NAME

       Net::DBus::ProxyObject - Implement objects to export to the bus

SYNOPSIS

         # Connecting an object to the bus, under a service
         package main;

         use Net::DBus;

         # Attach to the bus
         my $bus = Net::DBus->find;

         # Create our application's object instance
         my $object = Demo::HelloWorld->new()

         # Acquire a service 'org.demo.Hello'
         my $service = $bus->export_service("org.demo.Hello");

         # Finally export the object to the bus
         my $proxy = Demo::HelloWorld::DBus->new($object);

         ....rest of program...

         # Define a new package for the object we're going
         # to export
         package Demo::HelloWorld;

         sub new {
             my $class = shift;
             my $service = shift;
             my $self = {};

             $self->{sighandler} = undef;

             bless $self, $class;

             return $self;
         }

         sub sighandler {
             my $self = shift;
             my $callback = shift;

             $self->[sighandler} = $callback;
         }

         sub Hello {
           my $self = shift;
           my $name = shift;

           &{$self->{sighandler}}("Greeting", "Hello $name");
           return "Said hello to $name";
         }

         sub Goodbye {
           my $self = shift;
           my $name = shift;

           &{$self->{sighandler}}("Greeting", "Goodbye $name");
           return "Said goodbye to $name";
         }

         # Define a new package for the object we're going
         # to export
         package Demo::HelloWorld::DBus;

         # Specify the main interface provided by our object
         use Net::DBus::Exporter qw(org.example.demo.Greeter);

         # We're going to be a DBus object
         use base qw(Net::DBus::ProxyObject);

         # Export a 'Greeting' signal taking a stringl string parameter
         dbus_signal("Greeting", ["string"]);

         # Export 'Hello' as a method accepting a single string
         # parameter, and returning a single string value
         dbus_method("Hello", ["string"], ["string"]);

         sub new {
             my $class = shift;
             my $service = shift;
             my $impl = shfit;
             my $self = $class->SUPER::new($service, "/org/demo/HelloWorld", $impl);

             bless $self, $class;

             $self->sighandler(sub {
                 my $signame = shift;
                 my $arg = shift;
                 $self->emit_signal($signame, $arg);
             });

             return $self;
         }

         # Export 'Goodbye' as a method accepting a single string
         # parameter, and returning a single string, but put it
         # in the 'org.exaple.demo.Farewell' interface

         dbus_method("Goodbye", ["string"], ["string"], "org.example.demo.Farewell");

DESCRIPTION

       This the base for creating a proxy between a bus object and an application's object. It
       allows the application's object model to remain separate from the RPC object model. The
       proxy object will forward method calls from the bus, to the implementation object. The
       proxy object can also register callbacks against the application object, which it can use
       to then emit signals on the bus.

METHODS

       my $object = Net::DBus::ProxyObject->new($service, $path, $impl)
           This creates a new DBus object with an path of $path registered within the service
           $service. The $path parameter should be a string complying with the usual DBus
           requirements for object paths, while the $service parameter should be an instance of
           Net::DBus::Service.  The latter is typically obtained by calling the "export_service"
           method on the Net::DBus object. The $impl parameter is the application object which
           will implement the methods being exported to the bus.

       my $object = Net::DBus::ProxyObject->new($parentobj, $subpath, $impl)
           This creates a new DBus child object with an path of $subpath relative to its parent
           $parentobj. The $subpath parameter should be a string complying with the usual DBus
           requirements for object paths, while the $parentobj parameter should be an instance of
           Net::DBus::BaseObject or a subclass. The $impl parameter is the application object
           which will implement the methods being exported to the bus.

AUTHOR

       Daniel P. Berrange

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Daniel P. Berrange

SEE ALSO

       Net::DBus, Net::DBus::Service, Net::DBus::BaseObject, Net::DBus::ProxyObject,
       Net::DBus::Exporter, Net::DBus::RemoteObject