from MessengerGlobal import *
from DirectNotifyGlobal import *

class DirectObject:
    """
    This is the class that all Direct/SAL classes should inherit from
    """
    #def __del__(self):
        # print "Destructing: ", self.__class__.__name__
        
        # This is really old and we really should not be relying on it
        # One day I'll see if anybody still needs this
	#try: 
	#    self.cleanup()
	#except AttributeError:
	#    # No cleanup() method defined
        #    pass

    # Event Handling

    # object.accept('mouse', object.handleMouse)
    # object.accept('mouse', object.handleMouse, [1,2])
    
    def accept(self, event, method, extraArgs=[]):
        messenger.accept(event, self, method, extraArgs, 1)
    def acceptOnce(self, event, method, extraArgs=[]):
        messenger.accept(event, self, method, extraArgs, 0)
    def ignore(self, event):
        messenger.ignore(event, self)
    def ignoreAll(self):
        messenger.ignoreAll(self)
    def isAccepting(self, event):
        return messenger.isAccepting(event, self)
    def isIgnoring(self, event):
        return messenger.isIgnoring(event, self)