org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable

[Thiago Macieira]

Steve Kreyer wrote:
>I have a question about the org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable
>interface. My object supports this interface by specifying it in the
>iface definition, and by implementing the Introspect method,

Ok.

>but if I 
>request the method on the DBus- self object, via  "dbus-send
>--print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus /org/freedesktop/DBus
>org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable.Introspect", the returned string of
>my implementation of Introspect does not appear in the reply.

Well, that's because you're not talking to your program. If you send a 
call to dbus-daemon, it's dbus-daemon that will reply.

What happens if you use --dest=<your-program> ?

>So should I understand the interface as a standard, so that if a
>controller wants to get information he requests
>org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable.Introspect on my object and get this
>information? Or has it some real functional meanings inside the
>implementation of the DBus self object?
>
>I hope you understand my concern ...

Well, no, I don't understand the questions. Please clarify.

The org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable interface is an interface like any 
other. So it's a "contract" between caller and callee. Caller says "I 
will implement these methods, all of them, and each will have these 
parameters; each method or signal shall have this meaning". 

Anyone can implement an interface.

But, no, libdbus-1 or the D-Bus protocol do not assign any special meaning 
to that interface. The only interface with special meaning is 
org.freedesktop.DBus.Local.

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