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| author | Anders Carlsson <andersca@codefactory.se> | 2003-02-02 17:36:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Anders Carlsson <andersca@codefactory.se> | 2003-02-02 17:36:46 +0000 |
| commit | c90bd5a7d2440cfdd0b8d111413a879567420822 (patch) | |
| tree | f5ce6e27a0f02209bea33022251d316b82f29194 /doc | |
| parent | bb6a24ae1c9cf07ab733849c12752748638c02a3 (diff) | |
2003-02-02 Anders Carlsson <andersca@codefactory.se>
* doc/dbus-specification.sgml:
Update address format section.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/dbus-specification.sgml | 34 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.sgml b/doc/dbus-specification.sgml index 8e862f1b..48d8af90 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-specification.sgml +++ b/doc/dbus-specification.sgml @@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ </address> </affiliation> </author> + <author> + <firstname>Anders</firstname> + <surname>Carlsson</surname> + <affiliation> + <orgname>CodeFactory AB</orgname> + <address> + <email>andersca@codefactory.se</email> + </address> + </affiliation> + </author> </authorgroup> </artheader> @@ -410,8 +420,27 @@ <sect1 id="addresses"> <title>Server Addresses</title> <para> - [document the string format of an address, and how it maps - to unix domain sockets, tcp, or whatever] + Server addresses consist of a transport name followed by a colon, and + then an optional, comma-separated list of keys and values in the form key=value. + </para> + <para> + For example: + <programlisting>unix:path=/tmp/dbus-test</programlisting> + Which is the address to a unix socket with the path /tmp/dbus-test. + </para> + <para> + When connecting to a server, multiple server addresses can be + separated by a semi-colon. The library will then try to connect + to the first address and if that fails, it'll try to connect to + the next one specified, and so forth. For example + <programlisting>unix:path=/tmp/dbus-test;unix:path=/tmp/dbus-test2</programlisting> + </para> + <para> + Currently, a transport over local UNIX sockets exists, a debug + transport that only works in-process and therefore can be used + for for unit testing also exists. It is possible that other + transports are added, such as a TCP/IP transport, and a + transport that works over X11. </para> </sect1> @@ -670,6 +699,7 @@ interact with the message bus. </para> <para> + [document the messages here] </para> </sect2> |