dbus-send and method call with dictionaries

[Vincent Génieux]

hi everybody,

I tried to test a dbus self made service (in python) with the dbus-send 
command line utility.

I have some methods using dictionaries in parameters and I have some 
trouble using them with dbus-send:

Calling a method with in_signature='a{ss}' seems to work using the 
following command line:
# dbus-send --dest="org.designfu.TestService" 
/org/designfu/TestService/object org.designfu.TestService.method1 
dict:string:string:key1,value1,key2,value2,key3,value3


Now i would like to have a dictionary with a variant type for values 
(in_signature=a{sv}), but I don't know if it is possible:
# dbus-send --dest="org.designfu.TestService" 
/org/designfu/TestService/object org.designfu.TestService.method2 
dict:string:variant:key1,string:entry1,key2,int32:42,key3,boolean:true

any idea ?

regards,

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Vincent Genieux.