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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# This is an example of a DCOP serving application written in Python, using
+# the dcoppython KDE bindings.
+
+# something goes wrong if you don't import pcop first.
+# Have to do this till I find out why...
+import pcop
+import pydcop
+
+class ParrotObject(pydcop.DCOPServerObject):
+    """DCOP server object"""
+    
+    def __init__(self, id='parrot'):
+        pydcop.DCOPServerObject.__init__(self, id)
+
+        # DCOP needs types, so we need to initialise the object with the methods that
+        # it's going to provide.
+        self.setMethods( [
+            ('int age()', self.get_age),
+            ('void setAge(int)', self.set_age),
+            ('QString squawk(QString)', self.squawk),
+            ])
+
+        # set up object variables
+        self.parrot_age = 7
+
+    def get_age(self):
+        return self.parrot_age
+
+    def set_age(self,age):
+        self.parrot_age = age
+
+    def squawk(self, what_to_squawk):
+        return "This parrot, %i months old, squawks: %s" % (self.parrot_age, what_to_squawk)
+        
+
+appid = pydcop.registerAs('petshop')
+print "Server: %s starting" % appid
+
+parrot = ParrotObject()
+another_parrot = ParrotObject('polly')
+
+# Enter event loop
+while 1:
+    pydcop.processEvents()
+
+