class DCOPObject

Provides an interface for receiving DCOP messages. More...

Definition#include <dcopobject.h>
Inherited byMyDCOPObject
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Provides an interface for receiving DCOP messages.

This class provides an interface for receiving DCOP messages. To use it, simply multiply-inherit from DCOPObject and from some other class, and then implement the DCOPObject::process() method. Because this method is pure virtual, you must implement the method.

 DCOPObject ()

DCOPObject

Creates a DCOPObject and calculates the object id using its physical memory address.

 DCOPObject (QObject *obj)

DCOPObject

Creates a DCOPObject and calculates the object id using QObject::name().

 DCOPObject (const QCString &objId)

DCOPObject

Creates a DCOPObject with object Id objId.

 ~DCOPObject ()

~DCOPObject

[virtual]

Destroys the DCOPObject and removes it from the map of known objects.

QCString  objId ()

objId

[const]

bool  process (const QCString &fun, const QByteArray &data, QCString& replyType, QByteArray &replyData)

process

[virtual]

Dispatches a message.

Usually you want to use an IDL compiler to automatically generate an implementation for this function.

If this function returns false, then processDynamic() is called.

Note to implementators: remember to call the baseclasses implementation.

Parameters:
funis the normalized function signature. Such a signature usually looks like foobar(QString,int). The return type, qualifiers like "const" etc. are not part of the signature.

See also: DCOPClient::normalizeFunctionSignature(), functions()

bool  processDynamic (const QCString &fun, const QByteArray &data, QCString& replyType, QByteArray &replyData)

processDynamic

[virtual]

This function is of interest when you used an IDL compiler to generate the implementation for process() but you still want to dispatch some functions dynamically. Dynamically means that methods may appear and vanish during runtime.

Returns: false by default.

See also: process(), DCOPClient::normalizeFunctionSignature(), functions()

QCStringList  interfaces ()

interfaces

[virtual]

Returns the names of the interfaces, specific ones last. The functions gets reimplemented by the IDL compiler. If you don't use the IDL compiler, consider implementing this function manually if you want your object to be easily explorable.

See also: functions()

QCStringList  functions ()

functions

[virtual]

Returns the list of functions understood by the object. It gets reimplemented by the IDL compiler. If you don't use the IDL compiler, consider implementing this function manually if you want your object to be easily scriptable.

Rationale: functions() allows an interpreter to do client-side type-casting properly.

Note to implementators: remember to call the baseclasses implementation.

See also: process(), processDynamic(), DCOPClient::normalizeFunctionSignature()

bool  hasObject (const QCString &objId)

hasObject

[static]

DCOPObjectProxy

Returns: true if an obejct with the questionable objId is known in this process. This query does not ask proxies.

DCOPObjectfind (const QCString &objId)

find

[static]

This function does not query the DCOPObjectProxy.

Returns: the DCOPObject for the id objId.

QList<DCOPObject>  match (const QCString &partialId)

match

[static]

This function is used for multicasting a DCOP message to several objects inside a single process.

Returns: a list of DCOPObjects beginning with the string contained in partialId.

QCString  objectName ( QObject* obj )

objectName

[static]

Creates an object id for the QObject obj. This is done using the QObject::name() function.