com.webos.bootManager

Note
This API has been available since API level 11.

API Summary

Monitors and controls the boot status/mode.

It manages the boot sequence for:

Ensuring boot time performance.
Providing boot mode like 'Normal', and so on.

Overview of the API

Methods

generateSignal

ACG: boot.management

Added: API level 11

Description

Generates boot step signals. Caller and argument are decided statically.

Parameters

Name	Required	Type	Description
name	Required	String	Indicates the logical event name to notify bootd. Normally, this is used to generate upstart signal like 'core-boot-done', 'init-boot-done' and 'minimal-boot-done'. Note: If bootd internal components await the logical event, bootd unblocks internal components.

Name

Required

Type

Description

name

Required

String

Indicates the logical event name to notify bootd. Normally, this is used to generate upstart signal like 'core-boot-done', 'init-boot-done' and 'minimal-boot-done'.

Note: If bootd internal components await the logical event, bootd unblocks internal components.

Call Returns

Name	Required	Type	Description
errorText	Optional	String	Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the "Error Codes Reference" section of this method for details.
returnValue	Required	Boolean	Indicates the status of the operation. Possible values are: true: Indicates that the operation was successful. false: Indicates that the operation failed. Check the "errorCode" and "errorText" fields for details.

Name

Required

Type

Description

errorText

Optional

String

Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the "Error Codes Reference" section of this method for details.

returnValue

Required

Boolean

Indicates the status of the operation.

Possible values are:

true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
false: Indicates that the operation failed. Check the "errorCode" and "errorText" fields for details.

Error Codes Reference

Error Code	Error Text	Error Description
None	Error getting parameter name	Indicates that there is no name (key or value) in the request payload.
None	Invalid JSON argument	Indicates that the parameter provided does not have a valid json format.

Example

Example code

# luna-send -n 1 -f luna://com.webos.bootManager/generateSignal '{
"name":"minimal-boot-done"
}'

getBootStatus

ACG: boot.query

Added: API level 11

Description

Gets the boot status or subscribe to updates on the boot status.

Parameters

Name	Required	Type	Description
subscribe	Optional	Boolean	Indicates if subscribed to get future updates. Possible values are: true: Get future updates. false: To receive a one-time update.

Name

Required

Type

Description

Optional

Boolean

Indicates if subscribed to get future updates.

Possible values are:

true: Get future updates.
false: To receive a one-time update.

Call Returns

Name	Required	Type	Description
bootStatus	Required	String	Returns the current status of the booting process. Possible values are: normal: The current status of the booting process is normal. unknown: The current status of the booting process unknown.
powerStatus	Required	String	Returns current power status. Possible values are: active: Current power status is in active mode. activeStandby: Current power status is in activeStandby mode. suspend: Current power status is in suspend mode. unknown: Current power status is in unknown mode.
bootTarget	Required	String	Returns the current target system. Possible values are: emulator hardware unknown
signals	Required	Object: signals	Returns signal information.
subscribed	Required	Boolean	Returns true to indicate subscribed.
returnValue	Required	Boolean	Indicates the status of the operation. Note: returnValue is always set to true.

Subscription Returns

Name	Required	Type	Description
bootStatus	Required	String	Returns the current status of the booting process. Possible values are: normal: The current status of the booting process is normal. unknown: The current status of the booting process unknown.
powerStatus	Required	String	Returns current power status. Possible values are: active: Current power status is in active mode. activeStandby: Current power status is in activeStandby mode. suspend: Current power status is in suspend mode. unknown: Current power status is in unknown mode.
bootTarget	Required	String	Returns the current target system. Possible values are: emulator hardware unknown
signals	Required	Object: signals	Indicates signal information.
returnValue	Required	Boolean	Indicates the status of the operation. Note: returnValue is always set to true.

Example

Example code

# luna-send -n 1 -f luna://com.webos.bootManager/getBootStatus '{
"subscribe":true
}'

Response:

{
"bootTarget":"hardware",
"bootStatus":"normal",
"powerStatus":"active",
"signals":{
"boot-done":true,
"core-boot-done":true,
"datastore-init-start":true,
"minimal-boot-done":true,
"init-boot-done":true,
"rest-boot-done":true
},
"subscribed":true,
"returnValue":true
}

Objects

signals

Contains an array of upstart signals. The value of an upstart signal is set to true after bootd generates the signal.

Note:

The value of all upstart signal in this array is set to false by default.

Name	Required	Type	Description
snapshot-resume-done	Required	Boolean	Indicates snapshot-resume-done upstart signal.
core-boot-done	Required	Boolean	Indicates core-boot-done upstart signal.
init-boot-done	Required	Boolean	Indicates init-boot-done upstart signal.
datastore-init-start	Required	Boolean	Indicates datastore-init-start upstart signal.
minimal-boot-done	Required	Boolean	Indicates minimal-boot-done upstart signal.
rest-boot-done	Required	Boolean	Indicates rest-boot-done upstart signal.
boot-done	Required	Boolean	Indicates boot-done upstart signal.