#!/usr/bin/env python

usage = """Usage:

python example-service.py &

python example-client.py

python example-client.py --exit-service

"""

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import sys

from traceback import print_exc

import dbus

def main():

    bus = dbus.SessionBus()

    try:

        remote_object = bus.get_object("com.example.SampleService",

                                       "/SomeObject")

        # you can either specify the dbus_interface in each call...

        hello_reply_list = remote_object.HelloWorld("Hello from example-client.py!",

            dbus_interface = "com.example.SampleInterface")

    except dbus.DBusException:

        print_exc()

        print usage

        sys.exit(1)

    print (hello_reply_list)

    # ... or create an Interface wrapper for the remote object

    iface = dbus.Interface(remote_object, "com.example.SampleInterface")

    hello_reply_tuple = iface.GetTuple()

    print hello_reply_tuple

    hello_reply_dict = iface.GetDict()

    print hello_reply_dict

    # D-Bus exceptions are mapped to Python exceptions

    try:

        iface.RaiseException()

    except dbus.DBusException as e:

        print str(e)

    # introspection is automatically supported

    print remote_object.Introspect(dbus_interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable")

    if sys.argv[1:] == ['--exit-service']:

        iface.Exit()

if __name__ == '__main__':

    main()