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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<node name="/Connection_Interface_Addressing" xmlns:tp="http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/DbusSpec#extensions-v0">
  <tp:copyright> Copyright (C) 2010 Collabora Limited </tp:copyright>
  <tp:license xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <p>This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
      under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
      the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
      your option) any later version.</p>

    <p>This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
      WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser
      General Public License for more details.</p>

    <p>You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
      along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
      Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.</p>
  </tp:license>
  <interface name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT"
             tp:causes-havoc="experimental">
    <tp:requires interface="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection"/>
    <tp:requires interface="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.Interface.Contacts"/>
    <tp:added version="0.19.12">(as draft)</tp:added>
    <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p>This interface deals with the multiple address types that can
      refer to the same contact, such as vCard fields and URIs.</p>

      <p>It can be used to retrieve contacts with a specific addresses
        through <tp:member-ref>GetContactsByVCardField</tp:member-ref> and
        <tp:member-ref>GetContactsByURI</tp:member-ref>, as well as
        defining the various addressing methods for a given contact
        through this interface's contact attributes.</p>
    </tp:docstring>

    <method name="GetContactsByVCardField"
            tp:name-for-bindings="Get_Contacts_By_VCard_Field">
      <arg direction="in" name="Field" type="s">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>The vCard field of the addresses we are requesting. The
            field name SHOULD be in lower case. Supported
            fields can be found in
            <tp:dbus-ref namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Protocol.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT">AddressableVCardFields</tp:dbus-ref>.</p>

          <p>The <code>url</code> vCard field MUST NOT appear here; see
            <tp:member-ref>GetContactsByURI</tp:member-ref> instead.</p>

          <tp:rationale>
            <p>In practice, protocols have a limited set of URI
              schemes that make sense to resolve as a contact.</p>
          </tp:rationale>

        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg direction="in" name="Addresses" type="as">
        <tp:docstring>
          The addresses to get contact handles for. The address types
          should match the given vCard field.
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg direction="in" name="Interfaces" type="as"
        tp:type="DBus_Interface[]">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>A list of strings indicating which D-Bus interfaces the calling
            process is interested in. All supported attributes from these
            interfaces, whose values can be obtained without additional network
            activity, will be in the reply.</p>

          <p>Attributes from this interface and from
            <tp:dbus-ref>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection</tp:dbus-ref>
            are always returned, and need not be requested
            explicitly.</p>

          <p>The behavior of this parameter is similar to the same
            parameter in
            <tp:dbus-ref namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.Interface">Contacts.GetContactAttributes</tp:dbus-ref>.</p>
          </tp:docstring>
      </arg>

      <arg direction="out" type="a{ua{sv}}" name="Requested_Contacts"
           tp:type="Contact_Attributes_Map">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>A dictionary mapping the contact handles to contact attributes.
            If any of the requested addresses are in fact invalid, they are
            simply omitted from this mapping. If contact attributes are not
            immediately known, the behaviour is defined by the interface;
            the attribute should either be omitted from the result or
            replaced with a default value.</p>

          <p>Requested addresses that cannot be satisfied MUST be ommitted
            from the mapping.</p>

          <p>Each contact's attributes will always include at least the
            identifier that would be obtained by inspecting the handle
            (<code>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection/contact-id</code>),
          and the vCard field used for requesting the contact in
            <code>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.Interface.ContactInfo/info</code>.
          </p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>

      <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
        <p>Request contacts and retrieve their attributes using a given field
          in their vCards.</p>

        <p>The connection manager should record that these handles are in
          use by the client who invokes this method, and must not
          deallocate the handles until the client disconnects from the
          bus or calls the
          <tp:dbus-ref namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy">Connection.ReleaseHandles</tp:dbus-ref>
          method.</p>
      </tp:docstring>

      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <method name="GetContactsByURI"
            tp:name-for-bindings="Get_Contacts_By_URI">
      <arg direction="in" name="URIs" type="as">
        <tp:docstring>
          The URI addresses to get contact handles for. Supported
          schemes can be found in
          <tp:dbus-ref namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Protocol.Interface.Addressing.DRAFT">AddressableURISchemes</tp:dbus-ref>.
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>
      <arg direction="in" name="Interfaces" type="as"
        tp:type="DBus_Interface[]">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>A list of strings indicating which D-Bus interfaces the calling
            process is interested in. All supported attributes from these
            interfaces, whose values can be obtained without additional network
            activity, will be in the reply.</p>

          <p>Attributes from this interface and from
            <tp:dbus-ref>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection</tp:dbus-ref>
            are always returned, and need not be requested
            explicitly.</p>

          <p>The behavior of this parameter is similar to the same
            parameter in
            <tp:dbus-ref namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.Interface">Contacts.GetContactAttributes</tp:dbus-ref>.</p>
          </tp:docstring>
      </arg>

      <arg direction="out" type="a{ua{sv}}" name="Requested_Contacts"
           tp:type="Contact_Attributes_Map">
        <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
          <p>A dictionary mapping the contact handles to contact attributes.
            If any of the requested addresses are in fact invalid, they are
            simply omitted from this mapping. If contact attributes are not
            immediately known, the behaviour is defined by the interface;
            the attribute should either be omitted from the result or
            replaced with a default value.</p>

          <p>Requested URIs that cannot be satisfied MUST be ommitted
            from the mapping.</p>

          <p>Each contact's attributes will always include at least the
            identifier that would be obtained by inspecting the handle
            (<code>org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection/contact-id</code>).
          </p>
        </tp:docstring>
      </arg>

      <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
        <p>Request contacts and retrieve their attributes using URI addresses.</p>

        <p>The connection manager should record that these handles are in
          use by the client who invokes this method, and must not
          deallocate the handles until the client disconnects from the
          bus or calls the
          <tp:dbus-ref namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy">Connection.ReleaseHandles</tp:dbus-ref>
          method.</p>
      </tp:docstring>

      <tp:possible-errors>
        <tp:error name="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.Disconnected"/>
      </tp:possible-errors>
    </method>

    <tp:mapping name="VCard_Field_Address_Map" array-name="">
      <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
        <p>A mapping of vCard fields and addresses that repreent
          the given contact.</p>
      </tp:docstring>
      <tp:member type="s" name="VCard_Field"/>
      <tp:member type="s" name="Address"/>
    </tp:mapping>

    <tp:contact-attribute name="addresses" type="a{ss}"
                          tp:type="VCard_Field_Address_Map">
      <tp:docstring>
        The various vCard addresses that identify this contact.
      </tp:docstring>
    </tp:contact-attribute>

    <tp:contact-attribute name="uris" type="as">
      <tp:docstring>
        The various URI addresses that identify this contact.
      </tp:docstring>
    </tp:contact-attribute>

    <tp:contact-attribute name="requested-address" type="(ss)"
                          tp:type="Requested_Address">
      <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
        <p>The contact's address, as it was requested
        through <tp:member-ref>GetContactsByVCardField</tp:member-ref>. This
        attribute MUST be ommitted if the contact was not retrieved
        through <tp:member-ref>GetContactsByVCardField</tp:member-ref>.</p>
      <tp:rationale>
        <p>When retrieving more than one contact
          through <tp:member-ref>GetContactsByVCardField</tp:member-ref>,
          there needs to be a way to map the given contact back o the
          original request.</p>
      </tp:rationale>
      </tp:docstring>
    </tp:contact-attribute>

    <tp:contact-attribute name="requested-uri" type="s">
      <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
        <p>The contact's URI, as it was requested through
        <tp:member-ref>GetContactsByURI</tp:member-ref>. This
        attribute MUST be ommitted if the contact was not retrieved
        through <tp:member-ref>GetContactsByURI</tp:member-ref>.</p>
      <tp:rationale>
        <p>When retrieving more than one contact
        through <tp:member-ref>GetContactsByURI</tp:member-ref>,
        there needs to be a way to map the given contact back o the
        original request.</p>
      </tp:rationale>
      </tp:docstring>
    </tp:contact-attribute>

    <tp:struct name="Requested_Address" array-name="">
      <tp:docstring>
        The address that has been requested by
        <tp:member-ref>GetContactsByVCardField</tp:member-ref> or
        <tp:member-ref>GetContactsByURI</tp:member-ref>.
      </tp:docstring>

      <tp:member name="Field" type="s">
        <tp:docstring>
          The vCard field used in <tp:member-ref>GetContactsByVCardField</tp:member-ref>.
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:member>

      <tp:member name="Address" type="s">
        <tp:docstring>
          The address that was requested.
        </tp:docstring>
      </tp:member>

    </tp:struct>

  </interface>
</node>
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