#!/usr/bin/env python ############################################################################# ## ## Copyright (C) 2013 Riverbank Computing Limited ## Copyright (C) 2010 Hans-Peter Jansen . ## Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). ## All rights reserved. ## ## This file is part of the examples of PyQt. ## ## $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$ ## Commercial Usage ## Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this file in ## accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the ## Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in ## a written agreement between you and Nokia. ## ## GNU Lesser General Public License Usage ## Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser ## General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software ## Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the ## packaging of this file. 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Once the first process has loaded and displayed the image, in the second process, press the button to read the same image from shared memory. The second process displays the same image loaded from its new location in shared memory. The class contains a data member sharedMemory, which is initialized with the key "QSharedMemoryExample" to force all instances of Dialog to access the same shared memory segment. The constructor also connects the clicked() signal from each of the three dialog buttons to the slot function appropriate for handling each button. """ def __init__(self, parent = None): super(Dialog, self).__init__(parent) self.sharedMemory = QSharedMemory('QSharedMemoryExample') self.ui = Ui_Dialog() self.ui.setupUi(self) self.ui.loadFromFileButton.clicked.connect(self.loadFromFile) self.ui.loadFromSharedMemoryButton.clicked.connect(self.loadFromMemory) self.setWindowTitle("SharedMemory Example") def loadFromFile(self): """ This slot function is called when the "Load Image From File..." button is pressed on the firs Dialog process. First, it tests whether the process is already connected to a shared memory segment and, if so, detaches from that segment. This ensures that we always start the example from the beginning if we run it multiple times with the same two Dialog processes. After detaching from an existing shared memory segment, the user is prompted to select an image file. The selected file is loaded into a QImage. The QImage is displayed in the Dialog and streamed into a QBuffer with a QDataStream. Next, it gets a new shared memory segment from the system big enough to hold the image data in the QBuffer, and it locks the segment to prevent the second Dialog process from accessing it. Then it copies the image from the QBuffer into the shared memory segment. Finally, it unlocks the shared memory segment so the second Dialog process can access it. After self function runs, the user is expected to press the "Load Image from Shared Memory" button on the second Dialog process. """ if self.sharedMemory.isAttached(): self.detach() self.ui.label.setText("Select an image file") fileName, _ = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(self, None, None, "Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)") image = QImage() if not image.load(fileName): self.ui.label.setText( "Selected file is not an image, please select another.") return self.ui.label.setPixmap(QPixmap.fromImage(image)) # Load into shared memory. buf = QBuffer() buf.open(QBuffer.ReadWrite) out = QDataStream(buf) out << image size = buf.size() if not self.sharedMemory.create(size): self.ui.label.setText("Unable to create shared memory segment.") return size = min(self.sharedMemory.size(), size) self.sharedMemory.lock() # Copy image data from buf into shared memory area. self.sharedMemory.data()[:size] = buf.data()[:size] self.sharedMemory.unlock() def loadFromMemory(self): """ This slot function is called in the second Dialog process, when the user presses the "Load Image from Shared Memory" button. First, it attaches the process to the shared memory segment created by the first Dialog process. Then it locks the segment for exclusive access, copies the image data from the segment into a QBuffer, and streams the QBuffer into a QImage. Then it unlocks the shared memory segment, detaches from it, and finally displays the QImage in the Dialog. """ if not self.sharedMemory.attach(): self.ui.label.setText( "Unable to attach to shared memory segment.\nLoad an " "image first.") return buf = QBuffer() ins = QDataStream(buf) image = QImage() self.sharedMemory.lock() buf.setData(self.sharedMemory.constData()) buf.open(QBuffer.ReadOnly) ins >> image self.sharedMemory.unlock() self.sharedMemory.detach() self.ui.label.setPixmap(QPixmap.fromImage(image)) def detach(self): """ This private function is called by the destructor to detach the process from its shared memory segment. When the last process detaches from a shared memory segment, the system releases the shared memory. """ if not self.sharedMemory.detach(): self.ui.label.setText("Unable to detach from shared memory.") if __name__ == '__main__': import sys app = QApplication(sys.argv) dialog = Dialog() dialog.show() sys.exit(app.exec_())