Qt-contributors-summit-2014-Qs2014Replicant

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Replicant QObject RPC

Partecipants:

Notes

how to change properties from the replicant side

  • call slot, prime will handle the update and send signal
  • or just change property if it has a change signal it should work

why not dbus?

  • properties are not cached everywhere
  • don't want to spam the channel on every property update
  • only those properties that are used must be sent
  • could be written on top of dbus, but is not so far

race condition in dbus: get data, then listen to updates, with update inbetween

  • first ask for updates
  • then ask for initial values
  • should work?

inconsistency: replicant calls two setX, setY

  • inconsistent state could be seen, where only setX was called?
  • could be solved, with eventloop etc. pp. e.g. block updates, disable/enable
  • replicant can use pod data types with automatic marshalling to "solve" this (setXY?)

concern: making it qt specific

  • same problem as with QDataStream (see dcop/dcopc)
  • separate qt module with qt specifics is fine

no patches to qtcore or anything required

introspection:

  • it's all QObjects!
  • it's not possible without the compile-time interface
  • also question of versioning: is this object V2 or V1?
  • could be done with private QObjectBuilder

overhead:

  • only once a replicant is connected
  • otherwise plain QObject-like

security:

  • authorization: capability/permissions, how are they handled?
  • could be done via custom io class, maybe
  • qsslsocket only part of the solution
  • see e.g. pocket/dbus on how to do that (but clumsy)
  • alternative is a daemon (but thats not what replicant has)
  • identify client who is calling is a central question to solve

error handling:

  • not yet implemented