--- /dev/null
+Packages: gio-2.0
+D-Bus
+
+Program: client
+
+[DBus (name = "org.example.Test")]
+interface Test : Object {
+ public abstract HashTable<string, Variant> test_dict () throws IOError;
+}
+
+void main () {
+ // client
+ Test test = Bus.get_proxy_sync (BusType.SESSION, "org.example.Test", "/org/example/test");
+
+ HashTable<string, Variant> dict = test.test_dict ();
+ assert (dict.size () == 1);
+ Variant v = dict.lookup ("hello");
+ assert (v != null);
+ string[] s = (string[]) v;
+ assert (s.length == 1 && s[0] == "hello");
+}
+
+Program: server
+
+[DBus (name = "org.example.Test")]
+class Test : Object {
+ public HashTable<string, Variant> test_dict () {
+ string[] s = { "hello" };
+ HashTable<string, Variant> dict = new HashTable<string, Variant> (str_hash, null);
+ dict.insert ("hello", s);
+ return dict;
+ }
+}
+
+MainLoop main_loop;
+
+void client_exit (Pid pid, int status) {
+ // client finished, terminate server
+ assert (status == 0);
+ main_loop.quit ();
+}
+
+void main () {
+ var conn = Bus.get_sync (BusType.SESSION);
+ conn.register_object ("/org/example/test", new Test ());
+
+ // try to register service in session bus
+ var request_result = conn.call_sync ("org.freedesktop.DBus", "/org/freedesktop/DBus", "org.freedesktop.DBus", "RequestName",
+ new Variant ("(su)", "org.example.Test", 0x4), null, 0, -1);
+ assert ((uint) request_result.get_child_value (0) == 1);
+
+ // server ready, spawn client
+ Pid client_pid;
+ Process.spawn_async (null, { "test", "/dbus/dicts/client" }, null, SpawnFlags.DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD, null, out client_pid);
+ ChildWatch.add (client_pid, client_exit);
+
+ main_loop = new MainLoop ();
+ main_loop.run ();
+}