Service names and object paths

[Thiago Macieira]

On Sunday, 26 de December de 2010 18:09:27 Thomas Themel wrote:
> > - when a connection is disconnected, all its bus names are released,
> > and 
> > the object paths previously registered become available for
> > registration 
> > by other clients
> 
> Yes.

Technically, no. This is again depending on the wrong first assumption, that 
object paths are a bus resource. They are not, therefore the question doesn't 
make sense.

Object paths' continued existence depends solely on the implementation of the 
binding you're using. On some, it's possible to disconnect from the bus and 
persist the set of object paths registered. On some others, it's not possible.

Either way, when a connection disconnects, all of its objects are 
inaccessible. If it reconnects, the objects being presented to the bus bear no 
resemblance to the original connection: from other applications' point of 
view, it may be the same peer or a new one.

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