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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# DBUS Server Example of use PySide with PyDBus library
+
+import dbus
+import dbus.service
+import dbus.mainloop.glib
+import random
+
+from PySide.QtCore import *
+from PySide.QtGui import QPushButton, QApplication
+
+# The adaptor, MUST inherit dbus.service.Object
+class DBusWidget(dbus.service.Object):
+    def __init__(self, name, session):
+        # export this object to dbus
+        dbus.service.Object.__init__(self, name, session)
+
+        # create a simple widget
+        self.widget = QPushButton()
+        self.widget.resize(200, 50)
+
+        # To export a Qt signal as a DBus-signal, you need to connect it to a method in this class.
+        # The method MUST have the signal annotation, so python-dbus will export it as a dbus-signal
+        QObject.connect(self.widget, SIGNAL("clicked()"), self.clicked)
+        QObject.connect(QApplication.instance(), SIGNAL("lastWindowClosed()"), self.lastWindowClosed)
+
+    # You can export methods to dbus like you do in python-dbus.
+    @dbus.service.method("com.example.SampleWidget", in_signature='', out_signature='')
+    def show(self):
+        self.widget.show()
+
+    # Another method... now with a parameter
+    @dbus.service.method("com.example.SampleWidget", in_signature='s', out_signature='')
+    def setText(self, value):
+        self.widget.setText(value)
+
+    # Another one...
+    @dbus.service.method("com.example.SampleWidget", in_signature='', out_signature='')
+    def exit(self):
+        qApp().quit()
+
+    # A signal that will be exported to dbus
+    @dbus.service.signal("com.example.SampleWidget", signature='')
+    def clicked(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Another signal that will be exported to dbus
+    @dbus.service.signal("com.example.SampleWidget", signature='')
+    def lastWindowClosed(self):
+        pass
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app = QApplication([])
+    # Use qt/glib mainloop integration to get dbus mainloop working
+    dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
+
+    session_bus = dbus.SessionBus()
+    # Export the service
+    name = dbus.service.BusName("com.example.SampleService", session_bus)
+    # Export the object
+    widget = DBusWidget(session_bus, '/DBusWidget')
+
+    print "Running example service."
+    app.exec_()
+