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<node xmlns:doc="http://www.freedesktop.org/dbus/1.0/doc.dtd">
<interface name="org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>Session objects represent and store information
related to a user session.
</doc:para>
<doc:para>The properties associated with the Session
specifically refer to the properties of the "session leader".
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
<method name="GetId">
<arg name="ssid" direction="out" type="o">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>Session ID</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description><doc:para>Returns the ID for Session.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="GetSeatId">
<arg name="sid" direction="out" type="o">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>Seat ID</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description><doc:para>Returns the ID for the Seat the Session is
attached to.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="interface" to="Seat">org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="GetSessionType">
<arg name="type" direction="out" type="s">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>Session type</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>Returns the type of the session.</doc:para>
<doc:para>Warning: we haven't yet defined the allowed values for this property.
It is probably best to avoid this until we do.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="property" to="Session:session-type">session-type</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="GetUser">
<arg name="uid" direction="out" type="u">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>User ID</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description><doc:para>Returns the user that the session belongs to.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:deprecated version="0.1.3" instead="GetUnixUser"/>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="property" to="Session:user">user</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="GetUnixUser">
<arg name="uid" direction="out" type="u">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>POSIX User ID</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description><doc:para>Returns the POSIX user ID that the session belongs to.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="property" to="Session:unix-user">unix-user</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="GetX11Display">
<arg name="display" direction="out" type="s">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>The value of the X11 display</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description><doc:para>Returns the value of the X11 DISPLAY for this session
if one is present.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="property" to="Session:x11-display">x11-display</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="GetX11DisplayDevice">
<arg name="x11_display_device" direction="out" type="s">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>The value of the X11 display device</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description><doc:para>Returns the value of the display device (aka TTY) that the
X11 display for the session is connected to. If there is no x11-display set then this value
is undefined.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="property" to="Session:x11-display-device">x11-display-device</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="GetDisplayDevice">
<arg name="display_device" direction="out" type="s">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>The value of the display device</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description><doc:para>Returns the value of the display device (aka TTY) that the
session is connected to.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="property" to="Session:display-device">display-device</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="GetRemoteHostName">
<arg name="remote_host_name" direction="out" type="s">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>The remote host name</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description><doc:para>Returns the value of the remote host name for the session.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="property" to="Session:remote-host-name">remote-host-name</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="GetLoginSessionId">
<arg name="login_session_id" direction="out" type="s">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>The value of the native system login session ID</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description><doc:para>Returns the value of the login session ID that the
underlying system uses to enforce session boundaries. If there is no login session ID
set then this value is an empty string.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="IsActive">
<arg name="active" direction="out" type="b">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>TRUE if the session is active, otherwise FALSE</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description><doc:para>Returns whether the session is active on the Seat that
it is attached to.</doc:para>
<doc:para>If the session is not attached to a seat this value is undefined.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="property" to="Session:active">active</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="IsLocal">
<arg name="local" direction="out" type="b">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>TRUE if the session is local, otherwise FALSE</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description><doc:para>Returns whether the session is local</doc:para>
<doc:para>FIXME: we need to come up with a concrete definition for this value.
It was originally used as a way to identify XDMCP sessions that originate
from a remote system.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="property" to="Session:is-local">is-local</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="GetCreationTime">
<arg name="iso8601_datetime" type="s" direction="out">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>An ISO 8601 format date-type string</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>Returns an ISO 8601 date-time string that corresponds to
the time that the session was opened.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="Activate">
<annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Async" value=""/>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>Attempt to activate the this session. In most
cases, if successful, this will cause the session to
become visible and become active on the seat that it
is attached to.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="method" to="Seat.ActivateSession">Seat.ActivateSession()</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="Lock">
<annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Async" value=""/>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>This will cause a <doc:ref type="signal" to="Session::Lock">Lock</doc:ref>
signal to be emitted for this session.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:permission>This method is restricted to privileged users by D-Bus policy.</doc:permission>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="signal" to="Session::Lock">Lock signal</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="Unlock">
<annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Async" value=""/>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>This will cause an <doc:ref type="signal" to="Session::Unlock">Unlock</doc:ref>
signal to be emitted for this session.
</doc:para>
<doc:para>This can be used by login managers to unlock a session before it is
re-activated during fast-user-switching.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:permission>This method is restricted to privileged users by D-Bus policy.</doc:permission>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="signal" to="Session::Unlock">Unlock signal</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="GetIdleHint">
<arg name="idle_hint" type="b" direction="out">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>The value of the idle-hint</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>Gets the value of the <doc:ref type="property" to="Session:idle-hint">idle-hint</doc:ref>
property.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:seealso><doc:ref type="property" to="Session:idle-hint">idle-hint</doc:ref></doc:seealso>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="GetIdleSinceHint">
<arg name="iso8601_datetime" type="s" direction="out">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>An ISO 8601 format date-type string</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>Returns an ISO 8601 date-time string that corresponds to
the time of the last change of the idle-hint.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<method name="SetIdleHint">
<annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Async" value=""/>
<arg name="idle_hint" type="b" direction="in">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>boolean value to set the idle-hint to</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>This may be used by the session to indicate that
it is idle.
</doc:para>
<doc:para>Use of this method is restricted to the user
that owns the session.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</method>
<signal name="ActiveChanged">
<arg name="is_active" type="b">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>TRUE if the session is active, otherwise FALSE</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>Emitted when the active property has changed.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</signal>
<signal name="IdleHintChanged">
<arg name="hint" type="b">
<doc:doc>
<doc:summary>the new value of idle-hint</doc:summary>
</doc:doc>
</arg>
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>Emitted when the idle-hint property has changed.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</signal>
<signal name="Lock">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>Emitted in response to a call to the <doc:ref type="method" to="Session.Lock">Lock()</doc:ref> method.</doc:para>
<doc:para>It is intended that the screensaver for the session should lock the screen in response to this signal.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</signal>
<signal name="Unlock">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>Emitted in response to a call to the <doc:ref type="method" to="Session.Unlock">Unlock()</doc:ref> method.</doc:para>
<doc:para>It is intended that the screensaver for the session should unlock the screen in response to this signal.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</signal>
<property name="unix-user" type="u" access="readwrite">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>The user assigned to the session.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</property>
<property name="user" type="u" access="readwrite">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>The user assigned to the session.</doc:para>
</doc:description>
<doc:deprecated version="0.1.3" instead="unix-user"/>
</doc:doc>
</property>
<property name="session-type" type="s" access="readwrite">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>The type of the session.</doc:para>
<doc:para>Warning: we haven't yet defined the allowed values for this property.
It is probably best to avoid this until we do.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</property>
<property name="remote-host-name" type="s" access="readwrite">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>The remote host name for the session.
</doc:para>
<doc:para>This will be set in situations where the session is
opened and controlled from a remote system.
</doc:para>
<doc:para>For example, this value will be set when the
session is created from an SSH or XDMCP connection.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</property>
<property name="display-device" type="s" access="readwrite">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>The display device (aka TTY) that the
session is connected to.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</property>
<property name="x11-display" type="s" access="readwrite">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>Value of the X11 DISPLAY for this session
if one is present.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</property>
<property name="x11-display-device" type="s" access="readwrite">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>
The display device (aka TTY) that the X11 display for the
session is connected to. If there is no x11-display set then
this value is undefined.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</property>
<property name="active" type="b" access="readwrite">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>
Whether the session is active on the Seat that
it is attached to.</doc:para>
<doc:para>If the session is not attached to a seat this value is undefined.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</property>
<property name="is-local" type="b" access="readwrite">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>
Whether the session is local</doc:para>
<doc:para>FIXME: we need to come up with a concrete definition for this value.
It was originally used as a way to identify XDMCP sessions that originate
from a remote system.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</property>
<property name="idle-hint" type="b" access="readwrite">
<doc:doc>
<doc:description>
<doc:para>
This is a hint used to indicate that the session may be idle.
</doc:para>
<doc:para>
For sessions with a <doc:ref type="property" to="Session:x11-display">x11-display</doc:ref> set (ie. graphical
sessions), it is up to each session to delegate the
responsibility for updating this value. Typically, the
screensaver will set this.
</doc:para>
<doc:para>However, for non-graphical sessions with a <doc:ref type="property" to="Session:display-device">display-device</doc:ref> set
the Session object itself will periodically update this value based
on the activity detected on the display-device itself.
</doc:para>
<doc:para>
This should not be considered authoritative.
</doc:para>
</doc:description>
</doc:doc>
</property>
</interface>
</node>
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