From kde-core-devel  Thu Dec 09 06:55:10 1999
From: Antonio Larrosa <antlarr () arrakis ! es>
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 06:55:10 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: dcop interfaces, standard ?
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Waldo Bastian wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 07 Dec 1999, Antonio Larrosa wrote:
> > Another problem is the name of the DCOPObject that receives the DCOP calls, I
> > suppose there should be also an standard on this.
> 
> Yes. We need the service/servicetype/trader stuff for this. So that you
> can say something like: Give me an application who can play midi's and
> supports interface "XYZ".
> 

Exactly.

> > Also, is there any _simple_ way to know which apps are installed on the system
> > that implement a given interface or a superset of it ? ( "superset" = "which
> > includes the given one as a subset" :) )
> > I suppose KTrader in kio has something to do with it, but it doesn't have any
> > docs, so it seems it's just for specific uses.
> 
> See above. Torben is Mr. Trader. I am sure he has a good solution for
> this.
> 

Great :-)

> 
> A good start would be to write IFace files for a broad range of
> applications. E.g. MidiPlayerIFace, GraphicViewerIFace,
> GrpahicEditorIFace, TextEditorIFace. With perhaps two superclasses like
> "MimetypeViewerIFace" and "MimetypeEditorIFace". All the viewers and
> players would inherit from MimetypeViewerIFace and all the editors
> would inherit from MimetypeEditorIFace.
> 

Someone volunteers ? :-)

> That allows you to start a program for a certain mimetype even if you
> have no clue what the mimetype is about or without knowing whether
> there is a special IFace for that mimetype.
> 

Exactly, finally, someone got what I was trying to say :-)

Greetings,

--
Antonio Larrosa
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