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KSycoca Class Reference

from PyKDE4.kdecore import *

Inherits: QObject

Detailed Description

Internal:
Read-only SYstem COnfiguration CAche


Enumerations

DatabaseType { LocalDatabase, GlobalDatabase }

Signals

 databaseChanged ()
 databaseChanged (QStringList changedResources)

Methods

 __init__ (self, bool a0)
 __init__ (self)
 __init__ (self, KSycoca a0)
QStringList allResourceDirs (self)
QDataStream findEntry (self, int offset, KSycocaType type)
QDataStream findFactory (self, KSycocaFactoryId id)
bool isBuilding (self)
QString kfsstnd_prefixes (self)
QString language (self)
long timeStamp (self)
long updateSignature (self)

Static Methods

QString absoluteFilePath (KSycoca.DatabaseType type=KSycoca.LocalDatabase)
 disableAutoRebuild ()
 flagError ()
bool isAvailable ()
bool isChanged (QString type)
bool readError ()
KSycoca self ()
int version ()

Signal Documentation

databaseChanged (   )

Connect to this to get notified when the database changes Example: when mimetype definitions have changed, applications showing files as icons refresh icons to take into account the new mimetypes. Another example: after creating a .desktop file in KOpenWithDialog, it must wait until kbuildsycoca4 finishes until the KService.Ptr is available.

Parameters:
changedResources  List of resources where changes were detected. This can include the following resources (as defined in KStandardDirs) : apps, xdgdata-apps, services, servicetypes, xdgdata-mime.

Signal syntax:
QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("databaseChanged()"), target_slot)
databaseChanged ( QStringList  changedResources
)

Connect to this to get notified when the database changes Example: when mimetype definitions have changed, applications showing files as icons refresh icons to take into account the new mimetypes. Another example: after creating a .desktop file in KOpenWithDialog, it must wait until kbuildsycoca4 finishes until the KService.Ptr is available.

Parameters:
changedResources  List of resources where changes were detected. This can include the following resources (as defined in KStandardDirs) : apps, xdgdata-apps, services, servicetypes, xdgdata-mime.

Signal syntax:
QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("databaseChanged(const QStringList&)"), target_slot)

Method Documentation

__init__ (  self,
bool  a0
)

Read-only database

__init__ (   self )

Read-only database

__init__ (  self,
KSycoca  a0
)

Read-only database

QStringList allResourceDirs (   self )

Internal:
- returns all directories with information stored inside sycoca.

QDataStream findEntry (  self,
int  offset,
KSycocaType  type
)

Internal:
- called by factories in read-only mode This is how factories get a stream to an entry

QDataStream findFactory (  self,
KSycocaFactoryId  id
)

Internal:
- called by factories in read-only mode Returns stream(), but positioned for reading this factory, 0 on error.

bool isBuilding (   self )

Internal:
Returns:
true if building (i.e. if a KBuildSycoca);

QString kfsstnd_prefixes (   self )

Internal:
- returns kfsstnd stored inside database

QString language (   self )

Internal:
- returns language stored inside database

long timeStamp (   self )

Internal:
- returns timestamp of database

The database contains all changes made _before_ this time and _might_ contain changes made after that.

long updateSignature (   self )

Internal:
- returns update signature of database

Signature that keeps track of changes to $KDEDIR/share/services/update_ksycoca

Touching this file causes the database to be recreated from scratch.


Static Method Documentation

QString absoluteFilePath ( KSycoca.DatabaseType  type=KSycoca.LocalDatabase
)

Internal:
- returns absolute file path of the database

for global database type the database is searched under the 'services' install path. Otherwise, the value from the environment variable KDESYCOCA is returned if set. If not set the path is build based on KStandardDirs cache save location.

disableAutoRebuild (   )

Internal:
- disables launching of kbuildsycoca

flagError (   )

A read error occurs.

Internal:

bool isAvailable (   )

Returns:
true if the ksycoca database is available This is usually the case, except if KDE isn't installed yet, or before kded is started.

bool isChanged ( QString  type
)

When you receive a "databaseChanged" signal, you can query here if a change has occurred in a specific resource type.

See also:
KStandardDirs for the various resource types.

This method is meant to be called from the GUI thread only.

Deprecated:
use the signal databaseChanged(QStringList) instead.

bool readError (   )
KSycoca self (   )

Get or create the only instance of KSycoca (read-only)

int version (   )

Returns:
the compiled-in version, i.e. the one used when writing a new ksycoca


Enumeration Documentation

DatabaseType
Enumerator:

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