sd_bus_reply_method_error(3) — Linux manual page

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NAME         top

       sd_bus_reply_method_error, sd_bus_reply_method_errorf,
       sd_bus_reply_method_errorfv, sd_bus_reply_method_errno,
       sd_bus_reply_method_errnof, sd_bus_reply_method_errnofv - Reply
       with an error to a D-Bus method call

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <systemd/sd-bus.h>

       int sd_bus_reply_method_error(sd_bus_message *call,
                                     const sd_bus_error *e);

       int sd_bus_reply_method_errorf(sd_bus_message *call,
                                      const char *name,
                                      const char *format, ...);

       int sd_bus_reply_method_errorfv(sd_bus_message *call,
                                       const char *name,
                                       const char *format, va_list ap);

       int sd_bus_reply_method_errno(sd_bus_message *call, int error,
                                     const sd_bus_error *p);

       int sd_bus_reply_method_errnof(sd_bus_message *call, int error,
                                      const char *format, ...);

       int sd_bus_reply_method_errnofv(sd_bus_message *call, int error,
                                       const char *format, va_list ap);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The sd_bus_reply_method_error() function sends an error reply to
       the call message. The error structure e specifies the error to
       send, and is used as described in
       sd_bus_message_new_method_error(3). If no reply is expected to
       call, this function succeeds without sending a reply.

       The sd_bus_reply_method_errorf() is to sd_bus_reply_method_error()
       what sd_bus_message_new_method_errorf() is to
       sd_bus_message_new_method_error().

       The sd_bus_reply_method_errno() is to sd_bus_reply_method_error()
       what sd_bus_message_new_method_errno() is to
       sd_bus_message_new_method_error().

       The sd_bus_reply_method_errnof() is to sd_bus_reply_method_error()
       what sd_bus_message_new_method_errnof() is to
       sd_bus_message_new_method_error().

RETURN VALUE         top

       This function returns a non-negative integer if the error reply
       was successfully sent or if call does not expect a reply. On
       failure, it returns a negative errno-style error code.

   Errors
       Returned errors may indicate the following problems:

       -EINVAL
           The input parameter call is NULL.

           Message call is not a method call message.

           Message call is not attached to a bus.

           The error parameter e to sd_bus_reply_method_error() is not
           set, see sd_bus_error_is_set(3).

       -EPERM
           Message call has been sealed.

       -ENOTCONN
           The bus to which message call is attached is not connected.

       -ENOMEM
           Memory allocation failed.

       In addition, any error returned by sd_bus_send(3) may be returned.

NOTES         top

       Functions described here are available as a shared library, which
       can be compiled against and linked to with the
       libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.

       All functions listed here are thread-agnostic and only a single
       thread may operate on a given object at any given time. Different
       threads may access the same object at different times. Multiple
       independent objects may be used from different threads in
       parallel.

       The code described here uses getenv(3), which is declared to be
       not multi-thread-safe. This means that the code calling the
       functions described here must not call setenv(3) from a parallel
       thread. It is recommended to only do calls to setenv() from an
       early phase of the program when no other threads have been
       started.

SEE ALSO         top

       systemd(1), sd-bus(3), sd_bus_message_new_method_error(3)

COLOPHON         top

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