2 files changed, 48 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/dbus/qdbusargument_p.h b/src/dbus/qdbusargument_p.h
index 7d7fc05..36e9f2d 100644
--- a/src/dbus/qdbusargument_p.h
+++ b/src/dbus/qdbusargument_p.h
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ public:
 
     QVariant toVariantInternal();
     QDBusArgument::ElementType currentType();
+    bool isCurrentTypeStringLike();
 
 public:
     DBusMessageIter iterator;
@@ -208,6 +209,9 @@ public:
 
 private:
     Q_DISABLE_COPY(QDBusDemarshaller)
+    QString toStringUnchecked();
+    QDBusObjectPath toObjectPathUnchecked();
+    QDBusSignature toSignatureUnchecked();
 };
 
 inline QDBusMarshaller *QDBusArgumentPrivate::marshaller()
diff --git a/src/dbus/qdbusdemarshaller.cpp b/src/dbus/qdbusdemarshaller.cpp
index c8af347..8769846 100644
--- a/src/dbus/qdbusdemarshaller.cpp
+++ b/src/dbus/qdbusdemarshaller.cpp
@@ -130,19 +130,43 @@ inline double QDBusDemarshaller::toDouble()
     return qIterGet<double>(&iterator);
 }
 
-inline QString QDBusDemarshaller::toString()
+inline QString QDBusDemarshaller::toStringUnchecked()
 {
     return QString::fromUtf8(qIterGet<char *>(&iterator));
 }
 
+inline QString QDBusDemarshaller::toString()
+{
+    if (isCurrentTypeStringLike())
+        return toStringUnchecked();
+    else
+        return QString();
+}
+
+inline QDBusObjectPath QDBusDemarshaller::toObjectPathUnchecked()
+ {
+     return QDBusObjectPath(QString::fromUtf8(qIterGet<char *>(&iterator)));
+ }
+
 inline QDBusObjectPath QDBusDemarshaller::toObjectPath()
 {
-    return QDBusObjectPath(QString::fromUtf8(qIterGet<char *>(&iterator)));
+    if (isCurrentTypeStringLike())
+        return toObjectPathUnchecked();
+    else
+        return QDBusObjectPath();
 }
 
+inline QDBusSignature QDBusDemarshaller::toSignatureUnchecked()
+ {
+     return QDBusSignature(QString::fromUtf8(qIterGet<char *>(&iterator)));
+ }
+
 inline QDBusSignature QDBusDemarshaller::toSignature()
 {
-    return QDBusSignature(QString::fromUtf8(qIterGet<char *>(&iterator)));
+    if (isCurrentTypeStringLike())
+        return toSignatureUnchecked();
+    else
+        return QDBusSignature();
 }
 
 inline QDBusUnixFileDescriptor QDBusDemarshaller::toUnixFileDescriptor()
@@ -236,11 +260,11 @@ QVariant QDBusDemarshaller::toVariantInternal()
     case DBUS_TYPE_UINT64:
         return toULongLong();
     case DBUS_TYPE_STRING:
-        return toString();
+        return toStringUnchecked();
     case DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH:
-        return QVariant::fromValue(toObjectPath());
+        return QVariant::fromValue(toObjectPathUnchecked());
     case DBUS_TYPE_SIGNATURE:
-        return QVariant::fromValue(toSignature());
+        return QVariant::fromValue(toSignatureUnchecked());
     case DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT:
         return QVariant::fromValue(toVariant());
 
@@ -280,6 +304,19 @@ QVariant QDBusDemarshaller::toVariantInternal()
     };
 }
 
+bool QDBusDemarshaller::isCurrentTypeStringLike()
+{
+    const int type = q_dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type(&iterator);
+    switch (type) {
+    case DBUS_TYPE_STRING:  //FALLTHROUGH
+    case DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH:  //FALLTHROUGH
+    case DBUS_TYPE_SIGNATURE:
+        return true;
+    default:
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
 QStringList QDBusDemarshaller::toStringList()
 {
     QStringList list;
@@ -288,7 +325,7 @@ QStringList QDBusDemarshaller::toStringList()
     q_dbus_message_iter_recurse(&iterator, &sub.iterator);
     q_dbus_message_iter_next(&iterator);
     while (!sub.atEnd())
-        list.append(sub.toString());
+        list.append(sub.toStringUnchecked());
 
     return list;
 }