terminal/backend handshaking, no more polling

[nikiroo-utils.git] / src / jexer / backend / Backend.java

diff --git a/src/jexer/backend/Backend.java b/src/jexer/backend/Backend.java
index 66c7cf3567a1200ec4dc4a54b6bccdd1273f7604..256e9bb84f125353b8cedefb8a33022ad971a819 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jexer/backend/Backend.java
+++ b/src/jexer/backend/Backend.java
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ public abstract class Backend {
      * Subclasses must provide an implementation to get keyboard, mouse, and
      * screen resize events.
      *
+     * @param queue list to append new events to
      * @param timeout maximum amount of time (in millis) to wait for an
      * event.  0 means to return immediately, i.e. perform a poll.
-     * @return events received, or an empty list if the timeout was reached
      */
-    abstract public List<TInputEvent> getEvents(int timeout);
+    abstract public void getEvents(List<TInputEvent> queue, int timeout);
 
     /**
      * Subclasses must provide an implementation that closes sockets,