Fix mice dynamic slice retrieval for Ice 3.5 python bindings

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Helpers/mice.py b/Helpers/mice.py
index f80c5ab..5fb878c 100644
--- a/Helpers/mice.py
+++ b/Helpers/mice.py
@@ -76,8 +76,19 @@ else:
 
 try:
     print "Trying to retrieve slice dynamically from server...",
-    slice = IcePy.Operation('getSlice', Ice.OperationMode.Idempotent, Ice.OperationMode.Idempotent, True, (), (), (), IcePy._t_string, ()).invoke(prx, ((), None))
-
+    # Check IcePy version as this internal function changes between version.
+    # In case it breaks with future versions use slice2py and search for
+    # "IcePy.Operation('getSlice'," for updates in the generated bindings.
+    op = None
+    if IcePy.intVersion() < 30500L:
+        # Old 3.4 signature with 9 parameters
+        op = IcePy.Operation('getSlice', Ice.OperationMode.Idempotent, Ice.OperationMode.Idempotent, True, (), (), (), IcePy._t_string, ())
+
+    else:
+        # New 3.5 signature with 10 parameters.
+        op = IcePy.Operation('getSlice', Ice.OperationMode.Idempotent, Ice.OperationMode.Idempotent, True, None, (), (), (), ((), IcePy._t_string, False, 0), ())
+
+    slice = op.invoke(prx, ((), None))
     (dynslicefiledesc, dynslicefilepath)  = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix = '.ice')
     dynslicefile = os.fdopen(dynslicefiledesc, 'w')
     dynslicefile.write(slice)