[mpris] [ANN] MPRIS v2.0

[Kevin Krammer]

On Thursday, 2010-08-12, Marc-André Lureau wrote:

> - (comment) the "CanDoThat" or "HasThis" pattern could probably use
> introspection instead, if DBus common usage permits having
> "incomplete" interfaces.

Dynamically changing an interface is not an option IMHO.
First, an interface is a contract. If an application claims to implement an 
interface it should have all the specified methods, even if some of them raise 
errors/exceptions due to not being fully implemented.

Second, not all languages can easily add/remove methods at runtime or at least 
not without making calling them awkward.

Third, properties can be queried both separately as well as a whole set. 
Introspection (IIRC) works on nodes, so it will always deliver all interfaces 
of the queried node.

Fourth, D-Bus properties are often mapped to the bindings' object model's 
property system which in turn is usually a well known concept for developers 
already working with the respective object model.

Bindings might even have the option for poll for changes and mapping the 
result into property change notifications (future versions of the standard 
properties interface might even provide for change signalling by the service).

Cheers,
Kevin

-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring
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