1 /* -*- mode: C; c-file-style: "gnu" -*- */ 2 /* dbus.h Convenience header including all other headers 3 * 4 * Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Red Hat Inc. 5 * 6 * Licensed under the Academic Free License version 2.1 7 * 8 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 9 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 10 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or 11 * (at your option) any later version. 12 * 13 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 14 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 15 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 16 * GNU General Public License for more details. 17 * 18 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 19 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 20 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 21 * 22 */ 23 24 #ifndef DBUS_H 25 #define DBUS_H 26 27 #define DBUS_INSIDE_DBUS_H 1 28 29 #include <dbus/dbus-arch-deps.h> 30 #include <dbus/dbus-address.h> 31 #include <dbus/dbus-bus.h> 32 #include <dbus/dbus-connection.h> 33 #include <dbus/dbus-errors.h> 34 #include <dbus/dbus-macros.h> 35 #include <dbus/dbus-message.h> 36 #include <dbus/dbus-misc.h> 37 #include <dbus/dbus-pending-call.h> 38 #include <dbus/dbus-protocol.h> 39 #include <dbus/dbus-server.h> 40 #include <dbus/dbus-shared.h> 41 #include <dbus/dbus-signature.h> 42 #include <dbus/dbus-threads.h> 43 #include <dbus/dbus-types.h> 44 45 #undef DBUS_INSIDE_DBUS_H 46 47 /** 48 * @defgroup DBus D-Bus low-level public API 49 * @brief The low-level public API of the D-Bus library 50 * 51 * libdbus provides a low-level C API intended primarily for use by 52 * bindings to specific object systems and languages. D-Bus is most 53 * convenient when used with the GLib bindings, Python bindings, Qt 54 * bindings, Mono bindings, and so forth. This low-level API has a 55 * lot of complexity useful only for bindings. 56 * 57 * @{ 58 */ 59 60 /** @} */ 61 62 /** 63 * @mainpage 64 * 65 * This manual documents the <em>low-level</em> D-Bus C API. <b>If you use 66 * this low-level API directly, you're signing up for some pain.</b> 67 * 68 * Caveats aside, you might get started learning the low-level API by reading 69 * about @ref DBusConnection and @ref DBusMessage. 70 * 71 * There are several other places to look for D-Bus information, such 72 * as the tutorial and the specification; those can be found at <a 73 * href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus">the D-Bus 74 * website</a>. If you're interested in a sysadmin or package 75 * maintainer's perspective on the dbus-daemon itself and its 76 * configuration, be sure to check out the man pages as well. 77 * 78 * The low-level API documented in this manual deliberately lacks 79 * most convenience functions - those are left up to higher-level libraries 80 * based on frameworks such as GLib, Qt, Python, Mono, Java, 81 * etc. These higher-level libraries (often called "D-Bus bindings") 82 * have features such as object systems and main loops that allow a 83 * <em>much</em> more convenient API. 84 * 85 * The low-level API also contains plenty of clutter to support 86 * integration with arbitrary object systems, languages, main loops, 87 * and so forth. These features add a lot of noise to the API that you 88 * probably don't care about unless you're coding a binding. 89 * 90 * This manual also contains docs for @ref DBusInternals "D-Bus internals", 91 * so you can use it to get oriented to the D-Bus source code if you're 92 * interested in patching the code. You should also read the 93 * file HACKING which comes with the source code if you plan to contribute to 94 * D-Bus. 95 * 96 * As you read the code, you can identify internal D-Bus functions 97 * because they start with an underscore ('_') character. Also, any 98 * identifier or macro that lacks a DBus, dbus_, or DBUS_ namepace 99 * prefix is internal, with a couple of exceptions such as #NULL, 100 * #TRUE, and #FALSE. 101 */ 102 103 #endif /* DBUS_H */ 104
