extern crate dbus; use dbus::{Connection, BusType, stdintf, arg}; use std::collections::HashMap; fn print_refarg(value: &arg::RefArg) { // We don't know what type the value is. We'll try a few and fall back to // debug printing if the value is more complex than that. if let Some(s) = value.as_str() { println!("{}", s); } else if let Some(i) = value.as_i64() { println!("{}", i); } else { println!("{:?}", value); } } fn main() { // Connect to server and create a ConnPath. A ConnPath implements several interfaces, // in this case we'll use OrgFreedesktopDBusProperties, which allows us to call "get". let c = Connection::get_private(BusType::Session).unwrap(); let p = c.with_path("org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.rhythmbox", "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2", 5000); use stdintf::org_freedesktop_dbus::Properties; // The Metadata property is a Dict. // Option 1: we can get the dict straight into a hashmap, like this: let metadata: HashMap>> = p.get("org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player", "Metadata").unwrap(); println!("Option 1:"); // We now iterate over the hashmap. for (key, value) in metadata.iter() { print!(" {}: ", key); print_refarg(&value); } // Option 2: we can get the entire dict as a RefArg and get the values out by iterating over it. let metadata: Box = p.get("org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player", "Metadata").unwrap(); // When using "as_iter()" for a dict, we'll get one key, it's value, next key, it's value, etc. let mut iter = metadata.as_iter().unwrap(); println!("Option 2:"); while let Some(key) = iter.next() { // Printing the key is easy, since we know it's a String. print!(" {}: ", key.as_str().unwrap()); let value = iter.next().unwrap(); print_refarg(&value); } }