Use generated dbus interface rather than editing it every time

src/conversation-list/conversation-list-model.vala

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public class ConversationListModel : Object, ListModel
     }
 
     private SortedSet<Conversation> _conversations;
-    private RepositoryService repository;
+    private DBusService.Repository repository;
     private uint dbus_watch_id;
     
     public ConversationListModel() {

src/meson.build

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ sources = [
     'application/kordophone-application.vala',
     'application/main-window.vala',
 
-    'service/repository-service.vala',
+    'service/interface/dbusservice.vala',
 
     'conversation-list/conversation-list-view.vala',
     'conversation-list/conversation-list-model.vala',

src/service/interface/dbusservice.vala

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* Generated by vala-dbus-binding-tool 1.0-aa2fb. Do not modify! */
+/* Generated with: vala-dbus-binding-tool --no-synced --strip-namespace=net --strip-namespace=buzzert --rename-namespace=kordophone:DBusService --api-path=xml/ */
+using GLib;
+
+namespace DBusService {
+
+	[DBus (name = "net.buzzert.kordophone.Settings", timeout = 120000)]
+	public interface Settings : GLib.Object {
+
+		[DBus (name = "ServerURL")]
+		public abstract string server_u_r_l { owned get; set; }
+
+		[DBus (name = "Username")]
+		public abstract string username { owned get; set; }
+
+		[DBus (name = "CredentialItem")]
+		public abstract GLib.ObjectPath credential_item { owned get; set; }
+
+		[DBus (name = "SetServer")]
+		public abstract void set_server(string url, string user) throws DBusError, IOError;
+
+		[DBus (name = "ConfigChanged")]
+		public signal void config_changed();
+	}
+
+	[DBus (name = "net.buzzert.kordophone.Repository", timeout = 120000)]
+	public interface Repository : GLib.Object {
+
+		[DBus (name = "GetVersion")]
+		public abstract string get_version() throws DBusError, IOError;
+
+		[DBus (name = "GetConversations")]
+		public abstract GLib.HashTable<string, GLib.Variant>[] get_conversations() throws DBusError, IOError;
+
+		[DBus (name = "SyncAllConversations")]
+		public abstract void sync_all_conversations() throws DBusError, IOError;
+
+		[DBus (name = "SyncConversation")]
+		public abstract void sync_conversation(string conversation_id) throws DBusError, IOError;
+
+		[DBus (name = "ConversationsUpdated")]
+		public signal void conversations_updated();
+
+		[DBus (name = "GetMessages")]
+		public abstract GLib.HashTable<string, GLib.Variant>[] get_messages(string conversation_id, string last_message_id) throws DBusError, IOError;
+
+		[DBus (name = "MessagesUpdated")]
+		public signal void messages_updated(string conversation_id);
+	}
+}

src/service/interface/generate.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if ! command -v vala-dbus-binding-tool >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Error: vala-dbus-binding-tool not found. Please install it first."
+    echo "https://github.com/freesmartphone/vala-dbus-binding-tool"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+vala-dbus-binding-tool --no-synced --strip-namespace=net --strip-namespace=buzzert --rename-namespace=kordophone:DBusService --api-path=xml/ 
+

src/service/interface/xml/net.buzzert.kordophonecd.Server.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<!DOCTYPE node PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Object Introspection 1.0//EN"
+                      "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/introspect.dtd">
+<node>
+    <interface name="net.buzzert.kordophone.Repository">
+        <method name="GetVersion">
+            <arg type="s" name="version" direction="out" />
+            <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.DocString" 
+                        value="Returns the version of the client daemon."/>
+        </method>
+
+        <!-- Conversations -->
+
+        <method name="GetConversations">
+            <arg type="aa{sv}" direction="out" name="conversations">
+            <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.DocString" 
+                        value="Array of dictionaries. Each dictionary has keys:
+                                'id' (string): Unique identifier
+                                'display_name' (string): Display name
+                                'last_message_preview' (string): Preview text
+                                'is_unread' (boolean): Unread status
+                                'date' (int64): Date of last message
+                                'participants' (array of strings): List of participants
+                                'unread_count' (int32): Number of unread messages"/>
+            </arg>
+        </method>
+
+        <method name="SyncAllConversations">
+            <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.DocString" 
+                        value="Initiates a background sync of all conversations with the server."/>
+        </method>
+
+        <method name="SyncConversation">
+            <arg type="s" name="conversation_id" direction="in"/>
+            <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.DocString" 
+                        value="Initiates a background sync of a single conversation with the server."/>
+        </method>
+
+        <signal name="ConversationsUpdated">
+            <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.DocString" 
+                        value="Emitted when the list of conversations is updated."/>
+        </signal>
+
+        <!-- Messages -->
+
+        <method name="GetMessages">
+            <arg type="s" name="conversation_id" direction="in"/>
+            <arg type="s" name="last_message_id" direction="in"/>
+            <arg type="aa{sv}" direction="out" name="messages"/>
+        </method>
+
+        <signal name="MessagesUpdated">
+            <arg type="s" name="conversation_id" direction="in"/>
+            <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.DocString" 
+                        value="Emitted when the list of messages is updated."/>
+        </signal>
+        
+    </interface>
+
+    <interface name="net.buzzert.kordophone.Settings">
+        <!-- editable properties -->
+        <property name="ServerURL" type="s" access="readwrite"/>
+        <property name="Username"  type="s" access="readwrite"/>
+
+        <!-- Secret-Service handle (object path) -->
+        <property name="CredentialItem" type="o" access="readwrite">
+            <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal"
+                        value="true"/>
+        </property>
+
+        <!-- helpers for atomic updates -->
+        <method name="SetServer">
+            <arg name="url"  type="s" direction="in"/>
+            <arg name="user" type="s" direction="in"/>
+        </method>
+
+        <!-- emitted when anything changes -->
+        <signal name="ConfigChanged"/>        
+    </interface>
+</node>

src/service/repository-service.vala

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-using GLib;
-
-[DBus (name = "net.buzzert.kordophone.Repository")]
-public interface RepositoryService : Object {
-    public abstract string get_version() throws DBusError, IOError;
-    
-    [DBus (signature = "aa{sv}")]
-    public abstract Variant get_conversations() throws DBusError, IOError;
-    
-    public abstract void sync_all_conversations() throws DBusError, IOError;
-    public abstract void sync_conversation(string conversation_id) throws DBusError, IOError;
-    
-    [DBus (signature = "aa{sv}")]
-    public abstract Variant get_messages(string conversation_id, string last_message_id) throws DBusError, IOError;
-    
-    public signal void conversations_updated();
-    public signal void messages_updated(string conversation_id);
-}