Index: dbus/message.h |
diff --git a/dbus/message.h b/dbus/message.h |
index ceeb0edbf7a74f3417165f420c04539b5a8989a0..6bfa86760ed421d2b3251f83a1aa62b19131fa05 100644 |
--- a/dbus/message.h |
+++ b/dbus/message.h |
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ |
#include "base/basictypes.h" |
+namespace google { |
+namespace protobuf { |
+ |
+class MessageLite; |
+ |
+} // namespace protobuf |
+} // namespace google |
+ |
+ |
namespace dbus { |
class MessageWriter; |
@@ -294,6 +303,14 @@ class MessageWriter { |
// specialized function. |
void AppendArrayOfObjectPaths(const std::vector<std::string>& object_paths); |
+ // Appends the protocol buffer as an array of bytes. The buffer is serialized |
+ // into an array of bytes before communication, since protocol buffers are not |
+ // a native dbus type. On the receiving size the array of bytes needs to be |
+ // read and deserialized into a protocol buffer of the correct type. There are |
+ // methods in MessageReader to assist in this. Return true on succes and fail |
+ // when serialization is not successful. |
+ bool AppendProtoAsArrayOfBytes(const google::protobuf::MessageLite& protobuf); |
+ |
// Appends the byte wrapped in a variant data container. Variants are |
// widely used in D-Bus services so it's worth having a specialized |
// function. For instance, The third parameter of |
@@ -392,6 +409,14 @@ class MessageReader { |
// function. |
bool PopArrayOfObjectPaths(std::vector<std::string>* object_paths); |
+ // Gets the array of bytes at the current iterator position. It then parses |
+ // this binary blob into the protocol buffer supplied. |
+ // Returns true and advances the iterator on success. On failure returns false |
+ // and emits an error message on the source of the failure. The two most |
+ // common errors come from the iterator not currently being at a byte array or |
+ // the wrong type of protocol buffer is passed in and the parse fails. |
+ bool PopArrayOfBytesAsProto(google::protobuf::MessageLite* protobuf); |
+ |
// Gets the byte from the variant data container at the current iterator |
// position. |
// Returns true and advances the iterator on success. |