made the names of variables and functions as well as the name of the class itself for Communication more generic

gui_helper.py

@@ -1,55 +1,50 @@
 import tkinter as tk
 import util
 
-# easy way to get data out of window events
-class Window_Interaction_Handler:
-    # constructor
+# easy way to communicate across events
+class Communication:
     def __init__(self):
-        self.__window_interactions = {}
+        self.__messages = {}
 
-    # add a result for an interaction event, saves results in reverse order by default, can optionally call another function
-    def interact(self, name, result, reverse_order=True, additional_action=None, additional_action_parameters=()):
-        if name in self.__window_interactions:
+    # send a message tagged with name and containing content, adds to the beginning of the list of messages with the same tag by default
+    def send(self, name, content, reverse_order=True):
+        if name in self.__messages:
             if reverse_order:
-                self.__window_interactions[name] = [result] + self.__window_interactions[name]
+                self.__messages[name] = [content] + self.__messages[name]
             else:
-                self.__window_interactions[name] = self.__window_interactions[name] + [result]
+                self.__messages[name] = self.__messages[name] + [content]
         else:
-            self.__window_interactions[name] = [result]
+            self.__messages[name] = [content]
 
-        if not additional_action==None:
-            additional_action(*additional_action_parameters)
-
-    # get first result for a given event from the list of results (newest (default) or oldest), removes the returned result from the list by default
-    def get_result(self, name, remove=True):
-        if name in self.__window_interactions and len(self.__window_interactions[name])>0:
+    # get the content of the first message tagged with name, removes the returned message by default
+    def get(self, name, remove=True):
+        if name in self.__messages and len(self.__messages[name])>0:
             if remove:
-                result = self.__window_interactions[name].pop(0)
-                if len(self.__window_interactions[name])==0:
-                    del self.__window_interactions[name]
-                return result
+                content = self.__messages[name].pop(0)
+                if len(self.__messages[name])==0:
+                    del self.__messages[name]
+                return content
             else:
-                return self.__window_interactions[name][0]
+                return self.__messages[name][0]
         else:
             return None
 
-    # get all results for a given event
-    def get_results(self, name, clear=False):
-        if name in self.__window_interactions and len(self.__window_interactions[name])>0:
-            results = self.__window_interactions[name]
+    # get the contents for all messages tagged with name
+    def get_all(self, name, clear=False):
+        if name in self.__messages and len(self.__messages[name])>0:
+            contents = self.__messages[name]
             if clear:
-                del self.__window_interactions[name]
-            return results
+                del self.__messages[name]
+            return contents
 
-    # clear results for a given event
+    # deletes all messages tagged with name
     def clear(self, name):
-        if name in self.__window_interactions:
-            del self.__window_interactions[name]
+        if name in self.__messages:
+            del self.__messages[name]
 
-    # destructor
     def __del__(self):
-        if len(self.__window_interactions)>0:
-            util.warn("__window_interactions not empty upon destruction of Window_Interaction_Handler:\n"+str(self.__window_interactions))
+        if len(self.__messages)>0:
+            util.warn("__messages not empty upon destruction of Communitation object:\n"+str(self.__messages))
 
 
 def not_implemented():