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+Functions of class **afb_daemon**
+============================
+
+All the functions of the class **afb_daemon** use the default api.
+This are internally aliased to the corresponding function of class afb_api_t.
+
+```C
+/**
+ * Retrieves the common systemd's event loop of AFB
+ */
+struct sd_event *afb_daemon_get_event_loop();
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves the common systemd's user/session d-bus of AFB
+ */
+struct sd_bus *afb_daemon_get_user_bus();
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves the common systemd's system d-bus of AFB
+ */
+struct sd_bus *afb_daemon_get_system_bus();
+
+/**
+ * Broadcasts widely the event of 'name' with the data 'object'.
+ * 'object' can be NULL.
+ *
+ * For convenience, the function calls 'json_object_put' for 'object'.
+ * Thus, in the case where 'object' should remain available after
+ * the function returns, the function 'json_object_get' shall be used.
+ *
+ * Calling this function is only forbidden during preinit.
+ *
+ * Returns the count of clients that received the event.
+ */
+int afb_daemon_broadcast_event(
+ const char *name,
+ struct json_object *object);
+
+/**
+ * Creates an event of 'name' and returns it.
+ *
+ * Calling this function is only forbidden during preinit.
+ *
+ * See afb_event_is_valid to check if there is an error.
+ */
+afb_event_t afb_daemon_make_event(
+ const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated use bindings version 3
+ *
+ * Send a message described by 'fmt' and following parameters
+ * to the journal for the verbosity 'level'.
+ *
+ * 'file', 'line' and 'func' are indicators of position of the code in source files
+ * (see macros __FILE__, __LINE__ and __func__).
+ *
+ * 'level' is defined by syslog standard:
+ * EMERGENCY 0 System is unusable
+ * ALERT 1 Action must be taken immediately
+ * CRITICAL 2 Critical conditions
+ * ERROR 3 Error conditions
+ * WARNING 4 Warning conditions
+ * NOTICE 5 Normal but significant condition
+ * INFO 6 Informational
+ * DEBUG 7 Debug-level messages
+ */
+void afb_daemon_verbose(
+ int level,
+ const char *file,
+ int line,
+ const char * func,
+ const char *fmt,
+ ...);
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated use bindings version 3
+ *
+ * Get the root directory file descriptor. This file descriptor can
+ * be used with functions 'openat', 'fstatat', ...
+ *
+ * Returns the file descriptor or -1 in case of error.
+ */
+int afb_daemon_rootdir_get_fd();
+
+/**
+ * Opens 'filename' within the root directory with 'flags' (see function openat)
+ * using the 'locale' definition (example: "jp,en-US") that can be NULL.
+ *
+ * Returns the file descriptor or -1 in case of error.
+ */
+int afb_daemon_rootdir_open_locale(
+ const char *filename,
+ int flags,
+ const char *locale);
+
+/**
+ * Queue the job defined by 'callback' and 'argument' for being executed asynchronously
+ * in this thread (later) or in an other thread.
+ * If 'group' is not NUL, the jobs queued with a same value (as the pointer value 'group')
+ * are executed in sequence in the order of there submission.
+ * If 'timeout' is not 0, it represent the maximum execution time for the job in seconds.
+ * At first, the job is called with 0 as signum and the given argument.
+ * The job is executed with the monitoring of its time and some signals like SIGSEGV and
+ * SIGFPE. When a such signal is catched, the job is terminated and reexecuted but with
+ * signum being the signal number (SIGALRM when timeout expired).
+ *
+ * Returns 0 in case of success or -1 in case of error.
+ */
+int afb_daemon_queue_job(
+ void (*callback)(int signum, void *arg),
+ void *argument,
+ void *group,
+ int timeout);
+
+/**
+ * Tells that it requires the API of "name" to exist
+ * and if 'initialized' is not null to be initialized.
+ * Calling this function is only allowed within init.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 in case of success or -1 in case of error.
+ */
+int afb_daemon_require_api(
+ const char *name,
+ int initialized);
+
+/**
+ * Create an aliased name 'as_name' for the api 'name'.
+ * Calling this function is only allowed within preinit.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 in case of success or -1 in case of error.
+ */
+int afb_daemon_add_alias(const char *name, const char *as_name);
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new api of name 'api' with brief 'info'.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 in case of success or -1 in case of error.
+ */
+int afb_daemon_new_api(
+ const char *api,
+ const char *info,
+ int noconcurrency,
+ int (*preinit)(void*, struct afb_api_x3 *),
+ void *closure);
+```