Support asynchronous calls (#58)

doc/tutorial.rst

@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ All objects have methods, properties and signals.
 Setting up an event loop
 ========================
 
-To handle signals emitted by exported objects, or to export your own objects, you need to setup an event loop.
+To handle signals emitted by exported objects, to asynchronously call methods
+or to export your own objects, you need to setup an event loop.
 
 The only main loop supported by ``pydbus`` is GLib.MainLoop.
 
@@ -156,6 +157,14 @@ To call a method::
 
     dev.Disconnect()
 
+To asynchronously call a method::
+
+    def print_result(returned=None, error=None):
+        print(returned, error)
+
+    dev.GetAppliedConnection(0, callback=print_result)
+    loop.run()
+
 To read a property::
 
     print(dev.Autoconnect)

pydbus/proxy_method.py

@@ -65,22 +65,54 @@ def __call__(self, instance, *args, **kwargs):
 
 		# Python 2 sux
 		for kwarg in kwargs:
-			if kwarg not in ("timeout",):
+			if kwarg not in ("timeout", "callback", "callback_args"):
 				raise TypeError(self.__qualname__ + " got an unexpected keyword argument '{}'".format(kwarg))
 		timeout = kwargs.get("timeout", None)
+		callback = kwargs.get("callback", None)
+		callback_args = kwargs.get("callback_args", tuple())
+
+		call_args = (
+			instance._bus_name,
+			instance._path,
+			self._iface_name,
+			self.__name__,
+			GLib.Variant(self._sinargs, args),
+			GLib.VariantType.new(self._soutargs),
+			0,
+			timeout_to_glib(timeout),
+			None
+		)
+
+		if callback:
+			call_args += (self._finish_async_call, (callback, callback_args))
+			instance._bus.con.call(*call_args)
+			return None
+		else:
+			ret = instance._bus.con.call_sync(*call_args)
+			return self._unpack_return(ret)
 
-		ret = instance._bus.con.call_sync(
-			instance._bus_name, instance._path,
-			self._iface_name, self.__name__, GLib.Variant(self._sinargs, args), GLib.VariantType.new(self._soutargs),
-			0, timeout_to_glib(timeout), None).unpack()
-
+	def _unpack_return(self, values):
+		ret = values.unpack()
 		if len(self._outargs) == 0:
 			return None
 		elif len(self._outargs) == 1:
 			return ret[0]
 		else:
 			return ret
 
+	def _finish_async_call(self, source, result, user_data):
+		error = None
+		return_args = None
+
+		try:
+			ret = source.call_finish(result)
+			return_args = self._unpack_return(ret)
+		except Exception as err:
+			error = err
+
+		callback, callback_args = user_data
+		callback(*callback_args, returned=return_args, error=error)
+
 	def __get__(self, instance, owner):
 		if instance is None:
 			return self

tests/publish_async.py

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+from pydbus import SessionBus
+from gi.repository import GLib
+from threading import Thread
+import sys
+
+done = 0
+loop = GLib.MainLoop()
+
+class TestObject(object):
+	'''
+<node>
+	<interface name='net.lew21.pydbus.tests.publish_async'>
+		<method name='HelloWorld'>
+			<arg type='i' name='x' direction='in'/>
+			<arg type='s' name='response' direction='out'/>
+		</method>
+	</interface>
+</node>
+	'''
+	def __init__(self, id):
+		self.id = id
+
+	def HelloWorld(self, x):
+		res = self.id + ": " + str(x)
+		print(res)
+		return res
+
+bus = SessionBus()
+
+with bus.publish("net.lew21.pydbus.tests.publish_async", TestObject("Obj")):
+	remote = bus.get("net.lew21.pydbus.tests.publish_async")
+
+	def callback(x, returned=None, error=None):
+		print("asyn: " + returned)
+		assert (returned is not None)
+		assert(error is None)
+		assert(x == int(returned.split()[1]))
+
+		global done
+		done += 1
+		if done == 3:
+			loop.quit()
+
+	def t1_func():
+		remote.HelloWorld(1, callback=callback, callback_args=(1,))
+		remote.HelloWorld(2, callback=callback, callback_args=(2,))
+		print("sync: " + remote.HelloWorld(3))
+		remote.HelloWorld(4, callback=callback, callback_args=(4,))
+
+	t1 = Thread(None, t1_func)
+	t1.daemon = True
+
+	def handle_timeout():
+		print("ERROR: Timeout.")
+		sys.exit(1)
+
+	GLib.timeout_add_seconds(2, handle_timeout)
+
+	t1.start()
+
+	loop.run()
+
+	t1.join()

tests/run.sh

@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ then
 	"$PYTHON" $TESTS_DIR/publish.py
 	"$PYTHON" $TESTS_DIR/publish_properties.py
 	"$PYTHON" $TESTS_DIR/publish_multiface.py
+	"$PYTHON" $TESTS_DIR/publish_async.py
 fi