1 The system consists of 3 classes of components:
3 1) Network service applications
4 Responsible for reporting the status of the system's network connection(s). May be a KDE app or
5 anything (including a system networking script) that can talk DBus. These are responsible for registering networks with, and updating their status at:
7 2) KDED Module - networkstatus
8 Hub of the system. Implements two DBus interfaces at org.kde.kded /modules/networkstatus,
9 org.kde.Solid.Networking.Service (for use by service applications, above) and
10 org.kde.Solid.Networking.Client (for client apps, below) networkstatus knows of the status of any networks registered with it, which it aggregates and reports the most connected status onwards, to:
12 3) Network client applications {
13 Regular KDE applications which need to use the network. These either listen directly to
14 org.kde.kded /modules/networkstatus' signals, or use the Solid::Networking namespaces' functions and notifier() object to react to
15 network status changes.
18 The KIO library contains a widget, KStatusBarOfflineIndicator, which is
19 intended for use in applications' status bars. This widget shows itself when the system is offline, and
20 hides itself when the system is connected.
23 As well as signalling status changes, Solid::Networking can signal when an app should connect, and should disconnect, based on a ConnectionPolicy setting.
26 kdelibs/solid/solid/networking.*
27 Main client app facing functions
28 kdelibs/kio/kio/ksstatusbarofflineindicator.*
30 kdebase/workspace/solid/networking
31 KDED module, service definition and this file. Test service and client GUI
32 applications which make it easy to simulate network events and observe their
33 effect on a client (which has a queued/autoconnect function with its
34 simulated network usage). Final destination: kdebase/runtime/solid
35 kdebase/workspace/libs/solid/control
36 Library for writing network control applications. Provides the interface
37 for pluggable backends addressing different platforms' networking
38 subsystems. As of KDE 4.0 the control function is incomplete and only the
39 network status reporting functions is completely specified.
40 kdebase/workspace/solid/networkmanager-*
41 Backends for different NetworkManager versions.