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* dbus.texi (Bus names): Add optional parameter TIMEOUT to dbus-ping.
Describe autostart behaviour of dbus-ping.
(Synchronous Methods, Asynchronous Methods): Use English numeric format
for timeout values.
author | Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> |
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131 This function returns the D-Bus service names, which can be activated. |
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134 @file{/usr/share/dbus-1/services/}. |
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137 activatable service names at all. |
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144 strings like @samp{org.freedesktop.DBus}. Names starting with |
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148 @code{:session}. |
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152 Retrieves all services which correspond to a known name in @var{bus}. |
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153 A service has a known name if it doesn't start with @samp{:}. The |
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158 @code{:session}. |
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162 For a given service, registered at D-Bus @var{bus} under the name |
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164 list of strings, or @code{nil} when there are no queued names for |
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173 For a given service, registered at D-Bus @var{bus} under the name |
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175 result is a string, or @code{nil} when there exist no name owner of |
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183 @defun dbus-ping bus service &optional timeout |
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184 Check whether the service name @var{service} is registered at D-Bus |
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186 autostarted if possible. The result is either @code{t} or @code{nil}. |
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188 @var{bus} must be either the symbol @code{:system} or the symbol |
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189 @code{:session}. @var{service} must be a string. @var{timeout}, a |
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190 nonnegative integer, specifies the maximum number of milliseconds |
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191 @code{dbus-ping} must return. The default value is 25,000. Example: |
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193 @lisp |
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194 (message |
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195 "%s screensaver on board." |
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196 (cond |
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197 ((dbus-ping :session "org.gnome.ScreenSaver" 100) "Gnome") |
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198 ((dbus-ping :session "org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver" 100) "KDE") |
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199 (t "No"))) |
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202 If it shall be checked whether @var{service} is already running |
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205 @lisp |
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206 (member service (dbus-list-known-names bus)) |
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211 The unique name, under which Emacs is registered at D-Bus @var{bus}, |
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219 @node Introspection |
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220 @section Knowing the details of D-Bus services. |
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222 D-Bus services publish their interfaces. This can be retrieved and |
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223 analyzed during runtime, in order to understand the used |
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224 implementation. |
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226 The resulting introspection data are in XML format. The root |
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227 introspection element is always a @code{node} element. It might have |
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231 The root @code{node} element may have @code{node} and @code{interface} |
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232 children. A child @code{node} element must have a @code{name} |
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233 attribute, this case it is the relative object path to the root |
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234 @code{node} element. |
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236 An @code{interface} element has just one attribute, @code{name}, which |
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237 is the full name of that interface. The default interface |
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238 @samp{org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable} is always present. Example: |
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240 @example |
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241 <node name="/org/bluez"> |
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242 <interface name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable"> |
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243 @dots{} |
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244 </interface> |
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245 <interface name="org.bluez.Manager"> |
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246 @dots{} |
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247 </interface> |
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248 <interface name="org.bluez.Database"> |
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249 @dots{} |
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251 <interface name="org.bluez.Security"> |
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252 @dots{} |
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253 </interface> |
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254 <node name="service_audio"/> |
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255 <node name="service_input"/> |
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256 <node name="service_network"/> |
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257 <node name="service_serial"/> |
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258 </node> |
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259 @end example |
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261 Children of an @code{interface} element can be @code{method}, |
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262 @code{signal} and @code{property} elements. A @code{method} element |
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264 itself has a @code{name} attribute, showing the method name. Children |
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265 elements @code{arg} stand for the arguments of a method. Example: |
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267 @example |
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268 <method name="ResolveHostName"> |
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269 <arg name="interface" type="i" direction="in"/> |
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270 <arg name="protocol" type="i" direction="in"/> |
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271 <arg name="name" type="s" direction="in"/> |
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272 <arg name="aprotocol" type="i" direction="in"/> |
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273 <arg name="flags" type="u" direction="in"/> |
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274 <arg name="interface" type="i" direction="out"/> |
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275 <arg name="protocol" type="i" direction="out"/> |
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276 <arg name="name" type="s" direction="out"/> |
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277 <arg name="aprotocol" type="i" direction="out"/> |
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278 <arg name="address" type="s" direction="out"/> |
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279 <arg name="flags" type="u" direction="out"/> |
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280 </method> |
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281 @end example |
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283 @code{arg} elements can have the attributes @code{name}, @code{type} |
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284 and @code{direction}. The @code{name} attribute is optional. The |
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285 @code{type} attribute stands for the @dfn{signature} of the argument |
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286 in D-Bus. For a discussion of D-Bus types and their Lisp |
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287 representation see @ref{Type Conversion}.@footnote{D-Bus signatures |
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288 are explained in the D-Bus specification |
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289 @uref{http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#message-protocol-signatures}.} |
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290 The @code{direction} attribute of an @code{arg} element can be only |
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291 @samp{in} or @samp{out}; in case it is omitted, it defaults to |
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292 @samp{in}. |
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294 A @code{signal} element of an @code{interface} has a similar |
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295 structure. The @code{direction} attribute of an @code{arg} child |
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296 element can be only @samp{out} here; which is also the default value. |
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297 Example: |
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299 @example |
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300 <signal name="StateChanged"> |
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301 <arg name="state" type="i"/> |
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302 <arg name="error" type="s"/> |
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303 </signal> |
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304 @end example |
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306 A @code{property} element has no @code{arg} child |
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307 element. It just has the attributes @code{name}, @code{type} and |
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308 @code{access}, which are all mandatory. The @code{access} attribute |
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309 allows the values @samp{readwrite}, @samp{read}, and @samp{write}. |
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310 Example: |
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312 @example |
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313 <property name="Status" type="u" direction="read"/> |
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314 @end example |
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316 @code{annotation} elements can be children of @code{interface}, |
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317 @code{method}, @code{signal}, and @code{property} elements. Unlike |
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318 properties, which can change their values during lifetime of a D-Bus |
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319 object, annotations are static. Often they are used for code |
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320 generators of D-Bus langugae bindings. Example: |
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322 @example |
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323 <annotation name="de.berlios.Pinot.GetStatistics" value="pinotDBus"/> |
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324 @end example |
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326 Annotations have just @code{name} and @code{value} attributes, both |
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327 must be strings. |
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331 registered at object path @var{path} at bus @var{bus}. |
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336 strings. The result, the introspection data, is a string in XML |
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339 @lisp |
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342 "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer") |
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345 "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Object Introspection 1.0//EN" |
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347 <node> |
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348 <interface name="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device"> |
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349 <method name="GetAllProperties"> |
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352 @dots{} |
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358 @dots{} |
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362 This example informs us, that the service @samp{org.freedesktop.Hal} |
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363 at object path @samp{/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer} offers the |
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365 not documented here). This interface contains the method |
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366 @samp{GetAllProperties}, which needs no input parameters, but returns |
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371 integer, and an array consisting of elements which are a struct of a |
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372 string and 2 boolean values.@footnote{ The interfaces of the service |
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373 @samp{org.freedesktop.Hal} are described at |
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374 @uref{http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/hal-spec/hal-spec.html#interfaces}.} |
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375 @end defun |
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377 @defun dbus-introspect-xml bus service path |
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378 This function has the same intention as function |
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379 @code{dbus-introspect}. The returned value is a parsed XML tree, |
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380 which can be used for further analysis. Example: |
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382 @lisp |
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384 :session "org.freedesktop.xesam.searcher" |
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385 "/org/freedesktop/xesam/searcher/main") |
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387 @result{} (node ((name . "/org/freedesktop/xesam/searcher/main")) |
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389 (method ((name . "GetHitData")) |
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394 ) |
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395 @dots{} |
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401 @dots{} |
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403 @end lisp |
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404 @end defun |
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406 @defun dbus-introspect-get-attribute object attribute |
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407 It returns the @var{attribute} value of a D-Bus introspection |
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408 @var{object}. @var{object} can be every subtree of a parsed XML tree |
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409 as retrieved with @code{dbus-introspect-xml}. @var{attribute} must be |
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413 @lisp |
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417 "name") |
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419 @result{} "/org/freedesktop/SystemToolsBackends/UsersConfig" |
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420 @end lisp |
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422 If @var{object} has no @var{attribute}, the function returns nil. |
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423 @end defun |
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427 @section Detecting object paths and interfaces. |
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430 object paths and interfaces. |
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433 All node names of @var{service} in D-Bus @var{bus} at object path |
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434 @var{path} are returned as list of strings. Example: |
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436 @lisp |
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437 (dbus-introspect-get-node-names |
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438 :session "org.gnome.seahorse" "/org/gnome/seahorse") |
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439 |
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440 @result{} ("crypto" "keys") |
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441 @end lisp |
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443 The node names stand for further object paths of the D-Bus |
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444 @var{service}, relative to @var{path}. In the example, |
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445 @samp{/org/gnome/seahorse/crypto} and @samp{/org/gnome/seahorse/keys} |
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447 @end defun |
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449 @defun dbus-introspect-get-all-nodes bus service path |
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450 This function returns all node names of @var{service} in D-Bus |
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451 @var{bus} at object path @var{path}. It returns a list of strings |
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452 with all object paths of @var{service}, starting at @var{path}. |
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453 Example: |
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454 |
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455 @lisp |
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456 (dbus-introspect-get-all-nodes :session "org.gnome.seahorse" "/") |
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457 |
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458 @result{} ("/" "/org" "/org/gnome" "/org/gnome/seahorse" |
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459 "/org/gnome/seahorse/crypto" |
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460 "/org/gnome/seahorse/keys" |
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461 "/org/gnome/seahorse/keys/openpgp" |
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462 "/org/gnome/seahorse/keys/openpgp/local" |
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463 "/org/gnome/seahorse/keys/openssh" |
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464 "/org/gnome/seahorse/keys/openssh/local") |
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465 @end lisp |
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466 @end defun |
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467 |
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468 @defun dbus-introspect-get-interface-names bus service path |
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469 There will be returned a list strings of all interface names of |
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470 @var{service} in D-Bus @var{bus} at object path @var{path}. This list |
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473 Another default interface is @samp{org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties}. |
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474 If present, @code{interface} elements can also have @code{property} |
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475 children. Example: |
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476 |
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477 @lisp |
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478 (dbus-introspect-get-interface-names |
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479 :system "org.freedesktop.Hal" |
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480 "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer") |
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482 @result{} ("org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable" |
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483 "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device" |
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484 "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement" |
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485 "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.CPUFreq") |
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486 @end lisp |
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487 @end defun |
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489 @defun dbus-introspect-get-interface bus service path interface |
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490 Return @var{interface} of @var{service} in D-Bus @var{bus} at object |
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491 path @var{path}. The return value is an XML element. @var{interface} |
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492 must be a string, element of the list returned by |
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493 @code{dbus-introspect-get-interface-names}. Example: |
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495 @lisp |
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496 (dbus-introspect-get-interface |
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497 :session "org.freedesktop.xesam.searcher" |
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498 "/org/freedesktop/xesam/searcher/main" |
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499 "org.freedesktop.xesam.Search") |
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501 @result{} (interface ((name . "org.freedesktop.xesam.Search")) |
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502 (method ((name . "GetHitData")) |
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504 (arg ((name . "hit_ids") (type . "au") (direction . "in"))) |
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505 (arg ((name . "fields") (type . "as") (direction . "in"))) |
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506 (arg ((name . "hit_data") (type . "aav") (direction . "out"))) |
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507 ) |
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508 @dots{} |
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509 (signal ((name . "HitsAdded")) |
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510 (arg ((name . "search") (type . "s"))) |
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511 (arg ((name . "count") (type . "u"))) |
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514 @end lisp |
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515 @end defun |
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517 @noindent |
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518 With these functions, it is possible to retrieve all introspection |
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519 data from a running system: |
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521 @lisp |
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526 ;; We want to introspect only elements, which have more than |
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527 ;; the default interface "org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable". |
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529 "org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable" |
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530 (dbus-introspect-get-interface-names :session service path)) |
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532 (dbus-introspect :session service path)) |
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533 (redisplay t))))) |
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534 @end lisp |
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537 @node Methods and Signal |
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538 @section Applying the functionality. |
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540 Methods and signals are the communicatione means to D-Bus. The |
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541 following functions return their specifications. |
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543 @defun dbus-introspect-get-method-names bus service path interface |
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544 Return a list of strings of all method names of @var{interface} of |
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545 @var{service} in D-Bus @var{bus} at object path @var{path}. Example: |
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546 |
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547 @lisp |
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549 :session "org.freedesktop.xesam.searcher" |
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550 "/org/freedesktop/xesam/searcher/main" |
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551 "org.freedesktop.xesam.Search") |
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553 @result{} ("GetState" "StartSearch" "GetHitCount" "GetHits" "NewSession" |
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554 "CloseSession" "GetHitData" "SetProperty" "NewSearch" |
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555 "GetProperty" "CloseSearch") |
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556 @end lisp |
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557 @end defun |
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559 @defun dbus-introspect-get-method bus service path interface method |
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560 This function returns @var{method} of @var{interface} as XML element. |
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562 @var{path}. @var{method} must be a string, element of the list |
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563 returned by @code{dbus-introspect-get-method-names}. Example: |
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565 @lisp |
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567 :session "org.freedesktop.xesam.searcher" |
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568 "/org/freedesktop/xesam/searcher/main" |
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569 "org.freedesktop.xesam.Search" "GetHitData") |
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571 @result{} (method ((name . "GetHitData")) |
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572 (arg ((name . "search") (type . "s") (direction . "in"))) |
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576 ) |
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577 @end lisp |
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578 @end defun |
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580 @defun dbus-introspect-get-signal-names bus service path interface |
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581 Return a list of strings of all signal names of @var{interface} of |
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582 @var{service} in D-Bus @var{bus} at object path @var{path}. Example: |
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584 @lisp |
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586 :session "org.freedesktop.xesam.searcher" |
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587 "/org/freedesktop/xesam/searcher/main" |
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588 "org.freedesktop.xesam.Search") |
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590 @result{} ("StateChanged" "SearchDone" "HitsModified" |
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591 "HitsRemoved" "HitsAdded") |
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592 @end lisp |
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593 @end defun |
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595 @defun dbus-introspect-get-signal bus service path interface signal |
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596 This function returns @var{signal} of @var{interface} as XML element. |
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597 It must be located at @var{service} in D-Bus @var{bus} at object path |
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598 @var{path}. @var{signal} must be a string, element of the list |
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599 returned by @code{dbus-introspect-get-signal-names}. Example: |
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601 @lisp |
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604 "/org/freedesktop/xesam/searcher/main" |
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605 "org.freedesktop.xesam.Search" "HitsAdded") |
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608 (arg ((name . "search") (type . "s"))) |
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611 @end lisp |
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612 @end defun |
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615 @node Properties and Annotations |
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616 @section What else to know about interfaces. |
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618 Interfaces can have properties. These can be exposed via the |
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619 @samp{org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties} interface@footnote{See |
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620 @uref{http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#standard-interfaces-properties}}. |
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621 That is, properties can be retrieved and changed during lifetime of an |
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622 element. |
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624 Annotations, on the other hand, are static values for an element. |
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625 Often, they are used to instruct generators, how to generate code from |
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626 the interface for a given language binding. |
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628 @defun dbus-introspect-get-property-names bus service path interface |
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630 @var{service} in D-Bus @var{bus} at object path @var{path}. Example: |
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632 @lisp |
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633 (dbus-introspect-get-property-names |
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634 :session "org.kde.kded" "/modules/networkstatus" |
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635 "org.kde.Solid.Networking.Client") |
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636 |
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637 @result{} ("Status") |
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638 @end lisp |
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639 |
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640 If an interface declares properties, the corresponding element supports |
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641 also the @samp{org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties} interface. |
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642 @end defun |
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643 |
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644 @defun dbus-introspect-get-property bus service path interface property |
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645 This function returns @var{property} of @var{interface} as XML element. |
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646 It must be located at @var{service} in D-Bus @var{bus} at object path |
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647 @var{path}. @var{property} must be a string, element of the list |
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648 returned by @code{dbus-introspect-get-property-names}. |
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649 |
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650 A @var{property} value can be retrieved by the function |
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651 @code{dbus-introspect-get-attribute}. Example: |
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652 |
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653 @lisp |
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654 (dbus-introspect-get-property |
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655 :session "org.kde.kded" "/modules/networkstatus" |
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656 "org.kde.Solid.Networking.Client" "Status") |
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657 |
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658 @result{} (property ((access . "read") (type . "u") (name . "Status"))) |
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659 |
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660 (dbus-introspect-get-attribute |
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661 (dbus-introspect-get-property |
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662 :session "org.kde.kded" "/modules/networkstatus" |
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663 "org.kde.Solid.Networking.Client" "Status") |
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664 "access") |
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666 @result{} "read" |
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667 @end lisp |
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668 @end defun |
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670 @defun dbus-get-property bus service path interface property |
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671 This function returns the value of @var{property} of @var{interface}. |
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672 It will be checked at @var{bus}, @var{service}, @var{path}. The |
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673 result can be any valid D-Bus value, or nil if there is no |
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674 @var{property}. Example: |
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675 |
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676 @lisp |
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677 (dbus-get-property |
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678 :session "org.kde.kded" "/modules/networkstatus" |
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679 "org.kde.Solid.Networking.Client" "Status") |
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680 |
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681 @result{} 4 |
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682 @end lisp |
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683 @end defun |
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684 |
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685 @defun dbus-set-property bus service path interface property value |
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686 Set value of @var{property} of @var{interface} to @var{value}. It |
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687 will be checked at @var{bus}, @var{service}, @var{path}. When the |
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688 value has been set successful, the result is @var{value}. Otherwise, |
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689 @code{nil} is returned. Example: |
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690 |
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691 @lisp |
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692 (dbus-set-property |
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693 :session "org.kde.kaccess" "/MainApplication" |
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694 "com.trolltech.Qt.QApplication" "doubleClickInterval" 500) |
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695 |
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696 @result{} 500 |
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697 @end lisp |
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698 @end defun |
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699 |
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700 @defun dbus-get-all-properties bus service path interface |
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701 This function returns all properties of @var{interface}. It will be |
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702 checked at @var{bus}, @var{service}, @var{path}. The result is a list |
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703 of cons. Every cons contains the name of the property, and its value. |
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704 If there are no properties, @code{nil} is returned. Example: |
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705 |
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706 @lisp |
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707 (dbus-get-all-properties |
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708 :session "org.kde.kaccess" "/MainApplication" |
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709 "com.trolltech.Qt.QApplication") |
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710 |
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711 @result{} (("cursorFlashTime" . 1000) ("doubleClickInterval" . 500) |
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712 ("keyboardInputInterval" . 400) ("wheelScrollLines" . 3) |
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713 ("globalStrut" 0 0) ("startDragTime" . 500) |
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714 ("startDragDistance" . 4) ("quitOnLastWindowClosed" . t) |
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715 ("styleSheet" . "")) |
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716 @end lisp |
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717 @end defun |
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718 |
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719 @defun dbus-introspect-get-annotation-names bus service path interface &optional name |
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720 Return a list of all annotation names as list of strings. If |
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721 @var{name} is @code{nil}, the annotations are children of |
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722 @var{interface}, otherwise @var{name} must be a @code{method}, |
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723 @code{signal}, or @code{property} XML element, where the annotations |
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724 belong to. Example: |
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725 |
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726 @lisp |
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727 (dbus-introspect-get-annotation-names |
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728 :session "de.berlios.Pinot" "/de/berlios/Pinot" |
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729 "de.berlios.Pinot" "GetStatistics") |
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730 |
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731 @result{} ("de.berlios.Pinot.GetStatistics") |
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732 @end lisp |
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733 |
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734 Default annotation names@footnote{See |
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735 @uref{http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#introspection-format}} |
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736 are |
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737 |
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738 @table @samp |
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739 @item org.freedesktop.DBus.Deprecated |
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740 Whether or not the entity is deprecated; defaults to @code{nil} |
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741 |
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742 @item org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.CSymbol |
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743 The C symbol; may be used for @code{methods} and @code{interfaces} |
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744 |
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745 @item org.freedesktop.DBus.Method.NoReply |
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746 If set, don't expect a reply to the @code{method} call; defaults to @code{nil} |
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747 @end table |
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748 @end defun |
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749 |
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750 @defun dbus-introspect-get-annotation bus service path interface name annotation |
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751 Return annotation @var{ANNOTATION} as XML object. If @var{name} is |
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752 @code{nil}, @var{ANNOTATION} is a child of @var{interface}, otherwise |
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753 @var{name} must be the name of a @code{method}, @code{signal}, or |
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754 @code{property} XML element, where the @var{ANNOTATION} belongs to. |
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755 |
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756 An attribute value can be retrieved by |
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757 @code{dbus-introspect-get-attribute}. Example: |
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758 |
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759 @lisp |
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760 (dbus-introspect-get-annotation |
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761 :session "de.berlios.Pinot" "/de/berlios/Pinot" |
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762 "de.berlios.Pinot" "GetStatistics" |
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763 "de.berlios.Pinot.GetStatistics") |
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765 @result{} (annotation ((name . "de.berlios.Pinot.GetStatistics") |
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766 (value . "pinotDBus"))) |
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767 |
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769 (dbus-introspect-get-annotation |
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770 :session "de.berlios.Pinot" "/de/berlios/Pinot" |
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771 "de.berlios.Pinot" "GetStatistics" |
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772 "de.berlios.Pinot.GetStatistics") |
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773 "value") |
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775 @result{} "pinotDBus" |
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776 @end lisp |
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777 @end defun |
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778 |
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780 @node Arguments and Signatures |
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781 @section The final details. |
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782 |
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783 Methods and signals have arguments. They are described in the |
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784 @code{arg} XML elements. |
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785 |
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786 @defun dbus-introspect-get-argument-names bus service path interface name |
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787 Return a list of all argument names as list of strings. @var{name} |
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789 |
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790 @lisp |
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791 (dbus-introspect-get-argument-names |
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792 :session "org.freedesktop.xesam.searcher" |
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793 "/org/freedesktop/xesam/searcher/main" |
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794 "org.freedesktop.xesam.Search" "GetHitData") |
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796 @result{} ("search" "hit_ids" "fields" "hit_data") |
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797 @end lisp |
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798 |
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799 Argument names are optional; the function can return @code{nil} |
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800 therefore, even if the method or signal has arguments. |
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801 @end defun |
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802 |
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803 @defun dbus-introspect-get-argument bus service path interface name arg |
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804 Return argument @var{ARG} as XML object. @var{name} |
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805 must be a @code{method} or @code{signal} XML element. Example: |
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807 @lisp |
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809 :session "org.freedesktop.xesam.searcher" |
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810 "/org/freedesktop/xesam/searcher/main" |
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811 "org.freedesktop.xesam.Search" "GetHitData" "search") |
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813 @result{} (arg ((name . "search") (type . "s") (direction . "in"))) |
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814 @end lisp |
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815 @end defun |
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817 @defun dbus-introspect-get-signature bus service path interface name &optional direction |
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818 Return signature of a @code{method} or @code{signal}, represented by |
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819 @var{name}, as string. |
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822 @samp{in} or @samp{out}. If @var{direction} is @code{nil}, @samp{in} |
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824 |
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825 If @var{name} is a @code{signal}, and @var{direction} is |
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828 @lisp |
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830 :session "org.freedesktop.xesam.searcher" |
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831 "/org/freedesktop/xesam/searcher/main" |
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832 "org.freedesktop.xesam.Search" "GetHitData" "in") |
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833 |
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834 @result{} "sauas" |
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835 |
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836 (dbus-introspect-get-signature |
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837 :session "org.freedesktop.xesam.searcher" |
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838 "/org/freedesktop/xesam/searcher/main" |
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839 "org.freedesktop.xesam.Search" "HitsAdded") |
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841 @result{} "su" |
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842 @end lisp |
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843 @end defun |
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844 |
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846 @node Type Conversion |
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847 @chapter Mapping Lisp types and D-Bus types. |
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848 @cindex type conversion |
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852 argument belongs to a D-Bus type. |
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857 D-Bus type @expansion{} Lisp object for output parameters. |
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858 |
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860 @section Input parameters. |
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861 |
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862 Input parameters for D-Bus methods and signals occur as arguments of a |
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863 Lisp function call. The following mapping to D-Bus types is |
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865 |
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866 @example |
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867 @multitable {@code{t} and @code{nil}} {@expansion{}} {DBUS_TYPE_BOOLEAN} |
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868 @item Lisp type @tab @tab D-Bus type |
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869 @item |
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871 @item number @tab @expansion{} @tab DBUS_TYPE_UINT32 |
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872 @item integer @tab @expansion{} @tab DBUS_TYPE_INT32 |
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876 @end multitable |
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877 @end example |
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880 input parameter. |
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882 If it is necessary to use another D-Bus type, a corresponding type |
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885 @code{:boolean}, @code{:int16}, @code{:uint16}, @code{:int32}, |
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886 @code{:uint32}, @code{:int64}, @code{:uint64}, @code{:double}, |
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887 @code{:string}, @code{:object-path} and @code{:signature}. |
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889 @noindent |
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890 Example: |
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892 @lisp |
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894 @end lisp |
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898 @lisp |
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900 @end lisp |
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901 |
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902 but different to |
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903 |
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904 @lisp |
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906 @end lisp |
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908 The value for a byte D-Bus type can be any integer in the range 0 |
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911 @code{:byte ?x} is equal to @code{:byte ?\M-x}, but it is not equal to |
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912 @code{:byte ?\C-x} or @code{:byte ?\M-\C-x}. |
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914 A D-Bus compound type is always represented as a list. The @sc{car} |
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920 The objects being elements of the list are checked according to the |
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921 D-Bus compound type rules. |
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923 @itemize |
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927 @item A variant must contain only one single element. |
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929 @item A dictionary entry must be element of an array, and it must |
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931 key. |
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933 @item There is no restriction for structs. |
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934 @end itemize |
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944 "/org/freedesktop/Notifications" |
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946 "GNU Emacs" ;; Application name. |
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947 0 ;; No replacement of other notifications. |
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948 "" ;; No icon. |
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949 "Notification summary" ;; Summary. |
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951 "This is a test notification, raised from %s" (emacs-version)) |
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953 '(:array :signature "@{sv@}") ;; No hints |
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955 ':int32 -1) ;; Default timeout. |
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957 @result{} 3 |
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961 Sometimes, D-Bus methods require as input parameter an array of bytes, |
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962 instead of a string. If it is guaranteed, that @var{string} is an |
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963 UTF8 string, this function performs the conversion. Example: |
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965 @lisp |
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966 (dbus-string-to-byte-array "/etc/hosts") |
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968 @result{} (:array :byte 47 :byte 101 :byte 116 :byte 99 :byte 47 |
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969 :byte 104 :byte 111 :byte 115 :byte 116 :byte 115) |
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973 @defun dbus-escape-as-identifier string |
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975 identifier. The escaped string can be used as object path component, |
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976 interface element component, bus name component or member name in |
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977 D-Bus. |
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978 |
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979 The escaping consists of replacing all non-alphanumerics, and the |
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980 first character if it's a digit, with an underscore and two |
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981 lower-case hex digits. As a special case, "" is escaped to |
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982 "_". Example: |
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984 @lisp |
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985 (dbus-escape-as-identifier "0123abc_xyz\x01\xff") |
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987 @result{} "_30123abc_5fxyz_01_ff" |
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992 @section Output parameters. |
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1023 Emacs number size range. |
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1092 Events}). |
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1096 Conversion}. |
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1118 "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer" |
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1119 "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device" "GetPropertyString" |
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1120 "system.kernel.machine") |
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1250 The well known service name of Emacs. |
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1253 @deffn Constant dbus-path-emacs |
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1254 The object path head "/org/gnu/Emacs" used by Emacs. All object |
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1255 paths, used by offered methods or signals, shall start with this |
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1256 string. |
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1257 @end deffn |
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1259 @defun dbus-register-method bus service path interface method handler |
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1260 With this function, an application registers @var{method} on the D-Bus |
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1261 @var{bus}. |
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1263 @var{bus} is either the symbol @code{:system} or the symbol |
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1264 @code{:session}. |
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1266 @var{service} is the D-Bus service name of the D-Bus object |
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1267 @var{method} is registered for. It must be a known name. |
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1268 |
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1269 @var{path} is the D-Bus object path @var{service} is |
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1270 registered. |
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1272 @var{interface} is the interface offered by @var{service}. It must |
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1273 provide @var{method}. |
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1275 @var{handler} is a Lisp function to be called when a @var{method} call |
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1276 is received. It must accept as arguments the input arguments of |
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1277 @var{method}. @var{handler} should return a list, whose elements are |
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1278 to be used as arguments for the reply message of @var{method}. This |
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1279 list can be composed like the input parameters in @ref{Type |
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1280 Conversion}. |
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1282 If @var{handler} wants to return just one Lisp object and it is not a |
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1283 cons cell, @var{handler} can return this object directly, instead of |
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1284 returning a list containing the object. |
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1286 In case @var{handler} shall return a reply message with an empty |
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1287 argument list, @var{handler} must return the symbol @code{:ignore}. |
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1289 The default D-Bus timeout when waiting for a message reply is 25 |
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1290 seconds. This value could be even smaller, depending on the calling |
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1291 client. Therefore, @var{handler} shall not last longer than |
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1292 absolutely necessary. |
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1294 @code{dbus-register-method} returns a Lisp object, which can be used |
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1295 as argument in @code{dbus-unregister-object} for removing the |
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1296 registration for @var{method}. Example: |
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1298 @lisp |
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1299 (defun my-dbus-method-handler (filename) |
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1300 (let (result) |
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1301 (if (find-file filename) |
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1302 (setq result '(:boolean t)) |
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1304 result)) |
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1306 @result{} my-dbus-method-handler |
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1309 :session "org.freedesktop.TextEditor" "/org/freedesktop/TextEditor" |
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1310 "org.freedesktop.TextEditor" "OpenFile" |
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1311 'my-dbus-method-handler) |
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1313 @result{} ((:session "org.freedesktop.TextEditor" "OpenFile") |
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1315 my-dbus-method-handler)) |
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1316 @end lisp |
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1317 |
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1318 If you invoke the method @samp{org.freedesktop.TextEditor.OpenFile} |
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1319 from another D-Bus application with a filename as parameter, the file |
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1321 @var{false}, indicating the success if the method. As test tool one |
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1322 could use the command line tool @code{dbus-send} in a shell: |
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1324 @example |
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1325 # dbus-send --session --print-reply \ |
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1326 --dest="org.freedesktop.TextEditor" \ |
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1328 "org.freedesktop.TextEditor.OpenFile" string:"/etc/hosts" |
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1330 @print{} method return sender=:1.22 -> dest=:1.23 reply_serial=2 |
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1331 boolean true |
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1332 @end example |
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1334 You can indicate an error by raising the Emacs signal |
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1335 @code{dbus-error}. The handler above could be changed like this: |
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1337 @lisp |
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1338 (defun my-dbus-method-handler (&rest args) |
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1339 (unless (and (= (length args) 1) (stringp (car args))) |
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1340 (signal 'dbus-error (list (format "Wrong argument list: %S" args)))) |
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1342 (find-file (car args)) |
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1343 (error (signal 'dbus-error (cdr err)))) |
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1344 t) |
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1346 @result{} my-dbus-method-handler |
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1347 @end lisp |
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1349 The test runs then |
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1352 # dbus-send --session --print-reply \ |
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1356 string:"/etc/hosts" string:"/etc/passwd" |
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1359 Wrong argument list: ("/etc/hosts" "/etc/passwd") |
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1360 @end example |
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1364 @node Signals |
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1371 @defun dbus-send-signal bus service path interface signal &rest args |
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1381 @var{service} is registered at. @var{interface} is an interface |
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1382 offered by @var{service}. It must provide @var{signal}. |
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1384 All other arguments args are passed to @var{signal} as arguments. |
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1385 They are converted into D-Bus types as described in @ref{Type |
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1386 Conversion}. Example: |
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1388 @lisp |
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1390 :session dbus-service-emacs dbus-path-emacs |
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1391 (concat dbus-service-emacs ".FileManager") "FileModified" |
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1392 "/home/albinus/.emacs") |
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1393 @end lisp |
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1396 @defun dbus-register-signal bus service path interface signal handler &rest args |
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1397 With this function, an application registers for @var{signal} on the |
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1398 D-Bus @var{bus}. |
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1403 @var{service} is the D-Bus service name used by the sending D-Bus |
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1404 object. It can be either a known name or the unique name of the D-Bus |
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1405 object sending the signal. In case of a unique name, signals won't be |
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1406 received any longer once the object owning this unique name has |
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1407 disappeared, and a new queued object has replaced it. |
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1409 When @var{service} is @code{nil}, related signals from all D-Bus |
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1410 objects shall be accepted. |
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1412 @var{path} is the corresponding D-Bus object path, @var{service} is |
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1413 registered at. It can also be @code{nil} if the path name of incoming |
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1414 signals shall not be checked. |
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1415 |
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1416 @var{interface} is an interface offered by @var{service}. It must |
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1417 provide @var{signal}. |
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1419 @var{handler} is a Lisp function to be called when the @var{signal} is |
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1420 received. It must accept as arguments the output parameters |
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1421 @var{signal} is sending. |
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1423 All other arguments @var{args}, if specified, must be strings. They |
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1424 stand for the respective arguments of @var{signal} in their order, and |
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1425 are used for filtering as well. A @code{nil} argument might be used |
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1426 to preserve the order. |
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1428 @code{dbus-register-signal} returns a Lisp object, which can be used |
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1429 as argument in @code{dbus-unregister-object} for removing the |
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1430 registration for @var{signal}. Example: |
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1432 @lisp |
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1433 (defun my-dbus-signal-handler (device) |
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1434 (message "Device %s added" device)) |
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1436 @result{} my-dbus-signal-handler |
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1439 :system "org.freedesktop.Hal" "/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager" |
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1440 "org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager" "DeviceAdded" |
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1441 'my-dbus-signal-handler) |
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1443 @result{} ((:system "org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager" "DeviceAdded") |
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1444 ("org.freedesktop.Hal" "/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager" |
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1445 my-signal-handler)) |
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1446 @end lisp |
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1448 As we know from the introspection data of interface |
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1449 @samp{org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager}, the signal @samp{DeviceAdded} |
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1452 single string argument therefore. Plugging an USB device to your |
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1453 machine, when registered for signal @samp{DeviceAdded}, will show you |
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1454 which objects the GNU/Linux @code{hal} daemon adds. |
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1460 @code{dbus-register-method} call. It returns @code{t} if @var{object} |
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1461 has been unregistered, @code{nil} otherwise. |
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1462 @end defun |
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1464 |
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1465 @node Errors and Events |
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1466 @chapter Errors and events. |
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1467 @cindex errors |
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1468 @cindex events |
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1470 Input parameters of @code{dbus-call-method}, |
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1471 @code{dbus-call-method-non-blocking}, |
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1472 @code{dbus-call-method-asynchronously}, and |
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1473 @code{dbus-register-signal} are checked for correct D-Bus types. If |
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1474 there is a type mismatch, the Lisp error @code{wrong-type-argument} |
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1475 @code{D-Bus ARG} is raised. |
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1476 |
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1477 All errors raised by D-Bus are signaled with the error symbol |
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1478 @code{dbus-error}. If possible, error messages from D-Bus are |
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1479 appended to the @code{dbus-error}. |
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1481 @defspec dbus-ignore-errors forms@dots{} |
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1482 This executes @var{forms} exactly like a @code{progn}, except that |
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1483 @code{dbus-error} errors are ignored during the @var{forms}. These |
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1484 errors can be made visible when variable @code{dbus-debug} is set to |
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1485 @code{t}. |
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1486 @end defspec |
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1488 Incoming D-Bus messages are handled as Emacs events (see @pxref{Misc |
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1489 Events, , , elisp}). The generated event has this form: |
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1491 @lisp |
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1492 (dbus-event @var{bus} @var{type} @var{serial} @var{service} @var{path} @var{interface} @var{member} @var{handler} |
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1493 &rest @var{args}) |
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1494 @end lisp |
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1496 @var{bus} identifies the D-Bus the message is coming from. It is |
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1497 either the symbol @code{:system} or the symbol @code{:session}. |
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1499 @var{type} is the D-Bus message type which has caused the event. It |
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1500 can be @code{dbus-message-type-invalid}, |
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1501 @code{dbus-message-type-method-call}, |
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1502 @code{dbus-message-type-method-return}, |
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1503 @code{dbus-message-type-error}, or @code{dbus-message-type-signal}. |
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1504 @var{serial} is the serial number of the received D-Bus message. |
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1506 @var{service} and @var{path} are the unique name and the object path |
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1507 of the D-Bus object emitting the message. @var{interface} and |
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1508 @var{member} denote the message which has been sent. |
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1510 @var{handler} is the callback function which has been registered for |
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1511 this message (see @pxref{Signals}). When a @code{dbus-event} event |
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1512 arrives, @var{handler} is called with @var{args} as arguments. |
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1514 In order to inspect the @code{dbus-event} data, you could extend the |
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1515 definition of the callback function in @ref{Signals}: |
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1517 @lisp |
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1518 (defun my-dbus-signal-handler (&rest args) |
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1519 (message "my-dbus-signal-handler: %S" last-input-event)) |
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1520 @end lisp |
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1521 |
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1522 There exist convenience functions which could be called inside a |
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1523 callback function in order to retrieve the information from the event. |
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1524 |
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1525 @defun dbus-event-bus-name event |
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1526 Returns the bus name @var{event} is coming from. |
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1527 The result is either the symbol @code{:system} or the symbol @code{:session}. |
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1528 @end defun |
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1530 @defun dbus-event-message-type event |
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1531 Returns the message type of the corresponding D-Bus message. The |
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1532 result is a number. |
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1533 @end defun |
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1535 @defun dbus-event-serial-number event |
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1536 Returns the serial number of the corresponding D-Bus message. |
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1537 The result is a number. |
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1538 @end defun |
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1539 |
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1540 @defun dbus-event-service-name event |
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1541 Returns the unique name of the D-Bus object @var{event} is coming from. |
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1542 @end defun |
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1543 |
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1544 @defun dbus-event-path-name event |
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1545 Returns the object path of the D-Bus object @var{event} is coming from. |
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1546 @end defun |
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1548 @defun dbus-event-interface-name event |
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1549 Returns the interface name of the D-Bus object @var{event} is coming from. |
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1550 @end defun |
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1552 @defun dbus-event-member-name event |
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1553 Returns the member name of the D-Bus object @var{event} is coming |
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1554 from. It is either a signal name or a method name. |
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1555 @end defun |
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1557 D-Bus errors are not propagated during event handling, because it is |
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1558 usually not desired. D-Bus errors in events can be made visible by |
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1559 setting the variable @code{dbus-debug} to @code{t}. They can also be |
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1560 handled by a hook function. |
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1568 Such functions can be used the adapt the error signal to be raised. |
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1569 Example: |
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1571 @lisp |
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1572 (defun my-dbus-event-error-handler (event error) |
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1573 (when (string-equal (concat dbus-service-emacs ".FileManager") |
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1574 (dbus-event-interface-name event)) |
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1576 (signal 'file-error (cdr error)))) |
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1578 (add-hook 'dbus-event-error-hooks 'my-dbus-event-error-handler) |
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1579 @end lisp |
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1584 whether a given D-Bus error is related to them. |
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1587 @node GNU Free Documentation License |
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1588 @appendix GNU Free Documentation License |
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1593 @ignore | |
1594 arch-tag: 2eeec19d-0caf-44e0-a193-329d7f9951d8 | |
1595 @end ignore |