guidance for org.freedesktop.DBus interfaces

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Tue, 5 Jan 2021 20:39:06 +0100, Nyirő Gergő wrote:

> Why threre isn't a SetAll method? Would it be a bad idea to update
> all the properties with one call?

Maybe you really mean a “SetMany” method. This could take a dict of
property name-value mappings, and set them all at once. (Any defined
properties that are not set keep their existing value.)

If you really want to, this can probably be implemented via the
existing “Set” method. Remember that the property name can be any
string. You could, say, use “*” or the empty string to represent the
object itself, and the value would be such a dict.

> 2. The org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager interface seems to support
> the idea to add and remove objects.
> Is it a common practice to handle objects dynamically or should I
> avoid that?

I would say, that depends entirely on your application. This makes
sense for some applications, not for others.