DBusGMethod

DBusGMethod — GMethod Info & Invocation

Stability Level

Stable, unless otherwise indicated

Synopsis




                    DBusGMethodInfo;
                    DBusGMethodInvocation;
gchar*              dbus_g_method_get_sender            (DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
DBusMessage*        dbus_g_method_get_reply             (DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
void                dbus_g_method_send_reply            (DBusGMethodInvocation *context,
                                                         DBusMessage *reply);
void                dbus_g_method_return                (DBusGMethodInvocation *context,
                                                         ...);
void                dbus_g_method_return_error          (DBusGMethodInvocation *context,
                                                         GError *error);

Description

These types are used to call methods on GObject objects.

Details

DBusGMethodInfo

typedef struct {
  GCallback                 function;    
  GClosureMarshal           marshaller;  
  int                       data_offset; 
} DBusGMethodInfo;

Object typically generated by dbus-binding-tool that stores a mapping from introspection data to a function pointer for a C method to be invoked.

GCallback function; C method to invoke
GClosureMarshal marshaller; Marshaller to invoke method
int data_offset; Offset into the introspection data

DBusGMethodInvocation

typedef struct _DBusGMethodInvocation DBusGMethodInvocation;

dbus_g_method_get_sender ()

gchar*              dbus_g_method_get_sender            (DBusGMethodInvocation *context);

Get the sender of a message so we can send a "reply" later (i.e. send a message directly to a service which invoked the method at a later time).

context : the method context
Returns : the unique name of the sender. It is up to the caller to free the returned string.

dbus_g_method_get_reply ()

DBusMessage*        dbus_g_method_get_reply             (DBusGMethodInvocation *context);

Get the reply message to append reply values Used as a sidedoor when you can't generate dbus values of the correct type due to glib binding limitations

context : the method context
Returns : a DBusMessage with the reply

dbus_g_method_send_reply ()

void                dbus_g_method_send_reply            (DBusGMethodInvocation *context,
                                                         DBusMessage *reply);

Used as a sidedoor when you can't generate dbus values of the correct type due to glib binding limitations

context : the method context
reply : the reply message, will be unreffed

dbus_g_method_return ()

void                dbus_g_method_return                (DBusGMethodInvocation *context,
                                                         ...);

Send a return message for a given method invocation, with arguments. This function also frees the sending context.

context : the method context
... :

dbus_g_method_return_error ()

void                dbus_g_method_return_error          (DBusGMethodInvocation *context,
                                                         GError *error);

Send a error message for a given method invocation. This function also frees the sending context.

context : the method context
error : the error to send

See Also

DBusGMessage