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[RFC,v1,1/1] adapter - D-Bus API for querying the adapter's capability

Message ID 20200803165804.RFC.v1.1.Ibaa1dfd49179a141c19a651f3c2132a28b71b344@changeid (mailing list archive)
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Series A client needs to query whether the Bluetooth adapter support WBS, so we | expand

Commit Message

Yu Liu Aug. 3, 2020, 11:58 p.m. UTC
From: Archie Pusaka <apusaka@chromium.org>

Initially this is introduced to query whether WBS is supported by the adapter,
the API is generic enough to be extended to support querying others in
the future.

Reviewed-by: sonnysasaka@chromium.org

---

Changes in v1:
- Initial change

 doc/adapter-api.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

Comments

Yu Liu Aug. 11, 2020, 6:22 p.m. UTC | #1
Friendly ping for comments, thanks.


On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 4:58 PM Yu Liu <yudiliu@google.com> wrote:
>
> From: Archie Pusaka <apusaka@chromium.org>
>
> Initially this is introduced to query whether WBS is supported by the adapter,
> the API is generic enough to be extended to support querying others in
> the future.
>
> Reviewed-by: sonnysasaka@chromium.org
>
> ---
>
> Changes in v1:
> - Initial change
>
>  doc/adapter-api.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/adapter-api.txt b/doc/adapter-api.txt
> index 1a7255750..250d0e9b3 100644
> --- a/doc/adapter-api.txt
> +++ b/doc/adapter-api.txt
> @@ -204,6 +204,23 @@ Methods            void StartDiscovery()
>                                          org.bluez.Error.NotReady
>                                          org.bluez.Error.Failed
>
> +               dict GetSupportedCapabilities()
> +
> +                       This method returns a dictionary of supported
> +                       capabilities that is populated when the adapter
> +                       initiated.
> +
> +                       The dictionary is following the format
> +                       {capability : value}, where:
> +
> +                       string capability:      The supported capability under
> +                                               discussion.
> +                       variant value:          A more detailed description of
> +                                               the capability.
> +
> +                       Possible errors: org.bluez.Error.NotReady
> +                                        org.bluez.Error.Failed
> +
>  Properties     string Address [readonly]
>
>                         The Bluetooth device address.
> --
> 2.28.0.163.g6104cc2f0b6-goog
>
Marcel Holtmann Aug. 12, 2020, 12:13 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Yu,

> Initially this is introduced to query whether WBS is supported by the adapter,
> the API is generic enough to be extended to support querying others in
> the future.
> 
> Reviewed-by: sonnysasaka@chromium.org
> 
> ---
> 
> Changes in v1:
> - Initial change
> 
> doc/adapter-api.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/adapter-api.txt b/doc/adapter-api.txt
> index 1a7255750..250d0e9b3 100644
> --- a/doc/adapter-api.txt
> +++ b/doc/adapter-api.txt
> @@ -204,6 +204,23 @@ Methods		void StartDiscovery()
> 					 org.bluez.Error.NotReady
> 					 org.bluez.Error.Failed
> 
> +		dict GetSupportedCapabilities()
> +
> +			This method returns a dictionary of supported
> +			capabilities that is populated when the adapter
> +			initiated.
> +
> +			The dictionary is following the format
> +			{capability : value}, where:
> +
> +			string capability:	The supported capability under
> +						discussion.
> +			variant value:		A more detailed description of
> +						the capability.
> +
> +			Possible errors: org.bluez.Error.NotReady
> +					 org.bluez.Error.Failed

can’t this be just an array{string} that lists the capabilities?

And if we introduce it, then lets introduce it also with the first user of it. Otherwise we end up forgetting to comment on the actual possible capabilities.

Regards

Marcel
Yu Liu Aug. 17, 2020, 9:28 p.m. UTC | #3
Hi Marcel,

Thanks for the suggestion, after talking to the original author we
dropped the original idea and added the new API as suggested. Thanks.


On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:13 AM Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Yu,
>
> > Initially this is introduced to query whether WBS is supported by the adapter,
> > the API is generic enough to be extended to support querying others in
> > the future.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: sonnysasaka@chromium.org
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Changes in v1:
> > - Initial change
> >
> > doc/adapter-api.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/adapter-api.txt b/doc/adapter-api.txt
> > index 1a7255750..250d0e9b3 100644
> > --- a/doc/adapter-api.txt
> > +++ b/doc/adapter-api.txt
> > @@ -204,6 +204,23 @@ Methods          void StartDiscovery()
> >                                        org.bluez.Error.NotReady
> >                                        org.bluez.Error.Failed
> >
> > +             dict GetSupportedCapabilities()
> > +
> > +                     This method returns a dictionary of supported
> > +                     capabilities that is populated when the adapter
> > +                     initiated.
> > +
> > +                     The dictionary is following the format
> > +                     {capability : value}, where:
> > +
> > +                     string capability:      The supported capability under
> > +                                             discussion.
> > +                     variant value:          A more detailed description of
> > +                                             the capability.
> > +
> > +                     Possible errors: org.bluez.Error.NotReady
> > +                                      org.bluez.Error.Failed
>
> can’t this be just an array{string} that lists the capabilities?
>
> And if we introduce it, then lets introduce it also with the first user of it. Otherwise we end up forgetting to comment on the actual possible capabilities.
>
> Regards
>
> Marcel
>
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diff --git a/doc/adapter-api.txt b/doc/adapter-api.txt
index 1a7255750..250d0e9b3 100644
--- a/doc/adapter-api.txt
+++ b/doc/adapter-api.txt
@@ -204,6 +204,23 @@  Methods		void StartDiscovery()
 					 org.bluez.Error.NotReady
 					 org.bluez.Error.Failed
 
+		dict GetSupportedCapabilities()
+
+			This method returns a dictionary of supported
+			capabilities that is populated when the adapter
+			initiated.
+
+			The dictionary is following the format
+			{capability : value}, where:
+
+			string capability:	The supported capability under
+						discussion.
+			variant value:		A more detailed description of
+						the capability.
+
+			Possible errors: org.bluez.Error.NotReady
+					 org.bluez.Error.Failed
+
 Properties	string Address [readonly]
 
 			The Bluetooth device address.