2 files changed, 40 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/common/dbus-helper.c b/common/dbus-helper.c
index aacae487..003d9837 100644
--- a/common/dbus-helper.c
+++ b/common/dbus-helper.c
@@ -479,6 +479,41 @@ void dbus_message_iter_append_dict_entry(DBusMessageIter *dict,
 	dbus_message_iter_close_container(dict, &entry);
 }
 
+void dbus_message_iter_append_dict_valist(DBusMessageIter *iter,
+					const char *first_key,
+					va_list var_args)
+{
+	DBusMessageIter dict;
+	const char *key;
+	int type;
+	void *val;
+
+	dbus_message_iter_open_container(iter, DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY,
+			DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_BEGIN_CHAR_AS_STRING
+			DBUS_TYPE_STRING_AS_STRING DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT_AS_STRING
+			DBUS_DICT_ENTRY_END_CHAR_AS_STRING, &dict);
+
+	key = first_key;
+	while (key) {
+		type = va_arg(var_args, int);
+		val = va_arg(var_args, void *);
+		dbus_message_iter_append_dict_entry(&dict, key, type, val);
+		key = va_arg(var_args, char *);
+	}
+
+	dbus_message_iter_close_container(iter, &dict);
+}
+
+void dbus_message_iter_append_dict(DBusMessageIter *iter,
+					const char *first_key, ...)
+{
+	va_list var_args;
+
+	va_start(var_args, first_key);
+	dbus_message_iter_append_dict_valist(iter, first_key, var_args);
+	va_end(var_args);
+}
+
 dbus_bool_t dbus_connection_emit_signal_valist(DBusConnection *conn,
 						const char *path,
 						const char *interface,
diff --git a/common/dbus-helper.h b/common/dbus-helper.h
index b95d79c4..57c3d09b 100644
--- a/common/dbus-helper.h
+++ b/common/dbus-helper.h
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ dbus_bool_t dbus_connection_unregister_interface(DBusConnection *connection,
 void dbus_message_iter_append_variant(DBusMessageIter *iter, int type, void *val);
 void dbus_message_iter_append_dict_entry(DBusMessageIter *dict,
 					const char *key, int type, void *val);
-
+void dbus_message_iter_append_dict_valist(DBusMessageIter *iter,
+					const char *first_key,
+					va_list var_args);
+void dbus_message_iter_append_dict(DBusMessageIter *iter,
+					const char *first_key, ...);
 dbus_bool_t dbus_connection_emit_signal(DBusConnection *conn, const char *path,
 					const char *interface, const char *name,
 					int first, ...);