Class (GI Class)

Gio-2.0GioDBusConnectionSince 2.26

The Gio.DBusConnection type is used for D-Bus connections to remote peers such as a message buses.

It is a low-level API that offers a lot of flexibility. For instance, it lets you establish a connection over any transport that can by represented as a Gio.IOStream.

This class is rarely used directly in D-Bus clients. If you are writing a D-Bus client, it is often easier to use the Gio.bus_own_name, Gio.bus_watch_name or Gio.DBusProxy.new_for_bus APIs.

As an exception to the usual GLib rule that a particular object must not be used by two threads at the same time, Gio.DBusConnections methods may be called from any thread. This is so that Gio.bus_get and Gio.bus_get_sync can safely return the same Gio.DBusConnection when called from any thread.

Most of the ways to obtain a Gio.DBusConnection automatically initialize it (i.e. connect to D-Bus): for instance, Gio.DBusConnection.new and Gio.bus_get, and the synchronous versions of those methods, give you an initialized connection. Language bindings for GIO should use Gio.Initable.new or Gio.AsyncInitable.new_async, which also initialize the connection.

If you construct an uninitialized Gio.DBusConnection, such as via GObject.Object.new, you must initialize it via Gio.Initable.init or Gio.AsyncInitable.init_async before using its methods or properties. Calling methods or accessing properties on a Gio.DBusConnection that has not completed initialization successfully is considered to be invalid, and leads to undefined behaviour. In particular, if initialization fails with a GLib.Error, the only valid thing you can do with that Gio.DBusConnection is to free it with GObject.Object.unref.

Here is an example for a D-Bus server: gdbus-example-server.c

Here is an example for exporting a subtree: gdbus-example-subtree.c

Here is an example for passing UNIX file descriptors: gdbus-unix-fd-client.c

Here is an example for exporting a GObject.Object: gdbus-example-export.c

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This instance property is generated only for TypeScript type checking. It is not defined at runtime and should not be accessed in JS code.

Accessors

  • set address(val: string): void

    A D-Bus address specifying potential endpoints that can be used when establishing the connection.

    Parameters

    • val: string

    Returns void

    2.26

  • get closed(): boolean

    A boolean specifying whether the connection has been closed.

    Returns boolean

    2.26

  • get exit_on_close(): boolean

    A boolean specifying whether the process will be terminated (by calling raise(SIGTERM)) if the connection is closed by the remote peer.

    Note that Gio.DBusConnection objects returned by g_bus_get_finish() and g_bus_get_sync() will (usually) have this property set to true.

    Returns boolean

    2.26

  • set exit_on_close(val: boolean): void

    Parameters

    • val: boolean

    Returns void

  • get exitOnClose(): boolean

    A boolean specifying whether the process will be terminated (by calling raise(SIGTERM)) if the connection is closed by the remote peer.

    Note that Gio.DBusConnection objects returned by g_bus_get_finish() and g_bus_get_sync() will (usually) have this property set to true.

    Returns boolean

    2.26

  • set exitOnClose(val: boolean): void

    Parameters

    • val: boolean

    Returns void

  • get unique_name(): string

    The unique name as assigned by the message bus or null if the connection is not open or not a message bus connection.

    Returns string

    2.26

  • get uniqueName(): string

    The unique name as assigned by the message bus or null if the connection is not open or not a message bus connection.

    Returns string

    2.26

Methods

  • Adds a message filter. Filters are handlers that are run on all incoming and outgoing messages, prior to standard dispatch. Filters are run in the order that they were added. The same handler can be added as a filter more than once, in which case it will be run more than once. Filters added during a filter callback won't be run on the message being processed. Filter functions are allowed to modify and even drop messages.

    Note that filters are run in a dedicated message handling thread so they can't block and, generally, can't do anything but signal a worker thread. Also note that filters are rarely needed - use API such as g_dbus_connection_send_message_with_reply(), g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe() or g_dbus_connection_call() instead.

    If a filter consumes an incoming message the message is not dispatched anywhere else - not even the standard dispatch machinery (that API such as g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe() and g_dbus_connection_send_message_with_reply() relies on) will see the message. Similarly, if a filter consumes an outgoing message, the message will not be sent to the other peer.

    If user_data_free_func is non-null, it will be called (in the thread-default main context of the thread you are calling this method from) at some point after user_data is no longer needed. (It is not guaranteed to be called synchronously when the filter is removed, and may be called after connection has been destroyed.)

    Parameters

    Returns number

    a filter identifier that can be used with g_dbus_connection_remove_filter()

  • Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property on target.

    Whenever the source_property is changed the target_property is updated using the same value. For instance:

      g_object_bind_property (action, "active", widget, "sensitive", 0);
    

    Will result in the "sensitive" property of the widget GObject.Object instance to be updated with the same value of the "active" property of the action GObject.Object instance.

    If flags contains GObject.BindingFlags.BIDIRECTIONAL then the binding will be mutual: if target_property on target changes then the source_property on source will be updated as well.

    The binding will automatically be removed when either the source or the target instances are finalized. To remove the binding without affecting the source and the target you can just call g_object_unref() on the returned GObject.Binding instance.

    Removing the binding by calling g_object_unref() on it must only be done if the binding, source and target are only used from a single thread and it is clear that both source and target outlive the binding. Especially it is not safe to rely on this if the binding, source or target can be finalized from different threads. Keep another reference to the binding and use g_binding_unbind() instead to be on the safe side.

    A GObject.Object can have multiple bindings.

    Parameters

    Returns GObject.Binding

    the GObject.Binding instance representing the binding between the two GObject.Object instances. The binding is released whenever the GObject.Binding reference count reaches zero.

  • Complete version of g_object_bind_property().

    Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property on target, allowing you to set the transformation functions to be used by the binding.

    If flags contains GObject.BindingFlags.BIDIRECTIONAL then the binding will be mutual: if target_property on target changes then the source_property on source will be updated as well. The transform_from function is only used in case of bidirectional bindings, otherwise it will be ignored

    The binding will automatically be removed when either the source or the target instances are finalized. This will release the reference that is being held on the GObject.Binding instance; if you want to hold on to the GObject.Binding instance, you will need to hold a reference to it.

    To remove the binding, call g_binding_unbind().

    A GObject.Object can have multiple bindings.

    The same user_data parameter will be used for both transform_to and transform_from transformation functions; the notify function will be called once, when the binding is removed. If you need different data for each transformation function, please use g_object_bind_property_with_closures() instead.

    Parameters

    • source_property: string

      the property on source to bind

    • target: GObject.Object

      the target GObject.Object

    • target_property: string

      the property on target to bind

    • flags: GObject.BindingFlags

      flags to pass to GObject.Binding

    • Optionaltransform_to: BindingTransformFunc

      the transformation function from the source to the target, or null to use the default

    • Optionaltransform_from: BindingTransformFunc

      the transformation function from the target to the source, or null to use the default

    • Optionalnotify: DestroyNotify

      a function to call when disposing the binding, to free resources used by the transformation functions, or null if not required

    Returns GObject.Binding

    the GObject.Binding instance representing the binding between the two GObject.Object instances. The binding is released whenever the GObject.Binding reference count reaches zero.

  • Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property on target, allowing you to set the transformation functions to be used by the binding.

    This function is the language bindings friendly version of g_object_bind_property_full(), using GClosures instead of function pointers.

    Parameters

    • ...args: never[]

      the property on source to bind

    Returns any

    the GObject.Binding instance representing the binding between the two GObject.Object instances. The binding is released whenever the GObject.Binding reference count reaches zero.

  • Asynchronously invokes the method_name method on the interface_name D-Bus interface on the remote object at object_path owned by bus_name.

    If connection is closed then the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CLOSED. If cancellable is canceled, the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED. If parameters contains a value not compatible with the D-Bus protocol, the operation fails with Gio.IOErrorEnum.INVALID_ARGUMENT.

    If reply_type is non-null then the reply will be checked for having this type and an error will be raised if it does not match. Said another way, if you give a reply_type then any non-null return value will be of this type. Unless it’s G_VARIANT_TYPE_UNIT, the reply_type will be a tuple containing one or more values.

    If the parameters GLib.Variant is floating, it is consumed. This allows convenient 'inline' use of g_variant_new(), e.g.:

     g_dbus_connection_call (connection,
    "org.freedesktop.StringThings",
    "/org/freedesktop/StringThings",
    "org.freedesktop.StringThings",
    "TwoStrings",
    g_variant_new ("(ss)",
    "Thing One",
    "Thing Two"),
    NULL,
    G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
    -1,
    NULL,
    (GAsyncReadyCallback) two_strings_done,
    NULL);

    This is an asynchronous method. When the operation is finished, callback will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see GLib.MainContext.push_thread_default) of the thread you are calling this method from. You can then call g_dbus_connection_call_finish() to get the result of the operation. See g_dbus_connection_call_sync() for the synchronous version of this function.

    If callback is null then the D-Bus method call message will be sent with the Gio.DBusMessageFlags.NO_REPLY_EXPECTED flag set.

    Type Parameters

    • T extends string = any

    Parameters

    • bus_name: string

      a unique or well-known bus name or null if connection is not a message bus connection

    • object_path: string

      path of remote object

    • interface_name: string

      D-Bus interface to invoke method on

    • method_name: string

      the name of the method to invoke

    • parameters: GLib.Variant<any>

      a GLib.Variant tuple with parameters for the method or null if not passing parameters

    • reply_type: GLib.VariantType<T>

      the expected type of the reply (which will be a tuple), or null

    • flags: Gio.DBusCallFlags

      flags from the Gio.DBusCallFlags enumeration

    • timeout_msec: number

      the timeout in milliseconds, -1 to use the default timeout or G_MAXINT for no timeout

    • Optionalcancellable: Gio.Cancellable

      a Gio.Cancellable or null

    Returns Promise<GLib.Variant<T>>

  • Asynchronously invokes the method_name method on the interface_name D-Bus interface on the remote object at object_path owned by bus_name.

    If connection is closed then the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CLOSED. If cancellable is canceled, the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED. If parameters contains a value not compatible with the D-Bus protocol, the operation fails with Gio.IOErrorEnum.INVALID_ARGUMENT.

    If reply_type is non-null then the reply will be checked for having this type and an error will be raised if it does not match. Said another way, if you give a reply_type then any non-null return value will be of this type. Unless it’s G_VARIANT_TYPE_UNIT, the reply_type will be a tuple containing one or more values.

    If the parameters GLib.Variant is floating, it is consumed. This allows convenient 'inline' use of g_variant_new(), e.g.:

     g_dbus_connection_call (connection,
    "org.freedesktop.StringThings",
    "/org/freedesktop/StringThings",
    "org.freedesktop.StringThings",
    "TwoStrings",
    g_variant_new ("(ss)",
    "Thing One",
    "Thing Two"),
    NULL,
    G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
    -1,
    NULL,
    (GAsyncReadyCallback) two_strings_done,
    NULL);

    This is an asynchronous method. When the operation is finished, callback will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see GLib.MainContext.push_thread_default) of the thread you are calling this method from. You can then call g_dbus_connection_call_finish() to get the result of the operation. See g_dbus_connection_call_sync() for the synchronous version of this function.

    If callback is null then the D-Bus method call message will be sent with the Gio.DBusMessageFlags.NO_REPLY_EXPECTED flag set.

    Type Parameters

    • T extends string = any

    Parameters

    • bus_name: string

      a unique or well-known bus name or null if connection is not a message bus connection

    • object_path: string

      path of remote object

    • interface_name: string

      D-Bus interface to invoke method on

    • method_name: string

      the name of the method to invoke

    • parameters: GLib.Variant<any>

      a GLib.Variant tuple with parameters for the method or null if not passing parameters

    • reply_type: GLib.VariantType<T>

      the expected type of the reply (which will be a tuple), or null

    • flags: Gio.DBusCallFlags

      flags from the Gio.DBusCallFlags enumeration

    • timeout_msec: number

      the timeout in milliseconds, -1 to use the default timeout or G_MAXINT for no timeout

    • cancellable: Gio.Cancellable

      a Gio.Cancellable or null

    • callback: AsyncReadyCallback<Gio.DBusConnection>

      a Gio.AsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied or null if you don't care about the result of the method invocation

    Returns void

  • Asynchronously invokes the method_name method on the interface_name D-Bus interface on the remote object at object_path owned by bus_name.

    If connection is closed then the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CLOSED. If cancellable is canceled, the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED. If parameters contains a value not compatible with the D-Bus protocol, the operation fails with Gio.IOErrorEnum.INVALID_ARGUMENT.

    If reply_type is non-null then the reply will be checked for having this type and an error will be raised if it does not match. Said another way, if you give a reply_type then any non-null return value will be of this type. Unless it’s G_VARIANT_TYPE_UNIT, the reply_type will be a tuple containing one or more values.

    If the parameters GLib.Variant is floating, it is consumed. This allows convenient 'inline' use of g_variant_new(), e.g.:

     g_dbus_connection_call (connection,
    "org.freedesktop.StringThings",
    "/org/freedesktop/StringThings",
    "org.freedesktop.StringThings",
    "TwoStrings",
    g_variant_new ("(ss)",
    "Thing One",
    "Thing Two"),
    NULL,
    G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
    -1,
    NULL,
    (GAsyncReadyCallback) two_strings_done,
    NULL);

    This is an asynchronous method. When the operation is finished, callback will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see GLib.MainContext.push_thread_default) of the thread you are calling this method from. You can then call g_dbus_connection_call_finish() to get the result of the operation. See g_dbus_connection_call_sync() for the synchronous version of this function.

    If callback is null then the D-Bus method call message will be sent with the Gio.DBusMessageFlags.NO_REPLY_EXPECTED flag set.

    Type Parameters

    • T extends string = any

    Parameters

    • bus_name: string

      a unique or well-known bus name or null if connection is not a message bus connection

    • object_path: string

      path of remote object

    • interface_name: string

      D-Bus interface to invoke method on

    • method_name: string

      the name of the method to invoke

    • parameters: GLib.Variant<any>

      a GLib.Variant tuple with parameters for the method or null if not passing parameters

    • reply_type: GLib.VariantType<T>

      the expected type of the reply (which will be a tuple), or null

    • flags: Gio.DBusCallFlags

      flags from the Gio.DBusCallFlags enumeration

    • timeout_msec: number

      the timeout in milliseconds, -1 to use the default timeout or G_MAXINT for no timeout

    • Optionalcancellable: Gio.Cancellable

      a Gio.Cancellable or null

    • Optionalcallback: AsyncReadyCallback<Gio.DBusConnection>

      a Gio.AsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied or null if you don't care about the result of the method invocation

    Returns void | Promise<GLib.Variant<T>>

  • Synchronously invokes the method_name method on the interface_name D-Bus interface on the remote object at object_path owned by bus_name.

    If connection is closed then the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CLOSED. If cancellable is canceled, the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED. If parameters contains a value not compatible with the D-Bus protocol, the operation fails with Gio.IOErrorEnum.INVALID_ARGUMENT.

    If reply_type is non-null then the reply will be checked for having this type and an error will be raised if it does not match. Said another way, if you give a reply_type then any non-null return value will be of this type.

    If the parameters GLib.Variant is floating, it is consumed. This allows convenient 'inline' use of g_variant_new(), e.g.:

     g_dbus_connection_call_sync (connection,
    "org.freedesktop.StringThings",
    "/org/freedesktop/StringThings",
    "org.freedesktop.StringThings",
    "TwoStrings",
    g_variant_new ("(ss)",
    "Thing One",
    "Thing Two"),
    NULL,
    G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
    -1,
    NULL,
    &error);

    The calling thread is blocked until a reply is received. See g_dbus_connection_call() for the asynchronous version of this method.

    Parameters

    • bus_name: string

      a unique or well-known bus name or null if connection is not a message bus connection

    • object_path: string

      path of remote object

    • interface_name: string

      D-Bus interface to invoke method on

    • method_name: string

      the name of the method to invoke

    • parameters: GLib.Variant<any>

      a GLib.Variant tuple with parameters for the method or null if not passing parameters

    • reply_type: GLib.VariantType<any>

      the expected type of the reply, or null

    • flags: Gio.DBusCallFlags

      flags from the Gio.DBusCallFlags enumeration

    • timeout_msec: number

      the timeout in milliseconds, -1 to use the default timeout or G_MAXINT for no timeout

    • Optionalcancellable: Gio.Cancellable

      a Gio.Cancellable or null

    Returns GLib.Variant

    null if error is set. Otherwise a non-floating GLib.Variant tuple with return values. Free with g_variant_unref().

  • Like g_dbus_connection_call() but also takes a Gio.UnixFDList object.

    The file descriptors normally correspond to G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE values in the body of the message. For example, if a message contains two file descriptors, fd_list would have length 2, and g_variant_new_handle (0) and g_variant_new_handle (1) would appear somewhere in the body of the message (not necessarily in that order!) to represent the file descriptors at indexes 0 and 1 respectively.

    When designing D-Bus APIs that are intended to be interoperable, please note that non-GDBus implementations of D-Bus can usually only access file descriptors if they are referenced in this way by a value of type G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE in the body of the message.

    This method is only available on UNIX.

    Parameters

    • bus_name: string

      a unique or well-known bus name or null if connection is not a message bus connection

    • object_path: string

      path of remote object

    • interface_name: string

      D-Bus interface to invoke method on

    • method_name: string

      the name of the method to invoke

    • parameters: GLib.Variant<any>

      a GLib.Variant tuple with parameters for the method or null if not passing parameters

    • reply_type: GLib.VariantType<any>

      the expected type of the reply, or null

    • flags: Gio.DBusCallFlags

      flags from the Gio.DBusCallFlags enumeration

    • timeout_msec: number

      the timeout in milliseconds, -1 to use the default timeout or G_MAXINT for no timeout

    • Optionalfd_list: Gio.UnixFDList

      a Gio.UnixFDList or null

    • Optionalcancellable: Gio.Cancellable

      a Gio.Cancellable or null

    Returns Promise<[GLib.Variant<any>, Gio.UnixFDList]>

  • Like g_dbus_connection_call() but also takes a Gio.UnixFDList object.

    The file descriptors normally correspond to G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE values in the body of the message. For example, if a message contains two file descriptors, fd_list would have length 2, and g_variant_new_handle (0) and g_variant_new_handle (1) would appear somewhere in the body of the message (not necessarily in that order!) to represent the file descriptors at indexes 0 and 1 respectively.

    When designing D-Bus APIs that are intended to be interoperable, please note that non-GDBus implementations of D-Bus can usually only access file descriptors if they are referenced in this way by a value of type G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE in the body of the message.

    This method is only available on UNIX.

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • Like g_dbus_connection_call() but also takes a Gio.UnixFDList object.

    The file descriptors normally correspond to G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE values in the body of the message. For example, if a message contains two file descriptors, fd_list would have length 2, and g_variant_new_handle (0) and g_variant_new_handle (1) would appear somewhere in the body of the message (not necessarily in that order!) to represent the file descriptors at indexes 0 and 1 respectively.

    When designing D-Bus APIs that are intended to be interoperable, please note that non-GDBus implementations of D-Bus can usually only access file descriptors if they are referenced in this way by a value of type G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE in the body of the message.

    This method is only available on UNIX.

    Parameters

    • bus_name: string

      a unique or well-known bus name or null if connection is not a message bus connection

    • object_path: string

      path of remote object

    • interface_name: string

      D-Bus interface to invoke method on

    • method_name: string

      the name of the method to invoke

    • parameters: GLib.Variant<any>

      a GLib.Variant tuple with parameters for the method or null if not passing parameters

    • reply_type: GLib.VariantType<any>

      the expected type of the reply, or null

    • flags: Gio.DBusCallFlags

      flags from the Gio.DBusCallFlags enumeration

    • timeout_msec: number

      the timeout in milliseconds, -1 to use the default timeout or G_MAXINT for no timeout

    • Optionalfd_list: Gio.UnixFDList

      a Gio.UnixFDList or null

    • Optionalcancellable: Gio.Cancellable

      a Gio.Cancellable or null

    • Optionalcallback: AsyncReadyCallback<Gio.DBusConnection>

      a Gio.AsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied or null if you don't * care about the result of the method invocation

    Returns void | Promise<[GLib.Variant<any>, Gio.UnixFDList]>

  • Finishes an operation started with g_dbus_connection_call_with_unix_fd_list().

    The file descriptors normally correspond to G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE values in the body of the message. For example, if g_variant_get_handle() returns 5, that is intended to be a reference to the file descriptor that can be accessed by g_unix_fd_list_get (*out_fd_list, 5, ...).

    When designing D-Bus APIs that are intended to be interoperable, please note that non-GDBus implementations of D-Bus can usually only access file descriptors if they are referenced in this way by a value of type G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE in the body of the message.

    Parameters

    Returns [GLib.Variant<any>, Gio.UnixFDList]

    null if error is set. Otherwise a non-floating GLib.Variant tuple with return values. Free with g_variant_unref().

  • Like g_dbus_connection_call_sync() but also takes and returns Gio.UnixFDList objects. See g_dbus_connection_call_with_unix_fd_list() and g_dbus_connection_call_with_unix_fd_list_finish() for more details.

    This method is only available on UNIX.

    Parameters

    • bus_name: string

      a unique or well-known bus name or null if connection is not a message bus connection

    • object_path: string

      path of remote object

    • interface_name: string

      D-Bus interface to invoke method on

    • method_name: string

      the name of the method to invoke

    • parameters: GLib.Variant<any>

      a GLib.Variant tuple with parameters for the method or null if not passing parameters

    • reply_type: GLib.VariantType<any>

      the expected type of the reply, or null

    • flags: Gio.DBusCallFlags

      flags from the Gio.DBusCallFlags enumeration

    • timeout_msec: number

      the timeout in milliseconds, -1 to use the default timeout or G_MAXINT for no timeout

    • Optionalfd_list: Gio.UnixFDList

      a Gio.UnixFDList or null

    • Optionalcancellable: Gio.Cancellable

      a Gio.Cancellable or null

    Returns [GLib.Variant<any>, Gio.UnixFDList]

    null if error is set. Otherwise a non-floating GLib.Variant tuple with return values. Free with g_variant_unref().

  • Synchronously closes connection. The calling thread is blocked until this is done. See g_dbus_connection_close() for the asynchronous version of this method and more details about what it does.

    Parameters

    Returns boolean

    true if the operation succeeded, false if error is set

  • Disconnects a handler from an instance so it will not be called during any future or currently ongoing emissions of the signal it has been connected to.

    Parameters

    • id: number

      Handler ID of the handler to be disconnected

    Returns void

  • Emits a signal.

    If the parameters GVariant is floating, it is consumed.

    This can only fail if parameters is not compatible with the D-Bus protocol (Gio.IOErrorEnum.INVALID_ARGUMENT), or if connection has been closed (Gio.IOErrorEnum.CLOSED).

    Parameters

    • destination_bus_name: string

      the unique bus name for the destination for the signal or null to emit to all listeners

    • object_path: string

      path of remote object

    • interface_name: string

      D-Bus interface to emit a signal on

    • signal_name: string

      the name of the signal to emit

    • Optionalparameters: GLib.Variant<any>

      a GLib.Variant tuple with parameters for the signal or null if not passing parameters

    Returns boolean

    true unless error is set

  • Exports action_group on connection at object_path.

    The implemented D-Bus API should be considered private. It is subject to change in the future.

    A given object path can only have one action group exported on it. If this constraint is violated, the export will fail and 0 will be returned (with error set accordingly).

    You can unexport the action group using Gio.DBusConnection.unexport_action_group with the return value of this function.

    The thread default main context is taken at the time of this call. All incoming action activations and state change requests are reported from this context. Any changes on the action group that cause it to emit signals must also come from this same context. Since incoming action activations and state change requests are rather likely to cause changes on the action group, this effectively limits a given action group to being exported from only one main context.

    Parameters

    • object_path: string

      a D-Bus object path

    • action_group: Gio.ActionGroup

      an action group

    Returns number

    the ID of the export (never zero), or 0 in case of failure

  • Exports menu on connection at object_path.

    The implemented D-Bus API should be considered private. It is subject to change in the future.

    An object path can only have one menu model exported on it. If this constraint is violated, the export will fail and 0 will be returned (with error set accordingly).

    Exporting menus with sections containing more than G_MENU_EXPORTER_MAX_SECTION_SIZE items is not supported and results in undefined behavior.

    You can unexport the menu model using g_dbus_connection_unexport_menu_model() with the return value of this function.

    Parameters

    Returns number

    the ID of the export (never zero), or 0 in case of failure

  • Asynchronously flushes connection, that is, writes all queued outgoing messages to the transport and then flushes the transport (using g_output_stream_flush_async()). This is useful in programs that want to emit a D-Bus signal and then exit immediately. Without flushing the connection, there is no guarantee that the message has been sent to the networking buffers in the OS kernel.

    This is an asynchronous method. When the operation is finished, callback will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see GLib.MainContext.push_thread_default) of the thread you are calling this method from. You can then call g_dbus_connection_flush_finish() to get the result of the operation. See g_dbus_connection_flush_sync() for the synchronous version.

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<boolean>

  • Asynchronously flushes connection, that is, writes all queued outgoing messages to the transport and then flushes the transport (using g_output_stream_flush_async()). This is useful in programs that want to emit a D-Bus signal and then exit immediately. Without flushing the connection, there is no guarantee that the message has been sent to the networking buffers in the OS kernel.

    This is an asynchronous method. When the operation is finished, callback will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see GLib.MainContext.push_thread_default) of the thread you are calling this method from. You can then call g_dbus_connection_flush_finish() to get the result of the operation. See g_dbus_connection_flush_sync() for the synchronous version.

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • Asynchronously flushes connection, that is, writes all queued outgoing messages to the transport and then flushes the transport (using g_output_stream_flush_async()). This is useful in programs that want to emit a D-Bus signal and then exit immediately. Without flushing the connection, there is no guarantee that the message has been sent to the networking buffers in the OS kernel.

    This is an asynchronous method. When the operation is finished, callback will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see GLib.MainContext.push_thread_default) of the thread you are calling this method from. You can then call g_dbus_connection_flush_finish() to get the result of the operation. See g_dbus_connection_flush_sync() for the synchronous version.

    Parameters

    Returns void | Promise<boolean>

  • Synchronously flushes connection. The calling thread is blocked until this is done. See g_dbus_connection_flush() for the asynchronous version of this method and more details about what it does.

    Parameters

    Returns boolean

    true if the operation succeeded, false if error is set

  • This function is intended for GObject.Object implementations to re-enforce a [floating][floating-ref] object reference. Doing this is seldom required: all GInitiallyUnowneds are created with a floating reference which usually just needs to be sunken by calling g_object_ref_sink().

    Returns void

  • Increases the freeze count on object. If the freeze count is non-zero, the emission of "notify" signals on object is stopped. The signals are queued until the freeze count is decreased to zero. Duplicate notifications are squashed so that at most one GObject.Object::notify signal is emitted for each property modified while the object is frozen.

    This is necessary for accessors that modify multiple properties to prevent premature notification while the object is still being modified.

    Returns void

  • Gets a named field from the objects table of associations (see g_object_set_data()).

    Parameters

    • key: string

      name of the key for that association

    Returns any

    the data if found, or null if no such data exists.

  • Gets whether the process is terminated when connection is closed by the remote peer. See Gio.DBusConnection.exit_on_close for more details.

    Returns boolean

    whether the process is terminated when connection is closed by the remote peer

  • The GUID of the peer performing the role of server when authenticating. See Gio.DBusConnection.guid for more details.

    Returns string

    The GUID. Do not free this string, it is owned by connection.

  • Retrieves the last serial number assigned to a Gio.DBusMessage on the current thread. This includes messages sent via both low-level API such as g_dbus_connection_send_message() as well as high-level API such as g_dbus_connection_emit_signal(), g_dbus_connection_call() or g_dbus_proxy_call().

    Returns number

    the last used serial or zero when no message has been sent within the current thread

  • Gets the credentials of the authenticated peer. This will always return null unless connection acted as a server (e.g. Gio.DBusConnectionFlags.AUTHENTICATION_SERVER was passed) when set up and the client passed credentials as part of the authentication process.

    In a message bus setup, the message bus is always the server and each application is a client. So this method will always return null for message bus clients.

    Returns Gio.Credentials

    a Gio.Credentials or null if not available. Do not free this object, it is owned by connection.

  • Gets a property of an object.

    The value can be:

    • an empty GObject.Value initialized by G_VALUE_INIT, which will be automatically initialized with the expected type of the property (since GLib 2.60)
    • a GObject.Value initialized with the expected type of the property
    • a GObject.Value initialized with a type to which the expected type of the property can be transformed

    In general, a copy is made of the property contents and the caller is responsible for freeing the memory by calling GObject.Value.unset.

    Note that GObject.Object.get_property is really intended for language bindings, GObject.Object.get is much more convenient for C programming.

    Parameters

    • property_name: string

      The name of the property to get

    • value: any

      Return location for the property value. Can be an empty GObject.Value initialized by G_VALUE_INIT (auto-initialized with expected type since GLib 2.60), a GObject.Value initialized with the expected property type, or a GObject.Value initialized with a transformable type

    Returns any

  • Gets the unique name of connection as assigned by the message bus. This can also be used to figure out if connection is a message bus connection.

    Returns string

    the unique name or null if connection is not a message bus connection. Do not free this string, it is owned by connection.

  • Gets n_properties properties for an object. Obtained properties will be set to values. All properties must be valid. Warnings will be emitted and undefined behaviour may result if invalid properties are passed in.

    Parameters

    • names: string[]

      the names of each property to get

    • values: any[]

      the values of each property to get

    Returns void

  • Initializes the object implementing the interface.

    This method is intended for language bindings. If writing in C, g_initable_new() should typically be used instead.

    The object must be initialized before any real use after initial construction, either with this function or g_async_initable_init_async().

    Implementations may also support cancellation. If cancellable is not null, then initialization can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED will be returned. If cancellable is not null and the object doesn't support cancellable initialization the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.NOT_SUPPORTED will be returned.

    If the object is not initialized, or initialization returns with an error, then all operations on the object except g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() are considered to be invalid, and have undefined behaviour. See the [description][iface@Gio.Initable#description] for more details.

    Callers should not assume that a class which implements Gio.Initable can be initialized multiple times, unless the class explicitly documents itself as supporting this. Generally, a class’ implementation of init() can assume (and assert) that it will only be called once. Previously, this documentation recommended all Gio.Initable implementations should be idempotent; that recommendation was relaxed in GLib 2.54.

    If a class explicitly supports being initialized multiple times, it is recommended that the method is idempotent: multiple calls with the same arguments should return the same results. Only the first call initializes the object; further calls return the result of the first call.

    One reason why a class might need to support idempotent initialization is if it is designed to be used via the singleton pattern, with a GObject.ObjectClass.constructor that sometimes returns an existing instance. In this pattern, a caller would expect to be able to call g_initable_init() on the result of g_object_new(), regardless of whether it is in fact a new instance.

    Parameters

    Returns boolean

    true if successful. If an error has occurred, this function will return false and set error appropriately if present.

  • Starts asynchronous initialization of the object implementing the interface. This must be done before any real use of the object after initial construction. If the object also implements Gio.Initable you can optionally call g_initable_init() instead.

    This method is intended for language bindings. If writing in C, g_async_initable_new_async() should typically be used instead.

    When the initialization is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_async_initable_init_finish() to get the result of the initialization.

    Implementations may also support cancellation. If cancellable is not null, then initialization can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED will be returned. If cancellable is not null, and the object doesn't support cancellable initialization, the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.NOT_SUPPORTED will be returned.

    As with Gio.Initable, if the object is not initialized, or initialization returns with an error, then all operations on the object except g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() are considered to be invalid, and have undefined behaviour. They will often fail with g_critical() or g_warning(), but this must not be relied on.

    Callers should not assume that a class which implements Gio.AsyncInitable can be initialized multiple times; for more information, see g_initable_init(). If a class explicitly supports being initialized multiple times, implementation requires yielding all subsequent calls to init_async() on the results of the first call.

    For classes that also support the Gio.Initable interface, the default implementation of this method will run the g_initable_init() function in a thread, so if you want to support asynchronous initialization via threads, just implement the Gio.AsyncInitable interface without overriding any interface methods.

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<boolean>

  • Starts asynchronous initialization of the object implementing the interface. This must be done before any real use of the object after initial construction. If the object also implements Gio.Initable you can optionally call g_initable_init() instead.

    This method is intended for language bindings. If writing in C, g_async_initable_new_async() should typically be used instead.

    When the initialization is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_async_initable_init_finish() to get the result of the initialization.

    Implementations may also support cancellation. If cancellable is not null, then initialization can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED will be returned. If cancellable is not null, and the object doesn't support cancellable initialization, the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.NOT_SUPPORTED will be returned.

    As with Gio.Initable, if the object is not initialized, or initialization returns with an error, then all operations on the object except g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() are considered to be invalid, and have undefined behaviour. They will often fail with g_critical() or g_warning(), but this must not be relied on.

    Callers should not assume that a class which implements Gio.AsyncInitable can be initialized multiple times; for more information, see g_initable_init(). If a class explicitly supports being initialized multiple times, implementation requires yielding all subsequent calls to init_async() on the results of the first call.

    For classes that also support the Gio.Initable interface, the default implementation of this method will run the g_initable_init() function in a thread, so if you want to support asynchronous initialization via threads, just implement the Gio.AsyncInitable interface without overriding any interface methods.

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • Starts asynchronous initialization of the object implementing the interface. This must be done before any real use of the object after initial construction. If the object also implements Gio.Initable you can optionally call g_initable_init() instead.

    This method is intended for language bindings. If writing in C, g_async_initable_new_async() should typically be used instead.

    When the initialization is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_async_initable_init_finish() to get the result of the initialization.

    Implementations may also support cancellation. If cancellable is not null, then initialization can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED will be returned. If cancellable is not null, and the object doesn't support cancellable initialization, the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.NOT_SUPPORTED will be returned.

    As with Gio.Initable, if the object is not initialized, or initialization returns with an error, then all operations on the object except g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() are considered to be invalid, and have undefined behaviour. They will often fail with g_critical() or g_warning(), but this must not be relied on.

    Callers should not assume that a class which implements Gio.AsyncInitable can be initialized multiple times; for more information, see g_initable_init(). If a class explicitly supports being initialized multiple times, implementation requires yielding all subsequent calls to init_async() on the results of the first call.

    For classes that also support the Gio.Initable interface, the default implementation of this method will run the g_initable_init() function in a thread, so if you want to support asynchronous initialization via threads, just implement the Gio.AsyncInitable interface without overriding any interface methods.

    Parameters

    Returns void | Promise<boolean>

  • Gets whether connection is closed.

    Returns boolean

    true if the connection is closed, false otherwise

  • Emits a "notify" signal for the property property_name on object.

    When possible, eg. when signaling a property change from within the class that registered the property, you should use g_object_notify_by_pspec() instead.

    Note that emission of the notify signal may be blocked with g_object_freeze_notify(). In this case, the signal emissions are queued and will be emitted (in reverse order) when g_object_thaw_notify() is called.

    Parameters

    • property_name: string

      the name of a property installed on the class of object.

    Returns void

  • Emits a "notify" signal for the property specified by pspec on object.

    This function omits the property name lookup, hence it is faster than g_object_notify().

    One way to avoid using g_object_notify() from within the class that registered the properties, and using g_object_notify_by_pspec() instead, is to store the GParamSpec used with g_object_class_install_property() inside a static array, e.g.:

      typedef enum
    {
    PROP_FOO = 1,
    PROP_LAST
    } MyObjectProperty;

    static GParamSpec *properties[PROP_LAST];

    static void
    my_object_class_init (MyObjectClass *klass)
    {
    properties[PROP_FOO] = g_param_spec_int ("foo", NULL, NULL,
    0, 100,
    50,
    G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
    g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class,
    PROP_FOO,
    properties[PROP_FOO]);
    }

    and then notify a change on the "foo" property with:

      g_object_notify_by_pspec (self, properties[PROP_FOO]);
    

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • Parameters

    • name: string

      the well-known name to own

    • flags: Gio.BusNameOwnerFlags

      a set of flags with ownership options

    • Optionalname_acquired_closure: Closure<any, any>

      closure to invoke when name is acquired, or NULL to ignore

    • Optionalname_lost_closure: Closure<any, any>

      closure to invoke when name is lost, or NULL to ignore

    Returns number

  • Increases the reference count of object.

    Since GLib 2.56, if GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED is 2.56 or greater, the type of object will be propagated to the return type (using the GCC typeof() extension), so any casting the caller needs to do on the return type must be explicit.

    Returns GObject.Object

    the same object

  • Increase the reference count of object, and possibly remove the [floating][floating-ref] reference, if object has a floating reference.

    In other words, if the object is floating, then this call "assumes ownership" of the floating reference, converting it to a normal reference by clearing the floating flag while leaving the reference count unchanged. If the object is not floating, then this call adds a new normal reference increasing the reference count by one.

    Since GLib 2.56, the type of object will be propagated to the return type under the same conditions as for g_object_ref().

    Returns GObject.Object

    object

  • Registers callbacks for exported objects at object_path with the D-Bus interface that is described in interface_info.

    Calls to functions in vtable (and user_data_free_func) will happen in the thread-default main context (see GLib.MainContext.push_thread_default) of the thread you are calling this method from.

    Note that all GLib.Variant values passed to functions in vtable will match the signature given in interface_info - if a remote caller passes incorrect values, the org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs is returned to the remote caller.

    Additionally, if the remote caller attempts to invoke methods or access properties not mentioned in interface_info the org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod resp. org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs errors are returned to the caller.

    It is considered a programming error if the Gio.DBusInterfaceGetPropertyFunc function in vtable returns a GLib.Variant of incorrect type.

    If an existing callback is already registered at object_path and interface_name, then error is set to Gio.IOErrorEnum.EXISTS.

    GDBus automatically implements the standard D-Bus interfaces org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties, org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable and org.freedesktop.Peer, so you don't have to implement those for the objects you export. You can implement org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties yourself, e.g. to handle getting and setting of properties asynchronously.

    Note that the reference count on interface_info will be incremented by 1 (unless allocated statically, e.g. if the reference count is -1, see g_dbus_interface_info_ref()) for as long as the object is exported. Also note that vtable will be copied.

    See this [server][class@Gio.DBusConnection#an-example-d-bus-server] for an example of how to use this method.

    Parameters

    Returns number

    0 if error is set, otherwise a registration id (never 0) that can be used with g_dbus_connection_unregister_object()

  • Version of g_dbus_connection_register_object() using closures instead of a Gio.DBusInterfaceVTable for easier binding in other languages.

    Note that the reference counting semantics of the function wrapped by method_call_closure are the same as those of Gio.DBusInterfaceMethodCallFunc: ownership of a reference to the Gio.DBusMethodInvocation is transferred to the function.

    Parameters

    Returns number

    0 if error is set, otherwise a registration ID (never 0) that can be used with g_dbus_connection_unregister_object() .

  • Registers a whole subtree of dynamic objects.

    The enumerate and introspection functions in vtable are used to convey, to remote callers, what nodes exist in the subtree rooted by object_path.

    When handling remote calls into any node in the subtree, first the enumerate function is used to check if the node exists. If the node exists or the Gio.DBusSubtreeFlags.DISPATCH_TO_UNENUMERATED_NODES flag is set the introspection function is used to check if the node supports the requested method. If so, the dispatch function is used to determine where to dispatch the call. The collected Gio.DBusInterfaceVTable and gpointer will be used to call into the interface vtable for processing the request.

    All calls into user-provided code will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see GLib.MainContext.push_thread_default) of the thread you are calling this method from.

    If an existing subtree is already registered at object_path or then error is set to Gio.IOErrorEnum.EXISTS.

    Note that it is valid to register regular objects (using g_dbus_connection_register_object()) in a subtree registered with g_dbus_connection_register_subtree() - if so, the subtree handler is tried as the last resort. One way to think about a subtree handler is to consider it a fallback handler for object paths not registered via g_dbus_connection_register_object() or other bindings.

    Note that vtable will be copied so you cannot change it after registration.

    See this [server][class@Gio.DBusConnection#an-example-for-exporting-a-subtree] for an example of how to use this method.

    Parameters

    • object_path: string

      the object path to register the subtree at

    • vtable: DBusSubtreeVTable

      a Gio.DBusSubtreeVTable to enumerate, introspect and dispatch nodes in the subtree

    • flags: Gio.DBusSubtreeFlags

      flags used to fine tune the behavior of the subtree

    • Optionaluser_data: any

      data to pass to functions in vtable

    Returns number

    0 if error is set, otherwise a subtree registration ID (never 0) that can be used with g_dbus_connection_unregister_subtree()

  • Removes a filter.

    Note that since filters run in a different thread, there is a race condition where it is possible that the filter will be running even after calling g_dbus_connection_remove_filter(), so you cannot just free data that the filter might be using. Instead, you should pass a GLib.DestroyNotify to g_dbus_connection_add_filter(), which will be called when it is guaranteed that the data is no longer needed.

    Parameters

    • filter_id: number

      an identifier obtained from g_dbus_connection_add_filter()

    Returns void

  • Asynchronously sends message to the peer represented by connection.

    Unless flags contain the Gio.DBusSendMessageFlags.PRESERVE_SERIAL flag, the serial number will be assigned by connection and set on message via g_dbus_message_set_serial(). If out_serial is not null, then the serial number used will be written to this location prior to submitting the message to the underlying transport. While it has a volatile qualifier, this is a historical artifact and the argument passed to it should not be volatile.

    If connection is closed then the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CLOSED. If message is not well-formed, the operation fails with Gio.IOErrorEnum.INVALID_ARGUMENT.

    See this [server][class@Gio.DBusConnection#an-example-d-bus-server] and [client][class@Gio.DBusConnection#an-example-for-file-descriptor-passing] for an example of how to use this low-level API to send and receive UNIX file descriptors.

    Note that message must be unlocked, unless flags contain the Gio.DBusSendMessageFlags.PRESERVE_SERIAL flag.

    Parameters

    Returns [boolean, number]

    true if the message was well-formed and queued for transmission, false if error is set

  • Asynchronously sends message to the peer represented by connection.

    Unless flags contain the Gio.DBusSendMessageFlags.PRESERVE_SERIAL flag, the serial number will be assigned by connection and set on message via g_dbus_message_set_serial(). If out_serial is not null, then the serial number used will be written to this location prior to submitting the message to the underlying transport. While it has a volatile qualifier, this is a historical artifact and the argument passed to it should not be volatile.

    If connection is closed then the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CLOSED. If cancellable is canceled, the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED. If message is not well-formed, the operation fails with Gio.IOErrorEnum.INVALID_ARGUMENT.

    This is an asynchronous method. When the operation is finished, callback will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see GLib.MainContext.push_thread_default) of the thread you are calling this method from. You can then call g_dbus_connection_send_message_with_reply_finish() to get the result of the operation. See g_dbus_connection_send_message_with_reply_sync() for the synchronous version.

    Note that message must be unlocked, unless flags contain the Gio.DBusSendMessageFlags.PRESERVE_SERIAL flag.

    See this [server][class@Gio.DBusConnection#an-example-d-bus-server] and [client][class@Gio.DBusConnection#an-example-for-file-descriptor-passing] for an example of how to use this low-level API to send and receive UNIX file descriptors.

    Parameters

    Returns [Promise<Gio.DBusMessage>, number]

  • Asynchronously sends message to the peer represented by connection.

    Unless flags contain the Gio.DBusSendMessageFlags.PRESERVE_SERIAL flag, the serial number will be assigned by connection and set on message via g_dbus_message_set_serial(). If out_serial is not null, then the serial number used will be written to this location prior to submitting the message to the underlying transport. While it has a volatile qualifier, this is a historical artifact and the argument passed to it should not be volatile.

    If connection is closed then the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CLOSED. If cancellable is canceled, the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED. If message is not well-formed, the operation fails with Gio.IOErrorEnum.INVALID_ARGUMENT.

    This is an asynchronous method. When the operation is finished, callback will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see GLib.MainContext.push_thread_default) of the thread you are calling this method from. You can then call g_dbus_connection_send_message_with_reply_finish() to get the result of the operation. See g_dbus_connection_send_message_with_reply_sync() for the synchronous version.

    Note that message must be unlocked, unless flags contain the Gio.DBusSendMessageFlags.PRESERVE_SERIAL flag.

    See this [server][class@Gio.DBusConnection#an-example-d-bus-server] and [client][class@Gio.DBusConnection#an-example-for-file-descriptor-passing] for an example of how to use this low-level API to send and receive UNIX file descriptors.

    Parameters

    Returns number

  • Asynchronously sends message to the peer represented by connection.

    Unless flags contain the Gio.DBusSendMessageFlags.PRESERVE_SERIAL flag, the serial number will be assigned by connection and set on message via g_dbus_message_set_serial(). If out_serial is not null, then the serial number used will be written to this location prior to submitting the message to the underlying transport. While it has a volatile qualifier, this is a historical artifact and the argument passed to it should not be volatile.

    If connection is closed then the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CLOSED. If cancellable is canceled, the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED. If message is not well-formed, the operation fails with Gio.IOErrorEnum.INVALID_ARGUMENT.

    This is an asynchronous method. When the operation is finished, callback will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see GLib.MainContext.push_thread_default) of the thread you are calling this method from. You can then call g_dbus_connection_send_message_with_reply_finish() to get the result of the operation. See g_dbus_connection_send_message_with_reply_sync() for the synchronous version.

    Note that message must be unlocked, unless flags contain the Gio.DBusSendMessageFlags.PRESERVE_SERIAL flag.

    See this [server][class@Gio.DBusConnection#an-example-d-bus-server] and [client][class@Gio.DBusConnection#an-example-for-file-descriptor-passing] for an example of how to use this low-level API to send and receive UNIX file descriptors.

    Parameters

    Returns [void | Promise<Gio.DBusMessage>, number]

  • Synchronously sends message to the peer represented by connection and blocks the calling thread until a reply is received or the timeout is reached. See g_dbus_connection_send_message_with_reply() for the asynchronous version of this method.

    Unless flags contain the Gio.DBusSendMessageFlags.PRESERVE_SERIAL flag, the serial number will be assigned by connection and set on message via g_dbus_message_set_serial(). If out_serial is not null, then the serial number used will be written to this location prior to submitting the message to the underlying transport. While it has a volatile qualifier, this is a historical artifact and the argument passed to it should not be volatile.

    If connection is closed then the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CLOSED. If cancellable is canceled, the operation will fail with Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED. If message is not well-formed, the operation fails with Gio.IOErrorEnum.INVALID_ARGUMENT.

    Note that error is only set if a local in-process error occurred. That is to say that the returned Gio.DBusMessage object may be of type Gio.DBusMessageType.ERROR. Use g_dbus_message_to_gerror() to transcode this to a GLib.Error.

    See this [server][class@Gio.DBusConnection#an-example-d-bus-server] and [client][class@Gio.DBusConnection#an-example-for-file-descriptor-passing] for an example of how to use this low-level API to send and receive UNIX file descriptors.

    Note that message must be unlocked, unless flags contain the Gio.DBusSendMessageFlags.PRESERVE_SERIAL flag.

    Parameters

    Returns [Gio.DBusMessage, number]

    a locked Gio.DBusMessage that is the reply to message or null if error is set

  • Sets multiple properties of an object at once. The properties argument should be a dictionary mapping property names to values.

    Parameters

    • properties: { [key: string]: any }

      Object containing the properties to set

    Returns void

  • Each object carries around a table of associations from strings to pointers. This function lets you set an association.

    If the object already had an association with that name, the old association will be destroyed.

    Internally, the key is converted to a GLib.Quark using g_quark_from_string(). This means a copy of key is kept permanently (even after object has been finalized) — so it is recommended to only use a small, bounded set of values for key in your program, to avoid the GLib.Quark storage growing unbounded.

    Parameters

    • key: string

      name of the key

    • Optionaldata: any

      data to associate with that key

    Returns void

  • Sets whether the process should be terminated when connection is closed by the remote peer. See Gio.DBusConnection.exit_on_close for more details.

    Note that this function should be used with care. Most modern UNIX desktops tie the notion of a user session with the session bus, and expect all of a user's applications to quit when their bus connection goes away. If you are setting exit_on_close to false for the shared session bus connection, you should make sure that your application exits when the user session ends.

    Parameters

    • exit_on_close: boolean

      whether the process should be terminated when connection is closed by the remote peer

    Returns void

  • Subscribes to signals on connection and invokes callback whenever the signal is received. Note that callback will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see GLib.MainContext.push_thread_default) of the thread you are calling this method from.

    If connection is not a message bus connection, sender must be null.

    If sender is a well-known name note that callback is invoked with the unique name for the owner of sender, not the well-known name as one would expect. This is because the message bus rewrites the name. As such, to avoid certain race conditions, users should be tracking the name owner of the well-known name and use that when processing the received signal.

    If one of Gio.DBusSignalFlags.MATCH_ARG0_NAMESPACE or Gio.DBusSignalFlags.MATCH_ARG0_PATH are given, arg0 is interpreted as part of a namespace or path. The first argument of a signal is matched against that part as specified by D-Bus.

    If user_data_free_func is non-null, it will be called (in the thread-default main context of the thread you are calling this method from) at some point after user_data is no longer needed. (It is not guaranteed to be called synchronously when the signal is unsubscribed from, and may be called after connection has been destroyed.)

    As callback is potentially invoked in a different thread from where it’s emitted, it’s possible for this to happen after g_dbus_connection_signal_unsubscribe() has been called in another thread. Due to this, user_data should have a strong reference which is freed with user_data_free_func, rather than pointing to data whose lifecycle is tied to the signal subscription. For example, if a GObject.Object is used to store the subscription ID from g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe(), a strong reference to that GObject.Object must be passed to user_data, and g_object_unref() passed to user_data_free_func. You are responsible for breaking the resulting reference count cycle by explicitly unsubscribing from the signal when dropping the last external reference to the GObject.Object. Alternatively, a weak reference may be used.

    It is guaranteed that if you unsubscribe from a signal using g_dbus_connection_signal_unsubscribe() from the same thread which made the corresponding g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe() call, callback will not be invoked after g_dbus_connection_signal_unsubscribe() returns.

    The returned subscription identifier is an opaque value which is guaranteed to never be zero.

    This function can never fail.

    Parameters

    • sender: string

      sender name to match on (unique or well-known name) or null to listen from all senders

    • interface_name: string

      D-Bus interface name to match on or null to match on all interfaces

    • member: string

      D-Bus signal name to match on or null to match on all signals

    • object_path: string

      object path to match on or null to match on all object paths

    • arg0: string

      contents of first string argument to match on or null to match on all kinds of arguments

    • flags: Gio.DBusSignalFlags

      Gio.DBusSignalFlags describing how arg0 is used in subscribing to the signal

    • callback: DBusSignalCallback

      callback to invoke when there is a signal matching the requested data

    • Optionaluser_data_free_func: DestroyNotify

      function to free user_data with when subscription is removed or null

    Returns number

    a subscription identifier that can be used with g_dbus_connection_signal_unsubscribe()

  • Unsubscribes from signals.

    Note that there may still be D-Bus traffic to process (relating to this signal subscription) in the current thread-default GLib.MainContext after this function has returned. You should continue to iterate the GLib.MainContext until the GLib.DestroyNotify function passed to g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe() is called, in order to avoid memory leaks through callbacks queued on the GLib.MainContext after it’s stopped being iterated. Alternatively, any idle source with a priority lower than G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT that was scheduled after unsubscription, also indicates that all resources of this subscription are released.

    Parameters

    • subscription_id: number

      a subscription id obtained from g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe()

    Returns void

  • Remove a specified datum from the object's data associations, without invoking the association's destroy handler.

    Parameters

    • key: string

      name of the key

    Returns any

    the data if found, or null if no such data exists.

  • This function gets back user data pointers stored via g_object_set_qdata() and removes the data from object without invoking its destroy() function (if any was set). Usually, calling this function is only required to update user data pointers with a destroy notifier, for example:

    void
    object_add_to_user_list (GObject *object,
    const gchar *new_string)
    {
    // the quark, naming the object data
    GQuark quark_string_list = g_quark_from_static_string ("my-string-list");
    // retrieve the old string list
    GList *list = g_object_steal_qdata (object, quark_string_list);

    // prepend new string
    list = g_list_prepend (list, g_strdup (new_string));
    // this changed 'list', so we need to set it again
    g_object_set_qdata_full (object, quark_string_list, list, free_string_list);
    }
    static void
    free_string_list (gpointer data)
    {
    GList *node, *list = data;

    for (node = list; node; node = node->next)
    g_free (node->data);
    g_list_free (list);
    }

    Using g_object_get_qdata() in the above example, instead of g_object_steal_qdata() would have left the destroy function set, and thus the partial string list would have been freed upon g_object_set_qdata_full().

    Parameters

    • quark: number

      A GLib.Quark, naming the user data pointer

    Returns any

    The user data pointer set, or null

  • Reverts the effect of a previous call to g_object_freeze_notify(). The freeze count is decreased on object and when it reaches zero, queued "notify" signals are emitted.

    Duplicate notifications for each property are squashed so that at most one GObject.Object::notify signal is emitted for each property, in the reverse order in which they have been queued.

    It is an error to call this function when the freeze count is zero.

    Returns void

  • Reverses the effect of a previous call to g_dbus_connection_export_menu_model().

    It is an error to call this function with an ID that wasn't returned from g_dbus_connection_export_menu_model() or to call it with the same ID more than once.

    Parameters

    • export_id: number

      the ID from g_dbus_connection_export_menu_model()

    Returns void

  • Decreases the reference count of object. When its reference count drops to 0, the object is finalized (i.e. its memory is freed).

    If the pointer to the GObject.Object may be reused in future (for example, if it is an instance variable of another object), it is recommended to clear the pointer to null rather than retain a dangling pointer to a potentially invalid GObject.Object instance. Use g_clear_object() for this.

    Returns void

  • Unregisters an object.

    Parameters

    • registration_id: number

      a registration id obtained from g_dbus_connection_register_object()

    Returns boolean

    true if the object was unregistered, false otherwise

  • Unregisters a subtree.

    Parameters

    • registration_id: number

      a subtree registration id obtained from g_dbus_connection_register_subtree()

    Returns boolean

    true if the subtree was unregistered, false otherwise

  • Parameters

    • watcher_id: number

      An identifier obtained from g_bus_watch_name()

    Returns void

  • the constructed function is called by g_object_new() as the final step of the object creation process. At the point of the call, all construction properties have been set on the object. The purpose of this call is to allow for object initialisation steps that can only be performed after construction properties have been set. constructed implementors should chain up to the constructed call of their parent class to allow it to complete its initialisation.

    Returns void

  • the dispose function is supposed to drop all references to other objects, but keep the instance otherwise intact, so that client method invocations still work. It may be run multiple times (due to reference loops). Before returning, dispose should chain up to the dispose method of the parent class.

    Returns void

  • Initializes the object implementing the interface.

    This method is intended for language bindings. If writing in C, g_initable_new() should typically be used instead.

    The object must be initialized before any real use after initial construction, either with this function or g_async_initable_init_async().

    Implementations may also support cancellation. If cancellable is not null, then initialization can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED will be returned. If cancellable is not null and the object doesn't support cancellable initialization the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.NOT_SUPPORTED will be returned.

    If the object is not initialized, or initialization returns with an error, then all operations on the object except g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() are considered to be invalid, and have undefined behaviour. See the [description][iface@Gio.Initable#description] for more details.

    Callers should not assume that a class which implements Gio.Initable can be initialized multiple times, unless the class explicitly documents itself as supporting this. Generally, a class’ implementation of init() can assume (and assert) that it will only be called once. Previously, this documentation recommended all Gio.Initable implementations should be idempotent; that recommendation was relaxed in GLib 2.54.

    If a class explicitly supports being initialized multiple times, it is recommended that the method is idempotent: multiple calls with the same arguments should return the same results. Only the first call initializes the object; further calls return the result of the first call.

    One reason why a class might need to support idempotent initialization is if it is designed to be used via the singleton pattern, with a GObject.ObjectClass.constructor that sometimes returns an existing instance. In this pattern, a caller would expect to be able to call g_initable_init() on the result of g_object_new(), regardless of whether it is in fact a new instance.

    Parameters

    Returns boolean

  • Starts asynchronous initialization of the object implementing the interface. This must be done before any real use of the object after initial construction. If the object also implements Gio.Initable you can optionally call g_initable_init() instead.

    This method is intended for language bindings. If writing in C, g_async_initable_new_async() should typically be used instead.

    When the initialization is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_async_initable_init_finish() to get the result of the initialization.

    Implementations may also support cancellation. If cancellable is not null, then initialization can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.CANCELLED will be returned. If cancellable is not null, and the object doesn't support cancellable initialization, the error Gio.IOErrorEnum.NOT_SUPPORTED will be returned.

    As with Gio.Initable, if the object is not initialized, or initialization returns with an error, then all operations on the object except g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() are considered to be invalid, and have undefined behaviour. They will often fail with g_critical() or g_warning(), but this must not be relied on.

    Callers should not assume that a class which implements Gio.AsyncInitable can be initialized multiple times; for more information, see g_initable_init(). If a class explicitly supports being initialized multiple times, implementation requires yielding all subsequent calls to init_async() on the results of the first call.

    For classes that also support the Gio.Initable interface, the default implementation of this method will run the g_initable_init() function in a thread, so if you want to support asynchronous initialization via threads, just implement the Gio.AsyncInitable interface without overriding any interface methods.

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • Emits a "notify" signal for the property property_name on object.

    When possible, eg. when signaling a property change from within the class that registered the property, you should use g_object_notify_by_pspec() instead.

    Note that emission of the notify signal may be blocked with g_object_freeze_notify(). In this case, the signal emissions are queued and will be emitted (in reverse order) when g_object_thaw_notify() is called.

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • the generic setter for all properties of this type. Should be overridden for every type with properties. If implementations of set_property don't emit property change notification explicitly, this will be done implicitly by the type system. However, if the notify signal is emitted explicitly, the type system will not emit it a second time.

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • This function essentially limits the life time of the closure to the life time of the object. That is, when the object is finalized, the closure is invalidated by calling g_closure_invalidate() on it, in order to prevent invocations of the closure with a finalized (nonexisting) object. Also, g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() are added as marshal guards to the closure, to ensure that an extra reference count is held on object during invocation of the closure. Usually, this function will be called on closures that use this object as closure data.

    Parameters

    Returns void

Methods - Inherited from GObject

  • Add a property to an interface; this is only useful for interfaces that are added to GObject-derived types. Adding a property to an interface forces all objects classes with that interface to have a compatible property. The compatible property could be a newly created GObject.ParamSpec, but normally g_object_class_override_property() will be used so that the object class only needs to provide an implementation and inherits the property description, default value, bounds, and so forth from the interface property.

    This function is meant to be called from the interface's default vtable initialization function (the class_init member of GObject.TypeInfo.) It must not be called after after class_init has been called for any object types implementing this interface.

    If pspec is a floating reference, it will be consumed.

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • Parameters

    • property_id: number

      the new property ID

    • name: string

      the name of a property registered in a parent class or in an interface of this class.

    Returns void

Interfaces

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