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author | Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk> | 2011-05-17 17:05:39 +0100 |
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committer | Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk> | 2011-05-17 17:05:39 +0100 |
commit | fc87e251bc717b4fb58c15b77a5bbecfa94f9ad6 (patch) | |
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parent | cf32940b2ab18a760f28f1318cfbb77b7f8dff66 (diff) | |
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Formally define a unique connection name and a well-known bus name
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diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml index 8207810e..18caac18 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml +++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml @@ -1214,16 +1214,17 @@ <title>Bus names</title> <para> Connections have one or more bus names associated with them. - A connection has exactly one bus name that is a unique connection - name. The unique connection name remains with the connection for - its entire lifetime. + A connection has exactly one bus name that is a <firstterm>unique + connection name</firstterm>. The unique connection name remains + with the connection for its entire lifetime. A bus name is of type <literal>STRING</literal>, meaning that it must be valid UTF-8. However, there are also some additional restrictions that apply to bus names specifically: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>Bus names that start with a colon (':') - character are unique connection names. + character are unique connection names. Other bus names + are called <firstterm>well-known bus names</firstterm>. </para> </listitem> <listitem><para>Bus names are composed of 1 or more elements separated by |