KConfig Class Reference

#include <KConfig>

Inheritance diagram for KConfig:

Public Types
enum	OpenFlag {   IncludeGlobals = 0x01, CascadeConfig = 0x02, SimpleConfig = 0x00, NoCascade = IncludeGlobals,   NoGlobals = CascadeConfig, FullConfig = IncludeGlobals | CascadeConfig }
typedef QFlags< OpenFlag >	OpenFlags
Public Types inherited from KConfigBase
enum	AccessMode { NoAccess, ReadOnly, ReadWrite }
enum	WriteConfigFlag {   Persistent = 0x01, Global = 0x02, Localized = 0x04, Notify = 0x08 | Persistent,   Normal = Persistent }
typedef QFlags< WriteConfigFlag >	WriteConfigFlags

Public Member Functions
	KConfig (const QString &file, const QString &backend, QStandardPaths::StandardLocation type=QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation)
	KConfig (const QString &file=QString(), OpenFlags mode=FullConfig, QStandardPaths::StandardLocation type=QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation)
void	checkUpdate (const QString &id, const QString &updateFile)
KConfig *	copyTo (const QString &file, KConfig *config=nullptr) const
QMap< QString, QString >	entryMap (const QString &aGroup=QString()) const
QStringList	groupList () const override
bool	isDirty () const
QStandardPaths::StandardLocation	locationType () const
void	markAsClean () override
QString	name () const
OpenFlags	openFlags () const
void	reparseConfiguration ()
bool	sync () override
AccessMode	accessMode () const override
bool	isConfigWritable (bool warnUser)
void	addConfigSources (const QStringList &sources)
QStringList	additionalConfigSources () const
QString	locale () const
bool	setLocale (const QString &aLocale)
void	setReadDefaults (bool b)
bool	readDefaults () const
bool	isImmutable () const override
void	setForceGlobal (bool force)
bool	forceGlobal () const
Public Member Functions inherited from KConfigBase
virtual	~KConfigBase ()
void	deleteGroup (const char *group, WriteConfigFlags flags=Normal)
void	deleteGroup (const QByteArray &group, WriteConfigFlags flags=Normal)
void	deleteGroup (const QString &group, WriteConfigFlags flags=Normal)
KConfigGroup	group (const char *group)
const KConfigGroup	group (const char *group) const
KConfigGroup	group (const QByteArray &group)
const KConfigGroup	group (const QByteArray &group) const
KConfigGroup	group (const QString &group)
const KConfigGroup	group (const QString &group) const
bool	hasGroup (const char *group) const
bool	hasGroup (const QByteArray &group) const
bool	hasGroup (const QString &group) const
bool	isGroupImmutable (const char *group) const
bool	isGroupImmutable (const QByteArray &group) const
bool	isGroupImmutable (const QString &group) const

Static Public Member Functions
static QString	mainConfigName ()
static void	setMainConfigName (const QString &str)

Protected Member Functions
KCONFIGCORE_NO_EXPORT	KConfig (KConfigPrivate &d)
void	deleteGroupImpl (const QByteArray &group, WriteConfigFlags flags=Normal) override
const KConfigGroup	groupImpl (const QByteArray &b) const override
KConfigGroup	groupImpl (const QByteArray &b) override
bool	hasGroupImpl (const QByteArray &group) const override
bool	isGroupImmutableImpl (const QByteArray &aGroup) const override
void	virtual_hook (int id, void *data) override

Protected Attributes
KConfigPrivate *const	d_ptr

Detailed Description

The central class of the KDE configuration data system.

Quickstart:

Get the default application config object via KSharedConfig::openConfig().

Load a specific configuration file:

KConfig config( "/etc/kderc", KConfig::SimpleConfig );

Load the configuration of a specific component:

KConfig config( "pluginrc" );

In general it is recommended to use KSharedConfig instead of creating multiple instances of KConfig to avoid the overhead of separate objects or concerns about synchronizing writes to disk even if the configuration object is updated from multiple code paths. KSharedConfig provides a set of open methods as counterparts for the KConfig constructors.

See also

KSharedConfig, KConfigGroup, the techbase HOWTO on KConfig.

Definition at line 56 of file kconfig.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

OpenFlags

typedef QFlags< OpenFlag > KConfig::OpenFlags

Stores a combination of OpenFlag values.

Definition at line 94 of file kconfig.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

OpenFlag

enum KConfig::OpenFlag

Determines how the system-wide and user's global settings will affect the reading of the configuration.

If CascadeConfig is selected, system-wide configuration sources are used to provide defaults for the settings accessed through this object, or possibly to override those settings in certain cases.

If IncludeGlobals is selected, the kdeglobals configuration is used as additional configuration sources to provide defaults. Additionally selecting CascadeConfig will result in the system-wide kdeglobals sources also getting included.

Note that the main configuration source overrides the cascaded sources, which override those provided to addConfigSources(), which override the global sources. The exception is that if a key or group is marked as being immutable, it will not be overridden.

Note that all values other than IncludeGlobals and CascadeConfig are convenience definitions for the basic mode. Do not combine them with anything.

See also

OpenFlags

Enumerator
IncludeGlobals	Blend kdeglobals into the config object.
CascadeConfig	Cascade to system-wide config files.
SimpleConfig	Just a single config file.
NoCascade	Include user's globals, but omit system settings.
NoGlobals	Cascade to system settings, but omit user's globals.
FullConfig	Fully-fledged config, including globals and cascading to system settings.

Definition at line 82 of file kconfig.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

KConfig() [1/2]

KConfig::KConfig ( const QString &  file = QString(), OpenFlags  mode = FullConfig, QStandardPaths::StandardLocation  type = QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation  )

explicit

Creates a KConfig object to manipulate a configuration file for the current application.

If an absolute path is specified for file, that file will be used as the store for the configuration settings. If a non-absolute path is provided, the file will be looked for in the standard directory specified by type. If no path is provided, a default configuration file will be used based on the name of the main application component.

mode determines whether the user or global settings will be allowed to influence the values returned by this object. See OpenFlags for more details.

Note

You probably want to use KSharedConfig::openConfig instead.

Parameters

file	the name of the file. If an empty string is passed in and SimpleConfig is passed in for the OpenFlags, then an in-memory KConfig object is created which will not write out to file nor which requires any file in the filesystem at all.
mode	how global settings should affect the configuration options exposed by this KConfig object
type	The standard directory to look for the configuration file in

See also

KSharedConfig::openConfig(const QString&, OpenFlags, QStandardPaths::StandardLocation)

Definition at line 246 of file kconfig.cpp.

KConfig() [2/2]

KConfig::KConfig	(	const QString &	file,
		const QString &	backend,
		QStandardPaths::StandardLocation	type = QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation
	)

Creates a KConfig object using the specified backend. If the backend can not be found or loaded, then the standard configuration parser is used as a fallback.

Parameters

file	the file to be parsed
backend	the backend to load
type	where to look for the file if an absolute path is not provided

Since

4.1

Definition at line 255 of file kconfig.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

accessMode()

KConfig::AccessMode KConfig::accessMode ( ) const

overridevirtual

configuration object state

Reimplemented from superclass.

Implements KConfigBase.

Definition at line 810 of file kconfig.cpp.

addConfigSources()

void KConfig::addConfigSources

(

const QStringList &

sources

)

extra config files

Adds the list of configuration sources to the merge stack.

Currently only files are accepted as configuration sources.

The first entry in sources is treated as the most general and will be overridden by the second entry. The settings in the final entry in sources will override all the other sources provided in the list.

The settings in sources will also be overridden by the sources provided by any previous calls to addConfigSources().

The settings in the global configuration sources will be overridden by the sources provided to this method (

See also

IncludeGlobals). All the sources provided to any call to this method will be overridden by any files that cascade from the source provided to the constructor (

CascadeConfig), which will in turn be overridden by the source provided to the constructor.

Note that only the most specific file, ie: the file provided to the constructor, will be written to by this object.

The state is automatically updated by this method, so there is no need to call reparseConfiguration().

Parameters

sources

A list of extra config sources.

Definition at line 816 of file kconfig.cpp.

additionalConfigSources()

QStringList KConfig::additionalConfigSources

(

)

const

Returns a list of the additional configuration sources used in this object.

Definition at line 828 of file kconfig.cpp.

checkUpdate()

void KConfig::checkUpdate	(	const QString &	id,
		const QString &	updateFile
	)

Ensures that the configuration file contains a certain update.

If the configuration file does not contain the update id as contained in updateFile, kconf_update is run to update the configuration file.

If you install config update files with critical fixes you may wish to use this method to verify that a critical update has indeed been performed to catch the case where a user restores an old config file from backup that has not been updated yet.

Parameters

id	the update to check
updateFile	the file containing the update

Definition at line 534 of file kconfig.cpp.

copyTo()

KConfig * KConfig::copyTo	(	const QString &	file,
		KConfig *	config = nullptr
	)		const

Copies all entries from this config object to a new config object that will save itself to file.

The configuration will not actually be saved to file until the returned object is destroyed, or sync() is called on it.

Do not forget to delete the returned KConfig object if config was 0.

Parameters

file	the new config object will save itself to
config	if not 0, copy to the given KConfig object rather than creating a new one

Returns

config if it was set, otherwise a new KConfig object

Definition at line 545 of file kconfig.cpp.

deleteGroupImpl()

void KConfig::deleteGroupImpl ( const QByteArray &  group, WriteConfigFlags  flags = Normal  )

overrideprotectedvirtual

Parameters

group

name of group, encoded in UTF-8

Implements KConfigBase.

Definition at line 928 of file kconfig.cpp.

entryMap()

QMap< QString, QString > KConfig::entryMap

(

const QString &

aGroup = QString()

)

const

Returns a map (tree) of entries in a particular group.

The entries are all returned as strings.

Parameters

aGroup

The group to get entries from.

Returns

A map of entries in the group specified, indexed by key. The returned map may be empty if the group is empty, or not found.

See also

QMap

Definition at line 380 of file kconfig.cpp.

forceGlobal()

bool KConfig::forceGlobal

(

)

const

Returns whether all entries are being written to kdeglobals.

Returns

true if all entries are being written to kdeglobals

See also

setForceGlobal

Deprecated:

Since 4.0

Definition at line 892 of file kconfig.cpp.

groupImpl() [1/2]

const KConfigGroup KConfig::groupImpl ( const QByteArray &  group ) const

overrideprotectedvirtual

Parameters

group

name of group, encoded in UTF-8

Implements KConfigBase.

Definition at line 904 of file kconfig.cpp.

groupImpl() [2/2]

KConfigGroup KConfig::groupImpl ( const QByteArray &  group )

overrideprotectedvirtual

Parameters

group

name of group, encoded in UTF-8

Implements KConfigBase.

Definition at line 899 of file kconfig.cpp.

groupList()

QStringList KConfig::groupList ( ) const

overridevirtual

Reimplemented from superclass.

Implements KConfigBase.

Definition at line 305 of file kconfig.cpp.

hasGroupImpl()

bool KConfig::hasGroupImpl ( const QByteArray &  group ) const

overrideprotectedvirtual

Parameters

group

name of group, encoded in UTF-8

Implements KConfigBase.

Definition at line 970 of file kconfig.cpp.

isConfigWritable()

bool KConfig::isConfigWritable

(

bool

warnUser

)

Whether the configuration can be written to.

If warnUser is true and the configuration cannot be written to (ie: this method returns false), a warning message box will be shown to the user telling them to contact their system administrator to get the problem fixed.

The most likely cause for this method returning false is that the user does not have write permission for the configuration file.

Parameters

warnUser

whether to show a warning message to the user if the configuration cannot be written to

Returns

true if the configuration can be written to, false if the configuration cannot be written to

Definition at line 946 of file kconfig.cpp.

isDirty()

bool KConfig::isDirty

(

)

const

Returns true if sync has any changes to write out.

Since

4.12

Definition at line 528 of file kconfig.cpp.

isGroupImmutableImpl()

bool KConfig::isGroupImmutableImpl ( const QByteArray &  group ) const

overrideprotectedvirtual

Parameters

group

name of group, encoded in UTF-8

Implements KConfigBase.

Definition at line 877 of file kconfig.cpp.

isImmutable()

bool KConfig::isImmutable ( ) const

overridevirtual

immutability

Reimplemented from superclass.

Implements KConfigBase.

Definition at line 871 of file kconfig.cpp.

locale()

QString KConfig::locale

(

)

const

locales

Returns the current locale.

Definition at line 834 of file kconfig.cpp.

locationType()

QStandardPaths::StandardLocation KConfig::locationType

(

)

const

Returns the standard location enum passed to the constructor.

Used by KSharedConfig.

Since

5.0

Definition at line 1044 of file kconfig.cpp.

mainConfigName()

QString KConfig::mainConfigName ( )

static

Get the name of application config file.

Since

5.93

Definition at line 588 of file kconfig.cpp.

markAsClean()

void KConfig::markAsClean ( )

overridevirtual

Reimplemented from superclass.

Implements KConfigBase.

Definition at line 515 of file kconfig.cpp.

name()

QString KConfig::name

(

)

const

Returns the filename used to store the configuration.

Definition at line 564 of file kconfig.cpp.

openFlags()

KConfig::OpenFlags KConfig::openFlags

(

)

const

Returns

the flags this object was opened with

Since

5.3

Definition at line 570 of file kconfig.cpp.

readDefaults()

bool KConfig::readDefaults

(

)

const

Returns

true if the system-wide defaults will be read instead of the user's settings

Definition at line 865 of file kconfig.cpp.

reparseConfiguration()

void KConfig::reparseConfiguration

(

)

Updates the state of this object to match the persistent storage.

Note that if this object has pending changes, this method will call sync() first so as not to lose those changes.

Definition at line 652 of file kconfig.cpp.

setForceGlobal()

void KConfig::setForceGlobal

(

bool

force

)

global

Forces all following write-operations to be performed on kdeglobals, independent of the Global flag in writeEntry().

Parameters

force

true to force writing to kdeglobals

See also

forceGlobal

Deprecated:

Since 4.0

Definition at line 884 of file kconfig.cpp.

setLocale()

bool KConfig::setLocale

(

const QString &

aLocale

)

Sets the locale to aLocale.

The global locale is used by default.

Note

If set to the empty string, no locale will be matched. This effectively disables reading translated entries.

Returns

true if locale was changed, false if the call had no effect (eg: aLocale was already the current locale for this object)

Definition at line 849 of file kconfig.cpp.

setMainConfigName()

void KConfig::setMainConfigName ( const QString &  str )

static

Sets the name of the application config file.

Since

5.0

Definition at line 583 of file kconfig.cpp.

setReadDefaults()

void KConfig::setReadDefaults

(

bool

b

)

defaults

When set, all readEntry calls return the system-wide (default) values instead of the user's settings.

This is off by default.

Parameters

b	whether to read the system-wide defaults instead of the user's settings

Definition at line 859 of file kconfig.cpp.

sync()

bool KConfig::sync ( )

overridevirtual

Reimplemented from superclass.

Implements KConfigBase.

Definition at line 411 of file kconfig.cpp.

virtual_hook()

void KConfig::virtual_hook ( int  id, void *  data  )

overrideprotectedvirtual

Virtual hook, used to add new "virtual" functions while maintaining binary compatibility.

Unused in this class.

Reimplemented from KConfigBase.

Definition at line 1050 of file kconfig.cpp.

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

• kconfig.h
• kconfig.cpp