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authorSimon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk>2010-08-09 18:52:03 +0100
committerSimon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk>2010-08-09 18:52:03 +0100
commit25579765e5fe613a494030ec33a75fd038a3d813 (patch)
tree5fc5e2db2d9296dc37bbd30a243a3129b7dfc96c /spec/Protocol.xml
parent08af6ecce67340b165ccbc65aef96a7c95b63a2e (diff)
downloadtelepathy-glib-25579765e5fe613a494030ec33a75fd038a3d813.tar.gz
Update to spec 0.19.11 + patch 78fa43292e2425780
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diff --git a/spec/Protocol.xml b/spec/Protocol.xml
index 91c350f58..50562c9b6 100644
--- a/spec/Protocol.xml
+++ b/spec/Protocol.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,32 @@
<code>/org/freedesktop/Telepathy/ConnectionManager/salut/local_xmpp</code>,
respectively.</p>
</tp:rationale>
+
+ <p>If the ConnectionManager has a <tt>.manager</tt> file, each
+ Protocol's immutable properties must be represented in that file;
+ the representation is described as part of the documentation for
+ each property. For instance, a very simple ConnectionManager with one
+ Protocol might be represented like this:</p>
+
+<pre>
+[ConnectionManager]
+Interfaces=
+
+[Protocol example]
+Interfaces=
+ConnectionInterfaces=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.Interface.Requests;
+param-account=s required
+param-password=s required secret
+RequestableChannelClasses=text;
+VCardField=x-example
+EnglishName=Example
+Icon=im-example
+
+[text]
+org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.ChannelType s=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type.Text
+org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandleType u=1
+allowed=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandle;org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetID;
+</pre>
</tp:docstring>
<property name="Interfaces" tp:name-for-bindings="Interfaces"
@@ -136,6 +162,12 @@
of those strings is the name of a group in the <code>.manager</code>
file which represents a channel class.</p>
+ <p>The names of the groups representing channel classes are not
+ significant, and MUST NOT be interpreted. When writing
+ <tt>.manager</tt> files, authors MAY choose mnemonic group names,
+ generate group names mechanically (e.g. with an incrementing
+ integer), or use some combination of these.</p>
+
<p>Each group representing a channel class has a key
<code>allowed</code> which is a list of D-Bus property names
representing allowed parameters. Any other keys that do not contain
@@ -152,17 +184,23 @@
<code>.manager</code> files.</p>
<p>For instance, this <code>.manager</code> file could represent
- a simple Text-only connection manager:</p>
+ a connection manager that supports 1-1 Text messages and
+ StreamedMedia audio calls:</p>
<pre>[Protocol jabber]
param-account=s required
param-password=s required
-RequestableChannelClasses=text
+RequestableChannelClasses=rcc0;rcc1;
-[text]
+[rcc0]
org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.ChannelType s=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type.Text
org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandleType u=1
allowed=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandle;org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetID;
+
+[rcc1]
+org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.ChannelType s=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type.StreamedMedia
+org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandleType u=1
+allowed=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandle;org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetID;org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type.StreamedMedia.InitialAudio;
</pre>
</tp:docstring>
</property>
@@ -196,6 +234,13 @@ allowed=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandle;org.freedesktop.Telepathy
arbitrary handles/identifiers as vCard fields is a topic for
future work.</p>
</tp:rationale>
+
+ <p>Connection managers with a <code>.manager</code> file
+ MUST cache this property in the protocol's section of the
+ <code>.manager</code> file if it is non-empty, using the key
+ <code>VCardField</code>. The corresponding value
+ is a string, following the syntax of the "localestring" type from
+ the Desktop Entry Specification.</p>
</tp:docstring>
</property>
@@ -223,6 +268,13 @@ allowed=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandle;org.freedesktop.Telepathy
<p>If this property's value is empty, clients MAY fall back to using
the Telepathy <tp:type>Protocol</tp:type> name, possibly with its
capitalization adjusted.</p>
+
+ <p>Connection managers with a <code>.manager</code> file
+ MUST cache this property in the protocol's section of the
+ <code>.manager</code> file if it is non-empty, using the key
+ <code>EnglishName</code>. The corresponding value
+ is a string, following the syntax of the "localestring" type from
+ the Desktop Entry Specification.</p>
</tp:docstring>
</property>
@@ -243,6 +295,13 @@ allowed=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandle;org.freedesktop.Telepathy
<p>If this property's value is empty, clients MAY fall back to
generating a name based on the <tp:type>Protocol</tp:type> name.</p>
+
+ <p>Connection managers with a <code>.manager</code> file
+ MUST cache this property in the protocol's section of the
+ <code>.manager</code> file if it is non-empty, using the key
+ <code>Icon</code>. The corresponding value
+ is a string, following the syntax of the "localestring" type from
+ the Desktop Entry Specification.</p>
</tp:docstring>
</property>