Added MemFunIgnoreArgs which ignores aditional arguments.

For example connecting a function that takes two arguments
to a signal that emits three arguments:
struct Functor {
    void show(int a, int b);
};
Functor f;
Signal<void, int, int, int> s3;
s3.connect(MemFunIgnoreArgs(f, &Functor::show));

2 files changed, 111 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/FbTk/MemFun.hh b/src/FbTk/MemFun.hh
index 4c834dd..c2c6b20 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/MemFun.hh
+++ b/src/FbTk/MemFun.hh
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ public:
     void operator ()() {
         (m_obj.*m_action)();
     }
-
+    void call() {
+        (m_obj.*m_action)();
+    }
 private:
     Object& m_obj;
     Action m_action;
@@ -133,6 +135,92 @@ MemFun( Object& obj, ReturnType (Object:: *action)(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3) ) {
     return MemFun3<ReturnType, Object, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3>(obj, action);
 }
 
+/// Ignores all arguments
+template <typename ReturnType, typename Object>
+class MemFun0IgnoreArgs: public MemFun0<ReturnType, Object> {
+public:
+    typedef MemFun0<ReturnType, Object> BaseType;
+
+    MemFun0IgnoreArgs(Object& obj,
+                      typename BaseType::Action action):
+        BaseType(obj, action) {
+    }
+
+    template <typename IgnoreType1, typename IgnoreType2, typename IgnoreType3>
+    void operator ()(IgnoreType1&, IgnoreType2&, IgnoreType3&) {
+        BaseType::operator ()();
+    }
+    
+    template <typename IgnoreType1, typename IgnoreType2>
+    void operator ()(IgnoreType1&, IgnoreType2&) {
+        BaseType::operator ()();
+    }
+
+    template <typename IgnoreType1>
+    void operator ()(IgnoreType1&) {
+        BaseType::operator ()();
+    }
+};
+
+/// Ignores second and third argument
+template <typename ReturnType, typename Object, typename Arg1>
+class MemFun1IgnoreArgs: public MemFun1<ReturnType, Object, Arg1> {
+public:
+    typedef MemFun1<ReturnType, Object, Arg1> BaseType;
+
+    MemFun1IgnoreArgs(Object& obj, typename BaseType::Action& action):
+        BaseType(obj, action) {
+    }
+
+    template <typename IgnoreType1, typename IgnoreType2>
+    void operator ()(Arg1 arg1, IgnoreType1&, IgnoreType2&) {
+        BaseType::operator ()(arg1);
+    }
+
+    template <typename IgnoreType>
+    void operator ()(Arg1 arg1, IgnoreType&) {
+        BaseType::operator ()(arg1);
+    }
+};
+
+/// Takes two arguments but ignores the third
+template <typename ReturnType, typename Object, typename Arg1, typename Arg2>
+class MemFun2IgnoreArgs: public MemFun2<ReturnType, Object, Arg1, Arg2> {
+public:
+    typedef MemFun2<ReturnType, Object, Arg1, Arg2> BaseType;
+
+    MemFun2IgnoreArgs(Object& obj, typename BaseType::Action& action):
+        BaseType(obj, action) {
+    }
+
+    template < typename IgnoreType >
+    void operator ()(Arg1 arg1, Arg2 arg2, IgnoreType&) {
+        BaseType::operator ()(arg1, arg2);
+    }
+};
+
+/// Creates functor that ignores all arguments.
+template <typename ReturnType, typename Object>
+MemFun0IgnoreArgs<ReturnType, Object>
+MemFunIgnoreArgs( Object& obj, ReturnType (Object:: *action)() ) {
+    return MemFun0IgnoreArgs<ReturnType, Object>(obj, action);
+}
+
+/// Creates functor that ignores second and third argument.
+template <typename ReturnType, typename Object, typename Arg1>
+MemFun1IgnoreArgs<ReturnType, Object, Arg1>
+MemFunIgnoreArgs( Object& obj, ReturnType (Object:: *action)(Arg1) ) {
+    return MemFun1IgnoreArgs<ReturnType, Object, Arg1>(obj, action);
+}
+
+/// Creates functor that ignores third argument. 
+template <typename ReturnType, typename Object, typename Arg1, typename Arg2>
+MemFun2IgnoreArgs<ReturnType, Object, Arg1, Arg2> 
+MemFunIgnoreArgs( Object& obj, ReturnType (Object:: *action)(Arg1,Arg2) ) {
+    return MemFun2IgnoreArgs<ReturnType, Object, Arg1, Arg2>(obj, action);
+}
+
+
 } // namespace FbTk
 
 #endif // FBTK_MEM_FUN_HH
diff --git a/src/tests/testSignals.cc b/src/tests/testSignals.cc
index 86096bf..6d68d3a 100644
--- a/src/tests/testSignals.cc
+++ b/src/tests/testSignals.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ struct OneArgument {
 };
 
 struct TwoArguments {
-    void operator ()( int value, const string& message ) {
+    template <typename T1, typename T2>
+    void operator ()( const T1& value, const T2& message ) {
         cout << "Two arguments, (1) = " << value << ", (2) = " << message << endl;
     }
 };
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ struct FunctionClass {
     void showMessage( int value, const string& message ) {
         cout << "(" << value << "): " << message << endl;
     }
+    void showMessage2( const string& message1, const string& message2) {
+        cout << "(" << message1 << ", " << message2 << ")" << endl;
+    }
     void threeArgs( int value, const string& str, double pi ) {
         cout << "(" << value << "): " << str << ", pi = " << pi << endl;
     }
@@ -118,4 +122,21 @@ int main() {
     three_args.clear();
     three_args.connect(MemFun(obj, &FunctionClass::threeArgs));
     three_args.emit(9, "nine", 3.141592);
+
+    // Test ignore signals
+    {
+        cout << "----------- Testing ignoring arguments for signal." << endl;
+        using FbTk::MemFunIgnoreArgs;
+        // Create a signal that emits with three arguments, and connect
+        // sinks that takes less than three arguments.
+        Signal<void, string, string, float> more_args;
+        more_args.connect(MemFunIgnoreArgs(obj, &FunctionClass::print));
+        more_args.connect(MemFunIgnoreArgs(obj, &FunctionClass::takeIt));
+        more_args.connect(MemFunIgnoreArgs(obj, &FunctionClass::showMessage2));
+        more_args.emit("This should be visible for takeIt(string)",
+                       "Visible to the two args function.",
+                       2.9);
+
+    }
+
 }