path: root/spec/Channel_Interface_Group.xml

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<node name="/Channel_Interface_Group" xmlns:tp="http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/DbusSpec#extensions-v0">
  <tp:copyright>Copyright © 2005-2009 Collabora Limited</tp:copyright>
  <tp:copyright>Copyright © 2005-2009 Nokia Corporation</tp:copyright>
  <tp:copyright>Copyright © 2006 INdT</tp:copyright>
  <tp:license xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <p>This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.</p>

<p>This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.</p>

<p>You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.</p>
  </tp:license>
  <interface name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Interface.Group">
    <tp:requires interface="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel"/>

    <tp:struct name="Local_Pending_Info" array-name="Local_Pending_Info_List">
      <tp:docstring>A structure representing a contact whose attempt to
        join a group is to be confirmed by the local user using
        <tp:member-ref>AddMembers</tp:member-ref>.</tp:docstring>
      <tp:member type="u" tp:type="Contact_Handle" name="To_Be_Added">
        <tp:docstring>
          The contact to be added to the group
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:member>
      <tp:member type="u" tp:type="Contact_Handle" name="Actor">
        <tp:docstring>
          The contact requesting or causing the change
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:member>
      <tp:member type="u" tp:type="Channel_Group_Change_Reason" name="Reason">
        <tp:docstring>
          The reason for the change
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:member>
      <tp:member type="s" name="Message">
        <tp:docstring>
          A human-readable message from the Actor, or an empty string
          if there is no message
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:member>
    </tp:struct>

    <method name="AddMembers" tp:name-for-bindings="Add_Members">
      <arg direction="in" name="Contacts" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          An array of contact handles to invite to the channel
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg direction="in" name="Message" type="s">
        <tp:docstring>
          A string message, which can be blank if desired
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
        <p>Invite all the given contacts into the channel, or accept requests for
          channel membership for contacts on the pending local list.</p>

        <p>A message may be provided along with the request, which will be sent
        to the server if supported. See the CHANNEL_GROUP_FLAG_MESSAGE_ADD and
        CHANNEL_GROUP_FLAG_MESSAGE_ACCEPT
        <tp:member-ref>GroupFlags</tp:member-ref> to see in which cases this
        message should be provided.</p>

        <p>Attempting to add contacts who are already members is allowed;
          connection managers must silently accept this, without error.</p>
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NetworkError"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NotAvailable"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NotCapable"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.PermissionDenied"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.InvalidHandle"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Channel.Full"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Channel.InviteOnly"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Channel.Banned"/>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <method name="GetAllMembers" tp:name-for-bindings="Get_All_Members">
      <tp:deprecated version="0.17.6">Use GetAll on the D-Bus
        Properties D-Bus interface to get properties including Members,
        RemotePendingMembers and LocalPendingMembers instead, falling back to
        this method and GetLocalPendingMembersWithInfo if necessary.
      </tp:deprecated>

      <arg direction="out" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]"
        name="Members">
        <tp:docstring>
          array of handles of current members
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg direction="out" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]"
        name="Local_Pending">
        <tp:docstring>
          array of handles of local pending members
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg direction="out" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]"
        name="Remote_Pending">
        <tp:docstring>
          array of handles of remote pending members
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <tp:docstring>
        Returns arrays of all current, local and remote pending channel
        members.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NetworkError"/>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <tp:flags name="Channel_Group_Flags" value-prefix="Channel_Group_Flag" type="u">
      <tp:flag suffix="Can_Add" value="1">
        <tp:docstring>
            The <tp:member-ref>AddMembers</tp:member-ref> method can be used to
            add or invite members who are
            not already in the local pending list (which is always valid).
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Can_Remove" value="2">
        <tp:docstring>
            The <tp:member-ref>RemoveMembers</tp:member-ref> method can be used
            to remove channel members
            (removing those on the pending local list is always valid).
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Can_Rescind" value="4">
        <tp:docstring>
            The <tp:member-ref>RemoveMembers</tp:member-ref> method can be used
            on people on the remote
            pending list.
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Message_Add" value="8">
        <tp:docstring>
            A message may be sent to the server when calling
            <tp:member-ref>AddMembers</tp:member-ref> on
            contacts who are not currently pending members.
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Message_Remove" value="16">
        <tp:docstring>
            A message may be sent to the server when calling
            <tp:member-ref>RemoveMembers</tp:member-ref> on
            contacts who are currently channel members.
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Message_Accept" value="32">
        <tp:docstring>
            A message may be sent to the server when calling
            <tp:member-ref>AddMembers</tp:member-ref> on
            contacts who are locally pending.
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Message_Reject" value="64">
        <tp:docstring>
            A message may be sent to the server when calling
            <tp:member-ref>RemoveMembers</tp:member-ref> on
            contacts who are locally pending.
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Message_Rescind" value="128">
        <tp:docstring>
            A message may be sent to the server when calling
            <tp:member-ref>RemoveMembers</tp:member-ref> on
            contacts who are remote pending.
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Channel_Specific_Handles" value="256">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>
            The members of this group have handles which are specific to
            this channel, and are not valid as general-purpose handles on
            the connection. Depending on the channel, it may be possible to
            check the <tp:member-ref>HandleOwners</tp:member-ref> property or
            call <tp:member-ref>GetHandleOwners</tp:member-ref> to find the
            owners of these handles, which should be done if you wish to (e.g.)
            subscribe to the contact's presence.
          </p>

          <p>
            Connection managers must ensure that any given handle is not
            simultaneously a general-purpose handle and a channel-specific
            handle.
          </p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Only_One_Group" value="512">
        <tp:docstring>
            Placing a contact in multiple groups of this type is not allowed
            and will raise NotAvailable (on services where contacts may only
            be in one user-defined group, user-defined groups will have
            this flag).
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Handle_Owners_Not_Available" value="1024">
        <tp:docstring>
          In rooms with channel specific handles (ie Channel_Specific_Handles
          flag is set), this flag indicates that no handle owners are
          available, apart from the owner of the
          <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref>.

          <tp:rationale>
            This used to be an important optimization to avoid repeated
            GetHandleOwners calls, before we introduced the
            <tp:member-ref>HandleOwners</tp:member-ref> property and
            <tp:member-ref>HandleOwnersChanged</tp:member-ref> signal.
          </tp:rationale>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Properties" value="2048">
        <tp:docstring>
          This flag indicates that all the properties introduced in
          specification 0.17.6 are fully supported.
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Members_Changed_Detailed" value="4096">
        <tp:docstring>
          Indicates that <tp:member-ref>MembersChangedDetailed</tp:member-ref>
          will be emitted for changes to this group's members in addition to
          <tp:member-ref>MembersChanged</tp:member-ref>.
          Clients can then connect to the former and ignore emission of the
          latter. This flag's state MUST NOT change over the lifetime of a
          channel.

          <tp:rationale>
            If it were allowed to change, client bindings would have to always
            connect to MembersChanged just in case the flag ever went away (and
            generally be unnecessarily complicated), which would mostly negate
            the point of having this flag in the first place.
          </tp:rationale>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
      <tp:flag suffix="Message_Depart" value="8192">
        <tp:added version="0.17.21"/>
        <tp:docstring>
          A message may be sent to the server when calling
          <tp:member-ref>RemoveMembers</tp:member-ref> on
          the <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref>.

          <tp:rationale>
            This would be set for XMPP Multi-User Chat or IRC channels,
            but not for a typical implementation of streamed media calls.
          </tp:rationale>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:flag>
    </tp:flags>

    <property name="GroupFlags" type="u" tp:type="Channel_Group_Flags"
      access="read" tp:name-for-bindings="Group_Flags">
      <tp:docstring>
        An integer representing the bitwise-OR of flags on this
        channel. The user interface can use this to present information about
        which operations are currently valid. Change notification is via
        the <tp:member-ref>GroupFlagsChanged</tp:member-ref> signal.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.17.6">For backwards compatibility,
        clients should fall back to calling GetGroupFlags if
        Channel_Group_Flag_Properties is not present.</tp:added>
    </property>

    <method name="GetGroupFlags" tp:name-for-bindings="Get_Group_Flags">
      <arg direction="out" type="u" tp:type="Channel_Group_Flags"
        name="Group_Flags">
        <tp:docstring>
          The value of the GroupFlags property
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <tp:docstring>
        Returns the value of the <tp:member-ref>GroupFlags</tp:member-ref> property.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:deprecated version="0.17.6">Use GetAll on the D-Bus
        Properties D-Bus interface to get properties including GroupFlags
        instead, falling back to this method if necessary.</tp:deprecated>
      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NetworkError"/>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <tp:mapping name="Handle_Owner_Map">
      <tp:docstring>
        A map from channel-specific handles to their owners.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.17.6">For backwards compatibility,
        clients should fall back to calling GetHandleOwners if
        Channel_Group_Flag_Properties is not present.</tp:added>

      <tp:member type="u" name="Channel_Specific_Handle"
        tp:type="Contact_Handle">
        <tp:docstring>
          A nonzero channel-specific handle
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:member>
      <tp:member type="u" name="Global_Handle" tp:type="Contact_Handle">
        <tp:docstring>
          The global handle that owns the corresponding channel-specific
          handle, or 0 if this could not be determined
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:member>
    </tp:mapping>

    <property name="HandleOwners" type="a{uu}" tp:type="Handle_Owner_Map"
      access="read" tp:name-for-bindings="Handle_Owners">
      <tp:docstring>
        A map from channel-specific handles to their owners, including
        at least all of the channel-specific handles in this channel's members,
        local-pending or remote-pending sets as keys. Any handle not in
        the keys of this mapping is not channel-specific in this channel.
        Handles which are channel-specific, but for which the owner is
        unknown, MUST appear in this mapping with 0 as owner. Change
        notification is via the
        <tp:member-ref>HandleOwnersChanged</tp:member-ref> signal.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.17.6"/>
    </property>

    <signal name="HandleOwnersChanged"
      tp:name-for-bindings="Handle_Owners_Changed">
      <tp:docstring>
        Emitted whenever the <tp:member-ref>HandleOwners</tp:member-ref>
        property changes.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.17.6">This signal should not be relied on
        unless Channel_Group_Flag_Properties is present.</tp:added>
      <tp:deprecated version="0.23.4">Clients should listen to
        <tp:member-ref>HandleOwnersChangedDetailed</tp:member-ref> instead to
        get the new identifiers as well.
        </tp:deprecated>

      <arg name="Added" type="a{uu}" tp:type="Handle_Owner_Map">
        <tp:docstring>
          A map from channel-specific handles to their owners, in which the
          keys include all the handles that were added to the keys of the
          HandleOwners property, and all the handles in that property whose
          owner has changed
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Removed" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          The channel-specific handles that were removed from the keys of the
          HandleOwners property, as a result of the contact leaving this group
          in a previous <tp:member-ref>MembersChanged</tp:member-ref> signal
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
    </signal>

    <signal name="HandleOwnersChangedDetailed"
      tp:name-for-bindings="Handle_Owners_Changed_Detailed">
      <tp:docstring>
        <p>Emitted whenever the <tp:member-ref>HandleOwners</tp:member-ref>
        property changes.</p>

        <p>Clients can assume this signal is emitted by the Connection Manager
        if the <tp:member-ref>MemberIdentifiers</tp:member-ref> property exists
        </p>
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.23.4"/>

      <arg name="Added" type="a{uu}" tp:type="Handle_Owner_Map">
        <tp:docstring>
          A map from channel-specific handles to their owners, in which the
          keys include all the handles that were added to the keys of the
          HandleOwners property, and all the handles in that property whose
          owner has changed
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Removed" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          The channel-specific handles that were removed from the keys of the
          HandleOwners property, as a result of the contact leaving this group
          in a previous <tp:member-ref>MembersChanged</tp:member-ref> signal
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Identifiers" type="a{us}" tp:type="Handle_Identifier_Map">
        <tp:docstring>
          The string identifiers for handles mentioned in this signal, to
          give clients the minimal information necessary to create contacts
          without waiting for round-trips. Connection managers MUST include at
          least the identifiers for all handles in the Added map, and MAY
          include those from Removed array.
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
    </signal>

    <method name="GetHandleOwners" tp:name-for-bindings="Get_Handle_Owners">
      <arg direction="in" name="Handles" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          A list of integer handles representing members of the channel
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg direction="out" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]" name="Owners">
        <tp:docstring>
          An array of integer handles representing the owner handles of
          the given room members, in the same order, or 0 if the
          owner is not available
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <tp:docstring>
        If the CHANNEL_GROUP_FLAG_CHANNEL_SPECIFIC_HANDLES flag is set on
        the channel, then the handles of the group members are specific
        to this channel, and are not meaningful in a connection-wide
        context such as contact lists. This method allows you to find
        the owner of the handle if it can be discovered in this channel,
        or 0 if the owner is not available.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:deprecated version="0.17.6">Clients should use the
        HandleOwners property and HandleOwnersChanged signal if
        Channel_Group_Flag_Properties is present.</tp:deprecated>
      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NetworkError"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.InvalidHandle"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NotAvailable">
          <tp:docstring>
            This channel doesn't have the CHANNEL_SPECIFIC_HANDLES flag,
            so handles in this channel are globally meaningful and calling
            this method is not necessary
          </tp:docstring>
        </tp:error>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.InvalidArgument">
          <tp:docstring>
            One of the given handles is not a member
          </tp:docstring>
        </tp:error>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <method name="GetLocalPendingMembers"
      tp:name-for-bindings="Get_Local_Pending_Members">
      <arg direction="out" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]"
        name="Handles"/>
      <tp:docstring>
        Returns the To_Be_Added handle (only) for each structure in the
        <tp:member-ref>LocalPendingMembers</tp:member-ref> property.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:deprecated version="0.17.6">Use the LocalPendingMembers
        property, if Channel_Group_Flag_Properties is present.</tp:deprecated>
      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NetworkError"/>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <method name="GetLocalPendingMembersWithInfo"
      tp:name-for-bindings="Get_Local_Pending_Members_With_Info">
      <tp:added version="0.15.0" />
      <tp:docstring>
        Returns the <tp:member-ref>LocalPendingMembers</tp:member-ref> property.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:deprecated version="0.17.6">Use the LocalPendingMembers
        property, if Channel_Group_Flag_Properties is present.</tp:deprecated>
      <arg direction="out" type="a(uuus)" tp:type="Local_Pending_Info[]"
        name="Info">
        <tp:docstring>
          An array of structs containing:
          <ul>
            <li>
              A handle representing the contact requesting channel membership
            </li>
            <li>
              A handle representing the contact making the request, or 0 if
              unknown
            </li>
            <li>
              The reason for the request: one of the values of
              <tp:type>Channel_Group_Change_Reason</tp:type>
            </li>
            <li>
              A string message containing the reason for the request if any (or
              blank if none)
            </li>
          </ul>
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NetworkError"/>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <property name="LocalPendingMembers" access="read"
      type="a(uuus)" tp:type="Local_Pending_Info[]"
      tp:name-for-bindings="Local_Pending_Members">
      <tp:docstring>
        An array of structs containing handles representing contacts
        requesting channel membership and awaiting local approval with
        <tp:member-ref>AddMembers</tp:member-ref>.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.17.6">If Channel_Group_Flag_Properties is
        not present, clients should fall back to using the
        deprecated GetLocalPendingMembersWithInfo method, or fall back
        from that to the deprecated GetAllMembers method.</tp:added>
    </property>

    <property name="Members" tp:name-for-bindings="Members"
      access="read" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
      <tp:docstring>
        The members of this channel.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.17.6">If Channel_Group_Flag_Properties
        is not set, fall back to calling GetAllMembers.</tp:added>
    </property>

    <method name="GetMembers" tp:name-for-bindings="Get_Members">
      <arg direction="out" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]"
        name="Handles"/>
      <tp:docstring>
        Returns the <tp:member-ref>Members</tp:member-ref> property.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:deprecated version="0.17.6">Use the Members
        property, if Channel_Group_Flag_Properties is present.</tp:deprecated>
      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NetworkError"/>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <property name="RemotePendingMembers" access="read" type="au"
      tp:type="Contact_Handle[]" tp:name-for-bindings="Remote_Pending_Members">
      <tp:docstring>
        An array of handles representing contacts who have been
        invited to the channel and are awaiting remote approval.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.17.6">If Channel_Group_Flag_Properties
        is not set, fall back to calling GetAllMembers.</tp:added>
    </property>

    <method name="GetRemotePendingMembers"
      tp:name-for-bindings="Get_Remote_Pending_Members">
      <arg direction="out" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]"
        name="Handles"/>
      <tp:docstring>
        Returns an array of handles representing contacts who have been
        invited to the channel and are awaiting remote approval.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:deprecated version="0.17.6">Use the
        <tp:member-ref>RemotePendingMembers</tp:member-ref>
        property, if Channel_Group_Flag_Properties is present.</tp:deprecated>
      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NetworkError"/>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <signal name="SelfHandleChanged" tp:name-for-bindings="Self_Handle_Changed">
      <tp:docstring>
        Emitted whenever the <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> property
        changes.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.17.6">This signal should not be relied on
        unless Channel_Group_Flag_Properties is present.</tp:added>
      <tp:deprecated version="0.23.4">Clients should listen to
        <tp:member-ref>SelfContactChanged</tp:member-ref> instead to get the new
        identifier as well.
        </tp:deprecated>

      <arg type="u" tp:type="Contact_Handle" name="Self_Handle">
        <tp:docstring>
          The new value of the SelfHandle property.
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
    </signal>

    <signal name="SelfContactChanged" tp:name-for-bindings="Self_Contact_Changed">
      <tp:docstring>
        <p>Emitted whenever the <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> property
        changes.</p>

        <p>Clients can assume this signal is emitted by the Connection Manager
        if the <tp:member-ref>MemberIdentifiers</tp:member-ref> property exists.
        </p>
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.23.4"/>

      <arg type="u" tp:type="Contact_Handle" name="Self_Handle">
        <tp:docstring>
          The new value of the SelfHandle property.
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg type="s" name="Self_ID">
        <tp:docstring>
          The new value of the SelfHandle property's identifier.
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
    </signal>

    <property name="SelfHandle" type="u" tp:type="Contact_Handle"
      access="read" tp:name-for-bindings="Self_Handle">
      <tp:docstring>
        The handle for the user on this channel (which can also be a
        local or remote pending member), or 0 if the user is not a member at
        all (which is likely to be the case, for instance, on <tp:dbus-ref
        namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type">ContactList</tp:dbus-ref>
        channels). Note that this is different from the result of
        <tp:dbus-ref
        namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy">Connection.GetSelfHandle</tp:dbus-ref>
        on some protocols, so the value of this handle should
        always be used with the methods of this interface.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.17.6">For backwards compatibility,
        clients should fall back to calling GetSelfHandle if
        Channel_Group_Flag_Properties is not present.</tp:added>
    </property>

    <property name="MemberIdentifiers" type="a{us}" tp:type="Handle_Identifier_Map"
      access="read" tp:name-for-bindings="Member_Identifiers">
      <tp:docstring>
        The string identifiers for handles mentioned in this channel, to
        give clients the minimal information necessary to create contacts
        without waiting for round-trips. Connection managers MUST include at
        least the identifiers for
        <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref>,
        <tp:member-ref>Members</tp:member-ref>,
        <tp:member-ref>LocalPendingMembers</tp:member-ref> (and their actors if
        any),
        <tp:member-ref>RemotePendingMembers</tp:member-ref> and
        <tp:member-ref>HandleOwners</tp:member-ref>.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.23.4"/>
    </property>

    <method name="GetSelfHandle" tp:name-for-bindings="Get_Self_Handle">
      <arg direction="out" type="u" tp:type="Contact_Handle"
        name="Self_Handle"/>
      <tp:docstring>
        Returns the value of the <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref>
        property.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:deprecated version="0.17.6">Clients should retrieve the
        SelfHandle property using GetAll instead,
        if Channel_Group_Flag_Properties is present.</tp:deprecated>
      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NetworkError"/>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <signal name="GroupFlagsChanged" tp:name-for-bindings="Group_Flags_Changed">
      <arg name="Added" type="u" tp:type="Channel_Group_Flags">
        <tp:docstring>
          A bitwise OR of the flags which have been set
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Removed" type="u" tp:type="Channel_Group_Flags">
        <tp:docstring>
          A bitwise OR of the flags which have been cleared
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <tp:docstring>
        Emitted when the flags as returned by
        <tp:member-ref>GetGroupFlags</tp:member-ref> are changed.
        The user interface should be updated as appropriate.
      </tp:docstring>
    </signal>

    <tp:enum name="Channel_Group_Change_Reason" type="u">
      <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
        <p>The reason for a set of handles to move to one of
          <tp:member-ref>Members</tp:member-ref>,
          <tp:member-ref>LocalPendingMembers</tp:member-ref> or
          <tp:member-ref>RemotePendingMembers</tp:member-ref>, or to be removed
          from the group. A client may supply a reason when attempting to
          remove members from a group with
          <tp:member-ref>RemoveMembersWithReason</tp:member-ref>, and reasons
          are supplied by the CM when emitting
          <tp:member-ref>MembersChanged</tp:member-ref> and
          <tp:member-ref>MembersChangedDetailed</tp:member-ref>. Some reason
          codes have different meanings depending on the <var>Actor</var> in a
          MembersChanged signal.</p>
      </tp:docstring>

      <tp:enumvalue suffix="None" value="0">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>No reason was provided for this change.</p>

          <p>In particular, this reason SHOULD be used when representing
            users joining a named chatroom in the usual way, users leaving
            a chatroom by their own request, and normal termination of a
            StreamedMedia call by the remote user.</p>

          <p>If the <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> is removed from
            a group for this reason and the actor is not the SelfHandle, the
            equivalent D-Bus error is
            <code>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Terminated</code>.</p>

          <p>If the SelfHandle is removed from a group for this reason and
            the actor is also the SelfHandle, the equivalent D-Bus error is
            <code>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Cancelled</code>.</p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:enumvalue>
      <tp:enumvalue suffix="Offline" value="1">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>The change is due to a user going offline. Also used when
            user is already offline, but this wasn't known previously.</p>

          <p>If a one-to-one <tp:dbus-ref
              namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type">StreamedMedia</tp:dbus-ref>
            call fails because the contact being called is offline, the
            connection manager SHOULD indicate this by removing both the
            <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> and the other contact's
            handle from the Group interface with reason Offline.</p>

          <tp:rationale>
            For 1-1 calls, the call terminates as a result of removing the
            remote contact, so the SelfHandle should be removed at the same
            time as the remote contact and for the same reason.
          </tp:rationale>

          <p>If a handle is removed from a group for this reason, the
            equivalent D-Bus error is
            <code>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Offline</code>.</p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:enumvalue>
      <tp:enumvalue suffix="Kicked" value="2">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>The change is due to a kick operation.</p>

          <p>If the <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> is removed
            from a group for this reason, the equivalent D-Bus error is
            <code>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Channel.Kicked</code>.
          </p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:enumvalue>
      <tp:enumvalue suffix="Busy" value="3">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>The change is due to a busy indication.</p>

          <p>If a one-to-one <tp:dbus-ref
              namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type">StreamedMedia</tp:dbus-ref>
            call fails because the contact being called is busy, the
            connection manager SHOULD indicate this by removing both the
            <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> and the other contact's
            handle from the Group interface with reason Busy.</p>

          <tp:rationale>
            For 1-1 calls, the call terminates as a result of removing the
            remote contact, so the SelfHandle should be removed at the same
            time as the remote contact and for the same reason.
          </tp:rationale>

          <p>If the <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> is removed
            from a group for this reason, the equivalent D-Bus error is
            <code>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Busy</code>.
          </p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:enumvalue>
      <tp:enumvalue suffix="Invited" value="4">
        <tp:docstring>
          The change is due to an invitation. This reason SHOULD only be used
          when contacts are added to the remote-pending set (to indicate that
          the contact has been invited) or to the members (to indicate that
          the contact has accepted the invitation).

          <tp:rationale>
            Otherwise, what would it mean?
          </tp:rationale>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:enumvalue>
      <tp:enumvalue suffix="Banned" value="5">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>The change is due to a kick+ban operation.</p>

          <p>If the <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> is removed
            from a group for this reason, the equivalent D-Bus error is
            <code>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Channel.Banned</code>.
          </p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:enumvalue>
      <tp:enumvalue suffix="Error" value="6">
        <tp:docstring>
            The change is due to an error occurring.
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:enumvalue>
      <tp:enumvalue suffix="Invalid_Contact" value="7">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>The change is because the requested contact does not exist.</p>

          <p>For instance, if the user invites a nonexistent contact to a
            chatroom or attempts to call a nonexistent contact, this could
            be indicated by the CM adding that contact's handle to
            remote-pending for reason None or Invited, then removing it for
            reason Invalid_Contact. In the case of a 1-1 StreamedMedia
            call, the CM SHOULD remove the self handle from the Group
            in the same signal.</p>

          <tp:rationale>
            For 1-1 calls, the call terminates as a result of removing the
            remote contact, so the SelfHandle should be removed at the same
            time as the remote contact and for the same reason.
          </tp:rationale>

          <p>If a contact is removed from a group for this reason, the
            equivalent D-Bus error is
            <code>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.DoesNotExist</code>.
          </p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:enumvalue>
      <tp:enumvalue suffix="No_Answer" value="8">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>The change is because the requested contact did not respond.</p>

          <p>If a one-to-one <tp:dbus-ref
              namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type">StreamedMedia</tp:dbus-ref>
            call fails because the contact being called did not respond, or the
            local user did not respond to an incoming call, the
            connection manager SHOULD indicate this by removing both the
            <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> and the other contact's
            handle from the Group interface with reason No_Answer.</p>

          <tp:rationale>
            Documenting existing practice.
          </tp:rationale>

          <p>If a contact is removed from a group for this reason, the
            equivalent D-Bus error is
            <code>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NoAnswer</code>.
          </p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:enumvalue>
      <tp:enumvalue suffix="Renamed" value="9">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>The change is because a contact's unique identifier changed.
          There must be exactly one handle in the removed set and exactly
          one handle in one of the added sets. The <tp:dbus-ref
            namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.Interface.Renaming">Renamed</tp:dbus-ref>
          signal on the
          <tp:dbus-ref
            namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.Interface">Renaming</tp:dbus-ref>
          interface will have been emitted for the same handles,
          shortly before this <tp:member-ref>MembersChanged</tp:member-ref> signal is emitted.</p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:enumvalue>
      <tp:enumvalue suffix="Permission_Denied" value="10">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>The change is because there was no permission to contact the
            requested handle.</p>

          <p>If a contact is removed from a group for this reason, the
            equivalent D-Bus error is
            <code>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.PermissionDenied</code>.
          </p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:enumvalue>
      <tp:enumvalue suffix="Separated" value="11">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>If members are removed with this reason code, the change is
            because the group has split into unconnected parts which can only
            communicate within themselves (e.g. netsplits on IRC use this
            reason code).
          </p>
          <p>
            If members are added with this reason code, the change is because
            unconnected parts of the group have rejoined. If this channel
            carries messages (e.g. <tp:dbus-ref
              namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type">Text</tp:dbus-ref>
            or <tp:dbus-ref
              namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type">Tubes</tp:dbus-ref>
            channels) applications must
            assume that the contacts being added are likely to have missed some
            messages as a result of the separation, and that the contacts
            in the group are likely to have missed some messages from the
            contacts being added.
          </p>
          <p>Note that from the added contacts' perspective, they have been
            in the group all along, and the contacts we indicate to be in
            the group (including the local user) have just rejoined
            the group with reason Separated. Application protocols in Tubes
            should be prepared to cope with this situation.
          </p>

          <p>The <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> SHOULD NOT be
            removed from channels with this reason.</p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:enumvalue>
    </tp:enum>

    <signal name="MembersChanged" tp:name-for-bindings="Members_Changed">
      <arg name="Message" type="s">
        <tp:docstring>
          A string message from the server, or blank if not
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Added" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          A list of members added to the channel
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Removed" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          A list of members removed from the channel
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Local_Pending" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          A list of members who are pending local approval
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Remote_Pending" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          A list of members who are pending remote approval
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Actor" type="u" tp:type="Contact_Handle">
        <tp:docstring>
          The contact handle of the person who made the change, or 0
          if not known
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Reason" type="u" tp:type="Channel_Group_Change_Reason">
        <tp:docstring>
          A reason for the change
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
        <p>Emitted when contacts join any of the three lists (members, local
          pending or remote pending) or when they leave any of the three lists.
          There may also be a message from the server regarding this change,
          which may be displayed to the user if desired.</p>

        <p>All channel-specific handles that are mentioned in this signal
          MUST be represented in the value of the
          <tp:member-ref>HandleOwners</tp:member-ref> property.
          In practice, this will mean that
          <tp:member-ref>HandleOwnersChanged</tp:member-ref> is
          emitted <em>before</em> emitting a MembersChanged signal in which
          channel-specific handles are added, but that it is emitted
          <em>after</em> emitting a MembersChanged signal in which
          channel-specific handles are removed.</p>

        <p>See <tp:dbus-ref
          namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type">StreamedMedia</tp:dbus-ref>
          for an overview of how group state changes are used to indicate the
          progress of a call.</p>
      </tp:docstring>
    </signal>

    <tp:mapping name="Handle_Identifier_Map">
      <tp:docstring>
        A map from handles to the corresponding normalized string identifier.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.17.17"/>

      <tp:member type="u" name="Handle" tp:type="Contact_Handle">
        <tp:docstring>
          A nonzero handle
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:member>
      <tp:member type="s" name="Identifier">
        <tp:docstring>
          The same string that would be returned by <tp:dbus-ref
            namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection">InspectHandles</tp:dbus-ref>
          for this handle.
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:member>
    </tp:mapping>

    <signal name="MembersChangedDetailed"
      tp:name-for-bindings="Members_Changed_Detailed">
      <arg name="Added" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          A list of members added to the channel
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Removed" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          A list of members removed from the channel
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Local_Pending" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          A list of members who are pending local approval
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Remote_Pending" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          A list of members who are pending remote approval
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg name="Details" type="a{sv}" tp:type="String_Variant_Map">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>Information about the change, which may include the following
            well-known keys:</p>

          <dl>
            <dt>actor (u — <tp:type>Contact_Handle</tp:type>)</dt>
            <dd>The contact handle of the person who made the change; 0 or
              omitted if unknown or not applicable.</dd>

            <dt>change-reason (u — <tp:type>Channel_Group_Change_Reason</tp:type>)</dt>
            <dd>A reason for the change.</dd>

            <dt>contact-ids (a{us} — <tp:type>Handle_Identifier_Map</tp:type>)</dt>
            <dd>
              <p>The string identifiers for handles mentioned in this signal, to
              give clients the minimal information necessary to react to the
              event without waiting for round-trips.  Connection managers
              SHOULD include the identifiers for members added to the group and
              for the actor (if any); they MAY omit the identifiers for handles
              which have been removed from the group.</p>

              <tp:rationale>
                <p>On IRC, an event such as a netsplit could cause the vast
                majority of a channel to leave.  Given that clients should
                already know the identifiers of a channel's members, including
                potentially hundreds of strings in the netsplit signal is
                unnecessary.</p>
              </tp:rationale>

              <p>Clients MUST NOT assume that the presence or absence of a
                handle in this mapping is meaningful. This mapping is merely
                an optimization for round-trip reduction, and connection
                managers MAY add additional handles, omit some handles, or
                omit the mapping completely.</p>
            </dd>

            <dt>message (s)</dt>
            <dd>A string message from the server regarding the change</dd>

            <dt>error (s — <tp:type>DBus_Error_Name</tp:type>)</dt>
            <dd>A (possibly implementation-specific) DBus error describing the
              change, providing more specific information than the
              <tp:type>Channel_Group_Change_Reason</tp:type> enum allows. This
              MUST only be present if it is strictly more informative than
              'change-reason'; if present, 'change-reason' MUST be set to the
              closest available reason.

              <tp:rationale>
                A SIP connection manager might want to signal "402 Payment
                required" as something more specific than Error or
                Permission_Denied so that a SIP-aware UI could handle it
                specially; including a namespaced error permits this to be done
                without <tp:type>Channel_Group_Change_Reason</tp:type> being
                extended to encompass every error any CM ever wants to report.
              </tp:rationale>
            </dd>

            <dt>debug-message (s)</dt>
            <dd>Debugging information on the change. SHOULD NOT be shown to
              users in normal circumstances.</dd>
          </dl>
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
        <p>Emitted when contacts join any of the three lists (members, local
          pending or remote pending) or when they leave any of the three
          lists. This signal provides a superset of the information provided by
          <tp:member-ref>MembersChanged</tp:member-ref>;
          if the channel's <tp:member-ref>GroupFlags</tp:member-ref>
          contains Members_Changed_Detailed, then clients may listen exclusively
          to this signal in preference to that signal.</p>

        <p>All channel-specific handles that are mentioned in this signal
          MUST be represented in the value of the
          <tp:member-ref>HandleOwners</tp:member-ref> property.  In practice,
          this will mean that
          <tp:member-ref>HandleOwnersChanged</tp:member-ref> is emitted
          <em>before</em> emitting a MembersChangedDetailed signal in which
          channel-specific handles are added, but that it is emitted
          <em>after</em> emitting a MembersChangedDetailed signal in which
          channel-specific handles are removed.</p>

        <p>See <tp:dbus-ref
          namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type">StreamedMedia</tp:dbus-ref>
          for an overview of how group state changes are used to indicate the
          progress of a call.</p>
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:added version="0.17.16"/>
    </signal>

    <method name="RemoveMembers" tp:name-for-bindings="Remove_Members">
      <arg direction="in" name="Contacts" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          An array of contact handles to remove from the channel
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg direction="in" name="Message" type="s">
        <tp:docstring>
          A string message, which can be blank if desired
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
        <p>Requests the removal of contacts from a channel, reject their
          request for channel membership on the pending local list, or
          rescind their invitation on the pending remote list.</p>

        <p>If the <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> is in a Group,
          it can be removed via this method, in order to leave the group
          gracefully. This is the recommended way to leave a chatroom, close
          or reject a <tp:dbus-ref
            namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type">StreamedMedia</tp:dbus-ref>
          call, and so on.</p>

        <p>Accordingly, connection managers SHOULD support
          doing this, regardless of the value of
          <tp:member-ref>GroupFlags</tp:member-ref>.
          If doing so fails with PermissionDenied, this is considered to a bug
          in the connection manager, but clients MUST recover by falling back
          to closing the channel with the <tp:dbus-ref
            namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel">Close</tp:dbus-ref>
          method.</p>

        <p>Removing any contact from the local pending list is always
          allowed. Removing contacts other than the
          <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> from the channel's members
          is allowed if and only if Channel_Group_Flag_Can_Remove is in the
          <tp:member-ref>GroupFlags</tp:member-ref>,
          while removing contacts other than the
          <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> from the remote pending list
          is allowed if and only if Channel_Group_Flag_Can_Rescind is in the
          <tp:member-ref>GroupFlags</tp:member-ref>.</p>

        <p>A message may be provided along with the request, which will be
          sent to the server if supported. See the
          Channel_Group_Flag_Message_Remove,
          Channel_Group_Flag_Message_Depart,
          Channel_Group_Flag_Message_Reject and
          Channel_Group_Flag_Message_Rescind
          <tp:member-ref>GroupFlags</tp:member-ref> to see in which cases this
          message should be provided.</p>
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NetworkError"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NotAvailable"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.PermissionDenied"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.InvalidHandle"/>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <method name="RemoveMembersWithReason"
      tp:name-for-bindings="Remove_Members_With_Reason">
      <arg direction="in" name="Contacts" type="au" tp:type="Contact_Handle[]">
        <tp:docstring>
          An array of contact handles to remove from the channel
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg direction="in" name="Message" type="s">
        <tp:docstring>
          A string message, which can be blank if desired
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg direction="in" name="Reason" type="u"
           tp:type="Channel_Group_Change_Reason">
        <tp:docstring>
          A reason for the change
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <tp:docstring>
        As <tp:member-ref>RemoveMembers</tp:member-ref>, but a reason code may
        be provided where
        appropriate. The reason code may be ignored if the underlying
        protocol is unable to represent the given reason.
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NetworkError"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NotAvailable"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.PermissionDenied"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.InvalidHandle"/>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.InvalidArgument">
          <tp:docstring>
            The provided reason code was invalid.
          </tp:docstring>
        </tp:error>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p>Interface for channels which have multiple members, and where the members
    of the channel can change during its lifetime. Your presence in the channel
    cannot be presumed by the channel's existence (for example, a channel you
    may request membership of but your request may not be granted).</p>

  <p>This interface implements three lists: a list of current members
    (<tp:member-ref>Members</tp:member-ref>), and two lists of local pending
    and remote pending members
    (<tp:member-ref>LocalPendingMembers</tp:member-ref> and
    <tp:member-ref>RemotePendingMembers</tp:member-ref>, respectively).
    Contacts on the remote
    pending list have been invited to the channel, but the remote user has not
    accepted the invitation. Contacts on the local pending list have requested
    membership of the channel, but the local user of the framework must accept
    their request before they may join. A single contact should never appear on
    more than one of the three lists. The lists are empty when the channel is
    created, and the <tp:member-ref>MembersChanged</tp:member-ref> signal
    (and, if the channel's <tp:member-ref>GroupFlags</tp:member-ref> contains
    Members_Changed_Detailed, the
    <tp:member-ref>MembersChangedDetailed</tp:member-ref> signal)
    should be emitted when information
    is retrieved from the server, or changes occur.</p>

  <p>If the <tp:member-ref>MembersChanged</tp:member-ref> or
    <tp:member-ref>MembersChangedDetailed</tp:member-ref> signal indicates
    that the <tp:member-ref>SelfHandle</tp:member-ref> has been removed from
    the channel, and the channel subsequently emits <tp:dbus-ref
      namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel">Closed</tp:dbus-ref>,
    clients SHOULD consider the details given in the MembersChanged or
    MembersChangedDetailed signal to be the reason why the channel closed.</p>

  <p>Addition of members to the channel may be requested by using
    <tp:member-ref>AddMembers</tp:member-ref>. If
    remote acknowledgement is required, use of the AddMembers method will cause
    users to appear on the remote pending list. If no acknowledgement is
    required, AddMembers will add contacts to the member list directly.  If a
    contact is awaiting authorisation on the local pending list, AddMembers
    will grant their membership request.</p>

  <p>Removal of contacts from the channel may be requested by using
    <tp:member-ref>RemoveMembers</tp:member-ref>.  If a contact is awaiting
    authorisation on the local pending
    list, RemoveMembers will refuse their membership request. If a contact is
    on the remote pending list but has not yet accepted the invitation,
    RemoveMembers will rescind the request if possible.</p>

  <p>It should not be presumed that the requester of a channel implementing this
    interface is immediately granted membership, or indeed that they are a
    member at all, unless they appear in the list. They may, for instance,
    be placed into the remote pending list until a connection has been
    established or the request acknowledged remotely.</p>

  <p>If the local user joins a Group channel whose members or other state
    cannot be discovered until the user joins (e.g. many chat room
    implementations), the connection manager should ensure that the channel
    is, as far as possible, in a consistent state before adding the local
    contact to the members set; until this happens, the local contact should
    be in the remote-pending set. For instance, if the connection manager
    queries the server to find out the initial members list for the
    channel, it should leave the local contact in the remote-pending set
    until it has finished receiving the initial members list.
  </p>

  <p>If the protocol provides no reliable way to tell whether the complete
    initial members list has been received yet, the connection manager
    should make a best-effort attempt to wait for the full list
    (in the worst case, waiting for a suitable arbitrary timeout)
    rather than requiring user interfaces to do so on its behalf.</p>
    </tp:docstring>
  </interface>
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