class KFilePlugin

Public Methods

•  KFilePlugin ( QObject *parent, const char *name, const QStringList& args )
• virtual  ~KFilePlugin ()
• virtual bool  readInfo ( KFileMetaInfo& info, uint what = KFileMetaInfo::Fastest )
• virtual bool  writeInfo ( const KFileMetaInfo& ) const
• virtual QValidator*  createValidator ( const QString& , const QString& , const QString& , QObject* , const char* ) const

Protected Methods

• KFileMimeTypeInfo::GroupInfo*  addGroupInfo (KFileMimeTypeInfo* info, const QString& key, const QString& translatedKey) const
• void  setAttributes (KFileMimeTypeInfo::GroupInfo* gi, uint attr) const
• void  addVariableInfo (KFileMimeTypeInfo::GroupInfo* gi, QVariant::Type type, uint attr) const
• KFileMimeTypeInfo::ItemInfo*  addItemInfo (KFileMimeTypeInfo::GroupInfo* gi, const QString& key, const QString& translatedKey, QVariant::Type type)
• void  setAttributes (KFileMimeTypeInfo::ItemInfo* item, uint attr)
• void  setHint (KFileMimeTypeInfo::ItemInfo* item, uint hint)
• void  setUnit (KFileMimeTypeInfo::ItemInfo* item, uint unit)
• void  setPrefix (KFileMimeTypeInfo::ItemInfo* item, const QString& prefix)
• void  setSuffix (KFileMimeTypeInfo::ItemInfo* item, const QString& suffix)
• KFileMetaInfoGroup  appendGroup (KFileMetaInfo& info, const QString& key)
• void  appendItem (KFileMetaInfoGroup& group, const QString& key, QVariant value)
• KFileMimeTypeInfo *  addMimeTypeInfo ( const QString& mimeType )
• virtual void  virtual_hook ( int id, void* data )

Protected Members

• QStringList m_preferredKeys
• QStringList m_preferredGroups

Detailed Description

Baseclass for a meta info plugin. If you want to write your own plugin, you need to derive from this class.

In your plugin, you need to create a factory for the KFilePlugin

Example:

 typedef KGenericFactory MyFactory;
 K_EXPORT_COMPONENT_FACTORY(kfile_foo, MyFactory("kfile_foo"));

and then just overwrite the methods your plugin supports. If your plugin can only read data, it is sufficient to only write a readInfo() method. If you also want to support changing data and writing it back into the file, you usually need all methods.

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Read the info from the file in this method and insert it into the provided KFileMetaInfo object. You can get the path to the file with info.path()

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Similar to the above method, but for writing the info back to the file. If you don't have any writable keys, don't implement this method

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This method should create an appropriate validator for the specified item if it's editable or return a null pointer if not. If you don't have any editable items, you don't need this method

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Call this in your constructor

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