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Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_get_object (const CORBA_char *name, const char *interface_name, CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); Bonobo_Moniker bonobo_moniker_client_new_from_name (const CORBA_char *name, CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); CORBA_char* bonobo_moniker_client_get_name (Bonobo_Moniker moniker, CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_moniker_client_resolve_default (Bonobo_Moniker moniker, const char *interface_name, CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); gboolean bonobo_moniker_client_equal (Bonobo_Moniker moniker, const CORBA_char *name, CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); void (*BonoboMonikerAsyncFn) (Bonobo_Unknown object, CORBA_Environment *ev, gpointer user_data); void bonobo_get_object_async (const CORBA_char *name, const char *interface_name, CORBA_Environment *ev, BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb, gpointer user_data); void bonobo_moniker_client_new_from_name_async (const CORBA_char *name, CORBA_Environment *ev, BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb, gpointer user_data); void bonobo_moniker_resolve_async (Bonobo_Moniker moniker, Bonobo_ResolveOptions *options, const char *interface_name, CORBA_Environment *ev, BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb, gpointer user_data); void bonobo_moniker_resolve_async_default (Bonobo_Moniker moniker, const char *interface_name, CORBA_Environment *ev, BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb, gpointer user_data); CORBA_char* bonobo_moniker_util_get_parent_name (Bonobo_Moniker moniker, CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_moniker_util_qi_return (Bonobo_Unknown object, const CORBA_char *requested_interface, CORBA_Environment *ev); const char* bonobo_moniker_util_parse_name (const char *name, int *plen); int bonobo_moniker_util_seek_std_separator (const CORBA_char *str, int min_idx); char* bonobo_moniker_util_escape (const char *string, int offset); char* bonobo_moniker_util_unescape (const char *string, int num_chars); void bonobo_url_register (char *oafiid, char *url, char *mime_type, Bonobo_Unknown object, CORBA_Environment *ev); void bonobo_url_unregister (char *oafiid, char *url, CORBA_Environment *ev); Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_url_lookup (char *oafiid, char *url, CORBA_Environment *ev); |
The moniker utility functions provide two sets of functions:
Helper functions for constructing and resolving monikers, and a simple get_object method that constructs and resolves against an interface in a single pass. Also, asynchronous versions of these methods are provided using the BonoboAsync code.
Helper functions for the implementation of new custom monikers are also provided here, along with a lot of the grunt code neccessary for moniker implementation, particularly constructing the chained list of sub-monikers that comprises a complex moniker.
The most useful function to get a feel for what monikers can do is the bonobo_get_object method. This is used to create a moniker and resolve it against a given interface like this:
Example 1. GetObject example
GtkWidget *
moniker_resolve_demo (void)
{
Bonobo_Control control;
CORBA_Environment ev;
CORBA_exception_init (&ev);
control = bonobo_get_object ("file:/demo/a.jpeg",
"Bonobo/Control", NULL);
if (control == CORBA_OBJECT_NIL)
g_error ("Failed to get object file:/demo/a.jpeg");
return bonobo_widget_new_control (control);
}
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It is worth noting that when resolving monikers a contracted version of the interface name may be used, ommitting the 'IDL:' prefix and / or the ':0' suffix.
Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_get_object (const CORBA_char *name,
const char *interface_name,
CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); |
This encapsulates both the parse stage and resolve process of using a moniker, providing a simple VisualBasic like mechanism for using the object name space.
Bonobo_Moniker bonobo_moniker_client_new_from_name
(const CORBA_char *name,
CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); |
This routine tries to parse a Moniker in string form
eg. file:/tmp/a.tar.gzgzip:tar:
into a CORBA_Object representation of this that can later be resolved against an interface.
CORBA_char* bonobo_moniker_client_get_name (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,
CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); |
Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_moniker_client_resolve_default
(Bonobo_Moniker moniker,
const char *interface_name,
CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); |
This resolves the moniker object against the given interface, with a default set of resolve options.
gboolean bonobo_moniker_client_equal (Bonobo_Moniker moniker, const CORBA_char *name, CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); |
Compare a full moniker with the given name
void (*BonoboMonikerAsyncFn) (Bonobo_Unknown object,
CORBA_Environment *ev,
gpointer user_data); |
void bonobo_get_object_async (const CORBA_char *name,
const char *interface_name,
CORBA_Environment *ev,
BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb,
gpointer user_data); |
An async version of bonobo_get_object
void bonobo_moniker_client_new_from_name_async
(const CORBA_char *name,
CORBA_Environment *ev,
BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb,
gpointer user_data); |
An asynchronous version of new_from_name
void bonobo_moniker_resolve_async (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,
Bonobo_ResolveOptions *options,
const char *interface_name,
CORBA_Environment *ev,
BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb,
gpointer user_data); |
An async version of bonobo_moniker_client_resolve
void bonobo_moniker_resolve_async_default
(Bonobo_Moniker moniker,
const char *interface_name,
CORBA_Environment *ev,
BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb,
gpointer user_data); |
An async version of bonobo_moniker_client_resolve_default
CORBA_char* bonobo_moniker_util_get_parent_name
(Bonobo_Moniker moniker,
CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); |
This gets the name of the parent moniker ( recursively all of the parents of this moniker ).
Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_moniker_util_qi_return
(Bonobo_Unknown object,
const CORBA_char *requested_interface,
CORBA_Environment *ev); |
A helper function to share code from the end of a resolve implementation; this ensures that the returned object is of the correct interface by doing a queryInterface on the object.
const char* bonobo_moniker_util_parse_name (const char *name,
int *plen); |
This routine finds the rightmost moniker name. For example it will return "cache:" if you pass in "file:/tmp.txtcache:". It will also store the length of the parent string in plen (13 for the above example)
int bonobo_moniker_util_seek_std_separator
(const CORBA_char *str,
int min_idx); |
This looks for a moniker separator in a moniker's name string.
See also bonobo_moniker_util_escape
char* bonobo_moniker_util_escape (const char *string,
int offset); |
Escapes possible separator characters inside a moniker these include '!' and '#', the '\' escaping character is used.
char* bonobo_moniker_util_unescape (const char *string,
int num_chars); |
This routine strips num_chars: from the start of string, discards the rest, and proceeds to un-escape characters escaped with '\'.
void bonobo_url_register (char *oafiid,
char *url,
char *mime_type,
Bonobo_Unknown object,
CORBA_Environment *ev); |
void bonobo_url_unregister (char *oafiid,
char *url,
CORBA_Environment *ev); |