Packages: gio-2.0 D-Bus Program: client [DBus (name = "org.example.Test")] interface Test : Object { public abstract async void test_void () throws Error; public abstract async int test_int (int i, out int j) throws Error; public abstract async string test_string (string s, out string t) throws Error; public abstract async void test_cancellable (Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error; } MainLoop main_loop; async void run () { Test test = yield Bus.get_proxy (BusType.SESSION, "org.example.Test", "/org/example/test"); try { yield test.test_void (); assert_not_reached (); } catch { } try { int j, k; k = yield test.test_int (42, out j); assert_not_reached (); } catch { } try { string t, u; u = yield test.test_string ("hello", out t); assert_not_reached (); } catch { } try { var cancellable = new Cancellable (); cancellable.cancel (); yield test.test_cancellable (cancellable); assert_not_reached (); } catch { } main_loop.quit (); } void main () { // client run.begin (); main_loop = new MainLoop (null, false); main_loop.run (); } Program: server [DBus (name = "org.example.Test")] class Test : Object { public async void test_void () throws Error { Idle.add (test_void.callback); yield; throw new IOError.FAILED ("Operation failed"); } public async int test_int (int i, out int j) throws Error { Idle.add (test_int.callback); yield; throw new IOError.FAILED ("Operation failed"); } public async string test_string (string s, out string t) throws Error { Idle.add (test_string.callback); yield; throw new IOError.FAILED ("Operation failed"); } public async void test_cancellable (Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error { Idle.add (test_cancellable.callback); yield; } } 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, { "dbus_async_errors_client" }, null, SpawnFlags.DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD, null, out client_pid); ChildWatch.add (client_pid, client_exit); main_loop = new MainLoop (); main_loop.run (); }