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gdbus-codegen (1)

Name

gdbus-codegen - Bus code and documentation generator

Synopsis

gdbus-codegen [-h, --help] [--interface-prefix org.project.Prefix]
[--generate-c-code OUTFILES] [--c-namespace YourProject]
[--c-generate-object-manager]
[--c-generate-autocleanup none|objects|all]
[--output-directory OUTDIR] [--generate-docbook OUTFILES]
[--pragma-once] [--xml-files FILE] [--header] [--body]
[--interface-info-header] [--interface-info-body]
[--symbol-decorator DECORATOR]
[--symbol-decorator-header HEADER]
[--symbol-decorator-define DEFINE] [--output OUTFILE]
[--annotate ELEMENT KEY VALUE]...
[--glib-min-required VERSION]
[--glib-max-allowed VERSION] FILE [FILE...]

Description

GDBUS-CODEGEN(1)                 User Commands                GDBUS-CODEGEN(1)



NAME
       gdbus-codegen - D-Bus code and documentation generator

SYNOPSIS
       gdbus-codegen [-h, --help] [--interface-prefix org.project.Prefix]
                     [--generate-c-code OUTFILES] [--c-namespace YourProject]
                     [--c-generate-object-manager]
                     [--c-generate-autocleanup none|objects|all]
                     [--output-directory OUTDIR] [--generate-docbook OUTFILES]
                     [--pragma-once] [--xml-files FILE] [--header] [--body]
                     [--interface-info-header] [--interface-info-body]
                     [--symbol-decorator DECORATOR]
                     [--symbol-decorator-header HEADER]
                     [--symbol-decorator-define DEFINE] [--output OUTFILE]
                     [--annotate ELEMENT KEY VALUE]...
                     [--glib-min-required VERSION]
                     [--glib-max-allowed VERSION] FILE [FILE...]

DESCRIPTION
       gdbus-codegen is used to generate code and/or documentation for one or
       more D-Bus interfaces.

       gdbus-codegen reads D-Bus Introspection XML[1] from files passed as
       additional arguments on the command line and generates output files. It
       currently supports generating C source code (via --body) or header (via
       --header) and Docbook XML (via --generate-docbook). Alternatively, more
       restricted C source code and headers can be generated, which just
       contain the interface information (as GDBusInterfaceInfo structures)
       using --interface-info-body and --interface-info-header.

GENERATING C CODE
       When generating C code, a #GInterface -derived type is generated for
       each D-Bus interface. Additionally, for every generated type, FooBar,
       two concrete instantiatable types, FooBarProxy and FooBarSkeleton,
       implementing said interface are also generated. The former is derived
       from #GDBusProxy and intended for use on the client side while the
       latter is derived from the #GDBusInterfaceSkeleton type making it easy
       to export on a #GDBusConnection either directly or via a
       #GDBusObjectManagerServer instance.

       For C code generation either --body that generates source code,
       --header that generates headers, --interface-info-body that generates
       interface information source code, or --interface-info-header that
       generates interface information headers, can be used. These options
       must be used along with --output, which is used to specify the file to
       output to.

       Both files can be generated at the same time by using
       --generate-c-code, but this option is deprecated. In this case --output
       cannot be used due to the generation of multiple files. Instead pass
       --output-directory to specify the directory to put the output files in.
       By default the current directory will be used.

       The name of each generated C type is derived from the D-Bus interface
       name stripped with the prefix given with --interface-prefix and with
       the dots removed and initial characters capitalized. For example, for
       the D-Bus interface com.acme.Coyote the name used is ComAcmeCoyote. For
       the D-Bus interface org.project.Bar.Frobnicator with --interface-prefix
       org.project., the name used is BarFrobnicator.

       For methods, signals and properties, if not specified, the name
       defaults to the name of the method, signal or property.

       Two forms of the name are used - the CamelCase form and the lower-case
       form. The CamelCase form is used for the #GType and struct name, while
       lower-case form is used in function names. The lower-case form is
       calculated by converting from CamelCase to lower-case and inserting
       underscores at word boundaries (using certain heuristics).

       If the value given by the org.gtk.GDBus.C.Name annotation or the
       --c-namespace option contains an underscore (sometimes called
       Ugly_Case), then the camel-case name is derived by removing all
       underscores, and the lower-case name is derived by lower-casing the
       string. This is useful in some situations where abbreviations are used.
       For example, if the annotation is used on the interface
       net.MyCorp.MyApp.iSCSITarget with the value iSCSI_Target the CamelCase
       form is iSCSITarget while the lower-case form is iscsi_target. If the
       annotation is used on the method EjectTheiPod with the value
       Eject_The_iPod, the lower-case form is eject_the_ipod.

GENERATING DOCBOOK DOCUMENTATION
       Each generated Docbook XML file (see the --generate-docbook option for
       details) is a RefEntry[2] article describing the D-Bus interface.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -h, --help
           Show help and exit.

       --xml-files FILE
           This option is deprecated; use positional arguments instead. The
           D-Bus introspection XML file.

       --interface-prefix org.project.Prefix.
           A prefix to strip from all D-Bus interface names when calculating
           the typename for the C binding and the Docbook sortas attribute[3].

       --generate-docbook OUTFILES
           Generate Docbook Documentation for each D-Bus interface and put it
           in OUTFILES-NAME.xml where NAME is a place-holder for the interface
           name, e.g.  net.Corp.FooBar and so on.

           Pass --output-directory to specify the directory to put the output
           files in. By default the current directory will be used.

       --generate-c-code OUTFILES
           Generate C code for all D-Bus interfaces and put it in OUTFILES.c
           and OUTFILES.h including any sub-directories. If you want the files
           to be output in a different location use --output-directory as
           OUTFILES.h including sub-directories will be referenced from
           OUTFILES.c.

           The full paths would then be $(OUTDIR)/$(dirname
           $OUTFILES)/$(basename $OUTFILES).{c,h}.

       --c-namespace YourProject
           The namespace to use for generated C code. This is expected to be
           in CamelCase[4] or Ugly_Case (see above).

       --pragma-once
           If this option is passed, the #pragma once[5] preprocessor
           directive is used instead of include guards.

       --c-generate-object-manager
           If this option is passed, suitable #GDBusObject, #GDBusObjectProxy,
           #GDBusObjectSkeleton and #GDBusObjectManagerClient subclasses are
           generated.

       --c-generate-autocleanup none|objects|all
           This option influences what types autocleanup functions are
           generated for. 'none' means to not generate any autocleanup
           functions. 'objects' means to generate them for object types, and
           'all' means to generate them for object types and interfaces. The
           default is 'objects' due to a corner case in backwards
           compatibility with a few projects, but you should likely switch
           your project to use 'all'. This option was added in GLib 2.50.

       --output-directory OUTDIR
           Directory to output generated source to. Equivalent to changing
           directory before generation.

           This option cannot be used with --body, --header,
           --interface-info-body or --interface-info-header; and --output must
           be used.

       --header
           If this option is passed, it will generate the header code and
           write it to the disk by using the path and file name provided by
           --output.

           Using --generate-c-code, --generate-docbook or --output-directory
           are not allowed to be used along with --header and --body options,
           because these options are used to generate only one file.

       --body
           If this option is passed, it will generate the source code and
           write it to the disk by using the path and file name provided by
           --output.

           Using --generate-c-code, --generate-docbook or --output-directory
           are not allowed to be used along with --header and --body options,
           because these options are used to generate only one file.

       --interface-info-header
           If this option is passed, it will generate the header code for the
           GDBusInterfaceInfo structures only and will write it to the disk by
           using the path and file name provided by --output.

           Using --generate-c-code, --generate-docbook or --output-directory
           are not allowed to be used along with the --interface-info-header
           and --interface-info-body options, because these options are used
           to generate only one file.

       --interface-info-body
           If this option is passed, it will generate the source code for the
           GDBusInterfaceInfo structures only and will write it to the disk by
           using the path and file name provided by --output.

           Using --generate-c-code, --generate-docbook or --output-directory
           are not allowed to be used along with the --interface-info-header
           and --interface-info-body options, because these options are used
           to generate only one file.

       --symbol-decorator DECORATOR
           If a DECORATOR is passed in with this option, all the generated
           function prototypes in the generated header will be marked with
           DECORATOR. This can be used, for instance, to export symbols from
           code generated with gdbus-codegen. This option is added in
           GLib-2.66

       --symbol-decorator-header HEADER
           If a HEADER is passed in with this option, the generated header
           will put a #include HEADER before the rest of the items, except for
           the inclusion guards or #pragma once (if --pragma-once is used).
           This is used if using another header file is needed for the
           decorator passed in via --symbol-decorator to be defined. This
           option is added in GLib-2.66.

           This option can only be used if --symbol-decorator is used.

       --symbol-decorator-define DEFINE
           If a DEFINE is passed in with this option, the generated source
           will add a #define DEFINE before the rest of the items. This is
           used if a particular macro is needed to ensure the decorator passed
           in via --symbol-decorator uses the correct definition when the
           generated source is being compiled. This option is added in
           GLib-2.66.

           This option can only be used if --symbol-decorator is used.

       --output OUTFILE
           The full path where the header (--header, --interface-info-header)
           or the source code (--body, --interface-info-body) will be written,
           using the path and filename provided by --output. The full path
           could be something like $($OUTFILE).{c,h}.

           Using --generate-c-code, --generate-docbook or --output-directory
           is not allowed along with --output, because the latter is used to
           generate only one file.

       --annotate ELEMENT KEY VALUE
           Used to inject D-Bus annotations into the given XML files. It can
           be used with interfaces, methods, signals, properties and arguments
           in the following way:

               gdbus-codegen --c-namespace MyApp                           \
                 --generate-c-code myapp-generated                         \
                 --annotate "org.project.InterfaceName"                    \
                   org.gtk.GDBus.C.Name MyFrobnicator                      \
                 --annotate "org.project.InterfaceName:Property"           \
                   bar bat                                                 \
                 --annotate "org.project.InterfaceName.Method()"           \
                   org.freedesktop.DBus.Deprecated true                    \
                 --annotate "org.project.InterfaceName.Method()[arg_name]" \
                   snake hiss                                              \
                 --annotate "org.project.InterfaceName::Signal"            \
                   cat meow                                                \
                 --annotate "org.project.InterfaceName::Signal[arg_name]"  \
                   dog wuff                                                \
                 myapp-dbus-interfaces.xml
           Any UTF-8 string can be used for KEY and VALUE.

       --glib-min-required VERSION
           Specifies the minimum version of GLib which the code generated by
           gdbus-codegen can depend on. This may be used to make
           backwards-incompatible changes in the output or behaviour of
           gdbus-codegen in future, which users may opt in to by increasing
           the value they pass for --glib-min-required. If this option is not
           passed, the output from gdbus-codegen is guaranteed to be
           compatible with all versions of GLib from 2.30 upwards, as that is
           when gdbus-codegen was first released.

           Note that some version parameters introduce incompatible changes:
           all callers of the generated code might need to be updated, and if
           the generated code is part of a library's API or ABI, then
           increasing the version parameter can result in an API or ABI break.

           The version number must be of the form MAJOR.MINOR.MICRO, where all
           parts are integers.  MINOR and MICRO are optional. The version
           number may not be smaller than 2.30.

           If the version number is 2.64 or greater, the generated code will
           have the following features: (1) If a method has h (file
           descriptor) parameter(s), a GUnixFDList parameter will exist in the
           generated code for it (whereas previously the annotation
           org.gtk.GDBus.C.UnixFD was required), and (2) Method call functions
           will have two additional arguments to allow the user to specify
           GDBusCallFlags and a timeout value, as is possible when using
           g_dbus_proxy_call().

       --glib-max-allowed VERSION
           Specifies the maximum version of GLib which the code generated by
           gdbus-codegen can depend on. This may be used to ensure that code
           generated by gdbus-codegen is compilable with specific older
           versions of GLib that your software has to support.

           The version number must be of the form MAJOR.MINOR.MICRO, where all
           parts are integers.  MINOR and MICRO are optional. The version
           number must be greater than or equal to that passed to
           --glib-min-required. It defaults to the version of GLib which
           provides this gdbus-codegen.

SUPPORTED D-BUS ANNOTATIONS
       The following D-Bus annotations are supported by gdbus-codegen:

       org.freedesktop.DBus.Deprecated
           Can be used on any <interface>, <method>, <signal> and <property>
           element to specify that the element is deprecated if its value is
           true. Note that this annotation is defined in the D-Bus
           specification[1] and can only assume the values true and false. In
           particular, you cannot specify the version that the element was
           deprecated in nor any helpful deprecation message. Such information
           should be added to the element documentation instead.

           When generating C code, this annotation is used to add
           #G_GNUC_DEPRECATED to generated functions for the element.

           When generating Docbook XML, a deprecation warning will appear
           along the documentation for the element.

       org.gtk.GDBus.Since
           Can be used on any <interface>, <method>, <signal> and <property>
           element to specify the version (any free-form string but compared
           using a version-aware sort function) the element appeared in.

           When generating C code, this field is used to ensure function
           pointer order for preserving ABI/API, see the section called
           "STABILITY GUARANTEES".

           When generating Docbook XML, the value of this tag appears in the
           documentation.

       org.gtk.GDBus.DocString
           A string with Docbook content for documentation. This annotation
           can be used on <interface>, <method>, <signal>, <property> and
           <arg> elements.

       org.gtk.GDBus.DocString.Short
           A string with Docbook content for short/brief documentation. This
           annotation can only be used on <interface> elements.

       org.gtk.GDBus.C.Name
           Can be used on any <interface>, <method>, <signal> and <property>
           element to specify the name to use when generating C code. The
           value is expected to be in CamelCase[4] or Ugly_Case (see above).

       org.gtk.GDBus.C.ForceGVariant
           If set to a non-empty string, a #GVariant instance will be used
           instead of the natural C type. This annotation can be used on any
           <arg> and <property> element.

       org.gtk.GDBus.C.UnixFD
           If set to a non-empty string, the generated code will include
           parameters to exchange file descriptors using the #GUnixFDList
           type. This annotation can be used on <method> elements.

       As an easier alternative to using the org.gtk.GDBus.DocString
       annotation, note that parser used by gdbus-codegen parses XML comments
       in a way similar to gtk-doc[6]:

       Note that @since can be used in any inline documentation bit (e.g. for
       interfaces, methods, signals and properties) to set the
       org.gtk.GDBus.Since annotation. For the org.gtk.GDBus.DocString
       annotation (and inline comments), note that substrings of the form
       #net.Corp.Bar, net.Corp.Bar.FooMethod(), #net.Corp.Bar::BarSignal and
       #net.Corp.InlineDocs:BazProperty are all expanded to links to the
       respective interface, method, signal and property. Additionally,
       substrings starting with @ and % characters are rendered as
       parameter[7] and constant[8] respectively.

       If both XML comments and org.gtk.GDBus.DocString or
       org.gtk.GDBus.DocString.Short annotations are present, the latter wins.

EXAMPLE
       Consider the following D-Bus Introspection XML.

           <node>
             <interface name="net.Corp.MyApp.Frobber">
               <method name="HelloWorld">
                 <arg name="greeting" direction="in" type="s"/>
                 <arg name="response" direction="out" type="s"/>
               </method>

               <signal name="Notification">
                 <arg name="icon_blob" type="ay"/>
                 <arg name="height" type="i"/>
                 <arg name="messages" type="as"/>
               </signal>

               <property name="Verbose" type="b" access="readwrite"/>
             </interface>
           </node>

       If gdbus-codegen is used on this file like this:

           gdbus-codegen --generate-c-code myapp-generated       \
                         --c-namespace MyApp                     \
                         --interface-prefix net.corp.MyApp.      \
                         net.Corp.MyApp.Frobber.xml

       two files called myapp-generated.[ch] are generated. The files provide
       an abstract #GTypeInterface -derived type called MyAppFrobber as well
       as two instantiatable types with the same name but suffixed with Proxy
       and Skeleton. The generated file, roughly, contains the following
       facilities:

           /* GType macros for the three generated types */
           #define MY_APP_TYPE_FROBBER (my_app_frobber_get_type ())
           #define MY_APP_TYPE_FROBBER_SKELETON (my_app_frobber_skeleton_get_type ())
           #define MY_APP_TYPE_FROBBER_PROXY (my_app_frobber_proxy_get_type ())

           typedef struct _MyAppFrobber MyAppFrobber; /* Dummy typedef */

           typedef struct
           {
             GTypeInterface parent_iface;

             /* Signal handler for the ::notification signal */
             void (*notification) (MyAppFrobber *proxy,
                                   GVariant *icon_blob,
                                   gint height,
                                   const gchar* const *messages);

             /* Signal handler for the ::handle-hello-world signal */
             gboolean (*handle_hello_world) (MyAppFrobber *proxy,
                                             GDBusMethodInvocation *invocation,
                                             const gchar *greeting);
           } MyAppFrobberIface;

           /* Asynchronously calls HelloWorld() */
           void
           my_app_frobber_call_hello_world (MyAppFrobber *proxy,
                                            const gchar *greeting,
                                            GCancellable *cancellable,
                                            GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                            gpointer user_data);
           gboolean
           my_app_frobber_call_hello_world_finish (MyAppFrobber *proxy,
                                                   gchar **out_response,
                                                   GAsyncResult *res,
                                                   GError **error);

           /* Synchronously calls HelloWorld(). Blocks calling thread. */
           gboolean
           my_app_frobber_call_hello_world_sync (MyAppFrobber *proxy,
                                                 const gchar *greeting,
                                                 gchar **out_response,
                                                 GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                 GError **error);

           /* Completes handling the HelloWorld() method call */
           void
           my_app_frobber_complete_hello_world (MyAppFrobber *object,
                                                GDBusMethodInvocation *invocation,
                                                const gchar *response);

           /* Emits the ::notification signal / Notification() D-Bus signal */
           void
           my_app_frobber_emit_notification (MyAppFrobber *object,
                                             GVariant *icon_blob,
                                             gint height,
                                             const gchar* const *messages);

           /* Gets the :verbose GObject property / Verbose D-Bus property.
            * Does no blocking I/O.
            */
           gboolean my_app_frobber_get_verbose (MyAppFrobber *object);

           /* Sets the :verbose GObject property / Verbose D-Bus property.
            * Does no blocking I/O.
            */
           void my_app_frobber_set_verbose (MyAppFrobber *object,
                                            gboolean      value);

           /* Gets the interface info */
           GDBusInterfaceInfo *my_app_frobber_interface_info (void);

           /* Creates a new skeleton object, ready to be exported */
           MyAppFrobber *my_app_frobber_skeleton_new (void);

           /* Client-side proxy constructors.
            *
            * Additionally, _new_for_bus(), _new_for_bus_finish() and
            * _new_for_bus_sync() proxy constructors are also generated.
            */
           void
           my_app_frobber_proxy_new        (GDBusConnection     *connection,
                                            GDBusProxyFlags      flags,
                                            const gchar         *name,
                                            const gchar         *object_path,
                                            GCancellable        *cancellable,
                                            GAsyncReadyCallback  callback,
                                            gpointer             user_data);
           MyAppFrobber *
           my_app_frobber_proxy_new_finish (GAsyncResult        *res,
                                            GError             **error);
           MyAppFrobber *
           my_app_frobber_proxy_new_sync   (GDBusConnection     *connection,
                                            GDBusProxyFlags      flags,
                                            const gchar         *name,
                                            const gchar         *object_path,
                                            GCancellable        *cancellable,
                                            GError             **error);

       Thus, for every D-Bus method, there will be three C functions for
       calling the method, one #GObject signal for handling an incoming call
       and one C function for completing an incoming call. For every D-Bus
       signal, there's one #GObject signal and one C function for emitting it.
       For every D-Bus property, two C functions are generated (one setter,
       one getter) and one #GObject property. The following table summarizes
       the generated facilities and where they are applicable:

       +-----------+---------------------+------------------------------+
       |           | Client              | Server                       |
       +-----------+---------------------+------------------------------+
       |Types      | Use                 | Any type                     |
       |           | MyAppFrobberProxy   | implementing the             |
       |           |                     | MyAppFrobber                 |
       |           |                     | interface                    |
       +-----------+---------------------+------------------------------+
       |Methods    | Use                 | Receive via the              |
       |           | m_a_f_hello_world() | handle_hello_world()         |
       |           | to call.            | signal handler.              |
       |           |                     | Complete the call            |
       |           |                     | with                         |
       |           |                     | m_a_f_complete_hello_world() |
       +-----------+---------------------+------------------------------+
       |Signals    | Connect to the      | Use                          |
       |           | ::notification      | m_a_f_emit_notification() to |
       |           | GObject signal.     | emit signal.                 |
       +-----------+---------------------+------------------------------+
       |Properties | Use                 | Implement #GObject's         |
       |(Reading)  | m_a_f_get_verbose() | get_property() vfunc.        |
       |           | or :verbose.        |                              |
       +-----------+---------------------+------------------------------+
       |Properties | Use                 | Implement #GObject's         |
       |(writing)  | m_a_f_set_verbose() | set_property() vfunc.        |
       |           | or :verbose.        |                              |
       +-----------+---------------------+------------------------------+

   Client-side usage
       You can use the generated proxy type with the generated constructors:

               MyAppFrobber *proxy;
               GError *error;

               error = NULL;
               proxy = my_app_frobber_proxy_new_for_bus_sync (
                           G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION,
                           G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_NONE,
                           "net.Corp.MyApp",              /* bus name */
                           "/net/Corp/MyApp/SomeFrobber", /* object */
                           NULL,                          /* GCancellable* */
                           &error);
               /* do stuff with proxy */
               g_object_unref (proxy);

       Instead of using the generic #GDBusProxy facilities, one can use the
       generated methods such as my_app_frobber_call_hello_world() to invoke
       the net.Corp.MyApp.Frobber.HelloWorld() D-Bus method, connect to the
       ::notification GObject signal to receive the
       net.Corp.MyApp.Frobber::Notification D-Bus signal and get/set the
       net.Corp.MyApp.Frobber:Verbose D-Bus Property using either the GObject
       property :verbose or the my_app_get_verbose() and my_app_set_verbose()
       methods. Use the standard #GObject::notify signal to listen to property
       changes.

       Note that all property access is via #GDBusProxy 's property cache so
       no I/O is ever done when reading properties. Also note that setting a
       property will cause the org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set[9] method
       to be called on the remote object. This call, however, is asynchronous
       so setting a property won't block. Further, the change is delayed and
       no error checking is possible.

   Server-side usage
       The generated MyAppFrobber interface is designed so it is easy to
       implement it in a #GObject subclass. For example, to handle
       HelloWorld() method invocations, set the vfunc for
       handle_hello_hello_world() in the MyAppFrobberIface structure.
       Similarly, to handle the net.Corp.MyApp.Frobber:Verbose property
       override the :verbose #GObject property from the subclass. To emit a
       signal, use e.g.  my_app_emit_signal() or g_signal_emit_by_name().

       Instead of subclassing, it is often easier to use the generated
       MyAppFrobberSkeleton subclass. To handle incoming method calls, use
       g_signal_connect() with the ::handle-* signals and instead of
       overriding #GObject 's get_property() and set_property() vfuncs, use
       g_object_get() and g_object_set() or the generated property getters and
       setters (the generated class has an internal property bag
       implementation).

           static gboolean
           on_handle_hello_world (MyAppFrobber           *interface,
                                  GDBusMethodInvocation  *invocation,
                                  const gchar            *greeting,
                                  gpointer                user_data)
           {
             if (g_strcmp0 (greeting, "Boo") != 0)
               {
                 gchar *response;
                 response = g_strdup_printf ("Word! You said `%s'.", greeting);
                 my_app_complete_hello_world (interface, invocation, response);
                 g_free (response);
               }
             else
               {
                 g_dbus_method_invocation_return_error (invocation,
                            MY_APP_ERROR,
                            MY_APP_ERROR_NO_WHINING,
                            "Hey, %s, there will be no whining!",
                            g_dbus_method_invocation_get_sender (invocation));
               }
             return TRUE;
           }

             [...]

             interface = my_app_frobber_skeleton_new ();
             my_app_frobber_set_verbose (interface, TRUE);

             g_signal_connect (interface,
                               "handle-hello-world",
                               G_CALLBACK (on_handle_hello_world),
                               some_user_data);

             [...]

             error = NULL;
             if (!g_dbus_interface_skeleton_export (G_DBUS_INTERFACE_SKELETON (interface),
                                                    connection,
                                                    "/path/of/dbus_object",
                                                    &error))
               {
                 /* handle error */
               }

       To facilitate atomic changesets (multiple properties changing at the
       same time), #GObject::notify signals are queued up when received. The
       queue is drained in an idle handler (which is called from the
       thread-default main loop of the thread where the skeleton object was
       constructed) and will cause emissions of the
       org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties::PropertiesChanged[9] signal with all
       the properties that have changed. Use g_dbus_interface_skeleton_flush()
       or g_dbus_object_skeleton_flush() to empty the queue immediately. Use
       g_object_freeze_notify() and g_object_thaw_notify() for atomic
       changesets if on a different thread.

C TYPE MAPPING
       Scalar types (type-strings 'b', 'y', 'n', 'q', 'i', 'u', 'x', 't' and
       'd') ), strings (type-strings 's', 'ay', 'o' and 'g') and arrays of
       string (type-strings 'as', 'ao' and 'aay') are mapped to the natural
       types, e.g. #gboolean, #gdouble, #gint, gchar*, gchar** and so on.
       Everything else is mapped to the #GVariant type.

       This automatic mapping can be turned off by using the annotation
       org.gtk.GDBus.C.ForceGVariant - if used then a #GVariant is always
       exchanged instead of the corresponding native C type. This annotation
       may be convenient to use when using bytestrings (type-string 'ay') for
       data that could have embedded NUL bytes.

STABILITY GUARANTEES
       The generated C functions are guaranteed to not change their ABI that
       is, if a method, signal or property does not change its signature in
       the introspection XML, the generated C functions will not change its C
       ABI either. The ABI of the generated instance and class structures will
       be preserved as well.

       The ABI of the generated #GType s will be preserved only if the
       org.gtk.GDBus.Since annotation is used judiciously -- this is because
       the VTable for the #GInterface relies on functions pointers for signal
       handlers. Specifically, if a D-Bus method, property or signal or is
       added to a D-Bus interface, then ABI of the generated #GInterface type
       is preserved if, and only if, each added method, property signal is
       annotated with they org.gtk.GDBus.Since annotation using a greater
       version number than previous versions.

       The generated C code currently happens to be annotated with gtk-doc[6]
       / GObject Introspection[10] comments / annotations. The layout and
       contents might change in the future so no guarantees about e.g.
       SECTION usage etc. is given.

       While the generated Docbook for D-Bus interfaces isn't expected to
       change, no guarantees are given at this point.

       It is important to note that the generated code should not be checked
       into revision control systems, nor it should be included in distributed
       source archives.

BUGS
       Please send bug reports to either the distribution bug tracker or the
       upstream bug tracker at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/new.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | library/glib2    |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       gdbus(1)

NOTES
        1. D-Bus Introspection XML
           http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#introspection-format

        2. RefEntry
           http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/refentry.html

        3. sortas attribute
           http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/primary.html

        4. CamelCase
           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CamelCase

        5. #pragma once
           https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragma_once

        6. gtk-doc
           http://www.gtk.org/gtk-doc/

        7. parameter
           http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/parameter.html

        8. constant
           http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/constant.html

        9. org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set
           http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#standard-interfaces-properties

       10. GObject Introspection
           https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GObjectIntrospection


       Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This software was built from source available at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.  The original community
       source was downloaded from
       https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/2.70/glib-2.70.5.tar.xz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GLib/.



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