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1 /* -*- mode: C; c-file-style: "gnu" -*- */
2 /* dbus-protocol.h D-Bus protocol constants
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25 #ifndef DBUS_PROTOCOL_H
26 #define DBUS_PROTOCOL_H
28 /* Don't include anything in here from anywhere else. It's
29 * intended for use by any random library.
35 } /* avoids confusing emacs indentation */
39 /* Normally docs are in .c files, but there isn't a .c file for this. */
41 * @defgroup DBusProtocol Protocol constants
44 * @brief Defines constants which are part of the D-Bus protocol
46 * This header is intended for use by any library, not only libdbus.
52 /* Message byte order */
53 #define DBUS_LITTLE_ENDIAN ('l') /**< Code marking LSB-first byte order in the wire protocol. */
54 #define DBUS_BIG_ENDIAN ('B') /**< Code marking MSB-first byte order in the wire protocol. */
56 /** Protocol version. */
57 #define DBUS_MAJOR_PROTOCOL_VERSION 1
59 /** Type code that is never equal to a legitimate type code */
60 #define DBUS_TYPE_INVALID ((int) '\0')
61 /** #DBUS_TYPE_INVALID as a string literal instead of a int literal */
62 #define DBUS_TYPE_INVALID_AS_STRING "\0"
65 /** Type code marking an 8-bit unsigned integer */
66 #define DBUS_TYPE_BYTE ((int) 'y')
67 /** #DBUS_TYPE_BYTE as a string literal instead of a int literal */
68 #define DBUS_TYPE_BYTE_AS_STRING "y"
69 /** Type code marking a boolean */
70 #define DBUS_TYPE_BOOLEAN ((int) 'b')
71 /** #DBUS_TYPE_BOOLEAN as a string literal instead of a int literal */
72 #define DBUS_TYPE_BOOLEAN_AS_STRING "b"
73 /** Type code marking a 16-bit signed integer */
74 #define DBUS_TYPE_INT16 ((int) 'n')
75 /** #DBUS_TYPE_INT16 as a string literal instead of a int literal */
76 #define DBUS_TYPE_INT16_AS_STRING "n"
77 /** Type code marking a 16-bit unsigned integer */
78 #define DBUS_TYPE_UINT16 ((int) 'q')
79 /** #DBUS_TYPE_UINT16 as a string literal instead of a int literal */
80 #define DBUS_TYPE_UINT16_AS_STRING "q"
81 /** Type code marking a 32-bit signed integer */
82 #define DBUS_TYPE_INT32 ((int) 'i')
83 /** #DBUS_TYPE_INT32 as a string literal instead of a int literal */
84 #define DBUS_TYPE_INT32_AS_STRING "i"
85 /** Type code marking a 32-bit unsigned integer */
86 #define DBUS_TYPE_UINT32 ((int) 'u')
87 /** #DBUS_TYPE_UINT32 as a string literal instead of a int literal */
88 #define DBUS_TYPE_UINT32_AS_STRING "u"
89 /** Type code marking a 64-bit signed integer */
90 #define DBUS_TYPE_INT64 ((int) 'x')
91 /** #DBUS_TYPE_INT64 as a string literal instead of a int literal */
92 #define DBUS_TYPE_INT64_AS_STRING "x"
93 /** Type code marking a 64-bit unsigned integer */
94 #define DBUS_TYPE_UINT64 ((int) 't')
95 /** #DBUS_TYPE_UINT64 as a string literal instead of a int literal */
96 #define DBUS_TYPE_UINT64_AS_STRING "t"
97 /** Type code marking an 8-byte double in IEEE 754 format */
98 #define DBUS_TYPE_DOUBLE ((int) 'd')
99 /** #DBUS_TYPE_DOUBLE as a string literal instead of a int literal */
100 #define DBUS_TYPE_DOUBLE_AS_STRING "d"
101 /** Type code marking a UTF-8 encoded, nul-terminated Unicode string */
102 #define DBUS_TYPE_STRING ((int) 's')
103 /** #DBUS_TYPE_STRING as a string literal instead of a int literal */
104 #define DBUS_TYPE_STRING_AS_STRING "s"
105 /** Type code marking a D-Bus object path */
106 #define DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH ((int) 'o')
107 /** #DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH as a string literal instead of a int literal */
108 #define DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH_AS_STRING "o"
109 /** Type code marking a D-Bus type signature */
110 #define DBUS_TYPE_SIGNATURE ((int) 'g')
111 /** #DBUS_TYPE_SIGNATURE as a string literal instead of a int literal */
112 #define DBUS_TYPE_SIGNATURE_AS_STRING "g"
115 /** Type code marking a D-Bus array type */
116 #define DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY ((int) 'a')
117 /** #DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY as a string literal instead of a int literal */
118 #define DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY_AS_STRING "a"
119 /** Type code marking a D-Bus variant type */
120 #define DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT ((int) 'v')
121 /** #DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT as a string literal instead of a int literal */
122 #define DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT_AS_STRING "v"
124 /** STRUCT and DICT_ENTRY are sort of special since their codes can't
125 * appear in a type string, instead
126 * DBUS_STRUCT_BEGIN_CHAR/DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_BEGIN_CHAR have to appear
128 /** Type code used to represent a struct; however, this type code does not appear
129 * in type signatures, instead #DBUS_STRUCT_BEGIN_CHAR and #DBUS_STRUCT_END_CHAR will
130 * appear in a signature.
132 #define DBUS_TYPE_STRUCT ((int) 'r')
133 /** #DBUS_TYPE_STRUCT as a string literal instead of a int literal */
134 #define DBUS_TYPE_STRUCT_AS_STRING "r"
135 /** Type code used to represent a dict entry; however, this type code does not appear
136 * in type signatures, instead #DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_BEGIN_CHAR and #DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_END_CHAR will
137 * appear in a signature.
139 #define DBUS_TYPE_DICT_ENTRY ((int) 'e')
140 /** #DBUS_TYPE_DICT_ENTRY as a string literal instead of a int literal */
141 #define DBUS_TYPE_DICT_ENTRY_AS_STRING "e"
143 /** Does not include #DBUS_TYPE_INVALID, #DBUS_STRUCT_BEGIN_CHAR, #DBUS_STRUCT_END_CHAR,
144 * #DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_BEGIN_CHAR, or #DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_END_CHAR - i.e. it is the number of
145 * valid types, not the number of distinct characters that may appear in a type signature.
147 #define DBUS_NUMBER_OF_TYPES (16)
149 /* characters other than typecodes that appear in type signatures */
151 /** Code marking the start of a struct type in a type signature */
152 #define DBUS_STRUCT_BEGIN_CHAR ((int) '(')
153 /** #DBUS_STRUCT_BEGIN_CHAR as a string literal instead of a int literal */
154 #define DBUS_STRUCT_BEGIN_CHAR_AS_STRING "("
155 /** Code marking the end of a struct type in a type signature */
156 #define DBUS_STRUCT_END_CHAR ((int) ')')
157 /** #DBUS_STRUCT_END_CHAR a string literal instead of a int literal */
158 #define DBUS_STRUCT_END_CHAR_AS_STRING ")"
159 /** Code marking the start of a dict entry type in a type signature */
160 #define DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_BEGIN_CHAR ((int) '{')
161 /** #DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_BEGIN_CHAR as a string literal instead of a int literal */
162 #define DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_BEGIN_CHAR_AS_STRING "{"
163 /** Code marking the end of a dict entry type in a type signature */
164 #define DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_END_CHAR ((int) '}')
165 /** #DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_END_CHAR as a string literal instead of a int literal */
166 #define DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_END_CHAR_AS_STRING "}"
168 /** Max length in bytes of a bus name, interface, or member (not object
169 * path, paths are unlimited). This is limited because lots of stuff
170 * is O(n) in this number, plus it would be obnoxious to type in a
171 * paragraph-long method name so most likely something like that would
174 #define DBUS_MAXIMUM_NAME_LENGTH 255
176 /** This one is 255 so it fits in a byte */
177 #define DBUS_MAXIMUM_SIGNATURE_LENGTH 255
179 /** Max length of a match rule string; to keep people from hosing the
180 * daemon with some huge rule
182 #define DBUS_MAXIMUM_MATCH_RULE_LENGTH 1024
184 /** Max arg number you can match on in a match rule, e.g.
185 * arg0='hello' is OK, arg3489720987='hello' is not
187 #define DBUS_MAXIMUM_MATCH_RULE_ARG_NUMBER 63
189 /** Max length of a marshaled array in bytes (64M, 2^26) We use signed
190 * int for lengths so must be INT_MAX or less. We need something a
191 * bit smaller than INT_MAX because the array is inside a message with
192 * header info, etc. so an INT_MAX array wouldn't allow the message
193 * overhead. The 64M number is an attempt at a larger number than
194 * we'd reasonably ever use, but small enough that your bus would chew
195 * through it fairly quickly without locking up forever. If you have
196 * data that's likely to be larger than this, you should probably be
197 * sending it in multiple incremental messages anyhow.
199 #define DBUS_MAXIMUM_ARRAY_LENGTH (67108864)
200 /** Number of bits you need in an unsigned to store the max array size */
201 #define DBUS_MAXIMUM_ARRAY_LENGTH_BITS 26
203 /** The maximum total message size including header and body; similar
204 * rationale to max array size.
206 #define DBUS_MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_LENGTH (DBUS_MAXIMUM_ARRAY_LENGTH * 2)
207 /** Number of bits you need in an unsigned to store the max message size */
208 #define DBUS_MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_LENGTH_BITS 27
210 /** Depth of recursion in the type tree. This is automatically limited
211 * to DBUS_MAXIMUM_SIGNATURE_LENGTH since you could only have an array
212 * of array of array of ... that fit in the max signature. But that's
213 * probably a bit too large.
215 #define DBUS_MAXIMUM_TYPE_RECURSION_DEPTH 32
217 /* Types of message */
219 /** This value is never a valid message type, see dbus_message_get_type() */
220 #define DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_INVALID 0
221 /** Message type of a method call message, see dbus_message_get_type() */
222 #define DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_METHOD_CALL 1
223 /** Message type of a method return message, see dbus_message_get_type() */
224 #define DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_METHOD_RETURN 2
225 /** Message type of an error reply message, see dbus_message_get_type() */
226 #define DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_ERROR 3
227 /** Message type of a signal message, see dbus_message_get_type() */
228 #define DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_SIGNAL 4
232 /** If set, this flag means that the sender of a message does not care about getting
233 * a reply, so the recipient need not send one. See dbus_message_set_no_reply().
235 #define DBUS_HEADER_FLAG_NO_REPLY_EXPECTED 0x1
237 * If set, this flag means that even if the message bus knows how to start an owner for
238 * the destination bus name (see dbus_message_set_destination()), it should not
239 * do so. If this flag is not set, the bus may launch a program to process the
242 #define DBUS_HEADER_FLAG_NO_AUTO_START 0x2
246 /** Not equal to any valid header field code */
247 #define DBUS_HEADER_FIELD_INVALID 0
248 /** Header field code for the path - the path is the object emitting a signal or the object receiving a method call.
249 * See dbus_message_set_path().
251 #define DBUS_HEADER_FIELD_PATH 1
252 /** Header field code for the interface containing a member (method or signal).
253 * See dbus_message_set_interface().
255 #define DBUS_HEADER_FIELD_INTERFACE 2
256 /** Header field code for a member (method or signal). See dbus_message_set_member(). */
257 #define DBUS_HEADER_FIELD_MEMBER 3
258 /** Header field code for an error name (found in #DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_ERROR messages).
259 * See dbus_message_set_error_name().
261 #define DBUS_HEADER_FIELD_ERROR_NAME 4
262 /** Header field code for a reply serial, used to match a #DBUS_MESSAGE_TYPE_METHOD_RETURN message with the
263 * message that it's a reply to. See dbus_message_set_reply_serial().
265 #define DBUS_HEADER_FIELD_REPLY_SERIAL 5
267 * Header field code for the destination bus name of a message. See dbus_message_set_destination().
269 #define DBUS_HEADER_FIELD_DESTINATION 6
271 * Header field code for the sender of a message; usually initialized by the message bus.
272 * See dbus_message_set_sender().
274 #define DBUS_HEADER_FIELD_SENDER 7
276 * Header field code for the type signature of a message.
278 #define DBUS_HEADER_FIELD_SIGNATURE 8
281 * Value of the highest-numbered header field code, can be used to determine
282 * the size of an array indexed by header field code. Remember though
283 * that unknown codes must be ignored, so check for that before
284 * indexing the array.
286 #define DBUS_HEADER_FIELD_LAST DBUS_HEADER_FIELD_SIGNATURE
288 /** Header format is defined as a signature:
290 * byte message type ID
292 * byte protocol version
295 * array of struct (byte,variant) (field name, value)
297 * The length of the header can be computed as the
298 * fixed size of the initial data, plus the length of
299 * the array at the end, plus padding to an 8-boundary.
301 #define DBUS_HEADER_SIGNATURE \
302 DBUS_TYPE_BYTE_AS_STRING \
303 DBUS_TYPE_BYTE_AS_STRING \
304 DBUS_TYPE_BYTE_AS_STRING \
305 DBUS_TYPE_BYTE_AS_STRING \
306 DBUS_TYPE_UINT32_AS_STRING \
307 DBUS_TYPE_UINT32_AS_STRING \
308 DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY_AS_STRING \
309 DBUS_STRUCT_BEGIN_CHAR_AS_STRING \
310 DBUS_TYPE_BYTE_AS_STRING \
311 DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT_AS_STRING \
312 DBUS_STRUCT_END_CHAR_AS_STRING
316 * The smallest header size that can occur. (It won't be valid due to
317 * missing required header fields.) This is 4 bytes, two uint32, an
318 * array length. This isn't any kind of resource limit, just the
319 * necessary/logical outcome of the header signature.
321 #define DBUS_MINIMUM_HEADER_SIZE 16
324 /* WARNING these get autoconverted to an enum in dbus-glib.h. Thus,
325 * if you change the order it breaks the ABI. Keep them in order.
326 * Also, don't change the formatting since that will break the sed
329 /** A generic error; "something went wrong" - see the error message for more. */
330 #define DBUS_ERROR_FAILED "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed"
331 /** There was not enough memory to complete an operation. */
332 #define DBUS_ERROR_NO_MEMORY "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoMemory"
333 /** The bus doesn't know how to launch a service to supply the bus name you wanted. */
334 #define DBUS_ERROR_SERVICE_UNKNOWN "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown"
335 /** The bus name you referenced doesn't exist (i.e. no application owns it). */
336 #define DBUS_ERROR_NAME_HAS_NO_OWNER "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner"
337 /** No reply to a message expecting one, usually means a timeout occurred. */
338 #define DBUS_ERROR_NO_REPLY "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply"
339 /** Something went wrong reading or writing to a socket, for example. */
340 #define DBUS_ERROR_IO_ERROR "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.IOError"
341 /** A D-Bus bus address was malformed. */
342 #define DBUS_ERROR_BAD_ADDRESS "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.BadAddress"
343 /** Requested operation isn't supported (like ENOSYS on UNIX). */
344 #define DBUS_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported"
345 /** Some limited resource is exhausted. */
346 #define DBUS_ERROR_LIMITS_EXCEEDED "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.LimitsExceeded"
347 /** Security restrictions don't allow doing what you're trying to do. */
348 #define DBUS_ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied"
349 /** Authentication didn't work. */
350 #define DBUS_ERROR_AUTH_FAILED "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AuthFailed"
351 /** Unable to connect to server (probably caused by ECONNREFUSED on a socket). */
352 #define DBUS_ERROR_NO_SERVER "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoServer"
353 /** Certain timeout errors, possibly ETIMEDOUT on a socket.
354 * Note that #DBUS_ERROR_NO_REPLY is used for message reply timeouts.
355 * @warning this is confusingly-named given that #DBUS_ERROR_TIMED_OUT also exists. We can't fix
356 * it for compatibility reasons so just be careful.
358 #define DBUS_ERROR_TIMEOUT "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Timeout"
359 /** No network access (probably ENETUNREACH on a socket). */
360 #define DBUS_ERROR_NO_NETWORK "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoNetwork"
361 /** Can't bind a socket since its address is in use (i.e. EADDRINUSE). */
362 #define DBUS_ERROR_ADDRESS_IN_USE "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AddressInUse"
363 /** The connection is disconnected and you're trying to use it. */
364 #define DBUS_ERROR_DISCONNECTED "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected"
365 /** Invalid arguments passed to a method call. */
366 #define DBUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs"
368 #define DBUS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileNotFound"
369 /** Existing file and the operation you're using does not silently overwrite. */
370 #define DBUS_ERROR_FILE_EXISTS "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileExists"
371 /** Method name you invoked isn't known by the object you invoked it on. */
372 #define DBUS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_METHOD "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod"
373 /** Certain timeout errors, e.g. while starting a service.
374 * @warning this is confusingly-named given that #DBUS_ERROR_TIMEOUT also exists. We can't fix
375 * it for compatibility reasons so just be careful.
377 #define DBUS_ERROR_TIMED_OUT "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut"
378 /** Tried to remove or modify a match rule that didn't exist. */
379 #define DBUS_ERROR_MATCH_RULE_NOT_FOUND "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.MatchRuleNotFound"
380 /** The match rule isn't syntactically valid. */
381 #define DBUS_ERROR_MATCH_RULE_INVALID "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.MatchRuleInvalid"
382 /** While starting a new process, the exec() call failed. */
383 #define DBUS_ERROR_SPAWN_EXEC_FAILED "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed"
384 /** While starting a new process, the fork() call failed. */
385 #define DBUS_ERROR_SPAWN_FORK_FAILED "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ForkFailed"
386 /** While starting a new process, the child exited with a status code. */
387 #define DBUS_ERROR_SPAWN_CHILD_EXITED "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited"
388 /** While starting a new process, the child exited on a signal. */
389 #define DBUS_ERROR_SPAWN_CHILD_SIGNALED "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildSignaled"
390 /** While starting a new process, something went wrong. */
391 #define DBUS_ERROR_SPAWN_FAILED "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.Failed"
392 /** Tried to get a UNIX process ID and it wasn't available. */
393 #define DBUS_ERROR_UNIX_PROCESS_ID_UNKNOWN "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnixProcessIdUnknown"
394 /** A type signature is not valid. */
395 #define DBUS_ERROR_INVALID_SIGNATURE "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidSignature"
396 /** A file contains invalid syntax or is otherwise broken. */
397 #define DBUS_ERROR_INVALID_FILE_CONTENT "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidFileContent"
398 /** Asked for SELinux security context and it wasn't available. */
399 #define DBUS_ERROR_SELINUX_SECURITY_CONTEXT_UNKNOWN "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.SELinuxSecurityContextUnknown"
401 /* XML introspection format */
403 /** XML namespace of the introspection format version 1.0 */
404 #define DBUS_INTROSPECT_1_0_XML_NAMESPACE "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus"
405 /** XML public identifier of the introspection format version 1.0 */
406 #define DBUS_INTROSPECT_1_0_XML_PUBLIC_IDENTIFIER "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Object Introspection 1.0//EN"
407 /** XML system identifier of the introspection format version 1.0 */
408 #define DBUS_INTROSPECT_1_0_XML_SYSTEM_IDENTIFIER "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/introspect.dtd"
409 /** XML document type declaration of the introspection format version 1.0 */
410 #define DBUS_INTROSPECT_1_0_XML_DOCTYPE_DECL_NODE "<!DOCTYPE node PUBLIC \""DBUS_INTROSPECT_1_0_XML_PUBLIC_IDENTIFIER"\"\n\""DBUS_INTROSPECT_1_0_XML_SYSTEM_IDENTIFIER"\">\n"
416 { /* avoids confusing emacs indentation */
421 #endif /* DBUS_PROTOCOL_H */