[Telepathy-commits] [telepathy-spec/master] Change Account.Connection to be the object path (API break)

[Simon McVittie]

The object path is more frequently used in other bits of our API and is
syntactically validated by the libraries.
---
 NEWS             |    4 ++++
 spec/Account.xml |   10 +++++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2be2086..22a4010 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ checkouts.
 telepathy-spec 0.17.13 (UNRELEASED)
 ===================================
 
+API changes:
+
+* The Account.Connection property is now an object path, or '/' for none.
+
 New API:
 
 New experimental API:
diff --git a/spec/Account.xml b/spec/Account.xml
index 4c32498..5f7b5b7 100644
--- a/spec/Account.xml
+++ b/spec/Account.xml
@@ -346,10 +346,14 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
     </property>
 
     <property name="Connection" tp:name-for-bindings="Connection"
-      type="s" access="read">
+      type="o" access="read">
       <tp:docstring>
-        Either the well-known bus name of the connection to this account,
-        or the empty string if there is no connection.
+        Either the object path of the connection to this account,
+        or the special value '/' if there is no connection.
+
+        <tp:rationale>
+          Object paths aren't nullable, so we can't use an empty string.
+        </tp:rationale>
       </tp:docstring>
     </property>
 
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1.5.6.5