bluez/doc/battery-api.txt
Sonny Sasaka 0ba3339c5c doc: Add Battery Provider API doc
This patch add the documentation of the Battery Provider which lets
external clients feed battery information to BlueZ if they are able to
decode battery reporting via any profile. BlueZ UI clients can then use
the org.bluez.Battery1 API as a single source of battery information
coming from many different profiles.

Reviewed-by: Miao-chen Chou <mcchou@chromium.org>
2020-11-30 16:16:28 -08:00

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BlueZ D-Bus Battery API description
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Battery hierarchy
=================
Service org.bluez
Interface org.bluez.Battery1
Object path [variable prefix]/{hci0,hci1,...}/dev_XX_XX_XX_XX_XX_XX
Properties byte Percentage [readonly]
The percentage of battery left as an unsigned 8-bit integer.
string Source [readonly, optional, experimental]
Describes where the battery information comes from
This property is informational only and may be useful
for debugging purposes.
Providers from BatteryProvider1 may make use of this
property to indicate where the battery report comes from
(e.g. "HFP 1.7", "HID", or the profile UUID).
Battery Provider Manager hierarchy
==================================
A battery provider starts by registering itself as a battery provider with the
RegisterBatteryProvider method passing an object path as the provider ID. Then,
it can start exposing org.bluez.BatteryProvider1 objects having the path
starting with the given provider ID. It can also remove objects at any time.
The objects and their properties exposed by battery providers will be reflected
on org.bluez.Battery1 interface.
BlueZ will stop monitoring these exposed and removed objects after
UnregisterBatteryProvider is called for that provider ID.
Service org.bluez
Interface org.bluez.BatteryProviderManager1 [experimental]
Object path /org/bluez/{hci0,hci1,...}
Methods void RegisterBatteryProvider(object provider)
This registers a battery provider. A registered
battery provider can then expose objects with
org.bluez.BatteryProvider1 interface described below.
void UnregisterBatteryProvider(object provider)
This unregisters a battery provider. After
unregistration, the BatteryProvider1 objects provided
by this client are ignored by BlueZ.
Battery Provider hierarchy
==========================
Service <client D-Bus address>
Interface org.bluez.BatteryProvider1 [experimental]
Object path {provider_root}/{unique battery object path}
Properties Objects provided on this interface contain the same properties
as org.bluez.Battery1 interface. Additionally, this interface
needs to have the Device property indicating the object path
of the device this battery provides.
object Device [readonly]
The object path of the device that has this battery.