[Telepathy-commits] [telepathy-doc/master] Beginnings of a section on receiving updates

Davyd Madeley davyd at madeley.id.au
Mon Mar 2 02:11:36 PST 2009


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 docs/book/C/connection.xml |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/book/C/connection.xml b/docs/book/C/connection.xml
index bf413d8..52bfd2a 100644
--- a/docs/book/C/connection.xml
+++ b/docs/book/C/connection.xml
@@ -419,6 +419,19 @@
     </informaltable>
    </example>
 
+   <sect2>
+    <title>Receiving Updates</title>
+    <para>
+     While <interfacename>Contacts</interfacename>/
+     <methodname>GetContactAttributes</methodname> allows us to
+     bulk-request lots of information about a contact. It does not provide a
+     mechanism to receive signals to notify the client of changes to a contact
+     (e.g., their alias, avatar, location, status, etc.).
+     Instead the client should connect to the various signals provided by
+     the interfaces its interested in.
+    </para>
+   </sect2>
+
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="sect.connection.presence">
-- 
1.5.6.5




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