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KFilterDev Class Reference

from PyKDE4.kdecore import *

Inherits: QIODevice → QObject

Detailed Description

A class for reading and writing compressed data onto a device (e.g. file, but other usages are possible, like a buffer or a socket).

To simply read/write compressed files, see deviceForFile.

Author:
David Faure <faure@kde.org>


Methods

 __init__ (self, KFilterBase filter, bool autoDeleteFilterBase=0)
bool atEnd (self)
 close (self)
bool open (self, QIODevice::OpenMode mode)
long readData (self, QString data, long maxlen)
bool seek (self, long a0)
 setOrigFileName (self, QByteArray fileName)
 setSkipHeaders (self)
long writeData (self, QString data, long len)

Static Methods

QIODevice device (QIODevice inDevice, QString mimetype, bool autoDeleteInDevice=1)
QIODevice deviceForFile (QString fileName, QString mimetype=QString(), bool forceFilter=0)

Method Documentation

__init__ (  self,
KFilterBase  filter,
bool  autoDeleteFilterBase=0
)

Constructs a KFilterDev for a given filter (e.g. gzip, bzip2 etc.).

Parameters:
filter  the KFilterBase to use
autoDeleteFilterBase  when true this object will become the owner of filter.

bool atEnd (   self )
close (   self )

Close after reading or writing. If the KFilterBase's device was opened by open(), it will be closed.

bool open (  self,
QIODevice::OpenMode  mode
)

Open for reading or writing. If the KFilterBase's device is not opened, it will be opened.

long readData (  self,
QString  data,
long  maxlen
)
bool seek (  self,
long  a0
)

That one can be quite slow, when going back. Use with care.

setOrigFileName (  self,
QByteArray  fileName
)

For writing gzip compressed files only: set the name of the original file, to be used in the gzip header.

Parameters:
fileName  the name of the original file

setSkipHeaders (   self )

Call this let this device skip the gzip headers when reading/writing. This way KFilterDev (with gzip filter) can be used as a direct wrapper around zlib - this is used by KZip.

long writeData (  self,
QString  data,
long  len
)

Static Method Documentation

QIODevice device ( QIODevice  inDevice,
QString  mimetype,
bool  autoDeleteInDevice=1
)

Creates an i/o device that is able to read from the QIODevice inDevice, whether the data is compressed or not. Available compression filters (gzip/bzip2 etc.) will automatically be used.

The compression filter to be used is determined mimetype . Pass "application/x-gzip" or "application/x-bzip" to use the corresponding decompression filter.

Warning: application/x-bzip may not be available. In that case 0 will be returned !

The returned QIODevice has to be deleted after using.

Parameters:
inDevice  input device. Won't be deleted if autoDeleteInDevice = false
mimetype  the mime type for the filter
autoDeleteInDevice  if true, inDevice will be deleted automatically

Returns:
a KFilterDev that filters the original stream. Must be deleted after using

QIODevice deviceForFile ( QString  fileName,
QString  mimetype=QString(),
bool  forceFilter=0
)

Creates an i/o device that is able to read from fileName, whether it's compressed or not. Available compression filters (gzip/bzip2 etc.) will automatically be used.

The compression filter to be used is determined from the fileName if mimetype is empty. Pass "application/x-gzip" or "application/x-bzip" to force the corresponding decompression filter, if available.

Warning: application/x-bzip may not be available. In that case a QFile opened on the compressed data will be returned ! Use KFilterBase.findFilterByMimeType and code similar to what deviceForFile is doing, to better control what's happening.

The returned QIODevice has to be deleted after using.

Parameters:
fileName  the name of the file to filter
mimetype  the mime type of the file to filter, or QString() if unknown
forceFilter  if true, the function will either find a compression filter, or return 0. If false, it will always return a QIODevice. If no filter is available it will return a simple QFile. This can be useful if the file is usable without a filter.

Returns:
if a filter has been found, the QIODevice for the filter. If the filter does not exist, the return value depends on forceFilter. The returned QIODevice has to be deleted after using.

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