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List:       freedesktop-dbus
Subject:    Re: dbus performance with large payloads
From:       Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo () geek-central ! gen ! nz>
Date:       2023-06-09 0:56:04
Message-ID: 20230609125604.248ea406 () theon ! geek-central ! gen ! nz
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On Sat, 3 Jun 2023 09:02:47 +0000, Rohit Pai wrote:

> Can we still use regular dbus method call for such large payload ?

I would say, basically, try it and see.

Is your application tied to the presence of a GUI desktop environment?
Because that is the situation that D-Bus is designed for.

Otherwise, it's easy enough to design your own client/server-type
protocol. For example, I added a very basic (not to say crude)
JSON-based one for monitoring progress in my scan_disks scripts
<https://github.com/ldo/scan_disks>.
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