darling-dbuskit/Headers/DKProxy.h
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/** Interface for the DKProxy class representing D-Bus objects on the
GNUstep side.
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by: Niels Grewe <niels.grewe@halbordnung.de>
Created: May 2010
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Library General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
Boston, MA 02111 USA.
*/
#import <Foundation/NSProxy.h>
#import <DBusKit/DKPort.h>
@class DKEndpoint, DKInterface, NSCondition, NSLock, NSString, NSMapTable, NSMutableArray, NSMutableDictionary;
@protocol NSCoding;
typedef NSInteger DKProxyState;
/**
* The DKProxy class is used to send messages to D-Bus objects. Usually, you
* don't create them yourself but by using the DKPort and NSConnection classes.
*/
@interface DKProxy: NSProxy <NSCoding>
{
@private
/**
* The (remote) port object used for communication with D-Bus.
*/
DKPort *port;
/**
* The object path identifying the object proxied.
*/
NSString *path;
/**
*
*/
NSMutableDictionary *interfaces;
/**
* The name->child dictionary of all direct children of the node.
*/
NSMutableDictionary *children;
/**
* A reference to the interface that is marked active and will be preferred
* for method resolution.
*/
DKInterface *activeInterface;
@protected
/**
* The lock protecting modifications to the tables.
*/
NSLock *tableLock;
/**
* The condition object ensures that state changes in the proxy can be
* conducted in a synchronized manner.
*/
NSCondition *condition;
/**
* Identifies the present state of the proxy.
*/
DKProxyState state;
}
+ (id) proxyWithPort: (DKPort*)aPort
path: (NSString*)aPath;
+ (id) proxyWithService: (NSString*)aService
path: (NSString*)aPath
bus: (DKDBusBusType)type;
- (id) initWithPort: (DKPort*)aPort
path: (NSString*)aPath;
- (id) initWithService: (NSString*)aService
path: (NSString*)aPath
bus: (DKDBusBusType)type;
- (id) initWithEndpoint: (DKEndpoint*)anEndpoint
andService: (NSString*)aService
andPath: (NSString*)aPath;
/**
* Checks whether the to proxies are attached to the same D-Bus service.
*/
- (BOOL) hasSameScopeAs: (DKProxy*)aProxy;
/**
* D-Bus allows identically named methods to appear in multiple interfaces. By
* default and in accordance with the D-Bus specification, DKProxy will call the
* first available implementation unless you specify the interface. If you
* usually call methods from a specific interface, you can designate the
* interface as the primary one by calling -setPrimaryDBusInterface:.
*/
- (void)setPrimaryDBusInterface: (NSString*)anInterface;
@end
extern NSString* DKBusDisconnectedNotification;
extern NSString* DKBusReconnectedNotification;
/**
* The DKDBus class exposes the D-Bus objects specifically (i.e. the
* "org.freedesktop.DBus" service). The instances returned by this class are
* shared objects: Calling -setPrimaryDBusInterface: on them has no effect.
*
* DKDBus instances also emit notifications about the state of the bus they
* represent. An application can watch for a
* <code>DKBusDisconnectedNotification</code> and
* <code>DKBusReconnectedNotification</code> to be notified about state changes
* for the bus.
*/
@interface DKDBus: DKProxy
{
/**
* The isDisconnected flag is set by a bus object that experiences a bus
* failure and tries to reconnect to the bus.
*/
BOOL isDisconnected;
}
/**
* Returns a reference to the org.freedesktop.DBus service on the bus specified
* by type.
*/
+(id)busWithBusType: (DKDBusBusType)type;
/**
* Returns a reference to the org.freedesktop.DBus service on the session
* message bus.
*/
+(id)sessionBus;
/**
* Returns a reference to the org.freedesktop.DBus service on the system
* message bus.
*/
+(id)systemBus;
@end