doc/technology-api.txt

   1 Technology hierarchy
   2 ====================
   3
   4 Service         net.connman
   5 Interface       net.connman.Technology
   6 Object path     [variable prefix]/{technology0,technology1,...}
   7
   8 Methods         dict GetProperties()
   9
  10                         Returns properties for the technology object. See
  11                         the properties section for available properties.
  12
  13                         Possible Errors: [service].Error.InvalidArguments
  14
  15                 void SetProperty(string name, variant value)
  16
  17                         Changes the value of the specified property. Only
  18                         properties that are listed as read-write are
  19                         changeable. On success a PropertyChanged signal
  20                         will be emitted.
  21
  22                         Possible Errors: [service].Error.InvalidArguments
  23                                          [service].Error.InvalidProperty
  24
  25                 void Scan()
  26
  27                         Trigger a scan for this specific technology. The
  28                         method call will return when a scan has been
  29                         finished and results are available.
  30
  31                         Results will be signaled via the ServicesChanged
  32                         signal from the manager interface.
  33
  34 Signals         PropertyChanged(string name, variant value)
  35
  36                         This signal indicates a changed value of the given
  37                         property.
  38
  39 Properties      boolean Powered [readwrite]
  40
  41                         Boolean representing the power state of the
  42                         technology. False means that the technology is
  43                         off (and is available RF-Killed) while True means
  44                         that the technology is enabled.
  45
  46                 boolean Connected [readonly]
  47
  48                         Boolean representing if a technolgy is connected.
  49
  50                         This is just a convience property for allowing the
  51                         UI to easily show if this technolgy has an active
  52                         connection or not.
  53
  54                         If this property is True it means that at least one
  55                         service of this technology is in ready state.
  56
  57                 string Name [readonly]
  58
  59                         Name of this technology.
  60
  61                 string Type [readonly]
  62
  63                         The technology type (for example "ethernet" etc.)
  64
  65                         This information should only be used to determine
  66                         advanced properties or showing the correct icon
  67                         to the user.
  68
  69                 boolean Tethering [readwrite]
  70
  71                         This option allows to enable or disable the support
  72                         for tethering. When tethering is enabled then the
  73                         default service is bridged to all clients connected
  74                         through the technology.
  75
  76                 string TetheringIdentifier [readwrite]
  77
  78                        The tethering broadcasted identifier.
  79
  80                        This property is only valid for the WiFi technology,
  81                        and is then mapped to the WiFi AP SSID clients will
  82                        have to join in order to gain internet connectivity.
  83
  84                 string TetheringPassphrase [readwrite]
  85
  86                        The tethering connection passphrase.
  87
  88                        This property is only valid for the WiFi technology,
  89                        and is then mapped to the WPA pre-shared key clients
  90                        will have to use in order to establish a connection.