pytde/examples/example_dcopext.py

"""
Copyright 2003 Jim Bublitz

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"""

import sys, time
import dcop
import dcopext
from tdecore import TDEApplication, TDECmdLineArgs, KAboutData
from qt import TQString, TQCString



def getAnyApplication (client, appName):
    for qcstring_app in client.registeredApplications ():
        app = str (qcstring_app)
        if app == appName or app.startswith (appName + "-"):
            print app
            print
            objList, ok = client.remoteObjects (app)
            for obj in objList:
                print " ", obj
                funcs, ok = client.remoteFunctions (app, obj)
                for f in funcs:
                    print " ", " ", f
            break


#-------------------- main ------------------------------------------------

description = "A basic application template"
version     = "1.0"
aboutData   = KAboutData ("testdcopext", "testdcopext",\
    version, description, KAboutData.License_GPL,\
    "(C) 2003 whoever the author is")

aboutData.addAuthor ("author1", "whatever they did", "email@somedomain")
aboutData.addAuthor ("author2", "they did something else", "another@email.address")

TDECmdLineArgs.init (sys.argv, aboutData)

TDECmdLineArgs.addCmdLineOptions ([("+files", "File to open")])

app  = TDEApplication ()
dcop = app.dcopClient ()

#getAnyApplication (dcop, "konqueror")
print "--------------------------"
print "The DCOPObjects for kicker:"
d = dcopext.DCOPApp ("kicker", dcop)
objs = d.objects
if objs:
    for obj in objs:
        print obj
o = d.object ("Panel")
methods = o.methods
for method in methods:
    print method
m = o.method ("addNonKDEAppButton")

print "--------------------------"
print "The method"
print o.method
print "--------------------------"
print "Find the method:"
print m.findMethod ()
print "--------------------------"
print "The return type:"
print m.rtype
print "--------------------------"
print "The argument types:"
print m.argtypes
print "--------------------------"
print "The argument names:"
print m.argnames
print "--------------------------"

print
print "get kicker panel size via DCOP"
res = d.Panel.panelSize()
print res, d.Panel.panelSize.valid
print "--------------------------"

print "Call a method that doesn't exist"
res = d.Panel.junk ()
print res
print "--------------------------"

print "See if a non-existent method is valid"
print d.Panel.junk.valid
print
print "--------------------------"

print
print
print "Start a kwrite instance"
errcode, error, dcopService, pid = TDEApplication.startServiceByDesktopName ("kwrite", "")
dcopService = "kwrite-" + str (pid)
print "errcode: %i   error: %s   dcopService: %s  pid: %i" % (errcode, error, dcopService, pid)
print "--------------------------"
time.sleep (2)

o1 = dcopext.DCOPObj (dcopService, dcop, "EditInterface#1")
print "Check if insertLine is a valid function"
print "valid", o1.insertLine.valid
print "--------------------------"
print "insertLine's arg types and names"
print o1.insertLine.argtypes,  o1.insertLine.argnames
print "--------------------------"
print "Insert a line into the kwrite instance we launched"
print "call returns:", o1.insertLine (0, "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party")