GDbus new bindings

[Dean Jenkins]

Hi,

On 21 July 2010 16:24, David Zeuthen <zeuthen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar
> <boulabiar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I haven't seen a separate thread announcement here for the GDbus new
>> bindings.
>> What's the status/future of this bindings ?
>
> These bindings are part of the upcoming GLib 2.26 release - they
> haven't been announced on this list but has been discussed a couple of
> times. These D-Bus bindings are pretty much complete, we are currently
> only tweaking stuff.
>
>> And where can I find example files showing very simple use (exporting
>> objects, listening to signals, ...) ?
>> I am still very new to GDBus, so I have just generated code from an xml file
>> using gdbus-codegen (which was named gdbus-binding-tool one month ago right
>> ?).
>
> For the record, gdbus-codegen(1) is here
>
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~david/gdbus-binding-tool/
>
> and isn't yet done (although I'm pretty sure the API of generated code
> isn't going to change much). For starters, the code generated is way
> too big - if we're a bit more careful we can probably fix that. The
> long term plan is to move gdbus-codegen(1) into GLib - that will
> happen for 2.28 - we're not in a hurry to finish that part of the
> gdbus effort.
>
>> I need some example to speed up with my testing and code.
>
> The gdbus core bindings have tons of examples, see
>
>  http://library.gnome.org/devel/gio/unstable/
>
> and
>
> http://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/tree/gio/tests
>
> The gdbus-codegen(1) tool also have a good amount of documention,
> here's a snapshot
>
>  http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/gdbus-codegen-20100629/gdbus-codegen.html
>
> but note that gdbus-codegen(1) is still in flux.
>
>    David

Perhaps you could explain the difference between GDBus and glib-dbus ?

Is glib-dbus dead and is GDBus the new thing in town. Or are they both
separate entities in their own right ?

Are their any advantages of GDBus over glib-dbus ?

Thanks,
Dean