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| author | Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk> | 2007-09-27 14:03:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk> | 2007-09-27 14:03:53 +0000 |
| commit | fb583063f80eb5dd7ccbd3ea206bddc3a0fd7368 (patch) | |
| tree | 8007757614c51f1aeaa7cfc68e369080d2bad9b7 | |
| parent | f25ec0e6e124c574cb0eb01f940d2b285aa1e6e5 (diff) | |
Explain the desired semantics for chatroom and 1-1 D-Bus tubes
| -rw-r--r-- | spec/Channel_Type_Tubes.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/spec/Channel_Type_Tubes.xml b/spec/Channel_Type_Tubes.xml index b66ae980..c7a2c24e 100644 --- a/spec/Channel_Type_Tubes.xml +++ b/spec/Channel_Type_Tubes.xml @@ -54,6 +54,21 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. objects/interfaces that would be exported by a service of that name on a bus, or all participants are expected to export those objects/interfaces.</p> + + <p>In a multi-user context (Handle_Type_Room) the tube behaves + like the D-Bus bus daemon, so participants can send each other + private messages, or can send broadcast messages which are + received by everyone in the tube (including themselves). + Each participant has a D-Bus unique name; connection managers + must prevent participants from sending messages with the wrong + sender unique name, and should attempt to avoid participants + receiving messages not intended for them.</p> + + <p>In a 1-1 context (Handle_Type_Contact) the tube behaves like + a peer-to-peer D-Bus connection - arbitrary D-Bus messages with + any sender and/or destination can be sent by each participant, + and each participant receives all messages sent by the other + participant.</p> </tp:docstring> </tp:enumvalue> |