Net::DBus::Binding::Iterator(3)

NAME
Net::DBus::Binding::Iterator - Reading and writing message parameters

SYNOPSIS
Creating a new message

  my $msg = new Net::DBus::Binding::Message::Signal;
  my $iterator = $msg->iterator;

  $iterator->append_boolean(1);
  $iterator->append_byte(123);

Reading from a mesage

  my $msg = ...get it from somewhere...
  my $iter = $msg->iterator();

  my $i = 0;
  while ($iter->has_next()) {
    $iter->next();
    $i++;
    if ($i == 1) {
       my $val = $iter->get_boolean();
    } elsif ($i == 2) {
       my $val = $iter->get_byte();
    }
  }

DESCRIPTION
Provides an iterator for reading or writing message fields. This module provides a Perl API to access the dbus_message_iter_XXX methods in the C API. The array and dictionary types are not yet supported, and there are bugs in the Quad support (ie it always returns -1!).

METHODS

$res = $iter->has_next()
    Determines if there are any more fields in the message itertor to be read. Returns a positive value if there are more fields, zero otherwise.

$success = $iter->next()
    Skips the iterator onto the next field in the message. Returns a positive value if the current field pointer was successfully advanced, zero otherwise.

my $val = $iter->get_boolean()
$iter->append_boolean($val);
    Read or write a boolean value from/to the message iterator

my $val = $iter->get_byte()
$iter->append_byte($val);
    Read or write a single byte value from/to the message iterator.

my $val = $iter->get_string()
$iter->append_string($val);
    Read or write a UTF-8 string value from/to the message iterator

my $val = $iter->get_object_path()
$iter->append_object_path($val);
    Read or write a UTF-8 string value, whose contents is a valid object path, from/to the message iterator

my $val = $iter->get_signature()
$iter->append_signature($val);
    Read or write a UTF-8 string, whose contents is a valid type signature, value from/to the message iterator

my $val = $iter->get_int16()
$iter->append_int16($val);
    Read or write a signed 16 bit value from/to the message iterator

my $val = $iter->get_uint16()
$iter->append_uint16($val);
    Read or write an unsigned 16 bit value from/to the message iterator

my $val = $iter->get_int32()
$iter->append_int32($val);
    Read or write a signed 32 bit value from/to the message iterator

my $val = $iter->get_uint32()
$iter->append_uint32($val);
    Read or write an unsigned 32 bit value from/to the message iterator

my $val = $iter->get_int64()
$iter->append_int64($val);
    Read or write a signed 64 bit value from/to the message iterator. An error will be raised if this build of Perl does not support 64 bit integers

my $val = $iter->get_uint64()
$iter->append_uint64($val);
    Read or write an unsigned 64 bit value from/to the message iterator. An error will be raised if this build of Perl does not support 64 bit integers

my $val = $iter->get_double()
$iter->append_double($val);
    Read or write a double precision floating point value from/to the message iterator

my $value = $iter->get()
my $value = $iter->get($type);
    Get the current value pointed to by this iterator. If the optional $type parameter is supplied, the wire type will be compared with the desired type & a warning output if their differ. The $type value must be one of the "Net::DBus::Binding::Message::TYPE*" constants.

my $hashref = $iter->get_dict()
    If the iterator currently points to a dictionary value, unmarshalls and returns the value as a hash reference.

my $hashref = $iter->get_array()
    If the iterator currently points to an array value, unmarshalls and returns the value as a array reference.

my $hashref = $iter->get_variant()
    If the iterator currently points to a variant value, unmarshalls and returns the value contained in the variant.

my $hashref = $iter->get_struct()
    If the iterator currently points to an struct value, unmarshalls and returns the value as a array reference. The values in the array correspond to members of the struct.

$iter->append($value)
$iter->append($value, $type)
    Appends a value to the message associated with this iterator. The value is marshalled into wire format, according to the following rules.

    If the $value is an instance of Net::DBus::Binding::Value, the embedded data type is used.

    If the $type parameter is supplied, that is taken to represent the data type. The type must be one of the "Net::DBus::Binding::Message::TYPE_*" constants.

    Otherwise, the data type is chosen to be a string, dict or array according to the perl data types SCALAR, HASH or ARRAY.

my $type = $iter->guess_type($value)
    Make a best guess at the on the wire data type to use for marshalling $value. If the value is a hash reference, the dictionary type is returned; if the value is an array reference the array type is returned; otherwise the string type is returned.

my $sig = $iter->format_signature($type)
    Given a data type representation, construct a corresponding signature string

$iter->append_array($value, $type)
    Append an array of values to the message. The $value parameter must be an array reference, whose elements all have the same data type specified by the $type parameter.

$iter->append_struct($value, $type)
    Append a struct to the message. The $value parameter must be an array reference, whose elements correspond to members of the structure. The $type parameter encodes the type of each member of the struct.

$iter->append_dict($value, $type)
    Append a dictionary to the message. The $value parameter must be an hash reference.The $type parameter encodes the type of the key and value of the hash.

$iter->append_variant($value)
    Append a value to the message, encoded as a variant type. The $value can be of any type, however, the variant will be encoded as either a string, dictionary or array according to the rules of the "guess_type" method.

my $type = $iter->get_arg_type
    Retrieves the type code of the value pointing to by this iterator. The returned code will correspond to one of the constants "Net::DBus::Binding::Message::TYPE_*"

my $type = $iter->get_element_type
    If the iterator points to an array, retrieves the type code of array elements. The returned code will correspond to one of the constants "Net::DBus::Binding::Message::TYPE_*"

SEE ALSO
Net::DBus::Binding::Message

AUTHOR
Daniel Berrange <dan@berrange.com>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2004 by Daniel Berrange