If my memory serves correct, Nokia OviMaps is a service. - Srikanth
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:37 AM, Koichi Mori <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for more clarification. Then, Service Framework is an enabler and > there's no ready-to-use "service" available out of box in Qt Mobility, > right? > > -koichi > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Srikanth <[email protected]>wrote: > >> * >> ->So Service Framework is for communicating between two or more Qt >> applications (or at least processes)* >> Not exactly. You have QProcess for that, so why SFW? SFW is to create a >> service and let many clients access it. The important part is "access". The >> more pain free you make it, the better ease of use for developers. Hence >> read SFW as a package of service implementation and discovery. >> >> *->but NOT for a Qt application to find and use system services. Is this >> correct?* >> Well, it depends on how you interpret a service. You can write a file >> access service around filesystem, that provides all file related actions. I >> can interpret that service as a system service wrapper! >> >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Koichi Mori <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I see. So Service Framework is for communicating between two or more Qt >>> applications (or at least processes), but NOT for a Qt application to find >>> and use system services. Is this correct? >>> >>> -koichi >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Srikanth >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Service Framework (SFW) is a generic inter-process communication >>>> mechanism targeting all Qt supported platforms. The basic problem is that >>>> each platform has its own IPC mechanism and with QtMobility Qt aims to >>>> simplify it such that a service provider runs as a service (mostly a >>>> separate process) and all clients access the service with a very simple >>>> discover mechanism. This discovery mechanism is as simple as finding a >>>> service via its name, like you want to access a maps engine by just using >>>> its name. You can use DBUS in linux or Client-Server mechanism in Symbian, >>>> but SFW is a cross platform solution and aims at its intended use cases. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Srikanth >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:01 AM, Koichi Mori <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm a bit unclear what Service Framework API is for. Is this, for >>>>> instance on Linux, accessing platform services through dbus, or something >>>>> else? >>>>> >>>>> I tried to get dubs interface from QML on Maemo5 but I never get it >>>>> work. My test code looks like below, but it always complains "WARNING: No >>>>> default service found for interface name: "org.bluez.Manager"" and valid >>>>> property of course is false. >>>>> >>>>> Rectangle{ >>>>> Component.onCompleted:{ >>>>> console.log(btManager.valid); >>>>> } >>>>> Service { >>>>> id: btManager >>>>> interfaceName: 'org.bluez.Manager' >>>>> } >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> BR, >>>>> Koichi Mori >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Qt-mobility-feedback mailing list >>>>> >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-mobility-feedback >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Qt-mobility-feedback mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-mobility-feedback >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> BR, >>> Koichi Mori >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qt-mobility-feedback mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-mobility-feedback >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qt-mobility-feedback mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-mobility-feedback >> >> > > > -- > BR, > Koichi Mori >
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