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# KFileMetaInfo Class Reference

This is the class for objects that hold meta information about a file. Meta Information about a file. More...

`#include <kfilemetainfo.h>`

List of all members.

## Public Types

typedef KFileMimeTypeInfo::Hint | Hint
typedef KFileMimeTypeInfo::Unit | Unit
typedef KFileMimeTypeInfo::Attributes | Attributes
enum | What { Fastest = 0x1, DontCare = 0x2, TechnicalInfo = 0x4, ContentInfo = 0x8, ExtenedAttr = 0x10, Thumbnail = 0x20, Preferred = 0x40, Everything = 0xffff }

## Public Member Functions

| KFileMetaInfo (const QString &path, const QString &mimeType=QString::null, uint what=Fastest)
| KFileMetaInfo (const KURL &url, const QString &mimeType=QString::null, uint what=Fastest)
| KFileMetaInfo ()
| KFileMetaInfo (const KFileMetaInfo &original)
const KFileMetaInfo & | operator= (const KFileMetaInfo &info)
QStringList | groups () const
QStringList | supportedGroups () const
QStringList | preferredGroups () const
QStringList | preferredKeys () const
QStringList | supportedKeys () const
QStringList | editableGroups () const
KFileMetaInfoItem | item (const QString &key) const
KFileMetaInfoItem | item (const KFileMetaInfoItem::Hint hint) const
KFileMetaInfoItem | saveItem (const QString &key, const QString &preferredGroup=QString::null, bool createGroup=true)
KFileMetaInfoGroup | group (const QString &key) const
KFileMetaInfoGroup | operator[] (const QString &key) const
bool | addGroup (const QString &name)
bool | removeGroup (const QString &name)
QStringList | removedGroups ()
bool | applyChanges ()
bool | contains (const QString &key) const
bool | containsGroup (const QString &key) const
const QVariant | value (const QString &key) const
bool | isValid () const
bool | isEmpty () const
QString | mimeType () const
QString | path () const
KURL | url () const

## Protected Member Functions

KFileMetaInfoGroup | appendGroup (const QString &name)
KFilePlugin *const | plugin () const
void | ref ()
void | deref ()

## Protected Attributes

Data * | d

## Friends

class | KFilePlugin
KIO_EXPORT friend QDataStream & | operator>> (QDataStream &s, KFileMetaInfo &)
KIO_EXPORT friend QDataStream & | operator<< (QDataStream &s, const KFileMetaInfo &)

## Detailed Description

This is the class for objects that hold meta information about a file. Meta Information about a file.

The information is kept in form of a system of key/value pairs. See also KFileMetaInfoItem. This information is retrieved from the file through a plugin system, and this class is the main interface to it. If you want to write your own plugin, have a look at KFilePlugin. There are basically two different kinds of meta information: Fixed ones that the plugin knows about (e.g. an mp3 id3v1 tag has a well defined fixed list of fields), and variable keys that exist in mimetypes that support their own key/value system (comments in png files are of this type). Almost every file has fixed keys, but some also have variable keys.

The groups and the What enum are not yet supported, but already added to the interface so that adding support doesn't break compatibility.

Definition at line 887 of file kfilemetainfo.h.

## Member Enumeration Documentation

enum KFileMetaInfo::What

This is used to specify what a KFileMetaInfo object should read, so you can specify if you want to read "expensive" items or not.

Enumeration values:

  Fastest | do the fastest possible read and omit all items that might need a significantly longer time than the others
  DontCare | let the plugin decide what to read
  TechnicalInfo | extract technical details about the file, like e.g play time, resolution or a compressioni type
  ContentInfo | read information about the content of the file, like comments or id3 tags
  ExtenedAttr | read filesystem based extended attributes if they are supported for the filesystem
  Thumbnail | only read the file's thumbnail, if it contains one
  Preferred | get at least the preferred items
  Everything | read everything, even if it might take a while

Definition at line 899 of file kfilemetainfo.h.

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

KFileMetaInfo::KFileMetaInfo | ( | const QString & | path,
|  | const QString & | mimeType = `QString::null`,
|  | uint | what = `Fastest`
| ) |

The constructor.

creating a KFileMetaInfo item through this will autoload the plugin belonging to the mimetype and try to get meta information about the specified file.

If no info is available, you'll get an empty (not invalid) object. You can test for it with the isEmpty() method.

Parameters:

  | path | The file name. This must be the path to a local file.
  | mimeType | The name of the file's mimetype. If ommited, the mimetype is autodetected
  | what | one or more of the What enum values. It gives some hint to the plugin what information is desired. The plugin may still return more items.

Note:
  This version will only work for local (file:/) files.

Definition at line 297 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References mimeType(), path(), and KURL::setPath().

KFileMetaInfo::KFileMetaInfo | ( | const KURL & | url,
|  | const QString & | mimeType = `QString::null`,
|  | uint | what = `Fastest`
| ) |

| Another constructor. Similar to the above, but takes a URL so that meta-data may be retrieved over other protocols (ftp, etc.) Definition at line 306 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp. References mimeType(), and url().

KFileMetaInfo::KFileMetaInfo | ( |  | ) |

| Default constructor. This will create an invalid object (see isValid(). Definition at line 351 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

KFileMetaInfo::KFileMetaInfo | ( | const KFileMetaInfo & | original | ) |

| Copy constructor. This creates a copy of the original object, but that copy will point to the same data, so if you change the original, the copy will be changed, too. After all, they are referring to the same file. Definition at line 344 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

## Member Function Documentation

const KFileMetaInfo & KFileMetaInfo::operator= | ( | const KFileMetaInfo & | info | ) |

The assignment operator, so you can do e.g.:

        KFileMetaInfo info;
        if (something) info = KFileMetaInfo("/the/file");

.

This will create a shared copy of the object. The actual data is automatically deleted if all copies go out of scope.

Definition at line 500 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References d.

QStringList KFileMetaInfo::groups | ( |  | ) | const

Returns a list of all groups.

Returns:
  the keys of the groups that the file has.

Definition at line 373 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

Referenced by contains(), containsGroup(), item(), preferredGroups(), and saveItem().

QStringList KFileMetaInfo::supportedGroups | ( |  | ) | const

Returns a list of all supported groups.

Returns:
  the supported keys of the groups that the file has.

Definition at line 361 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References isValid().

Referenced by editableGroups().

QStringList KFileMetaInfo::preferredGroups | ( |  | ) | const

Returns a list of the preferred groups.

Returns:
  the keys of the preferred groups that the file has.

Definition at line 398 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References group(), groups(), and isValid().

Referenced by item(), preferredKeys(), and saveItem().

QStringList KFileMetaInfo::preferredKeys | ( |  | ) | const

Returns a list of all preferred keys.

Returns:
  a list of all preferred keys.

Definition at line 424 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References preferredGroups().

Referenced by KFileItem::getToolTipText().

QStringList KFileMetaInfo::supportedKeys | ( |  | ) | const

Returns a list of supported keys.

Returns:
  a list of supported keys

Definition at line 367 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References isValid().

QStringList KFileMetaInfo::editableGroups | ( |  | ) | const

Returns the list of groups that you can add or remove from the file.

Returns:
  the groups can be added or removed

Definition at line 383 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References KFileMimeTypeInfo::GroupInfo::attributes(), and supportedGroups().

KFileMetaInfoItem KFileMetaInfo::item | ( | const QString & | key | ) | const

Returns the KFileMetaInfoItem with the given `key`.

Parameters:

  | key | the key of the item

Returns:
  the item. Invalid if there is no item with the given `key`.

Definition at line 598 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References groups(), KFileMetaInfoItem::isValid(), and preferredGroups().

Referenced by KFileItem::getToolTipText(), and saveItem().

KFileMetaInfoItem KFileMetaInfo::item | ( | const KFileMetaInfoItem::Hint | hint | ) | const

Returns the KFileMetaInfoItem with the given `hint`.

Parameters:

  | hint | the hint of the item

Returns:
  the item. Invalid if there is no item with the given `hint`.

Definition at line 609 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References groups(), KFileMetaInfoItem::isValid(), and preferredGroups().

KFileMetaInfoItem KFileMetaInfo::saveItem | ( | const QString & | key,
|  | const QString & | preferredGroup = `QString::null`,
|  | bool | createGroup = `true`
| ) |

Saves the item with the given `key`.

Parameters:

  | key | the key of the item
  | preferredGroup | the preferred group, or QString::null
  | createGroup | true to create the group if necessary

Returns:
  the saved item

Definition at line 621 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References addGroup(), KFileMetaInfoGroup::addItem(), QMapIterator::data(), group(), groups(), KFileMetaInfoItem::isValid(), isValid(), item(), preferredGroups(), and KFileMimeTypeInfo::GroupInfo::supportedKeys().

KFileMetaInfoGroup KFileMetaInfo::group | ( | const QString & | key | ) | const

Returns the KFileMetaInfoGroup with the given `key`.

Parameters:

  | key | the key of the item

Returns:
  the group. Invalid if there is no group with the given `key`.

Definition at line 437 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References QMapIterator::data().

Referenced by addGroup(), preferredGroups(), and saveItem().

KFileMetaInfoGroup KFileMetaInfo::operator[] | ( | const QString & | key | ) | const`[inline]`

Returns the KFileMetaInfoGroup with the given `key`.

Parameters:

  | key | the key of the item

Returns:
  the group. Invalid if there is no group with the given `key`.

Definition at line 1058 of file kfilemetainfo.h.

bool KFileMetaInfo::addGroup | ( | const QString & | name | ) |

Try to add the specified group.

This will only succeed if it is in the list of editableGroups().

Note:
  that all non-variable items that belong to this group are automatically added as empty item.

Parameters:

  | name | the name of the group to add

Returns:
  true if successful, false if not

Definition at line 446 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References KFileMetaInfoGroup::appendItem(), KFileMimeTypeInfo::ItemInfo::attributes(), group(), isValid(), KFileMimeTypeInfo::GroupInfo::itemInfo(), KFileMimeTypeInfo::ItemInfo::key(), KFileMetaInfoGroup::setAdded(), and KFileMimeTypeInfo::GroupInfo::supportedKeys().

Referenced by saveItem().

bool KFileMetaInfo::removeGroup | ( | const QString & | name | ) |

Remove the specified group.

This will only succeed if it is in the list of editableGroups(). Beware that this also removes all the items in that group, so always ask the user before removing it!

Parameters:

  | name | the name of the group to remove

Returns:
  true if successful, false if not

Definition at line 483 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

QStringList KFileMetaInfo::removedGroups | ( |  | ) |

Returns a list of removed groups.

Returns:
  a list of removed groups.

Definition at line 495 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

bool KFileMetaInfo::applyChanges | ( |  | ) |

This method writes all pending changes of the meta info back to the file.

If any items are marked as removed, they are really removed from the list. The info object as well as all items are updated.

Returns:
  true if successful, false if not

Definition at line 528 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References QMapConstIterator::data(), kdDebug(), plugin(), and KFilePlugin::writeInfo().

bool KFileMetaInfo::contains | ( | const QString & | key | ) | const

Checks whether an item with the given `key` exists.

Parameters:

  | key | the key to check

Returns:
  whether an item for this `key` exists.

Definition at line 582 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References KFileMetaInfoGroup::contains(), and groups().

bool KFileMetaInfo::containsGroup | ( | const QString & | key | ) | const

Checks whether a group with the given `key` exists.

Parameters:

  | key | the key to check

Returns:
  whether a group with this name exists.

Definition at line 593 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References groups().

bool KFileMetaInfo::isValid | ( |  | ) | const

Returns true if the item is valid, i.e.

if actually represents the info about a file, false if the object is uninitialized.

Returns:
  true if valid, false otherwise

Definition at line 513 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

Referenced by addGroup(), KFileItem::getToolTipText(), KFileItem::metaInfo(), mimeType(), plugin(), preferredGroups(), saveItem(), supportedGroups(), and supportedKeys().

bool KFileMetaInfo::isEmpty | ( |  | ) | const

Returns false if the object contains data, true if it's empty.

You'll get an empty object if no plugin for the file could be found.

Returns:
  true if empty, false otherwise

Definition at line 519 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

Referenced by KFileItem::getToolTipText().

QString KFileMetaInfo::mimeType | ( |  | ) | const

Returns the mime type of file.

Returns:
  the file's mime type

Definition at line 576 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References isValid().

Referenced by KFileMetaInfo().

QString KFileMetaInfo::path | ( |  | ) | const

Returns the path of file - or QString::null if file is non-local.

Returns:
  the file's path - or QString::null if file is non-local

Definition at line 718 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

Referenced by KFileMetaInfo().

KURL KFileMetaInfo::url | ( |  | ) | const

Returns the url of file.

Returns:
  the file's url

Definition at line 723 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References KURL::url().

Referenced by KFileMetaInfo().

KFilePlugin *const KFileMetaInfo::plugin | ( |  | ) | const`[protected]`

Returns:
  a pointer to the plugin that belogs to this object's mimetype. It will be auto-loaded if it's currently not loaded

Definition at line 569 of file kfilemetainfo.cpp.

References isValid().

Referenced by applyChanges().

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

- kfilemetainfo.h
- kfilemetainfo.cpp

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