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authorAlex Blasche <alexander.blasche@digia.com>2014-08-27 10:57:08 +0200
committerAlex Blasche <alexander.blasche@digia.com>2014-09-02 20:18:21 +0200
commit4ab9c732a466dc793e5ec162a928d4350a29281c (patch)
treeb5fb9c1e074fb8228936d34894ab61dd452e003f /src/bluetooth/qlowenergycharacteristic.cpp
parentbb4de7e992fc673884db553977b2756a165278b5 (diff)
Add support for BTLE write command (BlueZ/Linux)
So far, we only supported write requests which reply with write responses. Change-Id: Ibdad36dcf18dec23260f003911b9361cc4ab1e3d Reviewed-by: Lars Knoll <lars.knoll@digia.com>
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diff --git a/src/bluetooth/qlowenergycharacteristic.cpp b/src/bluetooth/qlowenergycharacteristic.cpp
index 69f68a59..8b7297d0 100644
--- a/src/bluetooth/qlowenergycharacteristic.cpp
+++ b/src/bluetooth/qlowenergycharacteristic.cpp
@@ -182,10 +182,19 @@ QLowEnergyCharacteristic::PropertyTypes QLowEnergyCharacteristic::properties() c
}
/*!
- Returns the value of the characteristic.
+ Returns the cached value of the characteristic.
If the characteristic's \l properties() permit writing of new values,
the value can be updated using \l QLowEnergyService::writeCharacteristic().
+
+ The cache is updated during the associated service's
+ \l {QLowEnergyService::discoverDetails()} {detail discovery}, a successful
+ \l {QLowEnergyService::writeCharacteristic()}{write operation} or when an update
+ notification is received.
+
+ The returned \l QByteArray is empty if the characteristic does not have the
+ \l {QLowEnergyCharacteristic::Read}{read permission}. However, a non-readable
+ characteristic may obtain a non-empty value via a related notification or write operation.
*/
QByteArray QLowEnergyCharacteristic::value() const
{