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diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml index 3d6a207f..ad21af62 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml +++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml @@ -2296,6 +2296,7 @@ <method name="Frobate"> <arg name="foo" type="int32" direction="in"/> <arg name="bar" type="string" direction="out"/> + <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Deprecated" value="true"/> </method> <signal name="Changed"> <arg name="new_value" type="boolean"/> @@ -2367,23 +2368,41 @@ </listitem> <listitem> <para> - The method, interface, property, and signal elements may have - an attribute deprecated="yes|no". If the attribute is not - present, the default value for an interface is "no", and - the default value for methods, properties, and signals is - the deprecation status of the interface. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> The "name" attribute on arguments is optional. </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> - + <para> + Method, interface, property, and signal elements may have + "annotations", which are generic key/value pairs of metadata. + They are similar conceptually to Java's annotations and C# attributes. + Well-known annotations: + </para> + <informaltable> + <tgroup cols="3"> + <thead> + <row> + <entry>Name</entry> + <entry>Values (separated by ,)</entry> + <entry>Description</entry> + </row> + </thead> + <tbody> + <row> + <entry>org.freedesktop.DBus.Deprecated</entry> + <entry>true,false</entry> + <entry>Whether or not the entity is deprecated; defaults to false</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.CSymbol</entry> + <entry>(string)</entry> + <entry>The C symbol; may be used for methods and interfaces</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </informaltable> </sect1> - <sect1 id="message-bus"> <title>Message Bus Specification</title> <sect2 id="message-bus-overview"> |