import papi, atexit

# Create the main application object, set a descriptive name for it and
# a more detailled description, which tells the user what the object
# represents.
application = papi.AtkObject ()
application.name = "Sample Application"
application.description = "A description for the Sample Application"

# Set the role of the object so the user and AT-sytems can easily
# determine what it stands for.
application.role = papi.ATK_ROLE_APPLICATION

# Set the application object as root object for the whole application.
papi.set_atk_root (application)

# Register the shutdown method, so anything will be cleaned up nicely
# and all event hooks (and CORBA bindings) will be terminated once the
# application is closed.
atexit.register (papi.shutdown)

# Initialize the ATK-system.
papi.init ()

print "Press CTRL-C to exit the application."
while True:
    # Let the application interact with its enviroment.
    papi.iterate ()