TpContact

typedef struct _TpContact TpContact;

An object representing a contact on a TpConnection.

Contact objects support tracking a number of attributes of contacts, as described by the TpContactFeature flags. Features can be specified when instantiating contact objects (with tp_connection_get_contacts_by_id() or tp_connection_get_contacts_by_handle()), or added to an existing contact object with tp_connection_upgrade_contacts(). For example, a client wishing to keep track of a contact's alias would set TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_ALIAS, and then listen for the "notify::alias" signal, emitted whenever the "alias" property changes.

Note that releasing a TpContact object might release handle references held by calling tp_cli_connection_call_request_handles(), tp_cli_connection_run_request_handles(), tp_cli_connection_call_hold_handles(), tp_cli_connection_run_hold_handles(), tp_cli_connection_interface_contacts_call_get_contact_attributes() or tp_cli_connection_interface_contacts_run_get_contact_attributes() directly. Those functions should be avoided in favour of using TpContact, tp_connection_hold_handles(), tp_connection_request_handles() and tp_connection_get_contact_attributes().

Since 0.7.18

enum TpContactFeature

typedef enum {
    TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_ALIAS,
    TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_AVATAR_TOKEN,
    TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_PRESENCE,
    TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_LOCATION,
    TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CAPABILITIES,
    TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_AVATAR_DATA,
    TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CONTACT_INFO,
    TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CLIENT_TYPES,
    TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_SUBSCRIPTION_STATES,
    TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CONTACT_GROUPS,
    TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CONTACT_BLOCKING,
} TpContactFeature;

Enumeration representing the features a TpContact can optionally support. When requesting a TpContact, library users specify the desired features; the TpContact code will only initialize state for those features, to avoid unwanted D-Bus round-trips and signal connections.

Since 0.11.5, there is a corresponding GEnumClass type, TP_TYPE_CONTACT_FEATURE.

Since 0.7.18

TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_INVALID

#define TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_INVALID ((TpContactFeature) -1)

An invalid TpContactFeature. Used as list termination. See for example tp_simple_client_factory_add_contact_features_varargs().

Since 0.15.5

NUM_TP_CONTACT_FEATURES

#define NUM_TP_CONTACT_FEATURES TP_NUM_CONTACT_FEATURES

1 higher than the highest TpContactFeature supported by this version of telepathy-glib. Use TP_NUM_CONTACT_FEATURES in new code.

Since 0.7.18

TP_NUM_CONTACT_FEATURES

#define TP_NUM_CONTACT_FEATURES (TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CONTACT_BLOCKING + 1)

1 higher than the highest TpContactFeature supported by this version of telepathy-glib.

Since 0.19.0

TP_TYPE_CONTACT_FEATURE

#define TP_TYPE_CONTACT_FEATURE (tp_contact_feature_get_type ())

The GEnumClass type of a TpContactFeature.

Since 0.11.5

TpConnectionContactsByHandleCb ()

void                (*TpConnectionContactsByHandleCb)   (TpConnection *connection,
                                                         guint n_contacts,
                                                         TpContact * const *contacts,
                                                         guint n_failed,
                                                         const TpHandle *failed,
                                                         const GError *error,
                                                         gpointer user_data,
                                                         GObject *weak_object);

Signature of a callback used to receive the result of tp_connection_get_contacts_by_handle().

If an unrecoverable error occurs (for instance, if connection becomes disconnected) the whole operation fails, and no contacts or invalid handles are returned.

If some or even all of the handles passed to tp_connection_get_contacts_by_handle() were not valid, this is not considered to be a failure. error will be NULL in this situation, contacts will contain contact objects for those handles that were valid (possibly none of them), and invalid will contain the handles that were not valid.

Since 0.7.18

tp_connection_dup_contact_if_possible ()

TpContact *         tp_connection_dup_contact_if_possible
                                                        (TpConnection *connection,
                                                         TpHandle handle,
                                                         const gchar *identifier);

Try to return an existing contact object or create a new contact object immediately.

If tp_connection_has_immortal_handles() would return TRUE and identifier is non-NULL, this function always succeeds.

On connections without immortal handles, it is not possible to guarantee that handle remains valid without making asynchronous D-Bus calls, so it might be necessary to delay processing of messages or other events until a TpContact can be constructed asynchronously, for instance by using tp_connection_get_contacts_by_id().

Similarly, if identifier is NULL, it might not be possible to find the identifier for handle without making asynchronous D-Bus calls, so it might be necessary to delay processing of messages or other events until a TpContact can be constructed asynchronously, for instance by using tp_connection_get_contacts_by_handle().

Since 0.13.9

tp_connection_get_contacts_by_handle ()

void                tp_connection_get_contacts_by_handle
                                                        (TpConnection *self,
                                                         guint n_handles,
                                                         const TpHandle *handles,
                                                         guint n_features,
                                                         const TpContactFeature *features,
                                                         TpConnectionContactsByHandleCb callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data,
                                                         GDestroyNotify destroy,
                                                         GObject *weak_object);

Create a number of TpContact objects and make asynchronous method calls to hold their handles and ensure that all the features specified in features are ready for use (if they are supported at all).

It is not an error to put features in features even if the connection manager doesn't support them - users of this method should have a static list of features they would like to use if possible, and use it for all connection managers.

Since 0.7.18

TpConnectionContactsByIdCb ()

void                (*TpConnectionContactsByIdCb)       (TpConnection *connection,
                                                         guint n_contacts,
                                                         TpContact * const *contacts,
                                                         const gchar * const *requested_ids,
                                                         GHashTable *failed_id_errors,
                                                         const GError *error,
                                                         gpointer user_data,
                                                         GObject *weak_object);

Signature of a callback used to receive the result of tp_connection_get_contacts_by_id().

requested_ids contains the IDs that were converted to handles successfully. The normalized form of requested_ids[i] is tp_contact_get_identifier (contacts[i]).

If some or even all of the ids passed to tp_connection_get_contacts_by_id() were not valid, this is not considered to be a fatal error. error will be NULL in this situation, contacts will contain contact objects for those IDs that were valid (it may be empty), and failed_id_errors will map the IDs that were not valid to a corresponding GError (if the connection manager complies with the Telepathy spec, it will have domain TP_ERROR and code TP_ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE).

If an unrecoverable error occurs (for instance, if connection becomes disconnected) the whole operation fails, and no contacts or requested IDs are returned. failed_id_errors will contain all the IDs that were requested, mapped to a corresponding GError (either one indicating that the ID was invalid, if that was determined before the fatal error occurred, or a copy of error).

Since 0.7.18

tp_connection_get_contacts_by_id ()

void                tp_connection_get_contacts_by_id    (TpConnection *self,
                                                         guint n_ids,
                                                         const gchar * const *ids,
                                                         guint n_features,
                                                         const TpContactFeature *features,
                                                         TpConnectionContactsByIdCb callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data,
                                                         GDestroyNotify destroy,
                                                         GObject *weak_object);

Create a number of TpContact objects and make asynchronous method calls to obtain their handles and ensure that all the features specified in features are ready for use (if they are supported at all).

It is not an error to put features in features even if the connection manager doesn't support them - users of this method should have a static list of features they would like to use if possible, and use it for all connection managers.

Since 0.7.18

TpConnectionUpgradeContactsCb ()

void                (*TpConnectionUpgradeContactsCb)    (TpConnection *connection,
                                                         guint n_contacts,
                                                         TpContact * const *contacts,
                                                         const GError *error,
                                                         gpointer user_data,
                                                         GObject *weak_object);

Signature of a callback used to receive the result of tp_connection_upgrade_contacts().

If an unrecoverable error occurs (for instance, if connection becomes disconnected) it is indicated by error, but the contacts in contacts are still provided.

Since 0.7.18

tp_connection_upgrade_contacts ()

void                tp_connection_upgrade_contacts      (TpConnection *self,
                                                         guint n_contacts,
                                                         TpContact * const *contacts,
                                                         guint n_features,
                                                         const TpContactFeature *features,
                                                         TpConnectionUpgradeContactsCb callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data,
                                                         GDestroyNotify destroy,
                                                         GObject *weak_object);

Given several TpContact objects, make asynchronous method calls ensure that all the features specified in features are ready for use (if they are supported at all).

It is not an error to put features in features even if the connection manager doesn't support them - users of this method should have a static list of features they would like to use if possible, and use it for all connection managers.

Since 0.7.18

tp_connection_refresh_contact_info ()

void                tp_connection_refresh_contact_info  (TpConnection *self,
                                                         guint n_contacts,
                                                         TpContact * const *contacts);

Requests to refresh the "contact-info" property on each contact from contacts, requesting it from the network if an up-to-date version is not cached locally. "notify::contact-info" will be emitted when the contact's information are updated.

If TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CONTACT_INFO is not yet set on a contact, it will be set before its property gets updated.

Since 0.11.7

tp_contact_get_alias ()

const gchar *       tp_contact_get_alias                (TpContact *self);

Return the contact's alias. This remains valid until the main loop is re-entered; if the caller requires a string that will persist for longer than that, it must be copied with g_strdup().

Since 0.7.18

tp_contact_get_avatar_token ()

const gchar *       tp_contact_get_avatar_token         (TpContact *self);

Return the contact's avatar token. This remains valid until the main loop is re-entered; if the caller requires a string that will persist for longer than that, it must be copied with g_strdup().

Since 0.7.18

tp_contact_get_avatar_file ()

GFile *             tp_contact_get_avatar_file          (TpContact *self);

Return the contact's avatar file. This remains valid until the main loop is re-entered; if the caller requires a GFile that will persist for longer than that, it must be reffed with g_object_ref().

Since 0.11.6

tp_contact_get_avatar_mime_type ()

const gchar *       tp_contact_get_avatar_mime_type     (TpContact *self);

Return the contact's avatar MIME type. This remains valid until the main loop is re-entered; if the caller requires a string that will persist for longer than that, it must be copied with g_strdup().

Since 0.11.6

tp_contact_get_client_types ()

const gchar * const * tp_contact_get_client_types       (TpContact *self);

Return the contact's client types or NULL if the client types are unspecified.

Since 0.13.1

tp_contact_get_account ()

TpAccount *         tp_contact_get_account              (TpContact *self);

Return the TpAccount of self's "connection". See tp_connection_get_account() for details.

Since 0.19.0

tp_contact_get_connection ()

TpConnection *      tp_contact_get_connection           (TpContact *self);

Since 0.7.18

tp_contact_get_handle ()

TpHandle            tp_contact_get_handle               (TpContact *self);

Return the contact's handle, which is of type TP_HANDLE_TYPE_CONTACT, or 0 if the "connection" has become invalid.

This handle is referenced using the Telepathy D-Bus API and remains referenced for as long as self exists and the "connection" remains valid.

However, the caller of this function does not gain an additional reference to the handle.

Since 0.7.18

tp_contact_get_identifier ()

const gchar *       tp_contact_get_identifier           (TpContact *self);

Return the contact's identifier. This remains valid for as long as self exists; if the caller requires a string that will persist for longer than that, it must be copied with g_strdup().

Since 0.7.18

tp_contact_get_presence_message ()

const gchar *       tp_contact_get_presence_message     (TpContact *self);

Return the contact's user-defined status message, or an empty string. This remains valid until the main loop is re-entered; if the caller requires a string that will persist for longer than that, it must be copied with g_strdup().

Since 0.7.18

tp_contact_get_presence_status ()

const gchar *       tp_contact_get_presence_status      (TpContact *self);

Return the name of the contact's presence status, or an empty string. This remains valid until the main loop is re-entered; if the caller requires a string that will persist for longer than that, it must be copied with g_strdup().

Since 0.7.18

tp_contact_get_presence_type ()

TpConnectionPresenceType tp_contact_get_presence_type   (TpContact *self);

If this object has been set up to track TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_PRESENCE and the underlying connection supports either the Presence or SimplePresence interfaces, return the type of the contact's presence.

Otherwise, return TP_CONNECTION_PRESENCE_TYPE_UNSET.

Since 0.7.18

tp_contact_get_location ()

GHashTable *        tp_contact_get_location             (TpContact *self);

Return the contact's user-defined location or NULL if the location is unspecified. This remains valid until the main loop is re-entered; if the caller requires a hash table that will persist for longer than that, it must be reffed with g_hash_table_ref().

Since 0.11.1

tp_contact_dup_location ()

GVariant *          tp_contact_dup_location             (TpContact *self);

Return the contact's user-defined location, or NULL if the location is unspecified.

This function returns the same information as tp_contact_get_location(), but in a different format.

Since 0.19.10

tp_contact_get_capabilities ()

TpCapabilities *    tp_contact_get_capabilities         (TpContact *self);

Since 0.11.3

tp_contact_get_contact_info ()

GList *             tp_contact_get_contact_info         (TpContact *self);

Returns a newly allocated GList of contact's vCard fields. The list must be freed with g_list_free() after used.

Note that the TpContactInfoFields in the returned GList are not dupped before returning from this function. One could copy every item in the list using tp_contact_info_field_copy().

Same as the "contact-info" property.

Since 0.11.7

tp_contact_dup_contact_info ()

GList *             tp_contact_dup_contact_info         (TpContact *self);

Returns a newly allocated GList of contact's vCard fields. The list must be freed with tp_contact_info_list_free() after used.

Same as the "contact-info" property.

Since 0.19.9

tp_contact_is_blocked ()

gboolean            tp_contact_is_blocked               (TpContact *self);

Since 0.17.0

tp_contact_request_contact_info_async ()

void                tp_contact_request_contact_info_async
                                                        (TpContact *self,
                                                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Requests an asynchronous request of the contact info of self. When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call tp_contact_request_contact_info_finish() to get the result of the operation.

If the operation is successful, the "contact-info" property will be updated (emitting "notify::contact-info" signal) before callback is called. That means you can call tp_contact_get_contact_info() to get the new vCard inside callback.

Note that requesting the vCard from the network can take significant time, so a bigger timeout is set on the underlying D-Bus call. cancellable can be cancelled to free resources used in the D-Bus call if the caller is no longer interested in the vCard.

If TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CONTACT_INFO is not yet set on self, it will be set before its property gets updated and callback is called.

Since 0.11.7

tp_contact_request_contact_info_finish ()

gboolean            tp_contact_request_contact_info_finish
                                                        (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes an async request of self info. If the operation was successful, the contact's vCard can be accessed using tp_contact_get_contact_info().

Since 0.11.7

tp_contact_get_subscribe_state ()

TpSubscriptionState tp_contact_get_subscribe_state      (TpContact *self);

Return the state of the local user's subscription to this remote contact's presence.

This is set to TP_SUBSCRIPTION_STATE_UNKNOWN until TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_SUBSCRIPTION_STATES has been prepared

Since 0.13.12

tp_contact_get_publish_state ()

TpSubscriptionState tp_contact_get_publish_state        (TpContact *self);

Return the state of this remote contact's subscription to the local user's presence.

This is set to TP_SUBSCRIPTION_STATE_UNKNOWN until TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_SUBSCRIPTION_STATES has been prepared

Since 0.13.12

tp_contact_get_publish_request ()

const gchar *       tp_contact_get_publish_request      (TpContact *self);

If "publish-state" is set to TP_SUBSCRIPTION_STATE_ASK, return the message that this remote contact sent when they requested permission to see the local user's presence, an empty string ("") otherwise. This remains valid until the main loop is re-entered; if the caller requires a string that will persist for longer than that, it must be copied with g_strdup().

This is set to NULL until TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_SUBSCRIPTION_STATES has been prepared, and it is guaranteed to be non-NULL afterward.

Since 0.13.12

tp_contact_get_contact_groups ()

const gchar * const * tp_contact_get_contact_groups     (TpContact *self);

Return names of groups of which a contact is a member. It is incorrect to call this method before TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CONTACT_GROUPS has been prepared. This remains valid until the main loop is re-entered; if the caller requires a GStrv that will persist for longer than that, it must be copied with g_strdupv().

Since 0.13.14

tp_contact_set_contact_groups_async ()

void                tp_contact_set_contact_groups_async (TpContact *self,
                                                         gint n_groups,
                                                         const gchar * const *groups,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Add self to the given groups (creating new groups if necessary), and remove it from all other groups. If the user is removed from a group of which they were the only member, the group MAY be removed automatically. You can then call tp_contact_set_contact_groups_finish() to get the result of the operation.

If the operation is successful and TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CONTACT_GROUPS is prepared, the "contact-groups" property will be updated (emitting "notify::contact-groups" signal) and "contact-groups-changed" signal will be emitted before callback is called. That means you can call tp_contact_get_contact_groups() to get the new contact groups inside callback.

Since 0.13.14

tp_contact_set_contact_groups_finish ()

gboolean            tp_contact_set_contact_groups_finish
                                                        (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes an async set of self contact groups.

Since 0.13.14

tp_contact_has_feature ()

gboolean            tp_contact_has_feature              (TpContact *self,
                                                         TpContactFeature feature);

Since 0.7.18

tp_connection_dup_contact_by_id_async ()

void                tp_connection_dup_contact_by_id_async
                                                        (TpConnection *self,
                                                         const gchar *id,
                                                         guint n_features,
                                                         const TpContactFeature *features,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Create a TpContact object and make any asynchronous method calls necessary to ensure that all the features specified in features are ready for use (if they are supported at all).

It is not an error to put features in features even if the connection manager doesn't support them - users of this method should have a static list of features they would like to use if possible, and use it for all connection managers.

Since 0.19.0

tp_connection_dup_contact_by_id_finish ()

TpContact *         tp_connection_dup_contact_by_id_finish
                                                        (TpConnection *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes tp_connection_dup_contact_by_id_async().

Since 0.19.0

tp_connection_upgrade_contacts_async ()

void                tp_connection_upgrade_contacts_async
                                                        (TpConnection *self,
                                                         guint n_contacts,
                                                         TpContact * const *contacts,
                                                         guint n_features,
                                                         const TpContactFeature *features,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Given several TpContact objects, make asynchronous method calls ensure that all the features specified in features are ready for use (if they are supported at all).

It is not an error to put features in features even if the connection manager doesn't support them - users of this method should have a static list of features they would like to use if possible, and use it for all connection managers.

Since 0.19.0

tp_connection_upgrade_contacts_finish ()

gboolean            tp_connection_upgrade_contacts_finish
                                                        (TpConnection *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GPtrArray **contacts,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes tp_connection_upgrade_contacts_async().

Since 0.19.0

tp_contact_request_subscription_async ()

void                tp_contact_request_subscription_async
                                                        (TpContact *self,
                                                         const gchar *message,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Convenience wrapper for tp_connection_request_subscription_async() on a single contact.

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_request_subscription_finish ()

gboolean            tp_contact_request_subscription_finish
                                                        (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes tp_contact_request_subscription_async()

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_authorize_publication_async ()

void                tp_contact_authorize_publication_async
                                                        (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Convenience wrapper for tp_connection_authorize_publication_async() on a single contact.

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_authorize_publication_finish ()

gboolean            tp_contact_authorize_publication_finish
                                                        (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes tp_contact_authorize_publication_async()

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_remove_async ()

void                tp_contact_remove_async             (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Convenience wrapper for tp_connection_remove_contacts_async() on a single contact.

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_remove_finish ()

gboolean            tp_contact_remove_finish            (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes tp_contact_remove_async()

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_unsubscribe_async ()

void                tp_contact_unsubscribe_async        (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Convenience wrapper for tp_connection_unsubscribe_async() on a single contact.

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_unsubscribe_finish ()

gboolean            tp_contact_unsubscribe_finish       (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes tp_contact_unsubscribe_async()

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_unpublish_async ()

void                tp_contact_unpublish_async          (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Convenience wrapper for tp_connection_unpublish_async() on a single contact.

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_unpublish_finish ()

gboolean            tp_contact_unpublish_finish         (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes tp_contact_unpublish_async()

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_add_to_group_async ()

void                tp_contact_add_to_group_async       (TpContact *self,
                                                         const gchar *group,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Convenience wrapper for tp_connection_add_to_group_async() on a single contact.

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_add_to_group_finish ()

gboolean            tp_contact_add_to_group_finish      (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes tp_contact_add_to_group_async()

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_remove_from_group_async ()

void                tp_contact_remove_from_group_async  (TpContact *self,
                                                         const gchar *group,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Convenience wrapper for tp_connection_remove_from_group_async() on a single contact.

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_remove_from_group_finish ()

gboolean            tp_contact_remove_from_group_finish (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes tp_contact_remove_from_group_async()

Since 0.15.5

tp_contact_block_async ()

void                tp_contact_block_async              (TpContact *self,
                                                         gboolean report_abusive,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Block communications with a contact, optionally reporting the contact as abusive to the server administrators. To block more than one contact at once, see tp_connection_block_contacts_async().

Since 0.17.0

tp_contact_block_finish ()

gboolean            tp_contact_block_finish             (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes tp_contact_block_async()

Since 0.17.0

tp_contact_unblock_async ()

void                tp_contact_unblock_async            (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Unblock communications with a contact. To unblock more than one contact at once, see tp_connection_unblock_contacts_async().

Since 0.17.0

tp_contact_unblock_finish ()

gboolean            tp_contact_unblock_finish           (TpContact *self,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Finishes tp_contact_unblock_async()

Since 0.17.0

The "alias" property

  "alias"                    gchar*                : Read

The contact's alias if available, falling back to their "identifier" if no alias is available or if the TpContact has not been set up to track TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_ALIAS.

This alias may have been supplied by the contact themselves, or by the local user, so it does not necessarily unambiguously identify the contact. However, it is suitable for use as a main "display name" for the contact.

This is never NULL for contact objects that are visible to library-user code.

Default value: NULL

The "avatar-file" property

  "avatar-file"              GFile*                : Read

GFile to the latest cached avatar image, or NULL if this contact has no avatar, or if the avatar data is not yet retrieved.

When "avatar-token" changes, this property is not updated immediately, but will be updated when the new avatar data is retrieved and stored in cache. Until then, the file will keep its old value of the latest cached avatar image.

This is set to NULL if TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_AVATAR_DATA is not set on this contact. Note that setting TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_AVATAR_DATA will also implicitly set TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_AVATAR_TOKEN.

Since 0.11.6

The "avatar-mime-type" property

  "avatar-mime-type"         gchar*                : Read

MIME type of the latest cached avatar image, or NULL if this contact has no avatar, or if the avatar data is not yet retrieved.

This is always the MIME type of the image given by "avatar-file".

Default value: NULL

Since 0.11.6

The "avatar-token" property

  "avatar-token"             gchar*                : Read

An opaque string representing state of the contact's avatar (depending on the protocol, this might be a hash, a timestamp or something else), or an empty string if there is no avatar.

This may be NULL if it is not known whether this contact has an avatar or not (either for network protocol reasons, or because this TpContact has not been set up to track TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_AVATAR_TOKEN).

Default value: NULL

The "capabilities" property

  "capabilities"             TpCapabilities*       : Read

The capabilities supported by this contact. If the underlying Connection doesn't support the ContactCapabilities interface, this property will contain the capabilities supported by the connection. Use tp_capabilities_is_specific_to_contact() to check if the capabilities are specific to this TpContact or not.

This may be NULL if this TpContact object has not been set up to track TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CAPABILITIES.

Since 0.11.3

The "client-types" property

  "client-types"             GStrv                 : Read

A GStrv containing the client types of this contact.

This is set to NULL if TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CLIENT_TYPES is not set on this contact; it may also be NULL if that feature is prepared, but the contact's client types are unknown.

Since 0.13.1

The "connection" property

  "connection"               TpConnection*         : Read

The TpConnection to which this contact belongs.

The "contact-groups" property

  "contact-groups"           GStrv                 : Read

a GStrv with names of groups of which a contact is a member.

This is set to NULL if TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CONTACT_GROUPS is not prepared on this contact, or if the connection does not implement ContactGroups interface.

Since 0.13.14

The "contact-info" property

  "contact-info"             TpContactInfoList*    : Read

A GList of TpContactInfoField representing the vCard of this contact.

This is set to NULL if TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CONTACT_INFO is not set on this contact.

Since 0.11.7

The "handle" property

  "handle"                   guint                 : Read

The contact's handle in the Telepathy D-Bus API, a handle of type TP_HANDLE_TYPE_CONTACT representing the string given by "identifier".

This handle is referenced using the Telepathy D-Bus API and remains referenced for as long as the TpContact exists and the "connection" remains valid.

However, getting this property does not cause an additional reference to the handle to be held.

If the "connection" becomes invalid, this property is no longer meaningful and will be set to 0.

Default value: 0

The "identifier" property

  "identifier"               gchar*                : Read

The contact's identifier in the instant messaging protocol (e.g. XMPP JID, SIP URI, AOL screenname or IRC nick - whatever the underlying protocol uses to identify a user).

This is never NULL for contact objects that are visible to library-user code.

Default value: NULL

The "is-blocked" property

  "is-blocked"               gboolean              : Read

TRUE if the contact has been blocked.

This is set to FALSE if TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_CONTACT_BLOCKING is not prepared on this contact, or if the connection does not implement ContactBlocking interface.

Default value: FALSE

Since 0.17.0

The "location" property

  "location"                 GHashTable_gchararray+GValue_*  : Read

If this contact has set a user-defined location, a string to GValue * hash table containing his location. If not, NULL. tp_asv_get_string() and similar functions can be used to access the contents.

This may be NULL even if the contact has set a location, if this TpContact object has not been set up to track TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_LOCATION.

Since 0.11.1

The "location-vardict" property

  "location-vardict"         GVariant*             : Read

If this contact has set a user-defined location, a string to variant map containing his location. If not, NULL. tp_vardict_get_string() and similar functions can be used to access the contents.

This may be NULL even if the contact has set a location, if this TpContact object has not been set up to track TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_LOCATION.

This property contains the same information as "location", in a different format.

Allowed values: GVariant<a{sv}>

Default value: NULL

Since 0.19.10

The "presence-message" property

  "presence-message"         gchar*                : Read

If this contact has set a user-defined status message, that message; if not, an empty string (which user interfaces may replace with a localized form of the "presence-status" or "presence-type").

This may be an empty string even if the contact has set a message, if this TpContact object has not been set up to track TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_PRESENCE. It is never NULL.

Default value: ""

The "presence-status" property

  "presence-status"          gchar*                : Read

A string representing the presence status of this contact. This may be a well-known string from the Telepathy specification, like "available", or a connection-manager-specific string, like "out-to-lunch".

This may be an empty string if this TpContact object has not been set up to track TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_PRESENCE. It is never NULL.

Default value: ""

The "presence-type" property

  "presence-type"            guint                 : Read

The TpConnectionPresenceType representing the type of presence status for this contact.

This is provided so even unknown values for "presence-status" can be classified into their fundamental types.

This may be TP_CONNECTION_PRESENCE_TYPE_UNSET if this TpContact has not been set up to track TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_PRESENCE.

Default value: 0

The "publish-request" property

  "publish-request"          gchar*                : Read

The message that contact sent when they requested permission to see the local user's presence, if "publish-state" is TP_SUBSCRIPTION_STATE_ASK, an empty string ("") otherwise.

This is set to NULL until TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_SUBSCRIPTION_STATES has been prepared, and it is guaranteed to be non-NULL afterward.

Default value: NULL

Since 0.13.12

The "publish-state" property

  "publish-state"            guint                 : Read

A TpSubscriptionState indicating the state of this contact's subscription to the local user's presence.

This is set to TP_SUBSCRIPTION_STATE_UNKNOWN until TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_SUBSCRIPTION_STATES has been prepared

Default value: 0

Since 0.13.12

The "subscribe-state" property

  "subscribe-state"          guint                 : Read

A TpSubscriptionState indicating the state of the local user's subscription to this contact's presence.

This is set to TP_SUBSCRIPTION_STATE_UNKNOWN until TP_CONTACT_FEATURE_SUBSCRIPTION_STATES has been prepared

Default value: 0

Since 0.13.12

The "contact-groups-changed" signal

void                user_function                      (TpContact *contact,
                                                        GStrv      added,
                                                        GStrv      removed,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

Emitted when this contact's groups changes. When this signal is emitted, "contact-groups" property is already updated.

Since 0.13.14

The "presence-changed" signal

void                user_function                      (TpContact *contact,
                                                        guint      type,
                                                        gchar     *status,
                                                        gchar     *message,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

Emitted when this contact's presence changes.

Since 0.11.7

The "subscription-states-changed" signal

void                user_function                      (TpContact *contact,
                                                        guint      subscribe,
                                                        guint      publish,
                                                        gchar     *publish_request,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)            : Run Last

Emitted when this contact's subscription states changes.

Since 0.13.12