Re: introduction and new DBUS extension

On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Derick Rethans wrote: > On Sun, 2 Nov 2008, Derick Rethans wrote: > > > On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Brad Robel-Forrest wrote: > > > > > I'd like to introduce myself and get feedback on an extension I've > > > written around the D-Bus reference implementation > > > (http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus). This is my first PHP > > > extension so I'd be highly appreciative of any input the community > > > might offer. The extension itself makes use of the "lower level" API > > > (i.e. it does not use or require GLib) and as of the current version > > > will only allow calling methods or sending signals from a private bus > > > (i.e. registering callable methods or capturing signals is not > > > available yet). The extension has seen a fair amount of real-world use > > > as it's been incorporated into a commercial network switch and is used > > > by the webUI to communicate to various back-end daemons. > > > > > > At this point, I'd like to know if it is common practice to post the > > > extension source to this list or to request for permission to create a > > > new project in PECL. > > > > I've been writing something similar, so yeah, I'd be interested in > > seeing something. > > I've attached the extension as far as I have it ready. It uses an Object > Oriented approach to talk to DBUS Objects like a PHP Object and supports > at the moment calling methods with support for most datatypes (bool, > byte, string, dict, all int types and double) for sending, and single > scalar types for return values. It also supports waiting for signals > with single scalar return values. I'm planning to use introspection to > make marshalling from the one PHP integer type to the 8 different dbus > integer types automatic, support for the missing data types, > sending signals and receiving method calls, and addressing DBus object > properties. > > The attached .tar.gz file contains a few examples that demonstrate the > API in the examples directory. I've also attached those separately. I had attached it, but forgot non text attachments get stripped. I've uploaded it to http://files.derickrethans.nl/dbus.tar.gz regards, Derick -- HEAD before 5_3!: http://tinyurl.com/6d2esb http://derickrethans.nl | http://ezcomponents.org | http://xdebug.org