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Script Module or Service? - Eldorado - 2012-02-06
I'm looking to have 3 new scripts added to the official repository, but before I do so I would like to make sure that they are setup correctly
t0mm0's common lib & urlresolver - http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=105707
metahandlers - http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=105707
All 3 are helper scripts for creating addons, currently they are all defined as script modules - xbmc.python.module
I don't see any way of being able to install/uninstall/configure/rollback these types of scripts, so I'm second guessing if they should instead be defined as services?
I'm not really familiar with services and what makes them a service rather than a module.. ability to run in the background?
Is it wrong if I change these to be a service?
- giftie - 2012-02-07
Eldorado Wrote:I'm looking to have 3 new scripts added to the official repository, but before I do so I would like to make sure that they are setup correctly
t0mm0's common lib & urlresolver - http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=105707
metahandlers - http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=105707
All 3 are helper scripts for creating addons, currently they are all defined as script modules - xbmc.python.module
I don't see any way of being able to install/uninstall/configure/rollback these types of scripts, so I'm second guessing if they should instead be defined as services?
I'm not really familiar with services and what makes them a service rather than a module.. ability to run in the background?
Is it wrong if I change these to be a service?
A script module is installed when the Addon Manager comes across an addon.xml that requires the module.
Code:
<requires>
<import addon="xbmc.python" version="2.0"/>
<import addon="script.module.pil" version="1.1.7"/>
</requires>The version is controlled by the addon.xml. There doesn't seem to be a rollback for script modules
Also the script using the modules can adjust the script module settings(if needed) using the setSetting() in xbmcaddon.
A Service addon is one that runs at the start of XBMC.