+int ubus_publish(struct ubus_context *ctx, struct ubus_object *obj)
+{
+ if (!obj->name || !obj->type)
+ return UBUS_STATUS_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+
+ return __ubus_publish(ctx, obj);
+}
+
+int ubus_register_event_handler(struct ubus_context *ctx, struct ubus_object *obj,
+ const char *pattern)
+{
+ struct blob_buf b2;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!obj->id) {
+ if (!!obj->name ^ !!obj->type)
+ return UBUS_STATUS_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+
+ ret = __ubus_publish(ctx, obj);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ /* use a second buffer, ubus_invoke() overwrites the primary one */
+ memset(&b2, 0, sizeof(b2));
+ blob_buf_init(&b2, 0);
+ blobmsg_add_u32(&b2, "object", obj->id);
+ if (pattern)
+ blobmsg_add_string(&b2, "pattern", pattern);
+
+ ret = ubus_invoke(ctx, UBUS_SYSTEM_OBJECT_EVENT, "register", b2.head,
+ NULL, NULL);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+