go-dbus-factory

Convenient go binding code for automating the generation of DBUS services.

Dependencies

You can also check the "Depends" provided in the debian/control file.

Build dependencies

You can also check the "Build-Depends" provided in the debian/control file.

Tools

If you are debian user, you can use

make bin

to generate an executable file called generater. It can be used to auto-generate code, like

./generator org.freedesktop.notifications

If you want to use gomod, run:

cd ./_tool/generator

go build

mv ./generator ../../

To generator all interface, run the command

./gen.sh

The shell script will find all folders which contain config.json can generate the code

Folders

The tool will generate the code to a folder, the name of the folder always be the name of that service, which is all lower case.

The package name of that go project under that folder always be the last word of the stringlist by splitting the name of the service by ..

You can assess the default xml, config.json and go code under the folder which is generated.

Default xml

You can get default xml by gdbus introspect. For example, you can get the default xml of /org/freedesktop/Notification by:

gdbus introspect -e -d org.freedesktop.Notifications -o /org/freedesktop/Notifications -x > Notifications.xml

The tag of root element of the xml is node. The name of the xml files should be consistent with the value of Type in the node of Objects in file config.json.

config.json

For example, like the config file of org.freedesktop.Notificationn.

{
  "Service": "org.freedesktop.Notifications",
  "Objects": [
    {
      "Type": "Notifications",
      "Path": "/org/freedesktop/Notifications",
      "Interfaces": [
        {
          "Name": "org.freedesktop.Notifications",
          "Type": "notifications"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

You can take a view to the code _tool/generator/config.go to know the detail.

In Object, if the path is fixed, you need to set the value of Path, else, you should not set the value of Path.

If the Object has multiple interfaces, then you need to set the key of Accessor of interfaceConfig, if there is one, then it is not needed.

If the Object has the interface of org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager, then you need just set the key of Name, generator will handle it properly.

The value of Type is consistent with the struct name in auto.go. For example, you can take a view of ObjectCofig and InterfaceConfig.

Fix to the interface

When the function is property or signal , you need to use key Fixes to mark that the functions are not dbus method but other types. The class type of the value of Fixes is map[string]json.Rawmessage.

The usable key name is

• property -> p/
• method -> m/
• signal -> s/

For example, if you want to mark the node Name in Interface is property, you should set the value of Fixes to p/Name. Here is an example fot the json

{
  "Service": "org.freedesktop.ColorManager",
  "Objects": [
    {
      "Type": "Manager",
      "Path": "/org/freedesktop/ColorManager",
      "Interfaces": [
        {
          "Name": "org.freedesktop.ColorManager",
          "Type": "manager"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "Type": "Profile",
      "Interfaces": [
        {
          "Name": "org.freedesktop.ColorManager.Profile",
          "Type": "profile",
          "Fixes": {
            "p/Metadata": {
              "Type": "PropProfileMetadata",
              "ValueType": "map[string]string"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

You should set the value of key Fixed, if it the node is dbus property, or that the generator will panic. You are allowed not to set Fixed for method and signal, but you will receive warning message like

Warning: found []interface{} in org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.CreateSession arg properties

The code generated

The code generated by generator is named auto.go. If the code is writtened manually, we always name it as manual.go.

manual.go always is the supplement for auto.go

Installation

Build from source code

Make sure you have installed all dependencies.

This Makefile is not used in package, as methoned befored, it is used to generate code. Since now we use debian go build to package it, and if you are archlinux user, you can take a look at archlinux/PKGBUILD.

If you are debian user, use dpkg

dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc

Then you can find some *.deb files in the parent directory.

If you are archlinux user or Nixos user, we suggest you to use go mod instead, you do not need to package it. Like startdde, just run go mod tidy, the package will be included, then you can start packaging.

Getting help

Any usage issues can ask for help via

• Matrix
• WiKi
• Forum
• Developer Center

Getting involved

We encourage you to report issues and contribute changes

• Contribution guide for developers

License

go-dbus-factory is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later.