From fc87e251bc717b4fb58c15b77a5bbecfa94f9ad6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon McVittie Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 17:05:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/9] Formally define a unique connection name and a well-known bus name --- doc/dbus-specification.xml | 9 +++++---- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml index 8207810..18caac1 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml +++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml @@ -1214,16 +1214,17 @@ Bus names 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 unique + connection name. The unique connection name remains + with the connection for its entire lifetime. A bus name is of type STRING, meaning that it must be valid UTF-8. However, there are also some additional restrictions that apply to bus names specifically: Bus names that start with a colon (':') - character are unique connection names. + character are unique connection names. Other bus names + are called well-known bus names. Bus names are composed of 1 or more elements separated by -- 1.7.5.1