How to use Solid Control (from kdebase/workspace/libs) and Solid (from KDELibs) in the same source

[Will Stephenson]

On Wednesday 16 April 2008, Nicolas Ternisien said:
> I would like to implement In KInfocenter the Network information from
> Solid API, but there are two NetworkInterface classes that could be
>
> used :
> >From Kdelibs :
>
> http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/solid/html/networkinterface_8h-s
>ource.html
> http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/solid/html/classSolid_1_1Network
>Interface.html
>
> >From Kdebase Workspace :
>
> http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdebase-workspace-apidocs/libs/solid/html/classS
>olid_1_1Control_1_1NetworkInterface.html
> http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdebase-workspace-apidocs/libs/solid/html/networ
>kinterface_8h-source.html
>
> Unfortunately, Kdelibs implementation provides information about Mac
> address of the network, and Kdebase implementation other details like
> IP address, route, netmask,...
>
> I firstly have the problem that the two #include <networkinterface.h>
> could not be used at the same times because they have the same name
> and the same #ifdef SOLID_NETWORKINTERFACE_H variable.
>
> More over, I don't know if the device->as<NetworkInterface>() could
> work in the two cases.
>
> So I would like to know if I miss something, and if not, maybe change
> Solid from Kdebase headers name to a different name.

Hi Nicholas

Sorry for not responding sooner.  The Solid::Control API is being rewritten 
and I hope to merge it this week.  I think the new API will provide all the 
info you need.  Look in branches/~wstephens in SVN.

Will