Type Definition input::LibinputInterface

type LibinputInterface = libinput_interface;

libinput does not open file descriptors to devices directly, instead open_restricted and close_restricted are called for each path that must be opened.

Implementations are of course permitted to just use open and close respectively, but doing so would require root permissions to open devices. This interface provides an api agnostic way to use ConsoleKit or similar endpoints to open devices without direct priviledge escalation.