class QDBusServiceWatcher

The QDBusServiceWatcher class allows the user to watch for a bus service change. More…

Synopsis

Properties

• watchModeᅟ - The current watch mode for this QDBusServiceWatcher object

• watchedServicesᅟ - The list of services watched

Methods

• def __init__()

• def addWatchedService()

• def connection()

• def removeWatchedService()

• def setConnection()

• def setWatchMode()

• def setWatchedServices()

• def watchMode()

• def watchedServices()

Signals

• def serviceOwnerChanged()

• def serviceRegistered()

• def serviceUnregistered()

Note

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Detailed Description

A QDBusServiceWatcher object can be used to notify the application about an ownership change of a service name on the bus. It has three watch modes:

• Watching for service registration only.

• Watching for service unregistration only.

• Watching for any kind of service ownership change (the default mode).

Besides being created or deleted, services may change owners without a unregister/register operation happening. So the serviceRegistered() and serviceUnregistered() signals may not be emitted if that happens.

This class is more efficient than using the QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged() signal because it allows one to receive only the signals for which the class is interested in.

Ending a service name with the character ‘*’ will match all service names within the specified namespace.

For example “com.example.backend1*” will match

• com.example.backend1

• com.example.backend1.foo

• com.example.backend1.foo.bar

Substrings in the same domain will not be matched, i.e “com.example.backend12”.

See also

QDBusConnection

class WatchModeFlag

(inherits enum.Flag) QDBusServiceWatcher supports three different watch modes, which are configured by this flag:

Constant	Description
QDBusServiceWatcher.WatchForRegistration	watch for service registration only, ignoring any signals related to other service ownership change.
QDBusServiceWatcher.WatchForUnregistration	watch for service unregistration only, ignoring any signals related to other service ownership change.
QDBusServiceWatcher.WatchForOwnerChange	watch for any kind of service ownership change.

Note

Properties can be used directly when from __feature__ import true_property is used or via accessor functions otherwise.

property watchModeᅟ: Combination of QDBusServiceWatcher.WatchModeFlag

This property holds the current watch mode for this QDBusServiceWatcher object..

The default value for this property is QDBusServiceWatcher::WatchForOwnershipChange.

Access functions:

• watchMode()

• setWatchMode()

property watchedServicesᅟ: list of strings

This property holds the list of services watched..

Note

Modifying this list with setServicesWatched() is an expensive operation. If you can, prefer to change it by way of addWatchedService() and removeWatchedService() .

Access functions:

• watchedServices()

• setWatchedServices()

__init__([parent=None])

Parameters:

parent – QObject

Creates a QDBusServiceWatcher object. Note that until you set a connection with setConnection() , this object will not emit any signals.

The parent parameter is passed to QObject to set the parent of this object.

__init__(service, connection[, watchMode=QDBusServiceWatcher.WatchModeFlag.WatchForOwnerChange[, parent=None]])

Parameters:

• service – str

• connection – QDBusConnection

• watchMode – Combination of WatchModeFlag

• parent – QObject

Creates a QDBusServiceWatcher object and attaches it to the connection connection. Also, this function immediately starts watching for watchMode changes to service service.

The parent parameter is passed to QObject to set the parent of this object.

addWatchedService(newService)

Parameters:

newService – str

Adds newService to the list of services to be watched by this object. This function is more efficient than setWatchedServices() and should be used whenever possible to add services.

Removes any existing binding of watchedServices .

connection()

Return type:

QDBusConnection

Returns the QDBusConnection that this object is attached to.

See also

setConnection()

removeWatchedService(service)

Parameters:

service – str

Return type:

bool

Removes the service from the list of services being watched by this object. Note that D-Bus notifications are asynchronous, so there may still be signals pending delivery about service. Those signals will still be emitted whenever the D-Bus messages are processed.

Removes any existing binding of watchedServices .

This function returns true if any services were removed.

serviceOwnerChanged(service, oldOwner, newOwner)

Parameters:

• service – str

• oldOwner – str

• newOwner – str

This signal is emitted whenever this object detects that there was a service ownership change relating to the serviceName service. The oldOwner parameter contains the old owner name and newOwner is the new owner. Both oldOwner and newOwner are unique connection names.

Note that this signal is also emitted whenever the serviceName service was registered or unregistered. If it was registered, oldOwner will contain an empty string, whereas if it was unregistered, newOwner will contain an empty string.

If you need only to find out if the service is registered or unregistered only, without being notified that the ownership changed, consider using the specific modes for those operations. This class is more efficient if you use the more specific modes.

See also

serviceRegistered() serviceUnregistered()

serviceRegistered(service)

Parameters:

service – str

This signal is emitted whenever this object detects that the service serviceName became available on the bus.

See also

serviceUnregistered() serviceOwnerChanged()

serviceUnregistered(service)

Parameters:

service – str

This signal is emitted whenever this object detects that the service serviceName was unregistered from the bus and is no longer available.

See also

serviceRegistered() serviceOwnerChanged()

setConnection(connection)

Parameters:

connection – QDBusConnection

Sets the D-Bus connection that this object is attached to be connection. All services watched will be transferred to this connection.

Note that QDBusConnection objects are reference counted: QDBusServiceWatcher will keep a reference for this connection while it exists. The connection is not closed until the reference count drops to zero, so this will ensure that any notifications are received while this QDBusServiceWatcher object exists.

See also

connection()

setWatchMode(mode)

Parameters:

mode – Combination of WatchModeFlag

See also

watchMode()

Setter of property watchModeᅟ .

setWatchedServices(services)

Parameters:

services – list of strings

Sets the list of D-Bus services being watched to be services.

Note that setting the entire list means removing all previous rules for watching services and adding new ones. This is an expensive operation and should be avoided, if possible. Instead, use addWatchedService() and removeWatchedService() if you can to manipulate entries in the list.

Removes any existing binding of watchedServices .

See also

watchedServices()

Setter of property watchedServicesᅟ .

watchMode()

Return type:

Combination of WatchModeFlag

See also

setWatchMode()

Getter of property watchModeᅟ .

watchedServices()

Return type:

list of strings

Returns the list of D-Bus services that are being watched.

See also

setWatchedServices()

Getter of property watchedServicesᅟ .