MimeTypeChecker Class Reference

from PyKDE4.akonadi import *

Namespace: Akonadi

Detailed Description

Helper for checking MIME types of Collections and Items.

When it is necessary to decide whether an item has a certain MIME type or whether a collection can contain a certain MIME type, direct string comparison might not render the desired result because MIME types can have aliases and be a node in an "inheritance" hierachy.

For example a check like this

 if ( item.mimeType() == QLatin1String( "text/directory" ) )

would fail to detect "text/x-vcard" as being the same MIME type.

Note:: KDE deals with this inside the KMimeType framework, this class is just a convenience helper for common Akonadi related checks.

Example: Checking whether an Akonadi.Item is contact MIME type

 Akonadi.MimeTypeChecker checker;
 checker.addWantedMimeType( KABC.Addressee.mimeType() );

 if ( checker.isWantedItem( item ) ){
   // item.mimeType() is equal KABC.Addressee.mimeType(), an aliases
   // or a sub type.
 }

Example: Checking whether an Akonadi.Collection could contain calendar items

 Akonadi.MimeTypeChecker checker;
 checker.addWantedMimeType( QLatin1String( "text/calendar" ) );

 if ( checker.isWantedCollection( collection ) ) {
   // collection.contentMimeTypes() contains @c "text/calendar"
   // or a sub type.
 }

Example: Checking whether an Akonadi.Collection could contain Calendar Event items (i.e. KCal.Event), making use of the respective MIME type "subclassing" provided by Akonadi's MIME type extensions.

 Akonadi.MimeTypeChecker checker;
 checker.addWantedMimeType( QLatin1String( "application/x-vnd.akonadi.calendar.event" ) );

 if ( checker.isWantedCollection( collection ) ) {
   // collection.contentMimeTypes() contains @c "application/x-vnd.akonadi.calendar.event"
   // or a sub type, but just containing @c "text/calendar" would not
   // get here
 }

Example: Checking for items of more than one MIME type and treat one of them specially.

 Akonadi.MimeTypeChecker mimeFilter;
 mimeFilter.setWantedMimeTypes( QStringList() << KABC.Addressee.mimeType()
                                << KABC.ContactGroup.mimeType() );

 if ( mimeFilter.isWantedItem( item ) ) {
   if ( Akonadi.MimeTypeChecker.isWantedItem( item, KABC.ContactGroup.mimeType() ) {
     // treat contact group's differently
   }
 }

This class is implicitly shared.

Author:: Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>

Since:: 4.3

Methods
	__init__ (self)
	__init__ (self, Akonadi.MimeTypeChecker other)
	addWantedMimeType (self, QString mimeType)
bool	isWantedCollection (self, Akonadi.Collection collection)
bool	isWantedItem (self, Akonadi.Item item)
	removeWantedMimeType (self, QString mimeType)
	setWantedMimeTypes (self, QStringList mimeTypes)
QStringList	wantedMimeTypes (self)
Static Methods
bool	isWantedCollection (Akonadi.Collection collection, QString wantedMimeType)
bool	isWantedItem (Akonadi.Item item, QString wantedMimeType)

Method Documentation

__init__ ( self )

Creates an empty MIME type checker.

An empty checker will not report any items or collections as wanted.

__init__	(	self,
		Akonadi.MimeTypeChecker	other
	)

Creates a new MIME type checker from an other.

addWantedMimeType	(	self,
		QString	mimeType
	)

Adds another MIME type to the list of wanted MIME types this instance checks against.

Parameters:

mimeType

The MIME types to add to the checklist.

See also:: setWantedMimeTypes()

bool isWantedCollection	(	self,
		Akonadi.Collection	collection
	)

Checks whether a given collection has one of the wanted MIME types

Parameters:

item

The collection to check the content MIME types of.

Returns:: true if one of the collection content MIME types is one of the wanted ones, false if non is, the collection is invalid or has an empty content MIME type list.

See also:: setWantedMimeTypes()

See also:: Collection.contentMimeTypes()

bool isWantedCollection	(	Akonadi.Collection	collection,
		QString	wantedMimeType
	)

Checks whether a given collection has the given MIME type

Parameters:

	item	The collection to check the content MIME types of.
	wantedMimeType	The MIME type to check against.

Returns:: true if one of the collection content MIME types is the given wanted one, false if it isn't, the collection is invalid or has an empty content MIME type list.

See also:: setWantedMimeTypes()

See also:: Collection.contentMimeTypes()

bool isWantedItem	(	self,
		Akonadi.Item	item
	)

Checks whether a given item has one of the wanted MIME types

Parameters:

item

The item to check the MIME type of.

Returns:: true if the item MIME type is one of the wanted ones,

false if it isn't, the item is invalid or has an empty MIME type.

See also:: setWantedMimeTypes()

See also:: Item.mimeType()

bool isWantedItem	(	Akonadi.Item	item,
		QString	wantedMimeType
	)

Checks whether a given item has the given wanted MIME type

Parameters:

	item	The item to check the MIME type of.
	wantedMimeType	The MIME type to check against.

Returns:: true if the item MIME type is the given one,

false if it isn't, the item is invalid or has an empty MIME type.

See also:: setWantedMimeTypes()

See also:: Item.mimeType()

removeWantedMimeType	(	self,
		QString	mimeType
	)

Removes a MIME type from the list of wanted MIME types this instance checks against.

Parameters:

mimeType

The MIME type to remove from the checklist.

See also:: addWantedMimeType()

setWantedMimeTypes	(	self,
		QStringList	mimeTypes
	)

Sets the list of wanted MIME types this instance checks against.

Parameters:

mimeTypes

The list of MIME types to check against.

See also:: wantedMimeTypes()

QStringList wantedMimeTypes ( self )

Returns the list of wanted MIME types this instance checks against.

See also:: setWantedMimeTypes()

MimeTypeChecker Class Reference

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