * represents an object that lives in another thread where it polls a resource
 * and communicates with the gui thread
 */

WorkerObject::WorkerObject(QObject *parent)
    : QObject(parent)
{
    timer = new QTimer(this);
    connect(timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(poll()));
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------
void WorkerObject::doWork()
{

    qDebug() << "doing work in thread " << thread()->currentThreadId() ;
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------
WorkerObject::~WorkerObject()
{
    qDebug() << "destruction WorkerObject in thread " << thread()->currentThreadId();
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------
void WorkerObject::startPolling(int milliseconds)
{
    count=0;
    timer->start(milliseconds);
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------
void WorkerObject::stopPolling()
{
    timer->stop();
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------
void WorkerObject::poll()
{
    qDebug() << QString("timer hit %1").arg(count);
    count++;
}

