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# KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase Class Reference

This class should be used as a base for ioslaves acting as a forwarder to other ioslaves. More...

`#include <forwardingslavebase.h>`

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List of all members.

## Public Member Functions

| ForwardingSlaveBase (const QCString &protocol, const QCString &poolSocket, const QCString &appSocket)
virtual void | get (const KURL &url)
virtual void | put (const KURL &url, int permissions, bool overwrite, bool resume)
virtual void | stat (const KURL &url)
virtual void | mimetype (const KURL &url)
virtual void | listDir (const KURL &url)
virtual void | mkdir (const KURL &url, int permissions)
virtual void | rename (const KURL &src, const KURL &dest, bool overwrite)
virtual void | symlink (const QString &target, const KURL &dest, bool overwrite)
virtual void | chmod (const KURL &url, int permissions)
virtual void | copy (const KURL &src, const KURL &dest, int permissions, bool overwrite)
virtual void | del (const KURL &url, bool isfile)

## Protected Member Functions

virtual bool | rewriteURL (const KURL &url, KURL &newURL)=0
virtual void | prepareUDSEntry (KIO::UDSEntry &entry, bool listing=false) const
KURL | processedURL () const
KURL | requestedURL () const

## Detailed Description

This class should be used as a base for ioslaves acting as a forwarder to other ioslaves.

It has been designed to support only local filesystem like ioslaves.

If the resulting ioslave should be a simple proxy, you only need to implement the ForwardingSlaveBase::rewriteURL() method.

For more advanced behavior, the classic ioslave methods should be reimplemented, because their default behavior in this class is to forward using the ForwardingSlaveBase::rewriteURL() method.

A possible code snippet for an advanced stat() behavior would look like this in the child class:

         void ChildProtocol::stat(const KURL &url)
         {
             bool is_special = false;

             // Process the URL to see if it should have
             // a special treatment

             if ( is_special )
             {
                 // Handle the URL ourselves
                 KIO::UDSEntry entry;
                 // Fill entry with UDSAtom instances
                 statEntry(entry);
                 finished();
             }
             else
             {
                 // Setup the ioslave internal state if
                 // required by ChildProtocol::rewriteURL()
                 ForwardingSlaveBase::stat(url);
             }
         }

Of course in this case, you surely need to reimplement listDir() and get() accordingly.

If you want view on directories to be correctly refreshed when something changes on a forwarded URL, you'll need a companion kded module to emit the KDirNotify Files*() DCOP signals.

This class was initially used for media:/ ioslave. This ioslave code and the MediaDirNotify class of its companion kded module can be a good source of inspiration.

See also:
  ForwardingSlaveBase::rewriteURL()

Since:
  3.4

Author:
  Kevin Ottens <ervin@ipsquad.net>

Definition at line 88 of file forwardingslavebase.h.

## Member Function Documentation

void KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::get | ( | const KURL & | url | ) | `[virtual]`

get, aka read.

Parameters:

  | url | the full url for this request. Host, port and user of the URL can be assumed to be the same as in the last setHost() call. The slave emits the data through data

Reimplemented from KIO::SlaveBase.

Definition at line 172 of file forwardingslavebase.cpp.

References endl(), KIO::get(), and kdDebug().

void KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::put | ( | const KURL & | url,
|  | int | permissions,
|  | bool | overwrite,
|  | bool | resume
| ) | `[virtual]`

put, aka write.

Parameters:

  | url | where to write the file (decoded)
  | permissions | may be -1. In this case no special permission mode is set.
  | overwrite | if true, any existing file will be overwritten. If the file indeed already exists, the slave should NOT apply the permissions change to it.
  | resume |

Reimplemented from KIO::SlaveBase.

Definition at line 186 of file forwardingslavebase.cpp.

References endl(), kdDebug(), and KIO::put().

void KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::stat | ( | const KURL & | url | ) | `[virtual]`

| Finds all details for one file or directory. The information returned is the same as what listDir returns, but only for one file or directory. Reimplemented from KIO::SlaveBase. Definition at line 202 of file forwardingslavebase.cpp. References endl(), kdDebug(), and KIO::stat().

void KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::mimetype | ( | const KURL & | url | ) | `[virtual]`

Finds mimetype for one file or directory.

This method should either emit 'mimeType' or it should send a block of data big enough to be able to determine the mimetype.

If the slave doesn't reimplement it, a get will be issued, i.e. the whole file will be downloaded before determining the mimetype on it - this is obviously not a good thing in most cases.

Reimplemented from KIO::SlaveBase.

Definition at line 216 of file forwardingslavebase.cpp.

References endl(), kdDebug(), and KIO::mimetype().

Referenced by prepareUDSEntry().

void KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::listDir | ( | const KURL & | url | ) | `[virtual]`

| Lists the contents of `url`. The slave should emit ERR_CANNOT_ENTER_DIRECTORY if it doesn't exist, if we don't have enough permissions, or if it is a file It should also emit totalFiles as soon as it knows how many files it will list. Reimplemented from KIO::SlaveBase. Definition at line 230 of file forwardingslavebase.cpp. References endl(), kdDebug(), and KIO::listDir().

void KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::mkdir | ( | const KURL & | url,
|  | int | permissions
| ) | `[virtual]`

Create a directory.

Parameters:

  | url | path to the directory to create
  | permissions | the permissions to set after creating the directory (-1 if no permissions to be set) The slave emits ERR_COULD_NOT_MKDIR if failure.

Reimplemented from KIO::SlaveBase.

Definition at line 244 of file forwardingslavebase.cpp.

References endl(), kdDebug(), and KIO::mkdir().

void KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::rename | ( | const KURL & | src,
|  | const KURL & | dest,
|  | bool | overwrite
| ) | `[virtual]`

Rename `oldname` into `newname`.

If the slave returns an error ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ACTION, the job will ask for copy + del instead.

Parameters:

  | src | where to move the file from
  | dest | where to move the file to
  | overwrite | if true, any existing file will be overwritten

Reimplemented from KIO::SlaveBase.

Definition at line 258 of file forwardingslavebase.cpp.

References endl(), kdDebug(), and KIO::rename().

void KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::symlink | ( | const QString & | target,
|  | const KURL & | dest,
|  | bool | overwrite
| ) | `[virtual]`

Creates a symbolic link named `dest`, pointing to `target`, which may be a relative or an absolute path.

Parameters:

  | target | The string that will become the "target" of the link (can be relative)
  | dest | The symlink to create.
  | overwrite | whether to automatically overwrite if the dest exists

Reimplemented from KIO::SlaveBase.

Definition at line 273 of file forwardingslavebase.cpp.

References endl(), kdDebug(), and KIO::symlink().

void KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::chmod | ( | const KURL & | url,
|  | int | permissions
| ) | `[virtual]`

| Change permissions on `path` The slave emits ERR_DOES_NOT_EXIST or ERR_CANNOT_CHMOD. Reimplemented from KIO::SlaveBase. Definition at line 288 of file forwardingslavebase.cpp. References KIO::chmod(), endl(), and kdDebug().

void KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::copy | ( | const KURL & | src,
|  | const KURL & | dest,
|  | int | permissions,
|  | bool | overwrite
| ) | `[virtual]`

Copy `src` into `dest`.

If the slave returns an error ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ACTION, the job will ask for get + put instead.

Parameters:

  | src | where to copy the file from (decoded)
  | dest | where to copy the file to (decoded)
  | permissions | may be -1. In this case no special permission mode is set.
  | overwrite | if true, any existing file will be overwritten

Reimplemented from KIO::SlaveBase.

Definition at line 302 of file forwardingslavebase.cpp.

References endl(), KIO::file_copy(), and kdDebug().

void KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::del | ( | const KURL & | url,
|  | bool | isfile
| ) | `[virtual]`

Delete a file or directory.

Parameters:

  | url | file/directory to delete
  | isfile | if true, a file should be deleted. if false, a directory should be deleted.

Reimplemented from KIO::SlaveBase.

Definition at line 318 of file forwardingslavebase.cpp.

References KIO::del(), endl(), kdDebug(), and KIO::rmdir().

virtual bool KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::rewriteURL | ( | const KURL & | url,
|  | KURL & | newURL
| ) | `[protected, pure virtual]`

Rewrite an url to it's forwarded counterpart.

It should return true if everything was ok, and false otherwise.

If a problem is detected it's up to this method to trigger error() before returning. Returning false silently cancel the current slave operation.

Parameters:

  | url | The URL as given during the slave call
  | newURL | The new URL to forward the slave call to

Returns:
  true if the given url could be correctly rewritten

void KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::prepareUDSEntry | ( | KIO::UDSEntry & | entry,
|  | bool | listing = `false`
| ) | const`[protected, virtual]`

Allow to modify a UDSEntry before it's sent to the ioslave enpoint.

This is the default implementation working in most case, but sometimes you could make use of more forwarding black magic (for example dynamically transform any desktop file into a fake directory...)

Parameters:

  | entry | the UDSEntry to post-process
  | listing | indicate if this entry it created during a listDir operation

Definition at line 66 of file forwardingslavebase.cpp.

References KURL::addPath(), QString::append(), endl(), KURL::fileName(), KMimeType::findByURL(), KURL::isLocalFile(), kdDebug(), KIO::mimetype(), mimetype(), KURL::path(), KProtocolInfo::protocolClass(), and KURL::url().

KURL KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::processedURL | ( |  | ) | const`[inline, protected]`

| Return the URL being processed by the ioslave Only access it inside prepareUDSEntry(). Definition at line 154 of file forwardingslavebase.h.

KURL KIO::ForwardingSlaveBase::requestedURL | ( |  | ) | const`[inline, protected]`

| Return the URL asked to the ioslave Only access it inside prepareUDSEntry(). Definition at line 160 of file forwardingslavebase.h.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

- forwardingslavebase.h
- forwardingslavebase.cpp

This file is part of the documentation for kio Library Version 3.4.1.
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