dbus/gobject_service.py

   1 """Support code for implementing D-Bus services via GObjects."""
   2
   3 # Copyright (C) 2007 Collabora Ltd. <http://www.collabora.co.uk/>
   4 #
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  20
  21 import gobject
  22 import dbus.service
  23
  24 class ExportedGObjectType(dbus.service.InterfaceType, gobject.GObjectMeta):
  25     """A metaclass which inherits from both GObjectMeta and
  26     `dbus.service.InterfaceType`. Used as the metaclass for `ExportedGObject`.
  27     """
  28
  29 class ExportedGObject(dbus.service.Object, gobject.GObject):
  30     """A GObject which is exported on the D-Bus.
  31
  32     Because GObject and `dbus.service.Object` both have custom metaclasses,
  33     the naive approach using simple multiple inheritance won't work. This
  34     class has `ExportedGObjectType` as its metaclass, which is sufficient
  35     to make it work correctly.
  36     """
  37     __metaclass__ = ExportedGObjectType