[avahi] Dbus bindings

[Sebastien Estienne]

2005/6/24, Trent Lloyd <lathiat at bur.st>:
> On Friday 24 June 2005 20:10, Sebastien Estienne wrote:
> > 2005/6/24, Trent Lloyd <lathiat at bur.st>:
> > > Sebast,
> > >
> > > On Friday 24 June 2005 17:00, Sebastien Estienne wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Would you like some help in implementing dbus bindings?
> > > > Is there some kind of document defining the Dbus api, and a todo list?
> > > > I've some experience with dbus, already used it for my own projects.
> > > > So if i could help in any area (writing docs, writing a basic client
> > > > for testing: mdnspublish/mdnsbrowse, etc), just mail me.
> > > >
> > > > regards,
> > >
> > > Yes, this would be great.
> > >
> > > Without total knowledge of dbus ins and outs, im basically trying to
> > > determine a couple things at the moment.
> > >
> > > My first question is, if the server creates an object, the client
> > > connects to it, and can invoke signals/methods and get replies.
> > >
> > > How does the *server* invoke a signal/method on the client?
> >
> > If you are the bus system ("DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM"), avahi daemon is a
> > client for the bus, so it can invoke method on any other client
> > connected on the bus as long as the bus security policy allows it. So
> > there is not really a notion of server, you only have client
> > connecting to the dbus server.
> >
> > I hope i understood and answered your question?
> 
> Yep, using the bus system.
> 
> So, the client has an object on the bus, i just get the reference to that and
> call methods/do signals on that?
Yes, the client/server is only when using a session bus.
if you use the system bus, it's acting like a big Hub, where multiple
client can connect, and it is routing messages.

> 
> Does each client have a unique ID or do they need to register one? (And can I
> get that ID when they make a registration call?)
you can contact me on icq: 2369168
> 
> Cheers,
> Trent
> 
> >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Trent
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Sebastien Estienne