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Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_get_object (const CORBA_char *name,const char *interface_name,CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); Bonobo_Moniker bonobo_moniker_client_new_from_name (const CORBA_char *name,CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); CORBA_char * bonobo_moniker_client_get_name (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_moniker_client_resolve_default (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,const char *interface_name,CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); gboolean bonobo_moniker_client_equal (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,const CORBA_char *name,CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); void (*BonoboMonikerAsyncFn) (Bonobo_Unknown object,CORBA_Environment *ev,gpointer user_data); void bonobo_get_object_async (const CORBA_char *name,const char *interface_name,CORBA_Environment *ev,BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb,gpointer user_data); void bonobo_moniker_client_new_from_name_async (const CORBA_char *name,CORBA_Environment *ev,BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb,gpointer user_data); void bonobo_moniker_resolve_async (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,Bonobo_ResolveOptions *options,const char *interface_name,CORBA_Environment *ev,BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb,gpointer user_data); void bonobo_moniker_resolve_async_default (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,const char *interface_name,CORBA_Environment *ev,BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb,gpointer user_data); CORBA_char * bonobo_moniker_util_get_parent_name (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,CORBA_Environment *opt_ev); Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_moniker_util_qi_return (Bonobo_Unknown object,const CORBA_char *requested_interface,CORBA_Environment *ev); const char * bonobo_moniker_util_parse_name (const char *name,int *plen); int bonobo_moniker_util_seek_std_separator (const CORBA_char *str,int min_idx); char * bonobo_moniker_util_escape (const char *string,int offset); char * bonobo_moniker_util_unescape (const char *string,int num_chars); void bonobo_url_register (char *oafiid,char *url,char *mime_type,Bonobo_Unknown object,CORBA_Environment *ev); void bonobo_url_unregister (char *oafiid,char *url,CORBA_Environment *ev); Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_url_lookup (char *oafiid,char *url,CORBA_Environment *ev);
The moniker utility functions provide two sets of functions:
Helper functions for constructing and resolving monikers, and a simple get_object method that constructs and resolves against an interface in a single pass. Also, asynchronous versions of these methods are provided using the BonoboAsync code.
Helper functions for the implementation of new custom monikers are also provided here, along with a lot of the grunt code neccessary for moniker implementation, particularly constructing the chained list of sub-monikers that comprises a complex moniker.
The most useful function to get a feel for what monikers can do
is the bonobo_get_object method. This is
used to create a moniker and resolve it against a given interface
like this:
  
Example 17. GetObject example
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | GtkWidget * moniker_resolve_demo (void) { Bonobo_Control control; CORBA_Environment ev; CORBA_exception_init (&ev); control = bonobo_get_object ("file:/demo/a.jpeg", "Bonobo/Control", NULL); if (control == CORBA_OBJECT_NIL) g_error ("Failed to get object file:/demo/a.jpeg"); return bonobo_widget_new_control (control); } | 
  This also makes a control out of the widget.
It is worth noting that when resolving monikers a contracted version of the interface name may be used, ommitting the 'IDL:' prefix and / or the ':0' suffix.
Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_get_object (const CORBA_char *name,const char *interface_name,CORBA_Environment *opt_ev);
This encapsulates both the parse stage and resolve process of using a moniker, providing a simple VisualBasic like mechanism for using the object name space.
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 | the name of a moniker | 
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 | the name of the interface we want returned as the result | 
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 | an optional corba exception environment | 
| Returns : | the requested interface or CORBA_OBJECT_NIL | 
Bonobo_Moniker bonobo_moniker_client_new_from_name (const CORBA_char *name,CORBA_Environment *opt_ev);
This routine tries to parse a Moniker in string form
eg. file:/tmp/a.tar.gzgzip:tar:
into a CORBA_Object representation of this that can later be resolved against an interface.
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 | the name of a moniker | 
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 | an optional corba exception environment | 
| Returns : | a new Moniker handle | 
CORBA_char * bonobo_moniker_client_get_name (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,CORBA_Environment *opt_ev);
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 | a moniker handle | 
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 | a corba exception environment | 
| Returns : | the name of the moniker. | 
Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_moniker_client_resolve_default (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,const char *interface_name,CORBA_Environment *opt_ev);
This resolves the moniker object against the given interface, with a default set of resolve options.
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 | a moniker | 
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 | the name of the interface we want returned as the result | 
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 | an optional corba exception environment | 
| Returns : | the interfaces resolved to or CORBA_OBJECT_NIL | 
gboolean bonobo_moniker_client_equal (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,const CORBA_char *name,CORBA_Environment *opt_ev);
Compare a full moniker with the given name
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 | The moniker | 
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 | a moniker name eg. file:/demo/a.jpeg | 
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 | optional CORBA_Environment or NULL. | 
| Returns : | TRUE if they are the same | 
void (*BonoboMonikerAsyncFn) (Bonobo_Unknown object,CORBA_Environment *ev,gpointer user_data);
Callback function, invoked when bonobo_get_object_async() completes its work.
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 | the newly-activated object, or CORBA_OBJECT_NILif an exception occurred | 
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 | CORBA environment that may contain an exception if an activation error occurred | 
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 | user data | 
void bonobo_get_object_async (const CORBA_char *name,const char *interface_name,CORBA_Environment *ev,BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb,gpointer user_data);
An async version of bonobo_get_object
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 | the name of the interface we want returned as the result | 
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 | a corba exception environment | 
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 | the async callback that gets the response | 
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 | user context data to pass to that callback | 
void bonobo_moniker_client_new_from_name_async (const CORBA_char *name,CORBA_Environment *ev,BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb,gpointer user_data);
An asynchronous version of new_from_name
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 | the name | 
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 | a corba exception environment | 
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 | the async callback that gets the response | 
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 | user context data to pass to that callback | 
void bonobo_moniker_resolve_async (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,Bonobo_ResolveOptions *options,const char *interface_name,CORBA_Environment *ev,BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb,gpointer user_data);
An async version of bonobo_moniker_client_resolve
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 | the moniker to resolve | 
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 | resolve options | 
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 | the name of the interface we want returned as the result | 
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 | a corba exception environment | 
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 | the async callback that gets the response | 
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 | user context data to pass to that callback | 
void bonobo_moniker_resolve_async_default (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,const char *interface_name,CORBA_Environment *ev,BonoboMonikerAsyncFn cb,gpointer user_data);
An async version of bonobo_moniker_client_resolve_default
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 | the name of the interface we want returned as the result | 
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 | a corba exception environment | 
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 | the async callback that gets the response | 
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 | user context data to pass to that callback | 
CORBA_char * bonobo_moniker_util_get_parent_name (Bonobo_Moniker moniker,CORBA_Environment *opt_ev);
This gets the name of the parent moniker ( recursively all of the parents of this moniker ).
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 | the moniker | 
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 | an optional corba exception environment | 
| Returns : | the name; use CORBA_free to release it. | 
Bonobo_Unknown bonobo_moniker_util_qi_return (Bonobo_Unknown object,const CORBA_char *requested_interface,CORBA_Environment *ev);
A helper function to share code from the end of a resolve implementation; this ensures that the returned object is of the correct interface by doing a queryInterface on the object.
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 | the unknown to query | 
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 | the desired interface | 
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 | a corba exception environment | 
| Returns : | an handle to the requested interface | 
const char * bonobo_moniker_util_parse_name (const char *name,int *plen);
This routine finds the rightmost moniker name. For example
it will return "cache:" if you pass in "file:/tmp.txtcache:". It will 
also store the length of the parent string in plen (13 for the above 
example)
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 | a moniker name | 
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 | an optional pointer to store the parent length | 
| Returns : | the name of the rightmost moniker | 
int bonobo_moniker_util_seek_std_separator (const CORBA_char *str,int min_idx);
This looks for a moniker separator in a moniker's name string.
See also bonobo_moniker_util_escape
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 | the string to scan | 
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 | the minimum offset at which a separator can be found. | 
| Returns : | the position of the separator, or a pointer to the end of the string. | 
char * bonobo_moniker_util_escape (const char *string,int offset);
Escapes possible separator characters inside a moniker these include '!' and '#', the '\' escaping character is used.
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 | an unescaped string | 
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 | an offset of characters to ignore | 
| Returns : | an escaped sub-string. | 
char * bonobo_moniker_util_unescape (const char *string,int num_chars);
This routine strips num_chars: from the start of
string, discards the rest, and proceeds to un-escape
characters escaped with '\'.
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 | a string | 
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 | the number of chars to process. | 
| Returns : | the unescaped sub string. | 
void bonobo_url_register (char *oafiid,char *url,char *mime_type,Bonobo_Unknown object,CORBA_Environment *ev);
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void bonobo_url_unregister (char *oafiid,char *url,CORBA_Environment *ev);
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