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+/**
+ * XMPP - libpurple transport
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009, Jan Kaluza <hanzz@soc.pidgin.im>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#include "spectrumeventloop.h"
+#include "purple.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+#ifdef WITH_LIBEVENT
+#include <event.h>
+#endif
+
+
+using namespace Swift;
+
+// Fires the event's callback and frees the event
+static gboolean processEvent(void *data) {
+	Event *ev = (Event *) data;
+	ev->callback();
+	delete ev;
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+SpectrumEventLoop::SpectrumEventLoop() : m_isRunning(false) {
+	m_loop = NULL;
+	if (true) {
+		m_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
+	}
+#ifdef WITH_LIBEVENT
+	else {
+		/*struct event_base *base = (struct event_base *)*/
+		event_init();
+	}
+#endif
+}
+
+SpectrumEventLoop::~SpectrumEventLoop() {
+	stop();
+}
+
+void SpectrumEventLoop::run() {
+	m_isRunning = true;
+	if (m_loop) {
+		g_main_loop_run(m_loop);
+	}
+#ifdef WITH_LIBEVENT
+	else {
+		event_loop(0);
+	}
+#endif
+}
+
+void SpectrumEventLoop::stop() {
+	if (!m_isRunning)
+		return;
+	if (m_loop) {
+		g_main_loop_quit(m_loop);
+		g_main_loop_unref(m_loop);
+		m_loop = NULL;
+	}
+#ifdef WITH_LIBEVENT
+	else {
+		event_loopexit(NULL);
+	}
+#endif
+}
+
+void SpectrumEventLoop::post(const Event& event) {
+	// pass copy of event to main thread
+	Event *ev = new Event(event.owner, event.callback);
+	purple_timeout_add(0, processEvent, ev);
+}