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| author | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2016-02-13 14:41:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2016-02-16 00:11:13 +0100 |
| commit | 2204dc1d58aadc9920d0a4c40b51a234d9a97e66 (patch) | |
| tree | aa03201ac9371d2162cb21fecd17a013921cff23 | |
| parent | 148b8c1da54bdf7d55fe601886082c449e9f6ffc (diff) | |
| download | NetworkManager-th/device-applied-connection-bgo760884.tar.gz | |
introspection: document the meaning of active connectionsth/device-applied-connection-bgo760884
| -rw-r--r-- | introspection/nm-active-connection.xml | 9 |
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diff --git a/introspection/nm-active-connection.xml b/introspection/nm-active-connection.xml index 4d5d15a1e5..203437b7cc 100644 --- a/introspection/nm-active-connection.xml +++ b/introspection/nm-active-connection.xml @@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ The Connection.Active object tracks the life-cycle of the connection attempt and if successful indicates whether the connected network is the "default" or preferred network for access. + NetworkManager has the concept of connections, which can be thought of as + settings, a profile or a configuration that can be applied on a networking + device. + Such settings-connections are exposed as D-Bus object and the active-connection + expresses this relationship between device and settings-connection. + At any time a settings-connection can only be activated on one device and vice + versa. However, during activation and deactivation multiple active-connections + can reference the same device or settings-connection as they are waiting to + be activated or to be deactivated. </tp:docstring> <property name="Connection" type="o" access="read"> |