Control

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Object Hierarchy:

Description:

Content:

Properties:

• public string backend_author { owned get; set; }
• public string backend_description { owned get; set; }
• public string backend_name { owned get; set; }
• public bool connected { get; set; }
• public string distro_id { owned get; set; }
• public uint64 filters { get; set; }
• public uint64 groups { get; set; }
• public virtual bool locked { get; set; }
• public string[] mime_types { owned get; set; }
• public Network network_state { get; set; }
• public uint64 provides { get; set; }
• public uint64 roles { get; set; }
• public uint version_major { get; }
• public uint version_micro { get; }
• public uint version_minor { get; }

Creation methods:

• public Control ()

Methods:

• public async Authorize can_authorize_async (string action_id, Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error
  We may want to know before we run a method if we are going to be denied, accepted or challenged for authentication.
• public virtual void connection_changed (bool connected)
• public async string get_daemon_state_async (Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error
  Gets the debugging state from the daemon.
• public bool get_properties (Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error
  Gets the properties the daemon supports.
• public async bool get_properties_async (Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error
  Gets global properties from the daemon.
• public async string get_tid_async (Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error
  Gets a transacton ID from the daemon.
• public async uint get_time_since_action_async (Role role, Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error
  We may want to know how long it has been since we refreshed the cache or retrieved the update list.
• public string[] get_transaction_list (Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error
  Gets the transaction list in progress.
• public async string[] get_transaction_list_async (Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error
  Gets the transactions currently running in the daemon.
• public virtual void network_state_changed ()
• public bool set_proxy (string proxy_http, string proxy_ftp, Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error
  Sets the network proxy to use in the daemon.
• public bool set_proxy2 (string proxy_http, string proxy_https, string proxy_ftp, string proxy_socks, string no_proxy, string pac, Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error
  Sets the network proxy to use in the daemon.
• public async void set_proxy2_async (string proxy_http, string proxy_https, string proxy_ftp, string proxy_socks, string no_proxy, string pac, Cancellable? cancellable)
  Set a proxy on the PK daemon
• public async bool set_proxy_async (string proxy_http, string proxy_ftp, Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error
  Set a proxy on the PK daemon
• public bool suggest_daemon_quit (Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error
  Suggests to the daemon that it should quit as soon as possible.
• public async bool suggest_daemon_quit_async (Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error
  Suggests to the daemon that it should quit as soon as possible.

Signals:

• public virtual signal void repo_list_changed ()
  The repo_list_changed signal is emitted when the repo list may have changed and the control program may have to update some UI.
• public virtual signal void restart_schedule ()
  The restart_schedule signal is emitted when the packagekitd service has been restarted because it has been upgraded.
• public virtual signal void transaction_list_changed (string[] transaction_ids)
  The transaction_list_changed signal is emitted when the list of transactions handled by the daemon is changed.
• public virtual signal void updates_changed ()
  The updates_changed signal is emitted when the update list may have changed and the control program may have to update some UI.

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