GContentType

GContentType — Platform-specific content typing

Functions

Includes

#include <gio/gio.h>

Description

A content type is a platform specific string that defines the type of a file. On UNIX it is a mime type like "text/plain" or "image/png". On Win32 it is an extension string like ".doc", ".txt" or a perceived string like "audio". Such strings can be looked up in the registry at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.

Functions

g_content_type_equals ()

gboolean
g_content_type_equals (const gchar *type1,
                       const gchar *type2);

Compares two content types for equality.

Parameters

type1

a content type string

 

type2

a content type string

 

Returns

TRUE if the two strings are identical or equivalent, FALSE otherwise.


g_content_type_is_a ()

gboolean
g_content_type_is_a (const gchar *type,
                     const gchar *supertype);

Determines if type is a subset of supertype .

Parameters

type

a content type string

 

supertype

a content type string

 

Returns

TRUE if type is a kind of supertype , FALSE otherwise.


g_content_type_is_unknown ()

gboolean
g_content_type_is_unknown (const gchar *type);

Checks if the content type is the generic "unknown" type. On UNIX this is the "application/octet-stream" mimetype, while on win32 it is "*".

Parameters

type

a content type string

 

Returns

TRUE if the type is the unknown type.


g_content_type_get_description ()

gchar *
g_content_type_get_description (const gchar *type);

Gets the human readable description of the content type.

Parameters

type

a content type string

 

Returns

a short description of the content type type . Free the returned string with g_free()


g_content_type_get_mime_type ()

gchar *
g_content_type_get_mime_type (const gchar *type);

Gets the mime type for the content type, if one is registered.

Parameters

type

a content type string

 

Returns

the registered mime type for the given type , or NULL if unknown.

[nullable]


g_content_type_get_icon ()

GIcon *
g_content_type_get_icon (const gchar *type);

Gets the icon for a content type.

Parameters

type

a content type string

 

Returns

GIcon corresponding to the content type. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]


g_content_type_get_symbolic_icon ()

GIcon *
g_content_type_get_symbolic_icon (const gchar *type);

Gets the symbolic icon for a content type.

Parameters

type

a content type string

 

Returns

symbolic GIcon corresponding to the content type. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]

Since: 2.34


g_content_type_get_generic_icon_name ()

gchar *
g_content_type_get_generic_icon_name (const gchar *type);

Gets the generic icon name for a content type.

See the shared-mime-info specification for more on the generic icon name.

Parameters

type

a content type string

 

Returns

the registered generic icon name for the given type , or NULL if unknown. Free with g_free().

[allow-none]

Since: 2.34


g_content_type_can_be_executable ()

gboolean
g_content_type_can_be_executable (const gchar *type);

Checks if a content type can be executable. Note that for instance things like text files can be executables (i.e. scripts and batch files).

Parameters

type

a content type string

 

Returns

TRUE if the file type corresponds to a type that can be executable, FALSE otherwise.


g_content_type_from_mime_type ()

gchar *
g_content_type_from_mime_type (const gchar *mime_type);

Tries to find a content type based on the mime type name.

Parameters

mime_type

a mime type string

 

Returns

Newly allocated string with content type or NULL. Free with g_free().

[nullable]

Since: 2.18


g_content_type_guess ()

gchar *
g_content_type_guess (const gchar *filename,
                      const guchar *data,
                      gsize data_size,
                      gboolean *result_uncertain);

Guesses the content type based on example data. If the function is uncertain, result_uncertain will be set to TRUE. Either filename or data may be NULL, in which case the guess will be based solely on the other argument.

Parameters

filename

a string, or NULL.

[allow-none]

data

a stream of data, or NULL.

[allow-none][array length=data_size]

data_size

the size of data

 

result_uncertain

return location for the certainty of the result, or NULL.

[allow-none][out]

Returns

a string indicating a guessed content type for the given data. Free with g_free()


g_content_type_guess_for_tree ()

gchar **
g_content_type_guess_for_tree (GFile *root);

Tries to guess the type of the tree with root root , by looking at the files it contains. The result is an array of content types, with the best guess coming first.

The types returned all have the form x-content/foo, e.g. x-content/audio-cdda (for audio CDs) or x-content/image-dcf (for a camera memory card). See the shared-mime-info specification for more on x-content types.

This function is useful in the implementation of g_mount_guess_content_type().

Parameters

root

the root of the tree to guess a type for

 

Returns

an NULL-terminated array of zero or more content types. Free with g_strfreev().

[transfer full][array zero-terminated=1]

Since: 2.18


g_content_types_get_registered ()

GList *
g_content_types_get_registered (void);

Gets a list of strings containing all the registered content types known to the system. The list and its data should be freed using g_list_free_full (list, g_free).

Returns

list of the registered content types.

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