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diff --git a/src/user_interface.rs b/src/user_interface.rs
index cb8d05ae..f64fe74b 100644
--- a/src/user_interface.rs
+++ b/src/user_interface.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ use crate::{input::mouse, Column, Element, Event, Layout, MouseCursor, Point};
use std::hash::Hasher;
use stretch::result;
-/// A set of interactive graphical elements with a specific layout.
+/// A set of interactive graphical elements with a specific [`Layout`].
+///
+/// Use this to build, update, and draw your GUI!
+///
+/// Iced tries to avoid dictating how to write your event loop. You are in
+/// charge of integrating Iced in your system in any way you want.
+///
+/// [`Layout`]: struct.Layout.html
pub struct UserInterface<'a, Message, Renderer> {
hash: u64,
root: Element<'a, Message, Renderer>,
@@ -12,11 +19,72 @@ pub struct UserInterface<'a, Message, Renderer> {
}
impl<'a, Message, Renderer> UserInterface<'a, Message, Renderer> {
- pub fn build(
- root: Element<'a, Message, Renderer>,
- renderer: &Renderer,
+ /// Builds a user interface for an [`Element`].
+ ///
+ /// It is able to avoid expensive computations when using a [`Cache`]
+ /// obtained from a previous instance of a [`UserInterface`].
+ ///
+ /// [`Element`]: struct.Element.html
+ /// [`Cache`]: struct.Cache.html
+ /// [`UserInterface`]: struct.UserInterface.html
+ ///
+ /// # Example
+ /// Imagine we want to build a [`UserInterface`] for
+ /// [the counter example that we previously wrote](index.html#usage). Here
+ /// is how we could build our GUI application indefinitely:
+ ///
+ /// ```no_run
+ /// use iced::{UserInterface, Cache};
+ /// use iced_wgpu::Renderer;
+ ///
+ /// # mod iced_wgpu {
+ /// # pub struct Renderer;
+ /// #
+ /// # impl Renderer {
+ /// # pub fn new() -> Self { Renderer }
+ /// # }
+ /// # }
+ /// #
+ /// # use iced::Column;
+ /// #
+ /// # pub struct Counter;
+ /// #
+ /// # impl Counter {
+ /// # pub fn new() -> Self { Counter }
+ /// # pub fn view(&self) -> Column<(), Renderer> {
+ /// # Column::new()
+ /// # }
+ /// # }
+ /// // Initialization
+ /// let mut counter = Counter::new();
+ /// let mut cache = Cache::new();
+ /// let mut renderer = Renderer::new();
+ ///
+ /// // Application loop
+ /// loop {
+ /// // Process system events here...
+ ///
+ /// // Build the user interface
+ /// let user_interface = UserInterface::build(
+ /// counter.view(),
+ /// cache,
+ /// &renderer,
+ /// );
+ ///
+ /// // Update and draw the user interface here...
+ /// // ...
+ ///
+ /// // Obtain the cache for the next iteration
+ /// cache = user_interface.into_cache();
+ /// }
+ /// ```
+ pub fn build<E: Into<Element<'a, Message, Renderer>>>(
+ root: E,
cache: Cache,
+ renderer: &Renderer,
) -> Self {
+ let root = root.into();
+
let hasher = &mut crate::Hasher::default();
root.hash(hasher);
@@ -36,6 +104,68 @@ impl<'a, Message, Renderer> UserInterface<'a, Message, Renderer> {
}
}
+ /// Updates the [`UserInterface`] by processing each provided [`Event`].
+ ///
+ /// It returns __messages__ that may have been produced as a result of user
+ /// interactions. You should feed these to your __update logic__.
+ ///
+ /// [`UserInterface`]: struct.UserInterface.html
+ /// [`Event`]: enum.Event.html
+ ///
+ /// # Example
+ /// Let's allow our [counter](index.html#usage) to change state by completing
+ /// [the previous example](#example):
+ ///
+ /// ```no_run
+ /// use iced::{UserInterface, Cache};
+ /// use iced_wgpu::Renderer;
+ ///
+ /// # mod iced_wgpu {
+ /// # pub struct Renderer;
+ /// #
+ /// # impl Renderer {
+ /// # pub fn new() -> Self { Renderer }
+ /// # }
+ /// # }
+ /// #
+ /// # use iced::Column;
+ /// #
+ /// # pub struct Counter;
+ /// #
+ /// # impl Counter {
+ /// # pub fn new() -> Self { Counter }
+ /// # pub fn view(&self) -> Column<(), Renderer> {
+ /// # Column::new()
+ /// # }
+ /// # pub fn update(&mut self, message: ()) {}
+ /// # }
+ /// let mut counter = Counter::new();
+ /// let mut cache = Cache::new();
+ /// let mut renderer = Renderer::new();
+ ///
+ /// // Initialize our event storage
+ /// let mut events = Vec::new();
+ ///
+ /// loop {
+ /// // Process system events...
+ ///
+ /// let mut user_interface = UserInterface::build(
+ /// counter.view(),
+ /// cache,
+ /// &renderer,
+ /// );
+ ///
+ /// // Update the user interface
+ /// let messages = user_interface.update(events.drain(..));
+ ///
+ /// cache = user_interface.into_cache();
+ ///
+ /// // Process the produced messages
+ /// for message in messages {
+ /// counter.update(message);
+ /// }
+ /// }
+ /// ```
pub fn update(
&mut self,
events: impl Iterator<Item = Event>,
@@ -61,6 +191,71 @@ impl<'a, Message, Renderer> UserInterface<'a, Message, Renderer> {
messages
}
+ /// Draws the [`UserInterface`] with the provided [`Renderer`].
+ ///
+ /// It returns the current state of the [`MouseCursor`]. You should update
+ /// the icon of the mouse cursor accordingly in your system.
+ ///
+ /// [`UserInterface`]: struct.UserInterface.html
+ /// [`Renderer`]: trait.Renderer.html
+ /// [`MouseCursor`]: enum.MouseCursor.html
+ ///
+ /// # Example
+ /// We can finally draw our [counter](index.html#usage) by
+ /// [completing the last example](#example-1):
+ ///
+ /// ```no_run
+ /// use iced::{UserInterface, Cache};
+ /// use iced_wgpu::Renderer;
+ ///
+ /// # mod iced_wgpu {
+ /// # pub struct Renderer;
+ /// #
+ /// # impl Renderer {
+ /// # pub fn new() -> Self { Renderer }
+ /// # }
+ /// # }
+ /// #
+ /// # use iced::Column;
+ /// #
+ /// # pub struct Counter;
+ /// #
+ /// # impl Counter {
+ /// # pub fn new() -> Self { Counter }
+ /// # pub fn view(&self) -> Column<(), Renderer> {
+ /// # Column::new()
+ /// # }
+ /// # pub fn update(&mut self, message: ()) {}
+ /// # }
+ /// let mut counter = Counter::new();
+ /// let mut cache = Cache::new();
+ /// let mut renderer = Renderer::new();
+ /// let mut events = Vec::new();
+ ///
+ /// loop {
+ /// // Process system events...
+ ///
+ /// let mut user_interface = UserInterface::build(
+ /// counter.view(),
+ /// cache,
+ /// &renderer,
+ /// );
+ ///
+ /// let messages = user_interface.update(events.drain(..));
+ ///
+ /// // Draw the user interface
+ /// let mouse_cursor = user_interface.draw(&mut renderer);
+ ///
+ /// cache = user_interface.into_cache();
+ ///
+ /// for message in messages {
+ /// counter.update(message);
+ /// }
+ ///
+ /// // Update mouse cursor icon...
+ /// // Flush rendering operations...
+ /// }
+ /// ```
pub fn draw(&self, renderer: &mut Renderer) -> MouseCursor {
let cursor = self.root.widget.draw(
renderer,
@@ -71,6 +266,11 @@ impl<'a, Message, Renderer> UserInterface<'a, Message, Renderer> {
cursor
}
+ /// Extract the [`Cache`] of the [`UserInterface`], consuming it in the
+ /// process.
+ ///
+ /// [`Cache`]: struct.Cache.html
+ /// [`UserInterface`]: struct.UserInterface.html
pub fn into_cache(self) -> Cache {
Cache {
hash: self.hash,