UnknownMethod vs. UnknownProperty

[Thiago Macieira]

On Wednesday, 9 de March de 2011 18:27:40 Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Wed, 09.03.11 16:25, Lennart Poettering (mzqohf at 0pointer.de) wrote:
> 
> Heya,
> 
> > So, is introducing UnknownProperty a good idea? I say yes, what says
> > you?

Yes, it is.

> Hmm, so, if a user calls Get() and specifies a property that doesn't
> exist it will return UnknownProperty in future, but what happens if the
> user calls Set() on a read-only property? None of the current error
> codes really applies to that. So, while I am at it, I should probably
> add an error for that too. Suggestions for a name for this?
> 
> ReadOnlyProperty?
> PropertyNotWritable?
> BadAccess?

QtDBus uses org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs for both cases. I'll be 
glad to change to the more descriptive errors.

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