http://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3563 Summary: D-Bus: self description of features Classification: MeeGo Projects Product: SyncEvolution Version: unspecified Platform: All Architecture: --- Status: ASSIGNED Severity: enhancement Priority: Medium Component: SyncEvolution AssignedTo: patrick.ohly(a)intel.com ReportedBy: patrick.ohly(a)intel.com QAContact: jingke.zhang(a)intel.com CC: syncevolution-bugs(a)meego.bugs, syncevolution-default-bugs(a)meego.bugs Blocks: 3558,3559,3560,3562 Estimated Hours: 0.0 We are about to extend the D-Bus API. Clients need some way of determining whether the new features are available. A strict numbering of the API is inflexible, so let's use "capability" strings instead. Also add flexible version querying, for debugging. <method name="GetCapabilities"> <doc:doc> <doc:description> <doc:para> Describes which features are implemented by the server. If the method itself is unavailable, then the features correspond to SyncEvolution 1.0. The following capabilities are currently defined: <doc:list> <doc:item><doc:term>ConfigChanged</doc:term><doc:definition>Server.ConfigChange signal available; if not, reread config after each session</doc:definition></doc:item> <doc:item><doc:term>GetConfigName</doc:term><doc:definition>Session.GetConfigName() implemented</doc:definition></doc:item> <doc:item><doc:term>Notifications</doc:term><doc:definition>Server.DisableNotifications() and Server.EnableNotifications() implemented</doc:definition></doc:item> <doc:item><doc:term>Version</doc:term><doc:definition>Server.GetVersion() implemented; note that this is not meant to be used to determine supported features</doc:definition></doc:item> <doc:item><doc:term>SessionFlags</doc:term><doc:definition>Server.StartSessionWithFlags() and Session.GetFlags() are implemented</doc:definition></doc:item> </doc:list> </doc:para> </doc:description> </doc:doc> <arg type="a{s}" name="capabilities" direction="out"> <doc:doc><doc:summary> set of supported capabilities </doc:summary></doc:doc> </arg> </method> <method name="GetVersions"> <doc:doc> <doc:description> <doc:para> Returns information about server side implementations. </doc:para> </doc:description> </doc:doc> <arg type="a{ss}" name="info" direction="out"> <doc:doc><doc:summary> "version" - main SyncEvolution release name (usually a number, sometimes also a beta or alpha suffix), "system" - some plain text information about system libraries, "backends" - available backend libraries </doc:summary></doc:doc> </arg> </method> -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.meego.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching someone on the CC list of the bug.