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<chapter id="dbus-interface">
  <title>DBUS Interface</title>
  <para>
    This API is currently unstable and is likely to change in the future.
  </para>

  <sect1 id="gs-intro">
    <title>Introduction</title>
    <para>
      MATE Screensaver exposes a DBUS API for programs to obtain information about
      the screensaver state and to interact with the screensaver in limited ways.
    </para>
    <para>
      The following constants are used to uniquely refer to the MateScreensaver
      object when making DBUS method calls:
    </para>
    <informaltable>
      <tgroup cols="2">
        <tbody>
          <row>
            <entry>DBUS Service:</entry>
            <entry><literal>org.mate.ScreenSaver</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
            <entry>DBUS Object Path:</entry>
            <entry><literal>/org/mate/ScreenSaver</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
            <entry>DBUS Interface:</entry>
            <entry><literal>org.mate.ScreenSaver</literal></entry>
          </row>
        </tbody>
      </tgroup>
    </informaltable>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="gs-methods">
    <title>Methods</title>
    <para>
      These are the DBUS methods.
    </para>

    <sect2 id="gs-method-Lock">
      <title>
        <literal>Lock</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Request that the screen be locked.  This bypasses all Inhibit requests.
      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-method-Cycle">
      <title>
        <literal>Cycle</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Request that the screen saver theme be restarted and, if applicable,
        switch to the next one in the list.
      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-method-SimulateUserActivity">
      <title>
        <literal>SimulateUserActivity</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Simulate user activity.  If the screensaver is activated this
        will attempt to deactivate and authentication will be
        requested if necessary.  If the screensaver is not activated
        then the idle timers will be reset.
      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-method-Inhibit">
      <title>
        <literal>Inhibit</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Request that saving the screen due to system idleness be blocked until
        UnInhibit is called or the calling process exits.
      </para>
      <informaltable>
        <tgroup cols="2">
          <thead>
            <row>
              <entry>Direction</entry>
              <entry>Type</entry>
              <entry>Description</entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row>
              <entry>in</entry>
              <entry>string</entry>
              <entry>the application name, e.g. "totem"</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
              <entry>in</entry>
              <entry>string</entry>
              <entry>the localized reason to inhibit, e.g. "playing movie"</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
              <entry>out</entry>
              <entry>unsigned integer</entry>
              <entry>the cookie</entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </informaltable>
      <para>
        A cookie is a random, unique, non-zero UINT32 used to identify the inhibit request.
      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-method-UnInhibit">
      <title>
        <literal>UnInhibit</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Cancel a previous call to Inhibit() identified by the cookie.
      </para>
      <informaltable>
        <tgroup cols="2">
          <thead>
            <row>
              <entry>Direction</entry>
              <entry>Type</entry>
              <entry>Description</entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row>
              <entry>in</entry>
              <entry>unsigned integer</entry>
              <entry>the cookie</entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </informaltable>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-method-Throttle">
      <title>
        <literal>Throttle</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Request that running themes while the screensaver is active be blocked
        until UnThrottle is called or the calling process exits.
      </para>
      <informaltable>
        <tgroup cols="2">
          <thead>
            <row>
              <entry>Direction</entry>
              <entry>Type</entry>
              <entry>Description</entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row>
              <entry>in</entry>
              <entry>string</entry>
              <entry>the application name, e.g. "mate-power-manager"</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
              <entry>in</entry>
              <entry>string</entry>
              <entry>the localized reason to inhibit, e.g. "on battery power"</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
              <entry>out</entry>
              <entry>unsigned integer</entry>
              <entry>the cookie</entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </informaltable>
      <para>
        A cookie is a random, unique, non-zero UINT32 used to identify the throttle request.
      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-method-UnThrottle">
      <title>
        <literal>UnThrottle</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Cancel a previous call to Throttle() identified by the cookie.
      </para>
      <informaltable>
        <tgroup cols="2">
          <thead>
            <row>
              <entry>Direction</entry>
              <entry>Type</entry>
              <entry>Description</entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row>
              <entry>in</entry>
              <entry>unsigned integer</entry>
              <entry>the cookie</entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </informaltable>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-method-SetActive">
      <title>
        <literal>SetActive</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Request a change in the state of the screensaver.
        Set to TRUE to request that the screensaver activate.
        Active means that the screensaver has blanked the screen and may run a
        graphical theme.  This does not necessary mean that the screen is locked.
      </para>
      <informaltable>
        <tgroup cols="2">
          <thead>
            <row>
              <entry>Direction</entry>
              <entry>Type</entry>
              <entry>Description</entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row>
              <entry>in</entry>
              <entry>boolean</entry>
              <entry>TRUE to request activation, FALSE to request deactivation</entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </informaltable>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-method-GetActive">
      <title>
        <literal>GetActive</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Returns the value of the current state of activity. See SetActive().
      </para>
      <informaltable>
        <tgroup cols="2">
          <thead>
            <row>
              <entry>Direction</entry>
              <entry>Type</entry>
              <entry>Description</entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row>
              <entry>out</entry>
              <entry>boolean</entry>
              <entry>Activation state</entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </informaltable>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-method-GetActiveTime">
      <title>
        <literal>GetActiveTime</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Returns the number of seconds that the screensaver has been active.
        Returns zero if the screensaver is not active.
      </para>
      <informaltable>
        <tgroup cols="2">
          <thead>
            <row>
              <entry>Direction</entry>
              <entry>Type</entry>
              <entry>Description</entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row>
              <entry>out</entry>
              <entry>unsigned integer</entry>
              <entry>Active time in seconds</entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </informaltable>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-method-GetSessionIdle">
      <title>
        <literal>GetSessionIdle</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Returns the value of the current state of session idleness.
      </para>
      <informaltable>
        <tgroup cols="2">
          <thead>
            <row>
              <entry>Direction</entry>
              <entry>Type</entry>
              <entry>Description</entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row>
              <entry>out</entry>
              <entry>boolean</entry>
              <entry>If the session is idle</entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </informaltable>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-method-GetSessionIdleTime">
      <title>
        <literal>GetSessionIdleTime</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Returns the number of seconds that the session has been idle.
        Returns zero if the session is not idle.
      </para>
      <informaltable>
        <tgroup cols="2">
          <thead>
            <row>
              <entry>Direction</entry>
              <entry>Type</entry>
              <entry>Description</entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row>
              <entry>out</entry>
              <entry>unsigned integer</entry>
              <entry>Idle time in seconds</entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </informaltable>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="gs-signals">
    <title>Signals</title>
    <para>
      These are the DBUS signals.
    </para>

    <sect2 id="gs-signal-ActiveChanged">
      <title>
        <literal>ActiveChanged</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        See method GetActive().
      </para>
      <informaltable>
        <tgroup cols="2">
          <thead>
            <row>
              <entry>Direction</entry>
              <entry>Type</entry>
              <entry>Description</entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row>
              <entry>out</entry>
              <entry>boolean</entry>
              <entry>Returns the value of the current state of activity.</entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </informaltable>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-signal-SessionIdleChanged">
      <title>
        <literal>SessionIdleChanged</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        See method GetActive().
      </para>
      <informaltable>
        <tgroup cols="2">
          <thead>
            <row>
              <entry>Direction</entry>
              <entry>Type</entry>
              <entry>Description</entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row>
              <entry>out</entry>
              <entry>boolean</entry>
              <entry>Returns the value of the current state of activity.</entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </informaltable>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-signal-AuthenticationRequestBegin">
      <title>
        <literal>AuthenticationRequestBegin</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Emitted before an authentication request
      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="gs-signal-AuthenticationRequestEnd">
      <title>
        <literal>AuthenticationRequestEnd</literal>
      </title>
      <para>
        Emitted after an authentication request
      </para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="gs-examples">
    <title>Examples</title>
    <para>
      You can get the number of seconds the screensaver has been active by
      running the following:
    </para>
    <screen>
dbus-send --session \
          --dest=org.mate.ScreenSaver \
          --type=method_call \
          --print-reply \
          --reply-timeout=20000 \
          /org/mate/ScreenSaver \
          org.mate.ScreenSaver.GetSessionIdleTime
    </screen>
    <para>
      You can activate the screensaver like so:
    </para>
    <screen>
dbus-send --session \
          --dest=org.mate.ScreenSaver \
          --type=method_call \
          --print-reply \
          --reply-timeout=20000 \
          /org/mate/ScreenSaver \
          org.mate.ScreenSaver.SetActive \
          boolean:true
    </screen>

    <para>
      You can monitor screensaver changes:
    </para>
    <screen>
dbus-monitor --session \
          "type='signal',interface='org.mate.ScreenSaver'"
    </screen>

    <para>
      Or watch for a specific screensaver signal:
    </para>
    <screen>
dbus-monitor --session \
          "type='signal',interface='org.mate.ScreenSaver',member='SessionIdleChanged'"
    </screen>
  </sect1>

</chapter>
