diff -r 000000000000 -r 1918ee327afb demos/browser/autosaver.cpp
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+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
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+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "autosaver.h"
+
+#include <QtCore/QDir>
+#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
+#include <QtCore/QMetaObject>
+#include <QtDebug>
+
+#define AUTOSAVE_IN  1000 * 3  // seconds
+#define MAXWAIT      1000 * 15 // seconds
+
+AutoSaver::AutoSaver(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
+{
+    Q_ASSERT(parent);
+}
+
+AutoSaver::~AutoSaver()
+{
+    if (m_timer.isActive())
+        qWarning() << "AutoSaver: still active when destroyed, changes not saved.";
+}
+
+void AutoSaver::changeOccurred()
+{
+    if (m_firstChange.isNull())
+        m_firstChange.start();
+
+    if (m_firstChange.elapsed() > MAXWAIT) {
+        saveIfNeccessary();
+    } else {
+        m_timer.start(AUTOSAVE_IN, this);
+    }
+}
+
+void AutoSaver::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event)
+{
+    if (event->timerId() == m_timer.timerId()) {
+        saveIfNeccessary();
+    } else {
+        QObject::timerEvent(event);
+    }
+}
+
+void AutoSaver::saveIfNeccessary()
+{
+    if (!m_timer.isActive())
+        return;
+    m_timer.stop();
+    m_firstChange = QTime();
+    if (!QMetaObject::invokeMethod(parent(), "save", Qt::DirectConnection)) {
+        qWarning() << "AutoSaver: error invoking slot save() on parent";
+    }
+}
+