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diff --git a/doc/afm-system-daemon.md b/doc/afm-system-daemon.md index 7589574..2db11d8 100644 --- a/doc/afm-system-daemon.md +++ b/doc/afm-system-daemon.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ The afm-system-daemon ===================== version: 1 - Date: 29 mai 2016 + Date: 30 mai 2016 Author: José Bollo TABLE-OF-CONTENT-HERE @@ -12,29 +12,26 @@ TABLE-OF-CONTENT-HERE Foreword -------- -This document describes what we intend to do. It may happen that our -current implementation and the content of this document differ. - -In case of differences, it is assumed that this document is right -and the implementation is wrong. +This document describes application framework system daemon fundamentals. +FCF (Fully Conform to Specification) implementation is still under development. +It may happen that current implementation somehow diverges with specifications. Introduction ------------ The daemon **afm-system-daemon** is in charge of installing -applications on the system. Its main tasks are: +applications on AGL system. Its main tasks are: - - installs the applications and setup the security framework - to include it + - installs applications and setup security framework + for newly installed application. - - uninstall the applications + - uninstall applications -The **afm-system-daemon** takes its orders from the system +The **afm-system-daemon** takes its orders from system instance of D-Bus. -The figure below summarizes the situation of the -**afm-system-daemon** in the system. +The figure below summarizes the situation of **afm-system-daemon** in the system. +------------------------------------------------------------+ | User | @@ -115,7 +112,7 @@ D-Bus is mainly used for signaling and discovery. Its optimized typed protocol is not used except for transmitting only one string in both directions. -The client and the service are using JSON serialisation to +The client and the service are using JSON serialization to exchange data. The D-Bus interface is defined by: @@ -129,10 +126,10 @@ The D-Bus interface is defined by: The signature of any member of the interface is ***string -> string*** for ***JSON -> JSON***. -This is the normal case. In case of error, the current implmentation +This is the normal case. In case of error, the current implementation returns a dbus error that is a string. -Here is an example that use *dbus-send* to query data on +Here is an example using *dbus-send* to query data on installed applications. dbus-send --session --print-reply \ @@ -146,24 +143,23 @@ installed applications. #### Method org.AGL.afm.system.install -**Description**: Install an application from its widget file. +**Description**: Install an application from a widget file. -If an application of the same *id* and *version* exists, it is not -reinstalled except if *force=true*. +When an application with the same *id* and *version* already exists. Outside of +using *force=true* the application is not reinstalled. -Applications are installed in the subdirectories of the common directory -of applications. +Applications are installed the subdirectories of applications common directory. If *root* is specified, the application is installed under the sub-directories of the *root* defined. -Note that this methods is a simple accessor to the method -***org.AGL.afm.system.install*** of ***afm-system-daemon***. +Note that this methods is a simple accessor method of +***org.AGL.afm.system.install*** from ***afm-system-daemon***. After the installation and before returning to the sender, -***afm-system-daemon*** sends the signal ***org.AGL.afm.system.changed***. +***afm-system-daemon*** sends a signal ***org.AGL.afm.system.changed***. -**Input**: The *path* of the widget file to install and, optionaly, -a flag to *force* reinstallation, and, optionaly, a *root* directory. +**Input**: The *path* of the widget file to install and, optionally, +a flag to *force* reinstallation, and, optionally, a *root* directory. Either just a string being the absolute path of the widget file: @@ -191,14 +187,13 @@ the id of the added application. **Description**: Uninstall an application from its id. -Note that this methods is a simple accessor to the method -***org.AGL.afm.system.uninstall*** of ***afm-system-daemon***. +Note that this methods is a simple method accessor of +***org.AGL.afm.system.uninstall*** from ***afm-system-daemon***. After the uninstallation and before returning to the sender, -***afm-system-daemon*** sends the signal ***org.AGL.afm.system.changed***. +***afm-system-daemon*** sends a signal ***org.AGL.afm.system.changed***. -**Input**: the *id* of the application and, otpionaly, the path to -*root* of the application. +**Input**: the *id* of the application and optionally the application *root* path. Either a string: @@ -213,38 +208,6 @@ Or an object: **output**: the value 'true'. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [meta-intel]: https://github.com/01org/meta-intel-iot-security "A collection of layers providing security technologies" [widgets]: http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets "Packaged Web Apps" [widgets-digsig]: http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-digsig "XML Digital Signatures for Widgets" |