Process Class Reference

The Process JavaScript class. Used to launch an external process. More...

Public Slots
int	launch ()
	Launch process. More...
int	launchAndDetach ()
	Launch process and detach it from application. More...
String	commandLine ()
	Fetch command line to be executed in this process. More...
int	errorCode ()
	Fetch error code. More...
String &	errorMessage ()
	Fetch error message. More...
void	terminate ()
	Terminates the process. More...
bool	isAlive ()
	Verify if process is still alive. More...
int	pid ()
	Fetch process PID. More...
void	start (StringList *env=0)
	Starts the process. More...
void	launch (String &buf, StringList *env=0)
	Launches the Process. More...
String	readStdout ()
	Returns the contents of the Standard output file. More...
String	readStderr ()
	Returns the contents of the Standard error file. More...
bool	canReadLineStdout ()
	Returns true if you can read the Standard output file line by line. More...
bool	canReadLineStderr ()
	Retruns true if you can read the Standard error file line by line. More...
String	readLineStdout ()
	Returns the next line of the Standard output file. More...
String	readLineStderr ()
	Returns the next line of the Standard error file. More...
void	tryTerminate ()
	Tries to terminate the process. More...
void	kill ()
	Kills the process. More...
void	writeToStdin (String &buffer)
	Writes to the Standard input file. More...
void	closeStdin ()
	Closes the Standard input file. More...

Signals
void	readyReadStdout ()
void	readyReadStderr ()
void	processExited ()
void	wroteToStdin ()
void	launchFinished ()

Public Member Functions
	Process (int pid)
	Create a new Process. A process created with a pid cannot be launched as it already should have been. terminate() and isAlive() functions can still be called with such a process. More...
	Process (String name,...)
	Create a new Process. More...
	Process (String name, StringList list)
	Create a new Process. More...
	Process (String commandLine)
	Create a new Process. More...
	Process (StringList &args=StringList())
	Create a new Process. More...
StringList	arguments ()
	Returns the arguments for the process. More...
void	setArguments (StringList &arguments)
	Sets the arguments for running the process. More...
String	workingDirectory ()
	Returns the current working directory. More...
void	setWorkingDirectory (String &workingDirectory)
	Sets the current working directory. More...
bool	running ()
	Returns true if the process is running. More...
int	exitStatus ()
	Whether or not running the process was a failure. A non-zero exit status indicates failure. More...

Properties
String	objectName
StringList	arguments
String	workingDirectory
bool	running
int	exitStatus

Detailed Description

The Process JavaScript class. Used to launch an external process.

Processes can be instantiated in the scripting environment.

p1 = new Process( "rndr -t file.rib" );           // create process from single string
p2 = new Process( "rndr", "-t", "file.rib" );     // create process using separate arguments

// Both commands execute same process
p1.launch();
p2.launch();

// Launch a new process and detach it from application.
// Application will not be monitored by script module.
p3 = new Process( "rndr -t file.rib" );
p3.launchAndDetach();

// Create a process from a specified PID.
p4 = new Process( 1234 );

// Verify if process is still alive and terminate it
if ( p4.isAlive() )
{
  p4.terminate();
}

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Process() [1/5]

Process::Process

(

int

pid

)

Create a new Process. A process created with a pid cannot be launched as it already should have been. terminate() and isAlive() functions can still be called with such a process.

Parameters

pid	: PID of already existing process.

Process() [2/5]

Process::Process	(	String	name,
			...
	)

Create a new Process.

Parameters

name	: Path or name of process to execute.
...	: List of arguments.

Process() [3/5]

Process::Process	(	String	name,
		StringList	list
	)

Create a new Process.

Parameters

name	: Path or name of process to execute.
list	: List of arguments.

Process() [4/5]

Process::Process

(

String

commandLine

)

Create a new Process.

Parameters

commandLine

: Entire command line to launch.

Process() [5/5]

Process::Process

(

StringList &

args = StringList()

)

Create a new Process.

Parameters

args	: A StringList of arguments.

Member Function Documentation

arguments()

StringList Process::arguments

(

)

Returns the arguments for the process.

Returns

The arguments for the process.

canReadLineStderr

bool Process::canReadLineStderr ( )

slot

Retruns true if you can read the Standard error file line by line.

Returns

True if you can read the Standard error file line by line.

canReadLineStdout

bool Process::canReadLineStdout ( )

slot

Returns true if you can read the Standard output file line by line.

Returns

True if you can read the Standard output file line by line.

closeStdin

void Process::closeStdin ( )

slot

Closes the Standard input file.

commandLine

String Process::commandLine ( )

slot

Fetch command line to be executed in this process.

Returns

Returns the command line as a single string.

errorCode

int Process::errorCode ( )

slot

Fetch error code.

Returns

Returns the error code. Returns 0 if no error.

errorMessage

String& Process::errorMessage ( )

slot

Fetch error message.

Returns

Returns the error message associated with the error code. Returns an empty string if no error.

exitStatus()

int Process::exitStatus

(

)

Whether or not running the process was a failure. A non-zero exit status indicates failure.

Returns

The exist status.

isAlive

bool Process::isAlive ( )

slot

Verify if process is still alive.

Returns

Returns the state of the process. Returns true if the process is still alive.

kill

void Process::kill ( )

slot

Kills the process.

launch [1/2]

int Process::launch ( )

slot

Launch process.

Returns

Returns any error code. Returns 0 if no error.

launch [2/2]

void Process::launch ( String &  buf, StringList *  env = 0  )

slot

Launches the Process.

Parameters

buf	: The data to write.
env	: The process environment.

launchAndDetach

int Process::launchAndDetach ( )

slot

Launch process and detach it from application.

Returns

Returns any error code. Returns 0 if no error.

launchFinished

void Process::launchFinished ( )

signal

pid

int Process::pid ( )

slot

Fetch process PID.

Returns

Returns the PID. Returns -1 if no process started.

processExited

void Process::processExited ( )

signal

readLineStderr

String Process::readLineStderr ( )

slot

Returns the next line of the Standard error file.

Returns

The next line of the Standard error file.

readLineStdout

String Process::readLineStdout ( )

slot

Returns the next line of the Standard output file.

Returns

The next line of the Standard output file.

readStderr

String Process::readStderr ( )

slot

Returns the contents of the Standard error file.

Returns

The contents of the Standard error file.

readStdout

String Process::readStdout ( )

slot

Returns the contents of the Standard output file.

Returns

The contents of the Standard output file.

readyReadStderr

void Process::readyReadStderr ( )

signal

readyReadStdout

void Process::readyReadStdout ( )

signal

running()

bool Process::running

(

)

Returns true if the process is running.

Returns

True if the process is running.

setArguments()

void Process::setArguments

(

StringList &

arguments

)

Sets the arguments for running the process.

Parameters

arguments

: A StringList of arguments.

setWorkingDirectory()

void Process::setWorkingDirectory

(

String &

workingDirectory

)

Sets the current working directory.

Parameters

workingDirectory

: The path to the desired working directory.

start

void Process::start ( StringList *  env = 0 )

slot

Starts the process.

Parameters

env	: The process environment.

terminate

void Process::terminate ( )

slot

Terminates the process.

tryTerminate

void Process::tryTerminate ( )

slot

Tries to terminate the process.

workingDirectory()

String Process::workingDirectory

(

)

Returns the current working directory.

Returns

The current working directory.

writeToStdin

void Process::writeToStdin ( String &  buffer )

slot

Writes to the Standard input file.

Parameters

buffer

: The data to write.

wroteToStdin

void Process::wroteToStdin ( )

signal

Property Documentation

arguments

StringList Process::arguments

readwrite

exitStatus

int Process::exitStatus

read

objectName

String Process::objectName

running

bool Process::running

read

workingDirectory

String Process::workingDirectory

readwrite