pandemonium_engine_minimal/doc/classes/SubProcess.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<class name="SubProcess" inherits="Reference" version="4.2">
<brief_description>
Run and manage sub processes.
</brief_description>
<description>
This class grants acess to run and manage sub processes with more fine grained control compared to OS.execute().
</description>
<tutorials>
</tutorials>
<methods>
<method name="get_data" qualifiers="const">
<return type="String" />
<description>
Returns the data returned by the last [member poll] run.
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_exitcode" qualifiers="const">
<return type="int" />
<description>
Returns the exit code of the process.
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_process_id" qualifiers="const">
<return type="int" />
<description>
Returns the exit code of the running process, or 0.
</description>
</method>
<method name="is_process_running" qualifiers="const">
<return type="bool" />
<description>
Returns whether a subprocess is running.
</description>
</method>
<method name="poll">
<return type="int" enum="Error" />
<description>
Reads from the running process's console output if applicable.
</description>
</method>
<method name="send_data">
<return type="int" enum="Error" />
<argument index="0" name="data" type="String" />
<description>
Pipe data to the running process.
</description>
</method>
<method name="send_signal">
<return type="int" enum="Error" />
<argument index="0" name="signal" type="int" />
<description>
Send a signal to the runnign process.
</description>
</method>
<method name="start">
<return type="int" enum="Error" />
<description>
Start a subprocess according to the properties. Will return ERR_BUSY if something is already running.
If [member blocking] is true, and [member read_output] is also true, the output can be read from [member get_data()] after this method returns.
If [member blocking] is false, and [member read_output] is true, the output can be read (usually line-by-line) from [member get_data()] after every [member poll()] calls.
</description>
</method>
<method name="stop">
<return type="int" enum="Error" />
<description>
Stop the running subprocess.
</description>
</method>
</methods>
<members>
<member name="arguments" type="PoolStringArray" setter="set_arguments" getter="get_arguments" default="PoolStringArray( )">
The arguments that will be passed to the executable.
</member>
<member name="blocking" type="bool" setter="set_blocking" getter="get_blocking" default="false">
Whether to block until the subprocess finishes or not.
</member>
<member name="executable_path" type="String" setter="set_executable_path" getter="get_executable_path" default="&quot;&quot;">
The executable's path that will be run.
</member>
<member name="open_console" type="bool" setter="set_open_console" getter="get_open_console" default="false">
Whether to open a console window or not. Windows only.
</member>
<member name="read_output" type="bool" setter="set_read_output" getter="get_read_output" default="true">
Controls whether to read any output of the subprocess or not.
</member>
<member name="read_std" type="bool" setter="set_read_std" getter="get_read_std" default="true">
Controls whether to read the standard output of the subprocess or not.
</member>
<member name="read_std_err" type="bool" setter="set_read_std_err" getter="get_read_std_err" default="false">
Controls whether to read the standard error output of the subprocess or not.
</member>
<member name="use_pipe_mutex" type="bool" setter="set_use_pipe_mutex" getter="get_use_pipe_mutex" default="false">
Controls whether to use a mutex when reading the output of the subprocess.
</member>
</members>
<constants>
</constants>
</class>