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6<refentry id="sd_bus_set_property"
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8
9  <refentryinfo>
10    <title>sd_bus_set_property</title>
11    <productname>systemd</productname>
12  </refentryinfo>
13
14  <refmeta>
15    <refentrytitle>sd_bus_set_property</refentrytitle>
16    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
17  </refmeta>
18
19  <refnamediv>
20    <refname>sd_bus_set_property</refname>
21    <refname>sd_bus_set_propertyv</refname>
22    <refname>sd_bus_get_property</refname>
23    <refname>sd_bus_get_property_trivial</refname>
24    <refname>sd_bus_get_property_string</refname>
25    <refname>sd_bus_get_property_strv</refname>
26
27    <refpurpose>Set or query D-Bus service properties</refpurpose>
28  </refnamediv>
29
30  <refsynopsisdiv>
31    <funcsynopsis>
32      <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
33
34      <funcprototype>
35        <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_set_property</function></funcdef>
36        <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
37        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>destination</parameter></paramdef>
38        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>path</parameter></paramdef>
39        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>interface</parameter></paramdef>
40        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>member</parameter></paramdef>
41        <paramdef>sd_bus_error *<parameter>ret_error</parameter></paramdef>
42        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>type</parameter></paramdef>
43        <paramdef>...</paramdef>
44      </funcprototype>
45
46      <funcprototype>
47        <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_set_propertyv</function></funcdef>
48        <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
49        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>destination</parameter></paramdef>
50        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>path</parameter></paramdef>
51        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>interface</parameter></paramdef>
52        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>member</parameter></paramdef>
53        <paramdef>sd_bus_error *<parameter>ret_error</parameter></paramdef>
54        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>type</parameter></paramdef>
55        <paramdef>va_list <parameter>ap</parameter></paramdef>
56      </funcprototype>
57
58      <funcprototype>
59        <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_get_property</function></funcdef>
60        <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
61        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>destination</parameter></paramdef>
62        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>path</parameter></paramdef>
63        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>interface</parameter></paramdef>
64        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>member</parameter></paramdef>
65        <paramdef>sd_bus_error *<parameter>ret_error</parameter></paramdef>
66        <paramdef>sd_bus_message **<parameter>reply</parameter></paramdef>
67        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>type</parameter></paramdef>
68      </funcprototype>
69
70      <funcprototype>
71        <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_get_property_trivial</function></funcdef>
72        <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
73        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>destination</parameter></paramdef>
74        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>path</parameter></paramdef>
75        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>interface</parameter></paramdef>
76        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>member</parameter></paramdef>
77        <paramdef>sd_bus_error *<parameter>ret_error</parameter></paramdef>
78        <paramdef>char <parameter>type</parameter></paramdef>
79        <paramdef>void *<parameter>ret_ptr</parameter></paramdef>
80      </funcprototype>
81
82      <funcprototype>
83        <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_get_property_string</function></funcdef>
84        <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
85        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>destination</parameter></paramdef>
86        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>path</parameter></paramdef>
87        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>interface</parameter></paramdef>
88        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>member</parameter></paramdef>
89        <paramdef>sd_bus_error *<parameter>ret_error</parameter></paramdef>
90        <paramdef>char **<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
91      </funcprototype>
92
93      <funcprototype>
94        <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_get_property_strv</function></funcdef>
95        <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
96        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>destination</parameter></paramdef>
97        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>path</parameter></paramdef>
98        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>interface</parameter></paramdef>
99        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>member</parameter></paramdef>
100        <paramdef>sd_bus_error *<parameter>ret_error</parameter></paramdef>
101        <paramdef>char ***<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
102      </funcprototype>
103    </funcsynopsis>
104  </refsynopsisdiv>
105
106  <refsect1>
107    <title>Description</title>
108
109    <para>These functions set or query D-Bus properties. D-Bus properties are service fields exposed
110    via the <constant>org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties</constant> interface. Under the hood, these
111    functions call methods of the <constant>org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties</constant> interface and
112    as a result their semantics are similar to
113    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call_method</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
114    </para>
115
116    <para><function>sd_bus_set_property()</function> sets a D-Bus property. If setting the property
117    fails or an internal error occurs, an error is returned and an extended description of the error
118    is optionally stored in <parameter>ret_error</parameter> if it is not <constant>NULL</constant>.
119    <parameter>type</parameter> and the arguments that follow it describe the new value of the
120    property and must follow the format described in
121    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_append</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
122    </para>
123
124    <para><function>sd_bus_set_propertyv()</function> is equivalent to
125    <function>sd_bus_set_property()</function>, except that it is called with a
126    <literal>va_list</literal> instead of a variable number of arguments.</para>
127
128    <para><function>sd_bus_get_property()</function> queries a D-Bus property. If retrieving the
129    property fails or an internal error occurs, an error is returned and an extended description of
130    the error is optionally stored in <parameter>ret_error</parameter> if it is not
131    <constant>NULL</constant>. On success, the property is stored in <parameter>reply</parameter>.
132    <parameter>type</parameter> describes the property type and must follow the format described in
133    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_append</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
134    </para>
135
136    <para><function>sd_bus_get_property_trivial()</function>,
137    <function>sd_bus_get_property_string()</function> and
138    <function>sd_bus_get_property_strv()</function> are shorthands for
139    <function>sd_bus_get_property()</function> that are used to query basic, string and string
140    vector properties respectively. The caller is responsible for freeing the string and string
141    vector results stored in <parameter>ret</parameter> by
142    <function>sd_bus_get_property_string()</function> and
143    <function>sd_bus_get_property_strv()</function>.</para>
144  </refsect1>
145
146  <refsect1>
147    <title>Return Value</title>
148
149    <para>On success, these functions return a non-negative integer. On failure, they return a
150    negative errno-style error code.</para>
151
152    <refsect2 id='errors'>
153      <title>Errors</title>
154
155      <para>See the
156      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call_method</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
157      man page for a list of possible errors.</para>
158    </refsect2>
159  </refsect1>
160
161  <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
162
163  <refsect1>
164    <title>See Also</title>
165
166    <para>
167      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
168      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
169      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call_method</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
170    </para>
171  </refsect1>
172
173</refentry>
174