PackageMetadata Class Reference

from PyKDE4.plasma import *

Namespace: Plasma

Detailed Description

PackageMetadata plasma/packagemetadata.h <Plasma/PackageMetadata>

Provides metadata for a Package.

Methods
	__init__ (self, QString path=QString())
	__init__ (self, Plasma.PackageMetadata other)
QString	application (self)
QString	author (self)
QString	category (self)
QString	description (self)
QString	email (self)
QString	implementationApi (self)
bool	isValid (self)
QStringList	keywords (self)
QString	license (self)
QString	name (self)
QString	pluginName (self)
	read (self, QString filename)
QString	requiredVersion (self)
QString	serviceType (self)
	setApplication (self, QString a0)
	setAuthor (self, QString a0)
	setCategory (self, QString a0)
	setDescription (self, QString a0)
	setEmail (self, QString a0)
	setImplementationApi (self, QString api)
	setKeywords (self, QStringList keywords)
	setLicense (self, QString a0)
	setName (self, QString a0)
	setPluginName (self, QString name)
	setRequiredVersion (self, QString a0)
	setServiceType (self, QString a0)
	setType (self, QString type)
	setVersion (self, QString a0)
	setWebsite (self, QString a0)
QString	type (self)
QString	version (self)
QString	website (self)
	write (self, QString filename)

Method Documentation

__init__	(	self,
		QString	path=QString()
	)

Constructs a metadata object using the values in the file at path

Parameters:

path

path to a metadata.desktop file

__init__	(	self,
		Plasma.PackageMetadata	other
	)

Copy constructor

QString application ( self )

QString author ( self )

QString category ( self )

QString description ( self )

QString email ( self )

QString implementationApi ( self )

bool isValid ( self )

QStringList keywords ( self )

QString license ( self )

QString name ( self )

QString pluginName ( self )

read	(	self,
		QString	filename
	)

Reads in metadata from a file, which should be a .desktop file. It writes out the information in a format that is compatible with KPluginInfo

See also:: KPluginInfo

@arg filename path to the file to write to

QString requiredVersion ( self )

QString serviceType ( self )

setApplication	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

Set the name of the application this package may belongs to. This is used only for display purposes so far.

setAuthor	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

Set the name of the author of the package.

setCategory	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

Sets the category this package belongs in

setDescription	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

Set the description used to provide some general information what the package is about.

setEmail	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

Set the E-Mail address of the author or of the project that provided the package.

setImplementationApi	(	self,
		QString	api
	)

Set the implementation API this package uses.

setKeywords	(	self,
		QStringList	keywords
	)

Set the keywords used to provide search and categorizations

Parameters:

keywords

the keywords to associate with this package

setLicense	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

Set the license the package is distributed under.

setName	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

Set the name of the package used to displayed a short describing name.

setPluginName	(	self,
		QString	name
	)

Set the plugin name of the package.

The plugin name is used to locate the package;

 QString serviceName("plasma-applet-" + data.pluginName());
 QString service = KStandardDirs.locateLocal("services", serviceName + ".desktop");

setRequiredVersion	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

Set the required version. See also the setVersion() method.

setServiceType	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

Set the service-type which defines the X-KDE-ServiceTypes type within the desktop file. If not defined this defaults to "Plasma/Applet,Plasma/Containment" in the desktop file.

setType	(	self,
		QString	type
	)

Set the type of the package. If not defined this defaults to "Service" in the desktop file.

setVersion	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

Set the version of the package.

setWebsite	(	self,
		QString	a0
	)

Set the website URL where the package is hosted or where additional details about the project are available.

QString type ( self )

QString version ( self )

QString website ( self )

write	(	self,
		QString	filename
	)

Writes out the metadata to filename, which should be a .desktop file. It writes out the information in a format that is compatible with KPluginInfo

See also:: KPluginInfo

@arg filename path to the file to write to

PackageMetadata Class Reference

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