Method OnThreadFinished

src/checkupdates.cpp:155–183

namespace eviacam {

void CheckUpdates::OnThreadFinished(wxCommandEvent& event)
{
	// This event handler translates the event sent from the worker thread,
	// which stores version name using a SetClientData, into a new wxCommandEvent
	// which uses SetString. We need to do so in order to maintain compatibility with
	// wx2.x. There are chances to leak some memory if some THREAD_FINISHED_EVENT are
	// discarded and thus not properly deallocated. 
	// TODO: when wx 3.0 takes over 2.x remove this stuff and send events directly 
	// from the thread using wxQueueEvent. See here for more info:
	// // http://docs.wxwidgets.org/trunk/group__group__funcmacro__events.html#ga0cf60a1ad3a5f1e659f7ae591570f58d

	assert(wxIsMainThread());

	wxCommandEvent eventNew(CHECKUPDATE_FINISHED_EVENT);

	// String
	wxString* msg = static_cast<wxString*>(event.GetClientData());
	eventNew.SetString(wxString(msg->mb_str(wxConvUTF8), wxConvUTF8)); // Take a deep copy of the string
	delete msg;
	
	// Status code
	eventNew.SetInt(event.GetInt());
	
	// Finish processing old event
	event.Skip(true); 

	// Fire new event. Use this instead of wxQueueEvent for wx2.8 compatibility
	wxPostEvent(this, eventNew); 
}

CheckUpdates::CheckUpdates()
: m_threadRunning(false)