Re: ORBit2 and async stuff

[Ettore Perazzoli <ettore ximian com>]

> > 	If we have a getControl, we should have a setControl too, but I'm
> > not quite understanding how this should work.
> 
> That'd be evil. A GNOME::Selector is a Bonobo::Control, more or less. We just
> cannot use queryInterface("Bonobo/Control") on the GNOME::Selector (according
> to the docu, you must not call bonobo_object_add_interface() after the object
> has been exposed to the outside, but the control cannot be created before the
> selector is fully constructed). So for the moment there's a getControl() method
> even if it's basically doable by QI.

  This sounds really bad.  The right way from an API standpoint is to
just have a control factory, and have the application QI for
GNOME::Selector to manipulate it.

  For one, your method wouldn't work with GUI builders.

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Ettore