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[ozzloy@gmail.com/oble] / dbushello.c

#include <dbus/dbus.h>
#include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

	int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
	DBusGConnection *connection;
	GError *error;
	DBusGProxy *proxy;
	char **name_list;
	char **name_list_ptr;

	g_type_init ();

	error = NULL;
	connection = dbus_g_bus_get (DBUS_BUS_SESSION,
			&error);
	if (connection == NULL)
	{
		g_printerr ("Failed to open connection to bus: %s\n",
				error->message);
		g_error_free (error);
		exit (1);
	}

	/* Create a proxy object for the "bus driver" (name "org.freedesktop.DBus") */

	proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name (connection,
			DBUS_SERVICE_DBUS,
			DBUS_PATH_DBUS,
			DBUS_INTERFACE_DBUS);

	/* Call ListNames method, wait for reply */
	error = NULL;
	if (!dbus_g_proxy_call (proxy, "ListNames", &error, G_TYPE_INVALID,
				G_TYPE_STRV, &name_list, G_TYPE_INVALID))
	{
		/* Just do demonstrate remote exceptions versus regular GError */
		if (error->domain == DBUS_GERROR && error->code == DBUS_GERROR_REMOTE_EXCEPTION)
			g_printerr ("Caught remote method exception %s: %s",
					dbus_g_error_get_name (error),
					error->message);
		else
			g_printerr ("Error: %s\n", error->message);
		g_error_free (error);
		exit (1);
	}

	/* Print the results */

	g_print ("Names on the message bus:\n");

	for (name_list_ptr = name_list; *name_list_ptr; name_list_ptr++)
	{
		g_print ("  %s\n", *name_list_ptr);
	}
	g_strfreev (name_list);

	g_object_unref (proxy);

	return 0;
}