sd_bus_add_match, sd_bus_add_match_async, sd_bus_match_signal, sd_bus_match_signal_async — Add a match rule for incoming message dispatching
#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
typedef int (*sd_bus_message_handler_t)( | sd_bus_message *m, |
| void *userdata, | |
sd_bus_error *ret_error); |
int sd_bus_add_match( | sd_bus *bus, |
| sd_bus_slot **slot, | |
| const char *match, | |
| sd_bus_message_handler_t callback, | |
void *userdata); |
int sd_bus_add_match_async( | sd_bus *bus, |
| sd_bus_slot **slot, | |
| const char *match, | |
| sd_bus_message_handler_t callback, | |
| sd_bus_message_handler_t install_callback, | |
void *userdata); |
int sd_bus_match_signal( | sd_bus *bus, |
| sd_bus_slot **slot, | |
| const char *sender, | |
| const char *path, | |
| const char *interface, | |
| const char *member, | |
| sd_bus_message_handler_t callback, | |
void *userdata); |
int sd_bus_match_signal_async( | sd_bus *bus, |
| sd_bus_slot **slot, | |
| const char *sender, | |
| const char *path, | |
| const char *interface, | |
| const char *member, | |
| sd_bus_message_handler_t callback, | |
| sd_bus_message_handler_t install_callback, | |
void *userdata); |
sd_bus_add_match() installs a match rule for messages received on the specified bus
connection object bus. The syntax of the match rule expression passed in
match is described in the D-Bus Specification. The specified handler
function callback is called for eaching incoming message matching the specified expression,
the userdata parameter is passed as-is to the callback function. The match is installed
synchronously when connected to a bus broker, i.e. the call sends a control message requested the match to be added
to the broker and waits until the broker confirms the match has been installed successfully.
sd_bus_add_match_async() operates very similar to
sd_bus_match_signal(), however it installs the match asynchronously, in a non-blocking
fashion: a request is sent to the broker, but the call does not wait for a response. The
install_callback function is called when the response is later received, with the response
message from the broker as parameter. If this function is specified as NULL a default
implementation is used that terminates the bus connection should installing the match fail.
sd_bus_match_signal() is very similar to sd_bus_add_match(), but
only matches signals, and instead of a match expression accepts four parameters: sender (the
service name of the sender), path (the object path of the emitting object),
interface (the interface the signal belongs to), member (the signal
name), from which the match string is internally generated. Optionally, these parameters may be specified as
NULL in which case the relevant field of incoming signals is not tested.
sd_bus_match_signal_async() combines the signal matching logic of
sd_bus_match_signal() with the asynchronous behaviour of
sd_bus_add_match_async().
On success, and if non-NULL, the slot return parameter will be
set to a slot object that may be used as a reference to the installed match, and may be utilized to remove it again
at a later time with
sd_bus_slot_unref(3). If specified
as NULL the lifetime of the match is bound to the lifetime of the bus object itself, and the
match is generally not removed independently. See
sd_bus_slot_set_floating(3) for
details.
The message m passed to the callback is only borrowed, that is, the callback should
not call sd_bus_message_unref(3)
on it. If the callback wants to hold on to the message beyond the lifetime of the callback, it needs to call
sd_bus_message_ref(3) to create a
new reference.
If an error occurs during the callback invocation, the callback should return a negative error number
(optionally, a more precise error may be returned in ret_error, as well). If it wants other
callbacks that match the same rule to be called, it should return 0. Otherwise it should return a positive integer.
If the bus refers to a direct connection (i.e. not a bus connection, as set with
sd_bus_set_bus_client(3)) the
match is only installed on the client side, and the synchronous and asynchronous functions operate the same.
On success, sd_bus_add_match() and the other calls return 0 or a positive integer. On
failure, they return a negative errno-style error code.
sd_bus_add_match() and the other functions described here are available as a shared
library, which can be compiled and linked to with the libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.