'3',
['sd_bus_negotiate_creds', 'sd_bus_negotiate_timestamp'],
''],
- ['sd_bus_new', '3', ['sd_bus_ref', 'sd_bus_unref', 'sd_bus_unrefp'], ''],
+ ['sd_bus_new',
+ '3',
+ ['sd_bus_flush_close_unref',
+ 'sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp',
+ 'sd_bus_ref',
+ 'sd_bus_unref',
+ 'sd_bus_unrefp'],
+ ''],
['sd_bus_path_encode',
'3',
['sd_bus_path_decode', 'sd_bus_path_decode_many', 'sd_bus_path_encode_many'],
<refname>sd_bus_ref</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_unref</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_unrefp</refname>
+ <refname>sd_bus_flush_close_unref</refname>
+ <refname>sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp</refname>
<refpurpose>Create a new bus object and create or destroy references to it</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<funcdef>void <function>sd_bus_unrefp</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus **<parameter>busp</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>sd_bus *<function>sd_bus_flush_close_unref</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus **<parameter>busp</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
dereference its argument, which must not be <constant>NULL</constant>, and will
execute no operation if <emphasis>that</emphasis> is <constant>NULL</constant>.
</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_bus_flush_close_unref()</function> is similar to <function>sd_bus_unref()</function>, but first
+ executes <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_flush</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> as well
+ as <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_close</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, ensuring that
+ any pending messages are properly flushed out before the reference to the connection is dropped and possibly the
+ object freed. This call is particularly useful immediately before exiting from a program as it ensures that any
+ pending outgoing messages are written out, and unprocessed but queued incoming messages released before the
+ connection is terminated and released.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp()</function> is similar to
+ <function>sd_bus_flush_close_unref()</function>, but may be used in GCC's and LLVM's Clean-up Variable Attribute,
+ see above.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function> always returns the argument.
</para>
- <para><function>sd_bus_unref()</function> always returns
+ <para><function>sd_bus_unref()</function> and <function>sd_bus_flush_close_unref()</function> always return
<constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
</refsect1>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_user</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_default_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_open_user</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_open_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_open_system</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_close</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>