ok, now at least the structure is better

but there's still a problem with the new mechanism as the size of
the data isn't put into the pipe. I need to fix tis before someone could really use it...

include/dbus-c++/pipe.h

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ public:
 	 */
 	void write(const void *buffer, unsigned int nbytes);
 
+  ssize_t read(void *buffer, unsigned int nbytes);
+
 	/*!
 	 * Simply write one single byte into the pipe. This is a shortcut
 	 * if there's really no data to transport, but to activate the handler.
@@ -51,12 +53,12 @@ public:
 	
 private:
 	void(*_handler)(const void *data, void *buffer, unsigned int nbyte);
-	int fd_write;
+	int _fd_write;
-  int fd_read;
+  int _fd_read;
-	const void *data;
+	const void *_data;
 	
 	// allow construction only in BusDispatcher
-	Pipe ();
+	Pipe (void(*handler)(const void *data, void *buffer, unsigned int nbyte), const void *data);
 	~Pipe () {};
 
 friend class BusDispatcher;

src/Makefile.am

@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ HEADER_FILES = \
 	$(HEADER_DIR)/api.h \
 	$(HEADER_DIR)/eventloop.h \
 	$(HEADER_DIR)/eventloop-integration.h \
+	$(HEADER_DIR)/pipe.h \
 	$(GLIB_H) $(ECORE_H)
 
 lib_includedir=$(includedir)/dbus-c++-1/dbus-c++/
 lib_include_HEADERS = $(HEADER_FILES)
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libdbus-c++-1.la
-libdbus_c___1_la_SOURCES = $(HEADER_FILES) interface.cpp object.cpp introspection.cpp debug.cpp types.cpp connection.cpp connection_p.h property.cpp dispatcher.cpp dispatcher_p.h pendingcall.cpp pendingcall_p.h error.cpp internalerror.h message.cpp message_p.h server.cpp server_p.h eventloop.cpp eventloop-integration.cpp $(GLIB_CPP) $(ECORE_CPP) \
+libdbus_c___1_la_SOURCES = $(HEADER_FILES) interface.cpp object.cpp introspection.cpp debug.cpp types.cpp connection.cpp connection_p.h property.cpp dispatcher.cpp dispatcher_p.h pendingcall.cpp pendingcall_p.h error.cpp internalerror.h message.cpp message_p.h server.cpp server_p.h eventloop.cpp eventloop-integration.cpp pipe.cpp $(GLIB_CPP) $(ECORE_CPP) 
-	pipe.cpp  pipe.h
 libdbus_c___1_la_LIBADD = $(dbus_LIBS) $(glib_LIBS) $(pthread_LIBS) $(ecore_LIBS)
 
 libdbus_c___1_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined

src/eventloop-integration.cpp

@@ -25,19 +25,20 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <string.h>
+/* Project */
-
 #include <dbus-c++/eventloop-integration.h>
 #include <dbus-c++/debug.h>
 #include <dbus-c++/pipe.h>
 
+/* DBus */
+#include <dbus/dbus.h>
+
+/* STD */
+#include <string.h>
+#include <cassert>
 #include <sys/poll.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
-#include <dbus/dbus.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <cassert>
-
 using namespace DBus;
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -97,16 +98,16 @@ void BusDispatcher::enter()
 	{
 		do_iteration();
 
-		for (std::list <Pipe*>::const_iterator p_it = pipe_list.begin ();
+		for (std::list <Pipe*>::iterator p_it = pipe_list.begin ();
 		     p_it != pipe_list.end ();
 		     ++p_it)
 		{
-			const Pipe* read_pipe = *p_it;
+			Pipe* read_pipe = *p_it;
 			char buf;
 			char buf_str[1024];
 			int i = 0;
 			
-			while (read(read_pipe->fd_read, &buf, 1) > 0)
+			while (read_pipe->read((void*) &buf, 1) > 0)
 			{
 				buf_str[i] = buf;
 				++i;
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ void BusDispatcher::enter()
 
 			if (i > 0)
 			{
-				read_pipe->_handler (read_pipe->data, buf_str, i);
+				read_pipe->_handler (read_pipe->_data, buf_str, i);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -135,24 +136,9 @@ void BusDispatcher::leave()
 
 Pipe *BusDispatcher::add_pipe(void(*handler)(const void *data, void *buffer, unsigned int nbyte), const void *data)
 {
-	int fd[2];
+  Pipe *new_pipe = new Pipe (handler, data);
-  Pipe *new_pipe = new Pipe ();
-  new_pipe->_handler = handler;
-	new_pipe->data = data;
 	pipe_list.push_back (new_pipe);
 
-	if (pipe(fd) == 0)
-  {
-    new_pipe->fd_read = fd[0];
-    new_pipe->fd_write = fd[1];
-    fcntl(new_pipe->fd_read, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
-    fcntl(new_pipe->fd_write, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
-  }
-  else
-  {
-		throw Error("PipeError:errno", toString(errno).c_str());
-  }
-
 	return new_pipe;
 }
 

src/pipe.cpp

@@ -25,27 +25,52 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
 
+/* Project */
 #include <dbus-c++/pipe.h>
+#include <dbus-c++/util.h>
+#include <dbus-c++/error.h>
 
+/* STD */
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/poll.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 using namespace DBus;
 using namespace std;
 
-Pipe::Pipe () :
+Pipe::Pipe(void(*handler)(const void *data, void *buffer, unsigned int nbyte), const void *data) :
-  _handler (NULL),
+  _handler(handler),
-  fd_write (0),
+  _fd_write (0),
-  fd_read (0),
+  _fd_read (0),
-  data (NULL)
+  _data(data)
 {
+  int fd[2];
+
+	if(pipe(fd) == 0)
+  {
+    _fd_read = fd[0];
+    _fd_write = fd[1];
+    fcntl(_fd_read, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+    fcntl(_fd_write, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+		throw Error("PipeError:errno", toString(errno).c_str());
+  }
 }
 
 void Pipe::write(const void *buffer, unsigned int nbytes)
 {
-	::write(fd_write, buffer, nbytes);
+	::write(_fd_write, buffer, nbytes);
+}
+
+ssize_t Pipe::read(void *buffer, unsigned int nbytes)
+{
+  return ::read(_fd_read, buffer, nbytes);
 }
 
 void Pipe::signal()
 {
-	::write(fd_write, '\0', 1);
+	::write(_fd_write, '\0', 1);
 }