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Ingo Weinhold 15424f3d37 Finally fixed update_mime_info(). As Be's version it understands two 
different "force" levels now and updates the app file info attributes
for shared object files.


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Protocols
=========
Standard Replies
----------------
standard success reply message
reply: B_REG_SUCCESS
[ <additional fields> ]
fields:
- <additional fields>: Request-specific fields.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
standard error reply message
reply: B_REG_ERROR
"error": B_INT32_TYPE
[ "error_description": B_STRING_TYPE ]
[ <additional fields> ]
fields:
- "error": The error code (a status_t).
- "error_description": Optional human readable description.
- <additional fields>: Request-specific fields.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
standard general result reply message
reply: B_REG_RESULT
"result": B_INT32_TYPE
[ "result_description": B_STRING_TYPE ]
[ <additional fields> ]
fields:
- "result": The result value (a status_t).
- "result_description": Optional human readable description.
- <additional fields>: Request-specific fields.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
General Requests
----------------
getting the messengers for MIME, clipboard and disk device management
respectively
target: registrar app looper (preferred handler)
message: B_REG_GET_MIME_MESSENGER/B_REG_GET_CLIPBOARD_MESSENGER
/B_REG_GET_DISK_DEVICE_MESSENGER
reply: standard success
"messenger": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error (fatal)
reply fields:
- "messenger": The requested messenger.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
shut down
target: registrar app looper (preferred handler)
message: B_REG_SHUT_DOWN
"reboot": B_BOOL_TYPE
"confirm": B_BOOL_TYPE
"synchronously": B_BOOL_TYPE
reply: standard success
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error (fatal)
message fields:
- "reboot": If true, the system reboots instead of turning the power off.
- "confirm": If true, the user will be asked to confirm to shut down the system.
- "synchronously": If true, the request sender gets a reply only, if the
shutdown process fails. Otherwise the reply will be sent
right before asking the user for confirmation (if desired).
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Roster Requests
---------------
app registration (BRoster::AddApplication())
target: roster
message: B_REG_ADD_APP
"signature": B_MIME_STRING_TYPE
"ref": B_REF_TYPE
"flags": B_UINT32_TYPE
"team": B_INT32_TYPE
"thread": B_INT32_TYPE
"port": B_INT32_TYPE
"full_registration": B_BOOL_TYPE
reply: standard success
[ "token": B_INT32_TYPE ]
[ "other_team": B_INT32_TYPE ]
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "signature": The application signature.
- "ref": An entry_ref to the application executable.
- "flags": The application flags.
- "team": The application team (team_id).
- "port": The app looper port (port_id).
- "full_registration": Whether full or pre-registration is requested.
reply fields:
- "token": If pre-registration was requested (uint32). Unique token to be
passed to BRoster::SetThreadAndTeam().
- "other_team": For single/exclusive launch applications that are launched
the second time. The team ID of the already running instance (team_id).
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND: The entry_ref doesn't refer to a file.
- B_ALREADY_RUNNING: For single/exclusive launch applications
that are launched the second time.
- B_REG_ALREADY_REGISTERED: The team is already registered.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
app registration (BRoster::CompleteRegistration())
target: roster
message: B_REG_COMPLETE_REGISTRATION
"team": B_INT32_TYPE
"thread": B_INT32_TYPE
"port": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard success
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "team": The application team (team_id).
- "thread": The application looper thread (thread_id).
- "port": The app looper port (port_id).
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- B_REG_APP_NOT_PRE_REGISTERED: The team is unknown to the roster or the
application is already fully registered.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
app pre-registration check (BRoster::IsAppPreRegistered())
target: roster
message: B_REG_IS_APP_PRE_REGISTERED
"ref": B_REF_TYPE
"team": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard success
"pre-registered": B_BOOL_TYPE
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "ref": An entry_ref to the application executable.
- "team": The application team (team_id).
reply fields:
- "pre-registered": true, if the app is pre-registered, false otherwise.
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND: The entry_ref doesn't refer to a file.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
pre-registrated app unregistration (BRoster::RemovePreRegApp())
target: roster
message: B_REG_REMOVE_PRE_REGISTERED_APP
"token": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard success
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "token": The token BRoster::AddApplication() returned (uint32).
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- B_REG_APP_NOT_PRE_REGISTERED: The token does not identify a pre-registered
application.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
app unregistration (BRoster::RemoveApp())
target: roster
message: B_REG_REMOVE_APP
"team": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard success
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "team": The application team (team_id).
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- B_REG_APP_NOT_REGISTERED: The team is unknown to the roster.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
app pre-registration, set thread/team (BRoster::SetThreadAndTeam())
target: roster
message: B_REG_SET_THREAD_AND_TEAM
"token": B_INT32_TYPE
"team": B_INT32_TYPE
"thread": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard success
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "token": The token BRoster::AddApplication() returned (uint32).
- "team": The application team (team_id).
- "thread": The application looper thread (thread_id).
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- B_REG_APP_NOT_PRE_REGISTERED: The token does not identify a pre-registered
application.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
app registration, change app signature (BRoster::SetSignature())
target: roster
message: B_REG_SET_SIGNATURE
"team": B_INT32_TYPE
"signature": B_STRING_TYPE
reply: standard success
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "team": The application team (team_id).
- "signature": The application's new signature.
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- B_REG_APP_NOT_REGISTERED: The team does not identify a registered
application.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
get an app info (BRoster::Get{Running,Active,}AppInfo())
target: roster
message: B_REG_GET_APP_INFO
[ "team": B_INT32_TYPE
| "ref": B_REF_TYPE
| "signature": B_STRING_TYPE ]
reply: standard success
"app_info": B_REG_APP_INFO_TYPE
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "team": The application team (team_id).
- "ref": An entry_ref to the application executable.
- "signature": The application signature.
- If both are omitted the active application is referred to.
reply fields:
- "app_info": The requested app_info (flat_app_info).
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- B_BAD_TEAM_ID: The supplied team ID does not identify a registered
application.
- B_ERROR:
- An entry_ref or a signature has been supplied and no such application
is currently running.
- No team ID has been supplied and currently there is no active
application.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
get an app list (BRoster::GetAppList())
target: roster
message: B_REG_GET_APP_LIST
[ "signature": B_STRING_TYPE ]
reply: standard success
"teams": B_INT32_TYPE[]
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "signature": The application signature.
reply fields:
- "teams": The requested list of team IDs (team_id).
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
activate an app (BRoster::ActivateApp())
target: roster
message: B_REG_ACTIVATE_APP
"team": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard success
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "team": The application team (team_id).
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- B_BAD_TEAM_ID: The supplied team ID does not identify a registered
application.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
broadcast a message (BRoster::Broadcast())
target: roster
message: B_REG_BROADCAST
"team": B_INT32_TYPE
"message": B_MESSAGE_TYPE
"reply_target": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
reply: standard success
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "team": The requesting team (team_id).
- "message": The message to be broadcast.
- "reply_target": The reply target for the message.
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
start roster watching (BRoster::StartWatching())
target: roster
message: B_REG_START_WATCHING
"target": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
"events": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard success
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "target": The target the event messages shall be sent to.
- "events": Specifies the events the caller is interested in (uint32).
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
stop roster watching (BRoster::StopWatching())
target: roster
message: B_REG_STOP_WATCHING
"target": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
reply: standard success
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "target": The target that shall not longer receive any event messages.
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
MIME Database Requests
----------------------
install a mime type (BMimeType::Install())
target: mime manager (BRoster::fMimeMess)
message: B_REG_MIME_INSTALL
"type": B_STRING_TYPE
reply: standard general result
message fields:
- "type": The mime type
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: success
- B_FILE_EXISTS: the type is already installed
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
remove a mime type (BMimeType::Delete())
target: mime manager (BRoster::fMimeMess)
message: B_REG_MIME_DELETE
"type": B_STRING_TYPE
reply: standard general result
message fields:
- "type": The mime type
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: success
- B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND: the type was not found
- (other error code): failure
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
set a specific attribute of a mime type (BMimeType::Set*()),
installing if necessary
target: mime manager (BRoster::fMimeMess)
message: B_REG_MIME_SET_PARAM
"type": B_STRING_TYPE
"which": B_INT32_TYPE
[ additional fields depending upon the "which" field (see below) ]
reply: standard general result
message fields:
- "type": The mime type
- "which": Which attribute to set. May be one of the following:
"which" additional message fields field comments
------------------------- ---------------------------- --------------------------
B_REG_MIME_ICON: "icon data": B_RAW_TYPE, B_CMAP8 bitmap data only
"icon size": B_INT32_TYPE B_{MINI,LARGE}_ICON
B_REG_MIME_PREFERRED_APP: "signature": B_STRING_TYPE,
"app verb": B_INT32_TYPE
B_REG_MIME_ATTR_INFO: "attr info": B_MESSAGE_TYPE
B_REG_MIME_FILE_EXTENSIONS: "extensions": B_MESSAGE_TYPE
B_REG_MIME_DESCRIPTION: "long": B_BOOL_TYPE,
"description": B_STRING_TYPE
B_REG_MIME_SNIFFER_RULE: "sniffer rule": B_STRING_TYPE
B_REG_MIME_APP_HINT: "app hint": B_REF_TYPE
B_REG_MIME_ICON_FOR_TYPE "file type": B_STRING_TYPE,
"icon data": B_RAW_TYPE,
"icon size": B_INT32_TYPE
B_REG_MIME_SUPPORTED_TYPES: "types": B_MESSAGE_TYPE
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: success
- (error code): failure
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
delete a specific attribute of a mime type (BMimeType::Delete*()),
target: mime manager (BRoster::fMimeMess)
message: B_REG_MIME_DELETE_PARAM
"type": B_STRING_TYPE
"which": B_INT32_TYPE
[ additional fields depending upon the "which" field (see below) ]
reply: standard general result
message fields:
- "type": The mime type
- "which": Which attribute to delete. May be one of the following:
"which" additional message fields field comments
------------------------- ---------------------------- --------------------------
B_REG_MIME_ICON: "icon size": B_INT32_TYPE B_{MINI,LARGE}_ICON
B_REG_MIME_PREFERRED_APP: "app verb": B_INT32_TYPE
B_REG_MIME_ATTR_INFO:
B_REG_MIME_FILE_EXTENSIONS:
B_REG_MIME_DESCRIPTION: "long": B_BOOL_TYPE,
B_REG_MIME_SNIFFER_RULE:
B_REG_MIME_APP_HINT:
B_REG_MIME_ICON_FOR_TYPE "file type": B_STRING_TYPE,
"icon size": B_INT32_TYPE
B_REG_MIME_SUPPORTED_TYPES:
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: success
- B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND: no such attribute exists, or the type is not installed
- (other error code): failure
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
subscribe a BMessenger to the MIME monitor service (BMimeType::StartWatching())
target: mime manager (BRoster::fMimeMess)
message: B_REG_MIME_START_WATCHING
"target": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
reply: standard general result
message fields:
- "target": The BMessenger subscribing to the monitor service
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: success
- (error code): failure
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
unsubscribe a BMessenger from the MIME monitor service (BMimeType::StopWatching())
target: mime manager (BRoster::fMimeMess)
message: B_REG_MIME_STOP_WATCHING
"target": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
reply: standard general result
message fields:
- "target": The BMessenger unsubscribing from the monitor service
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: success
- B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND: the given BMessenger was not subscribed to the service
- (other error code): failure
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
perform an update_mime_info() call
target: mime manager (BRoster::fMimeMess)
message: B_REG_MIME_UPDATE_MIME_INFO
"entry": B_REF_TYPE
"recursive": B_BOOLEAN_TYPE
"synchronous": B_BOOLEAN_TYPE
"force": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard general result
message fields:
- "entry": The base entry to update.
- "recursive": If true and "entry" is a directory, update all entries
below "entry" in the hierarchy.
- "synchronous": If true, the call will block until the operation is
completed. If false, the call will return immediately and the operation
will run asynchronously in another thread.
- "force": Specifies how to handle entries for which a BEOS:TYPE attribute
already exists. Valid values are
B_UPDATE_MIME_INFO_{NO_FORCE, FORCE_KEEP_TYPE, FORCE_UPDATE_ALL}.
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: The asynchronous update_mime_info() call has been successfully
started (and may still be running).
- (error code): failure
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
perform a create_app_meta_mime() call
target: mime manager (BRoster::fMimeMess)
message: B_REG_MIME_CREATE_APP_META_MIME
"entry": B_REF_TYPE
"recursive": B_BOOLEAN_TYPE
"synchronous": B_BOOLEAN_TYPE
"force": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard general result
message fields:
- "entry": The base entry to update.
- "recursive": If true and "entry" is a directory, update all entries
below "entry" in the hierarchy.
- "synchronous": If true, the call will block until the operation is
completed. If false, the call will return immediately and the operation
will run asynchronously in another thread.
- "force": If != 0, also update entries for which meta app information
already exists.
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: The asynchronous update_mime_info() call has been successfully
started (and may still be running).
- (error code): failure
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
notify the thread manager to perform a clean up run
target: thread manager/mime manager (MIMEManager::fThreadManager/BRoster::fMimeMess)
message: B_REG_MIME_UPDATE_THREAD_FINISHED
reply: none (message should be sent asynchronously)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Message Runner Requests
-----------------------
message runner registration (BMessageRunner::InitData())
target: roster
message: B_REG_REGISTER_MESSAGE_RUNNER
"team": B_INT32_TYPE
"target": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
"message": B_MESSAGE_TYPE
"interval": B_INT64_TYPE
"count": B_INT32_TYPE
"reply_target": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
reply: standard success
"token": B_INT32_TYPE
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "team": ID of the team owning the BMessageRunner (team_id).
- "target": The message target.
- "message": The message to be sent to the target.
- "interval": Period of time before the first message is sent and between
messages (if more than one shall be sent) in microseconds.
- "count": Specifies how many times the message shall be sent.
A value less than 0 for an unlimited number of repetitions.
- "reply_target": Target replies to the delivered message(s) shall be sent to.
reply fields:
- "token": Unique token identifying the message runner.
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
message runner unregistration (BMessageRunner::~BMessageRunner())
target: roster
message: B_REG_UNREGISTER_MESSAGE_RUNNER
"token": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard success
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "token": Unique token identifying the message runner. Returned by the
B_REG_REGISTER_MESSAGE_RUNNER request.
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
set message runner parameters (BMessageRunner::SetParams())
target: roster
message: B_REG_SET_MESSAGE_RUNNER_PARAMS
"token": B_INT32_TYPE
[ "interval": B_INT64_TYPE ]
[ "count": B_INT32_TYPE ]
reply: standard success
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "token": Unique token identifying the message runner. Returned by the
B_REG_REGISTER_MESSAGE_RUNNER request.
- "interval": Period of time before the first message is sent and between
messages (if more than one shall be sent) in microseconds.
- "count": Specifies how many times the message shall be sent.
A value less than 0 for an unlimited number of repetitions.
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
get message runner info (BMessageRunner::InitData())
target: roster
message: B_REG_GET_MESSAGE_RUNNER_INFO
"token": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard success
"interval": B_INT64_TYPE
"count": B_INT32_TYPE
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "token": Unique token identifying the message runner. Returned by the
B_REG_REGISTER_MESSAGE_RUNNER request.
reply fields:
- "interval": Period of time before the first message is sent and between
messages (if more than one shall be sent) in microseconds.
- "count": Specifies how many times the message still has to be sent.
A value less than 0 for an unlimited number of repetitions.
error reply fields:
- "error":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Clipboard Handler Requests
--------------------------
add new clipboard to system (BClipboard::BClipboard())
target: clipboard handler
message: B_REG_ADD_CLIPBOARD
"name": B_STRING_TYPE
reply: standard general result
message fields:
- "name": Name used to identify the particular clipboard to add
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: B
- B_BAD_VALUE: name field was not specified in message
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
get clipboard write count (BClipboard::GetSystemCount())
target: clipboard handler
message: B_REG_GET_CLIPBOARD_COUNT
"name": B_STRING_TYPE
reply: standard general result
"count": B_INT32_TYPE
message fields:
- "name": Name used to identify the particular clipboard
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: success
- B_BAD_VALUE: no name / no valid name specified in message
- "count":
- number of times this clipboard has been written to
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
start watching clipboard (BClipboard::StartWatching())
target: clipboard handler
message: B_REG_CLIPBOARD_START_WATCHING
"name": B_STRING_TYPE
"target": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
reply: standard general result
message fields:
- "name": Name used to identify the particular clipboard
- "target": Messenger pointing to the target to notify
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: success
- B_BAD_VALUE: no name / no valid name specified in message
no target specified
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
stop watching clipboard (BClipboard::StopWatching())
target: clipboard handler
message: B_REG_CLIPBOARD_STOP_WATCHING
"name": B_STRING_TYPE
"target": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
reply: standard general result
message fields:
- "name": Name used to identify the particular clipboard
- "target": Messenger pointing to the target to remove from the notify list
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: success
- B_BAD_VALUE: no name / no valid name specified in message
no target specified
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
download clipboard data (BClipboard::DownloadFromSystem())
target: clipboard handler
message: B_REG_DOWNLOAD_CLIPBOARD
"name": B_STRING_TYPE
reply: standard general result
"data": B_MESSAGE_TYPE
"data source": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
"count": B_INT32_TYPE
message fields:
- "name": Name used to identify the particular clipboard
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: success
- B_BAD_VALUE: no name / no valid name specified in message
no target specified
- "data":
- message with Data fields containing the contents of the clipboard
- "data source":
- messenger to the be_app_messenger of the application which last wrote data
- "count":
- number of times this clipboard has been written to
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
upload clipboard data (BClipboard::UploadToSystem())
target: clipboard handler
message: B_REG_UPLOAD_CLIPBOARD
"name": B_STRING_TYPE
"data": B_MESSAGE_TYPE
"data source": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
reply: standard general result
"count": B_INT32_TYPE
message fields:
- "name": Name used to identify the particular clipboard
- "data":
- message with Data fields containing the contents of the clipboard
- "data source":
- messenger to the be_app_messenger of the application which last wrote data
reply fields:
- "result":
- B_OK: success
- B_BAD_VALUE: no name / no valid name specified in message
no target specified
- "count":
- number of times this clipboard has been written to
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Disk Device Requests
--------------------
get next disk device
target: disk device manager
message: B_REG_NEXT_DISK_DEVICE
"cookie": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard general result
"device": B_MESSAGE_TYPE
"cookie": B_INT32_TYPE
message fields:
- "cookie": An iteration cookie. Initially 0.
reply fields:
- "device": Archived BDiskDevice info.
- "cookie": Next value for the iteration cookie.
- "result":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND: Iteration finished.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
get disk device
target: disk device manager
message: B_REG_GET_DISK_DEVICE
"device_id": B_INT32_TYPE
| "session_id": B_INT32_TYPE
| "partition_id": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard general result
"device": B_MESSAGE_TYPE
message fields:
- "device_id": ID of the device to be retrieved.
- "session_id": ID of session whose device shall be retrieved.
- "partition_id": ID of partition whose device shall be retrieved.
reply fields:
- "device": Archived BDiskDevice info.
- "result":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND: A device/session/partition with that ID could not
be found.
- ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
update disk device
target: disk device manager
message: B_REG_UPDATE_DISK_DEVICE
"device_id": B_INT32_TYPE
| "session_id": B_INT32_TYPE
| "partition_id": B_INT32_TYPE
"change_counter": B_INT32_TYPE
"update_policy": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard general result
"up_to_date": B_BOOLEAN_TYPE
[ "device": B_MESSAGE_TYPE ]
message fields:
- "device_id": ID of the device to be retrieved.
- "session_id": ID of session whose device shall be retrieved.
- "partition_id": ID of partition whose device shall be retrieved.
- "change_counter": Change counter of the object (or device in case of
B_REG_DEVICE_UPDATE_DEVICE_CHANGED update policy) in
question.
- "update_policy": (uint32)
B_REG_DEVICE_UPDATE_CHECK: Check only, if the object is up to date.
B_REG_DEVICE_UPDATE_CHANGED: Update only, if the object has changed.
B_REG_DEVICE_UPDATE_DEVICE_CHANGED: Update, if the device has changed, even
if the partition/session has not.
The latter two have the same semantics, if the object is a device.
reply fields:
- "up_to_date": true, if the object (and for
B_REG_DEVICE_UPDATE_DEVICE_CHANGED also the device) is already up to date,
false otherwise.
- "device": Archived BDiskDevice info.
- "result":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND: A device/session/partition with that ID could not
be found.
- ...
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start disk device watching
target: disk device manager
message: B_REG_DEVICE_START_WATCHING
"target": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
"events": B_INT32_TYPE
reply: standard general result
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "target": The target the event messages shall be sent to.
- "events": Specifies the events the caller is interested in (uint32).
- "result":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- ...
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stop disk device watching
target: disk device manager
message: B_REG_DEVICE_STOP_WATCHING
"target": B_MESSENGER_TYPE
reply: standard general result
on error: - B_NO_REPLY (fatal)
- standard error
message fields:
- "target": The target that shall not longer receive any event messages.
- "result":
- B_BAD_VALUE: A request message field is missing or contains an
invalid value.
- ...
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