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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
+
+<refentry id="sd_bus_call_method"
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>sd_bus_call_method</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>sd_bus_call_method</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>sd_bus_call_method</refname>
+ <refname>sd_bus_call_methodv</refname>
+ <refname>sd_bus_call_method_async</refname>
+ <refname>sd_bus_call_method_asyncv</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Initialize a bus message object and invoke the corresponding D-Bus method call
+ </refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-bus.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
+
+ <xi:include href="sd_bus_add_match.xml" xpointer="sd_bus_message_handler_t"/>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_call_method</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>destination</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>path</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>interface</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>member</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus_error *<parameter>ret_error</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus_message **<parameter>reply</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>types</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>...</paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_call_methodv</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>destination</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>path</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>interface</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>member</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus_error *<parameter>ret_error</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus_message **<parameter>reply</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>types</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>va_list <parameter>ap</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_call_method_async</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus_slot **<parameter>slot</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>destination</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>path</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>interface</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>member</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus_message_handler_t <parameter>callback</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>void *<parameter>userdata</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>types</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>...</paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_call_method_asyncv</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus_slot **<parameter>slot</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>destination</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>path</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>interface</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>member</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus_message_handler_t <parameter>callback</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>void *<parameter>userdata</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char *<parameter>types</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>va_list <parameter>ap</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><function>sd_bus_call_method()</function> is a convenience function for initializing a
+ bus message object and calling the corresponding D-Bus method. It combines the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_new_method_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_append</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ functions into a single function call.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_bus_call_method_async()</function> is a convenience function for initializing
+ a bus message object and calling the corresponding D-Bus method asynchronously. It combines the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_new_method_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_append</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call_async</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ functions into a single function call.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Return Value</title>
+
+ <para>On success, these functions return a non-negative integer. On failure, they return a
+ negative errno-style error code.</para>
+
+ <refsect2 id='errors'>
+ <title>Errors</title>
+
+ <para>See the man pages of
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_new_method_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_append</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call_async</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for a list of possible errors.</para>
+ </refsect2>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Make a call to a D-Bus method that takes a single parameter</title>
+
+ <programlisting><xi:include href="print-unit-path-call-method.c" parse="text" /></programlisting>
+ <para>This defines a minimally useful program that will open a connection to the bus, call a method,
+ wait for the reply, and finally extract and print the answer. It does error handling and proper
+ memory management.</para>
+ </example>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>History</title>
+ <para><function>sd_bus_call_method()</function>,
+ <function>sd_bus_call_methodv()</function>,
+ <function>sd_bus_call_method_async()</function>, and
+ <function>sd_bus_call_method_asyncv()</function> were added in version 246.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_new_method_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_append</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_call</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_set_property</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_emit_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>