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dbus-binding-tool(1) User Commands dbus-binding-tool(1) NAME dbus-binding-tool - C language dbus-glib bindings generation utility. SYNOPSIS dbus-binding-tool [--force] [--help] [--ignore-unsupported] [--mode=pretty|glib-client|glib-server] [--output=file] [--prefix=symbol-prefix] [--version] [file...] DESCRIPTION dbus-binding-tool is used to expose a GObject via D-Bus, using the deprecated dbus-glib binding for GLib. As input, dbus-binding-tool uses a D-Bus Introspection XML file. As output, the client-side or server-side bindings is generated. This output is a header file which eases the use of a remote D-Bus object. Output is sent to standard out or to the filename specified with the --output argument. EXTENDED DESCRIPTION The following is a sample D-Bus Introspection XML file which describes an object that exposes one method, named ManyArgs: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <node name="/com/example/MyObject"> <interface name="com.example.MyObject"> <method name="ManyArgs"> <arg type="u" name="x" direction="in" /> <arg type="s" name="str" direction="in" /> <arg type="d" name="trouble" direction="in" /> <arg type="d" name="d_ret" direction="out" /> <arg type="s" name="str_ret" direction="out" /> </method> </interface> </node> dbus-binding-tool supports annotations in the XML format to further control how the bindings are generated. client-side bindings When building client-side bindings, the --mode=glib-client argument is used. The client-side bindings support the "org.freedesktop.DBus.Glib.NoReply" annotation. This is specified within the <method> tag to indicate that the client is not expecting a reply to the method call, so a reply should not be sent. This is often used to speed up rapid method calls where there are no "out" arguments, and not knowing if the method succeeded is an acceptable compromise to halve the traffic on the bus. For example: <method name "FooMethod"> [...] <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.NoReply" value="yes"/> [...] </method> server-side bindings When building server-side bindings, the --mode=glib-server argument is used. Also the --prefix argument must be used when building server- side bindings so that functions in the generated output are prefexed generates. <interface name="com.example.MyObject"> <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.CSymbol" value="my_object"/> [...] <method name "ManyArgs"> <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.CSymbol" value="my_object_many_args"/> [...] </method> </interface> "org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Async" This annotation marks the method implementation as an asynchronous function, which does not return a response straight away but will send the response at some later point to complete the call. This is used to implement non-blocking services where method calls can take time. When a method is asynchronous, the function prototype is different. It is required that the function conform to the following rules: o The function must return a value of type gboolean; TRUE on success, and FALSE otherwise. o The first parameter is a pointer to an instance of the object. o Following the object instance pointer are the method input values. o The final parameter must be a (DBusGMethodInvocation *). This is used when sending the response message back to the client, by calling dbus_g_method_return or dbus_g_method_return_error. For example: <method name "FooMethod"> [...] <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Async" value="yes"/> [...] </method> "org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Const" This attribute can only be applied to "out" <arg> nodes, and specifies that the parameter is not being copied when returned. For example, this turns a 's' argument from a (char **) to a (const char **), and results in the argument not being freed by D-Bus after the message is sent. For example: <arg type="u" name="x" direction="out"> <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Const" value=""/> </arg> "org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.ReturnVal" This attribute can only be applied to "out" <arg> nodes, and alters the expected function signature. It currently can be set to two values: "" or "error". The argument marked with this attribute is not returned via a pointer argument, but by the function's return value. If the <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.ReturnVal" value=""/> </arg> OPTIONS The following options are supported: --force Overwrite the output file if it already exists with a newer timestamp than the source files. --help Display usage information. --ignore-unsupported If set, then unsupported signatures for <method> parameters are ignored. --mode=pretty|glib-client|glib-server If the value is "glib-client", then client bindings are generated. If the value is "glib-server", then server bindings are generated. If the value is "pretty", then the output is in a more human readable format. --output=file Specify the output file. --prefix=symbol-prefix Functions in the generated output are prefixed with the symbol- prefix value. --version Display the version number of the dbus-binding-tool command. OPERANDS The following operands are supported: file A list of one or more input D-Bus Introspection XML ${exec_prefix}/bin/dbus-binding-tool Executable for the D-Bus Binding Tool application. SEE ALSO gdbus-codegen(1), dbus-cleanup-sockets(1), dbus-daemon(1), dbus- monitor(1), dbus-send(1), dbus-uuidgen(1) NOTES dbus-binding-tool is part of dbus-glib, which is a deprecated D-Bus binding for GLib. dbus-glib receives minimal maintenance and security fixes for the benefit of projects like Telepathy and NetworkManager that still rely on it, but should not be used in new projects (and existing projects should try to move away from it, too). Please use GDBus, part of GLib since 2.26. gdbus-codegen(1) is the GDBus replacement for dbus-binding-tool. AUTHORS Man page written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2009. dbus-glib 0.112 8 Oct 2018 dbus-binding-tool(1)