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@@ -2567,7 +2567,8 @@
A connection can request additional names to be associated with it using
the <literal>org.freedesktop.DBus.RequestName</literal> message. <xref
linkend="message-protocol-names-bus"/> describes the format of a valid
- name.
+ name. These names can be released again using the
+ <literal>org.freedesktop.DBus.ReleaseName</literal> message.
</para>
<sect3 id="bus-messages-request-name">
@@ -2700,6 +2701,101 @@
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3 id="bus-messages-release-name">
+ <title><literal>org.freedesktop.DBus.ReleaseName</literal></title>
+ <para>
+ As a method:
+ <programlisting>
+ UINT32 ReleaseName (in STRING name)
+ </programlisting>
+ Message arguments:
+ <informaltable>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Argument</entry>
+ <entry>Type</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>0</entry>
+ <entry>STRING</entry>
+ <entry>Name to release</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+ Reply arguments:
+ <informaltable>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Argument</entry>
+ <entry>Type</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>0</entry>
+ <entry>UINT32</entry>
+ <entry>Return value</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This method call should be sent to
+ <literal>org.freedesktop.DBus</literal> and asks the message bus to
+ release the method caller's claim to the given name. If the caller is
+ the primary owner, a new primary owner will be selected from the
+ queue if any other owners are waiting. If the caller is waiting in
+ the queue for the name, the caller will removed from the queue and
+ will not be made an owner of the name if it later becomes available.
+ If there are no other owners in the queue for the name, it will be
+ removed from the bus entirely.
+
+ The return code can be one of the following values:
+
+ <informaltable>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Conventional Name</entry>
+ <entry>Value</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>DBUS_RELEASE_NAME_REPLY_RELEASED</entry>
+ <entry>1</entry> <entry>The caller has released his claim on
+ the given name. Either the caller was the primary owner of
+ the name, and the name is now unused or taken by somebody
+ waiting in the queue for the name, or the caller was waiting
+ in the queue for the name and has now been removed from the
+ queue.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>DBUS_RELEASE_NAME_REPLY_NON_EXISTENT</entry>
+ <entry>2</entry>
+ <entry>The given name does not exist on this bus.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>DBUS_RELEASE_NAME_REPLY_NOT_OWNER</entry>
+ <entry>3</entry>
+ <entry>The caller was not the primary owner of this name,
+ and was also not waiting in the queue to own this name.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+ </para>
</sect3>
</sect2>