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diff --git a/man/sd_bus_message_append_array.xml b/man/sd_bus_message_append_array.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fe84671f3e --- /dev/null +++ b/man/sd_bus_message_append_array.xml @@ -0,0 +1,190 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" +"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> + +<!-- +This file is part of systemd. + +Copyright 2014 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek + +systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. + +systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU +Lesser General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License +along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +--> + +<refentry id="sd_bus_message_append_array" conditional="ENABLE_KDBUS" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> + + <refentryinfo> + <title>sd_bus_message_append_array</title> + <productname>systemd</productname> + + <authorgroup> + <author> + <contrib>A monkey with a typewriter</contrib> + <firstname>Zbigniew</firstname> + <surname>Jędrzejewski-Szmek</surname> + <email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email> + </author> + </authorgroup> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_append_array</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>sd_bus_message_append_array</refname> + <refname>sd_bus_message_append_array_memfd</refname> + <refname>sd_bus_message_append_array_iovec</refname> + <refname>sd_bus_message_append_array_space</refname> + + <refpurpose>Attach an array of items to a message</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <funcsynopsis> + <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-bus.h></funcsynopsisinfo> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int sd_bus_message_append_array</funcdef> + <paramdef>sd_bus_message *<parameter>m</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>char <parameter>type</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>char void *<parameter>ptr</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>size_t <parameter>size</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int sd_bus_message_append_array_memfd</funcdef> + <paramdef>sd_bus_message *<parameter>m</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>char <parameter>type</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>sd_memfd *<parameter>memfd</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int sd_bus_message_append_array_iovec</funcdef> + <paramdef>sd_bus_message *<parameter>m</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>char <parameter>type</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>const struct iovec *<parameter>iov</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>unsigned <parameter>n</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int sd_bus_message_append_array_space</funcdef> + <paramdef>char <parameter>type</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>size_t <parameter>size</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>char void **<parameter>ptr</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + </funcsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para>Function <function>sd_bus_message_append_array</function> + appends items to message <parameter>m</parameter> as the single + array. A container will be opened, items appended, and the + container closed. Parameter <parameter>type</parameter> determines + how pointer <parameter>p</parameter> is interpreted. + <parameter>type</parameter> must be one of the "trivial" types + <literal>y</literal>, <literal>n</literal>, <literal>q</literal>, + <literal>i</literal>, <literal>u</literal>, <literal>x</literal>, + <literal>t</literal>, <literal>d</literal> (but not + <literal>b</literal>), as defined by the + <ulink url="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#basic-types">Basic Types</ulink> + section of the D-Bus specification, and listed in + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_append_basic</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. + Pointer <parameter>p</parameter> must point to an array of of size + <parameter>size</parameter> bytes containing items of the + respective type. Size <parameter>size</parameter> must be a + multiple of the size of the type <parameter>type</parameter>. As a + special case, <parameter>p</parameter> may be + <constant>NULL</constant>, if <parameter>size</parameter> is 0. + </para> + + <para>The memory pointed at by <parameter>p</parameter> is copied + into the memory area containing the message and may be changed + after this call.</para> + + <para>Function + <function>sd_bus_message_append_array_memfd</function> appends + items to message <parameter>m</parameter>, similarly to + <function>sd_bus_message_append_array</function>. Contents of the + memory file descriptor <parameter>memfd</parameter> are used as + the contents of the array. Their size must be a multiple of the + size of the type <parameter>type</parameter>.</para> + + <para>Descriptor <parameter>memfd</parameter> will be sealed + and cannot be modified after this call.</para> + + <para>Function + <function>sd_bus_message_append_array_iovec</function> appends + items to message <parameter>m</parameter>, similarly to + <function>sd_bus_message_append_array</function>. Contents of the + iovec <parameter>iov</parameter> are used as the contents of the + array. The total size of <parameter>iov</parameter> payload (the + sum of <structfield>iov_len</structfield> fields) must be a multiple + of the size of the type <parameter>type</parameter>.</para> + + <para>Pointer <parameter>iov</parameter> must point to + <parameter>n</parameter> <structname>struct iovec</structname> + structures. Each structure may have the + <structname>iov_base</structname> field set, in which case the + memory pointed to will be copied into the message, or unset, in + which case a block of zeros of length + <structname>iov_len</structname> bytes will be inserted. The + memory pointed at by <parameter>iov</parameter> may be changed + after this call.</para> + + <para>Function + <function>sd_bus_message_append_array_space</function> appends + space for an array of items to message <parameter>m</parameter>. + It behaves the same as + <function>sd_bus_message_append_array</function>, but instead + of copying items to the message, it returns a pointer to the + destination area to the caller in pointer <parameter>p</parameter>. + </para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Return Value</title> + + <para>On success, those calls return 0 or a positive integer. On + failure, they returns a negative errno-style error code.</para> + </refsect1> + + <xi:include href="sd_bus_message_append_basic.xml" xpointer="errors" /> + + <refsect1> + <title>Notes</title> + + <para><function>sd_bus_append_array()</function> and other + functions described here are available as a shared library, which + can be compiled and linked to with the + <constant>libsystemd</constant> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + file.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_append</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_append_basic</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <ulink url="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html">The D-Bus specification</ulink> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |