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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+This example script exports a menu model on the session bus under the name
+com.canonical.testmenu and at the object path /com/canonical/testmenu.
+The menu model contains items that have attributes with custom values, as well
+as sub-menus.
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+from gi.repository import Gio
+from gi.repository import GLib
+
+
+BUS_NAME = 'com.canonical.testmenu'
+BUS_OBJECT_PATH = '/com/canonical/testmenu'
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    bus = Gio.bus_get_sync(Gio.BusType.SESSION, None)
+    # Claim well-known bus name and ensure only one instance of self is running
+    # at any given time.
+    # http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#message-bus-names
+    proxy = Gio.DBusProxy.new_sync(bus, 0, None,
+                                   'org.freedesktop.DBus',
+                                   '/org/freedesktop/DBus',
+                                   'org.freedesktop.DBus', None)
+    result = proxy.RequestName('(su)', BUS_NAME, 0x4)
+    if result != 1 :
+        print >> sys.stderr, ("Name '%s' is already owned on the session bus."
+                              "Aborting.") % BUS_NAME
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    menu = Gio.Menu()
+    foo = Gio.MenuItem.new('foo', 'app.foo')
+    foo.set_attribute_value('x-additionaltext',
+                            GLib.Variant.new_string('lorem ipsum'))
+    foo.set_attribute_value('x-enabled', GLib.Variant.new_boolean(True))
+    menu.append_item(foo)
+    bar = Gio.MenuItem.new('bar', 'app.bar')
+    bar.set_attribute_value('x-defaultvalue',
+                            GLib.Variant.new_string('Hello World!'))
+    bar.set_attribute_value('x-canonical-currentvalue',
+                            GLib.Variant.new_string('awesome'))
+    bar.set_attribute_value('x-velocity', GLib.Variant.new_uint64(83374))
+    menu.append_item(bar)
+    menu.append('bleh', 'app.bleh')
+    submenu = Gio.Menu()
+    submenu.append('submenu A', 'app.suba')
+    submenu2 = Gio.Menu()
+    submenu2.append('submenu2 A', 'app.sub2a')
+    submenu2.append('submenu2 B', 'app.sub2b')
+    submenu2.append('submenu2 C', 'app.sub2c')
+    submenu.append_submenu('submenu submenu', submenu2)
+    submenu.append('submenu C', 'app.subc')
+    menu.append_submenu('submenu', submenu)
+    menu.append('baz', 'app.baz')
+    bus.export_menu_model(BUS_OBJECT_PATH, menu)
+
+    GLib.MainLoop().run()
+