(k)ubuntu 10.04+ notification support (based on @zwierzak his code)

src/qt/notificator.h

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+#ifndef NOTIFICATOR_H
+#define NOTIFICATOR_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QIcon>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+class QSystemTrayIcon;
+#ifdef QT_DBUS
+class QDBusInterface;
+#endif
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+// Cross-platform desktop notification client
+class Notificator: public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    // Create a new notificator
+    // Ownership of trayIcon is not transferred to this object
+    Notificator(const QString &programName=QString(), QSystemTrayIcon *trayIcon=0, QWidget *parent=0);
+    ~Notificator();
+
+    // Message class
+    enum Class
+    {
+        Information,
+        Warning,
+        Critical,
+    };
+
+public slots:
+
+    /* Show notification message.
+     *
+     *  cls: general message class
+     *  title: title shown with message
+     *  text: message content
+     *  icon: optional icon to show with message
+     *  millisTimeout: notification timeout in milliseconds (default 10 seconds)
+     */
+    void notify(Class cls, const QString &title, const QString &text,
+                const QIcon &icon = QIcon(), int millisTimeout = 10000);
+
+private:
+    QWidget *parent;
+    enum Mode {
+        None,
+        Freedesktop, // Use DBus org.freedesktop.Notifications
+        QSystemTray, // Use QSystemTray::showMessage
+    };
+    QString programName;
+    Mode mode;
+    QSystemTrayIcon *trayIcon;
+#ifdef QT_DBUS
+    QDBusInterface *interface;
+
+    void notifyDBus(Class cls, const QString &title, const QString &text, const QIcon &icon, int millisTimeout);
+#endif
+    void notifySystray(Class cls, const QString &title, const QString &text, const QIcon &icon, int millisTimeout);
+};
+
+#endif // NOTIFICATOR_H