COMMON: Add method in EventManager to clear the event queue

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/EventDispatcher.cpp b/common/EventDispatcher.cpp
index 2650d795b7..b81db6ff19 100644
--- a/common/EventDispatcher.cpp
+++ b/common/EventDispatcher.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@ void EventDispatcher::dispatch() {
 	}
 }
 
+void EventDispatcher::clearEvents() {
+	Event event;
+
+	for (List<SourceEntry>::iterator i = _sources.begin(); i != _sources.end(); ++i) {
+		while (i->source->pollEvent(event)) {}
+	}
+
+	List<Event> delayedEvents = _mapper->getDelayedEvents();
+}
+
+
 void EventDispatcher::registerMapper(EventMapper *mapper, bool autoFree) {
 	if (_autoFreeMapper) {
 		delete _mapper;
diff --git a/common/events.h b/common/events.h
index 484564e3db..21a65a642b 100644
--- a/common/events.h
+++ b/common/events.h
@@ -282,6 +282,12 @@ public:
 	void dispatch();
 
 	/**
+	 * Clear all events currently in the event queue.
+	 * The cleared events are not dispatched and are simply discarded.
+	 */
+	void clearEvents();
+
+	/**
 	 * Registers an event mapper with the dispatcher.
 	 *
 	 * The ownership of the "mapper" variable will pass