From kde-core-devel  Tue Oct 30 07:24:10 2001
From: Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 07:24:10 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: DCOPClient::call(host...
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#if Waldo Bastian
> > I think the best way will be to add a new 'call' method to DCOPClient,
> > with host+port parameters.
> 
> No, I don't think this functionality belongs in DCOP itself. You can do what 
> you want by creating a proxy like kxmlrpc. E.g register a client as 
> "remote-proxy". Applications can then ask "remote-proxy" for a DCOPRef to 
> "remote-object at remote-client at remote-host" which will give you something 
> like DCOPRef(remote-proxy,obj#1)and then remote-proxy can relay all calls 
> made to obj#1to "remote-object at remote-client at remote-host".

Ok, I agree that this functionality could be put in a separate class.
Currently I _am_ using a proxy, but not using DCOPRef. I don't know if
I will stick with this later, but I will play around and see what works
best.
 
Rik