#
# Server support for publishable Python objects
#
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from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
__all__ = ["Publishable"]
[docs]class Publishable(metaclass=ABCMeta):
"""Abstract class for Python objects that can be published on DBus.
Example:
.. code-block:: python
# Define a publishable class.
class MyObject(Publishable):
def for_publication(self):
return MyDBusInterface(self)
# Create a publishable object.
my_object = MyObject()
# Publish the object on DBus.
DBus.publish_object("/org/project/x", my_object.for_publication())
"""
[docs] @abstractmethod
def for_publication(self):
"""Return a DBus representation of this object.
:return: an instance of @dbus_interface or @dbus_class
"""
return None