Hi again.
Quick question regarding the "JUCE" way of communicating data between components. Say I have an OptionsComponent that has a Low / High settings value I want to use in my TargetComponent which can change at any moment. Whats the best way of getting that settings value in TargetComponent?
The JUCE way is using the Observer pattern, or "Listener" in juce parlance. For example, if you want a component to react to a Slider move, you derive it from Slider::Listener and override the sliderValueChanged() method. You get a pointer to the Slider and can ask it for its new value and react accordingly.
Have a look at this tutorial: https://www.juce.com/doc/tutorial_listeners_and_broadcasters
So to clarify. If the value in OptionsComponent changes, the best thing is to send a custom Message with the updated value, have TargetComponent as a listener and handle the message and store the value locally?
Or just call a method.
You only need all this listener/broadcaster stuff if you have dynamic relationships with multiple listeners that come and go, or if you need asynchronous messaging. Otherwise, just use plain old functions.
So send in a reference to the OptionsComponent to the TargetComponent to call?
Sure, if that makes sense in your app. Keep things simple!