Net::DBus::RemoteService(3pm)
NAME
Net::DBus::RemoteService - Access services provided on the bus
SYNOPSIS
my $bus = Net::DBus->find;
my $service = $bus->get_service("org.freedesktop.DBus");
my $object = $service->get_object("/org/freedesktop/DBus");
foreach (@{$object->ListNames}) {
print "$_\n";
}
DESCRIPTION
This object provides a handle to a remote service on the bus. From this
handle it is possible to access objects associated with the service. If
a service is not running, an attempt will be made to activate it the
first time a method is called against one of its objects.
METHODS
- my $service = Net::DBus::RemoteService->new($bus, $owner,
$service_name); - Creates a new handle for a remote service. The $bus parameter is an
instance of Net::DBus, $owner is the name of the client providing
the service, while $service_name is the well known name of the
service on the bus. Service names consist of two or more tokens,
separated by periods, while the tokens comprise the letters a-z,
A-Z, 0-9 and _, for example "org.freedesktop.DBus". There is
generally no need to call this constructor, instead the
"get_service" method on Net::DBus should be used. This caches
handles to remote services, eliminating repeated retrieval of
introspection data. - my $bus = $service->get_bus;
- Retrieves a handle for the bus to which this service is attached.
The returned object will be an instance of Net::DBus. - my $service_name = $service->get_service_name
- Retrieves the name of the remote service as known to the bus.
- my $owner_name = $service->get_owner_name;
- Retrieves the name of the client owning the service at the time it was connected to.
- my $object = $service->get_object($object_path[, $interface]);
- Retrieves a handle to the remote object provided by the service
with the name of $object_path. If the optional $interface parameter is provided, the object will immediately be cast to the designated interface. NB, it is only neccessary to cast an object to a
specific interface if there are multiple interfaces on the object
providing methods with the same name, or the remote object does
support introspection. The returned object will be an instance of
Net::DBus::RemoteObject.
AUTHOR
Daniel Berrange <dan@berrange.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copright (C) 2004-2005, Daniel Berrange.
SEE ALSO
- Net::DBus::RemoteObject, Net::DBus::Service, Net::DBus