Regarding my question about Retrieving an Array of Strings, attached to a "dict" variant in the new interface (e.g., the Device interface, UUIDs property), I received the following answer. I have implemented it in my code, and it works (of course). Just submitting to bluez-devel (a "managed" cross-posting from dbus-devel), so that anybody else developing to the new Bluez DBus interfaces having similar issues can save time. DS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon McVittie" On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 at 23:42:00 -0500, David Stockwell wrote: > (GStrv) gPropValue = (GStrv) g_hash_table_lookup(propTable, "Strings"); // Assume that the "key" is "Strings" This is wrong - an a{sv} maps to a GHashTable from gchar * to GValue *. The right way to access it is like this: GValue *tmp = g_hash_table_lookup (propTable, "Strings"); gchar **gPropValue; if (G_VALUE_HOLDS (tmp, G_TYPE_STRV)) { gPropValue = g_value_get_boxed (tmp); } else { /* caller has done the wrong thing - recover in whatever way you * think best (but crashing in response to D-Bus messages is never the * right answer) */ g_debug ("wtf? someone's using the wrong type - ignoring this message"); return; } Similarly, if you have a (string|integer|...) value in your dictionary, it'll actually be a GValue containing a (string|integer|...), and you have to check with (G_VALUE_HOLDS_STRING|G_VALUE_HOLDS_INT|...) that the caller gave you the right thing, then call (g_value_get_string|g_value_get_int|...) to get the actual value. The functions tp_asv_get_uint32 (etc.) in telepathy-glib/dbus.[ch], available from <http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/releases/telepathy-glib/> or <http://darcs.collabora.co.uk/>, illustrate how to use an a{sv} in dbus-glib code. Regards, Simon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel