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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+usage = """Usage:
+python example-service.py &
+python example-client.py
+python example-client.py --exit-service
+"""
+
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Red Hat Inc. <http://www.redhat.com/>
+# Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Collabora Ltd. <http://www.collabora.co.uk/>
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+# obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+# files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+# restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
+# modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+# of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+# HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+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, 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()