This is needed to e.g. allow encoding maybe types (once we add
G_DBUS_CAPABILITY_FLAGS_MAYBE_TYPES) if, and only if, that capability
has been negotiated with the peer (via authentication).
This uncovered a bug in name watching if the name wasn't activatable.
Also provoked the need for on_connection variants of g_bus_watch_name
(added g_bus_watch_proxy's variant as well).
Also make the gdbus-example-server include some example
annotations. The output looks like this:
$ gdbus introspect --session --dest org.gtk.GDBus.TestServer --object-path /org/gtk/GDBus/TestObject
node /org/gtk/GDBus/TestObject {
interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties {
methods:
Get(in s interface_name,
in s property_name,
out v value);
GetAll(in s interface_name,
out a{sv} properties);
Set(in s interface_name,
in s property_name,
in v value);
signals:
PropertiesChanged(s interface_name,
a{sv} changed_properties);
};
interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable {
methods:
Introspect(out s xml_data);
};
interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer {
methods:
Ping();
GetMachineId(out s machine_uuid);
};
@org.gtk.GDBus.Annotation("OnInterface")
@org.gtk.GDBus.Annotation("AlsoOnInterface")
interface org.gtk.GDBus.TestInterface {
methods:
@org.gtk.GDBus.Annotation("OnMethod")
HelloWorld(in s greeting,
out s response);
EmitSignal(@org.gtk.GDBus.Annotation.("OnArg")
in d speed_in_mph);
GimmeStdout();
signals:
@org.gtk.GDBus.Annotation("Onsignal")
VelocityChanged(d speed_in_mph,
@org.gtk.GDBus.Annotation.("OnArg_NonFirst")
s speed_as_string);
properties:
@org.gtk.GDBus.Annotation("OnProperty")
@org.gtk.GDBus.Annotation("OnAnnotation_YesThisIsCrazy")
readonly s FluxCapicitorName = 'DeLorean';
readwrite s Title = 'Back To C!';
readonly s ReadingAlwaysThrowsError;
readwrite s WritingAlwaysThrowsError = "There's no home like home";
writeonly s OnlyWritable;
readonly s Foo = 'Tick';
readonly s Bar = 'Tock';
};
};
This makes it possible to use the cached properties mechanism even if
constructing the proxy with the DO_NOT_LOAD_PROPERTIES flag.
This is useful for cases where you obtain the and track object
properties out-of-band. For example, in udisks, the plan is to have
something like this
Manager.GetObjects (out ao paths, out aa{sa{sv}} all_properties);
Manager.ObjectAdded (o path, a{sa{sv}} all_properties);
Manager.ObjectChanged (o path, a{sa{sv}} all_properties);
Manager.ObjectRemoved (o path, a{sa{sv}} all_properties);
E.g. the first GetObjects() call will return *all* data about *all*
exported objects. Further, this way a client will only need to listen
these three signals (three AddMatch) on the Manager object and it will
never need to do GetAll() etc (e.g. can use DO_NOT_LOAD_PROPERTIES).
(Of course this only works if the client is interested in all
objects... while this is true for udisks it is generally not true for
other D-Bus services).
Also use expected_interface to check for programming errors.
These are included wholesale in the docs, and the copyright
headers make them even more overwhelming. Plus, we don't have
copyright headers on examples anywhere else.
This fixes a problem with services that doesn't implement GetAll() for
one reason or another.
$ gdbus introspect --session --dest org.freedesktop.ReserveDevice1.Audio0 --object-path /org/freedesktop/ReserveDevice1/Audio0
node /org/freedesktop/ReserveDevice1/Audio0 {
interface org.freedesktop.ReserveDevice1 {
methods:
RequestRelease(in i priority,
out b result);
properties:
readonly i Priority = 0;
readonly s ApplicationName = 'PulseAudio Sound Server';
readonly s ApplicationDeviceName = 'Internal Audio Analog Stereo';
};
interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties {
methods:
Get(in s interface,
in s property,
out v value);
};
interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable {
methods:
Introspect(out s data);
};
};
Lots of people been suggesting this. We still use MethodInvocation /
method_invocation for handling incoming method calls so use call()
instead of invoke_method() helps to separate the client and server
facilities. Which is a good thing(tm).
