1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: classes and functions to manage MIME types
4 // Author: Vadim Zeitlin
6 // Chris Elliott (biol75@york.ac.uk) 5 Dec 00: write support for Win32
9 // Copyright: (c) 1998 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
10 // Licence: wxWindows licence (part of wxExtra library)
11 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13 #ifndef _WX_MIMETYPE_H_
14 #define _WX_MIMETYPE_H_
16 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
24 // the things we really need
25 #include "wx/string.h"
26 #include "wx/dynarray.h"
27 #include "wx/arrstr.h"
30 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxIconLocation
;
31 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxFileTypeImpl
;
32 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
;
34 // these constants define the MIME informations source under UNIX and are used
35 // by wxMimeTypesManager::Initialize()
38 wxMAILCAP_STANDARD
= 1,
39 wxMAILCAP_NETSCAPE
= 2,
47 TODO: would it be more convenient to have this class?
49 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMimeType : public wxString
52 // all string ctors here
54 wxString GetType() const { return BeforeFirst(_T('/')); }
55 wxString GetSubType() const { return AfterFirst(_T('/')); }
57 void SetSubType(const wxString& subtype)
59 *this = GetType() + _T('/') + subtype;
62 bool Matches(const wxMimeType& wildcard)
64 // implement using wxMimeTypesManager::IsOfType()
70 // wxMimeTypeCommands stores the verbs defined for the given MIME type with
72 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMimeTypeCommands
75 wxMimeTypeCommands() {}
77 wxMimeTypeCommands(const wxArrayString
& verbs
,
78 const wxArrayString
& commands
)
84 // add a new verb with the command or replace the old value
85 void AddOrReplaceVerb(const wxString
& verb
, const wxString
& cmd
)
87 int n
= m_verbs
.Index(verb
, false /* ignore case */);
88 if ( n
== wxNOT_FOUND
)
99 void Add(const wxString
& s
)
101 m_verbs
.Add(s
.BeforeFirst(wxT('=')));
102 m_commands
.Add(s
.AfterFirst(wxT('=')));
105 // access the commands
106 size_t GetCount() const { return m_verbs
.GetCount(); }
107 const wxString
& GetVerb(size_t n
) const { return m_verbs
[n
]; }
108 const wxString
& GetCmd(size_t n
) const { return m_commands
[n
]; }
110 bool HasVerb(const wxString
& verb
) const
111 { return m_verbs
.Index(verb
) != wxNOT_FOUND
; }
113 wxString
GetCommandForVerb(const wxString
& verb
, size_t *idx
= NULL
) const
117 int n
= m_verbs
.Index(verb
);
118 if ( n
!= wxNOT_FOUND
)
120 s
= m_commands
[(size_t)n
];
126 // different from any valid index
133 // get a "verb=command" string
134 wxString
GetVerbCmd(size_t n
) const
136 return m_verbs
[n
] + wxT('=') + m_commands
[n
];
140 wxArrayString m_verbs
;
141 wxArrayString m_commands
;
144 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
145 // wxFileTypeInfo: static container of information accessed via wxFileType.
147 // This class is used with wxMimeTypesManager::AddFallbacks() and Associate()
148 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
150 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxFileTypeInfo
155 wxFileTypeInfo(const wxChar
*mimeType
,
156 const wxChar
*openCmd
,
157 const wxChar
*printCmd
,
159 // the other parameters form a NULL terminated list of
163 // the array elements correspond to the parameters of the ctor above in
165 wxFileTypeInfo(const wxArrayString
& sArray
);
167 // invalid item - use this to terminate the array passed to
168 // wxMimeTypesManager::AddFallbacks
171 // test if this object can be used
172 bool IsValid() const { return !m_mimeType
.empty(); }
176 void SetIcon(const wxString
& iconFile
, int iconIndex
= 0)
178 m_iconFile
= iconFile
;
179 m_iconIndex
= iconIndex
;
181 // set the short desc
182 void SetShortDesc(const wxString
& shortDesc
) { m_shortDesc
= shortDesc
; }
186 const wxString
& GetMimeType() const { return m_mimeType
; }
187 // get the open command
188 const wxString
& GetOpenCommand() const { return m_openCmd
; }
189 // get the print command
190 const wxString
& GetPrintCommand() const { return m_printCmd
; }
191 // get the short description (only used under Win32 so far)
192 const wxString
& GetShortDesc() const { return m_shortDesc
; }
193 // get the long, user visible description
194 const wxString
& GetDescription() const { return m_desc
; }
195 // get the array of all extensions
196 const wxArrayString
& GetExtensions() const { return m_exts
; }
197 size_t GetExtensionsCount() const {return m_exts
.GetCount(); }
199 const wxString
& GetIconFile() const { return m_iconFile
; }
200 int GetIconIndex() const { return m_iconIndex
; }
203 wxString m_mimeType
, // the MIME type in "type/subtype" form
204 m_openCmd
, // command to use for opening the file (%s allowed)
205 m_printCmd
, // command to use for printing the file (%s allowed)
206 m_shortDesc
, // a short string used in the registry
207 m_desc
; // a free form description of this file type
210 wxString m_iconFile
; // the file containing the icon
211 int m_iconIndex
; // icon index in this file
213 wxArrayString m_exts
; // the extensions which are mapped on this filetype
217 // the additional (except "open" and "print") command names and values
218 wxArrayString m_commandNames
,
223 WX_DECLARE_USER_EXPORTED_OBJARRAY(wxFileTypeInfo
, wxArrayFileTypeInfo
,
226 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
227 // wxFileType: gives access to all information about the files of given type.
229 // This class holds information about a given "file type". File type is the
230 // same as MIME type under Unix, but under Windows it corresponds more to an
231 // extension than to MIME type (in fact, several extensions may correspond to a
232 // file type). This object may be created in many different ways and depending
233 // on how it was created some fields may be unknown so the return value of all
234 // the accessors *must* be checked!
235 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
237 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxFileType
239 friend class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
; // it has access to m_impl
242 // An object of this class must be passed to Get{Open|Print}Command. The
243 // default implementation is trivial and doesn't know anything at all about
244 // parameters, only filename and MIME type are used (so it's probably ok for
245 // Windows where %{param} is not used anyhow)
246 class MessageParameters
250 MessageParameters() { }
251 MessageParameters(const wxString
& filename
,
252 const wxString
& mimetype
= wxEmptyString
)
253 : m_filename(filename
), m_mimetype(mimetype
) { }
255 // accessors (called by GetOpenCommand)
257 const wxString
& GetFileName() const { return m_filename
; }
259 const wxString
& GetMimeType() const { return m_mimetype
; }
261 // override this function in derived class
262 virtual wxString
GetParamValue(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(name
)) const
263 { return wxEmptyString
; }
265 // virtual dtor as in any base class
266 virtual ~MessageParameters() { }
269 wxString m_filename
, m_mimetype
;
272 // ctor from static data
273 wxFileType(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ftInfo
);
275 // accessors: all of them return true if the corresponding information
276 // could be retrieved/found, false otherwise (and in this case all [out]
277 // parameters are unchanged)
278 // return the MIME type for this file type
279 bool GetMimeType(wxString
*mimeType
) const;
280 bool GetMimeTypes(wxArrayString
& mimeTypes
) const;
281 // fill passed in array with all extensions associated with this file
283 bool GetExtensions(wxArrayString
& extensions
);
284 // get the icon corresponding to this file type and of the given size
285 bool GetIcon(wxIconLocation
*iconloc
) const;
286 bool GetIcon(wxIconLocation
*iconloc
,
287 const MessageParameters
& params
) const;
288 // get a brief file type description ("*.txt" => "text document")
289 bool GetDescription(wxString
*desc
) const;
291 // get the command to be used to open/print the given file.
292 // get the command to execute the file of given type
293 bool GetOpenCommand(wxString
*openCmd
,
294 const MessageParameters
& params
) const;
295 // a simpler to use version of GetOpenCommand() -- it only takes the
296 // filename and returns an empty string on failure
297 wxString
GetOpenCommand(const wxString
& filename
) const;
298 // get the command to print the file of given type
299 bool GetPrintCommand(wxString
*printCmd
,
300 const MessageParameters
& params
) const;
303 // return the number of commands defined for this file type, 0 if none
304 size_t GetAllCommands(wxArrayString
*verbs
, wxArrayString
*commands
,
305 const wxFileType::MessageParameters
& params
) const;
307 // set an arbitrary command, ask confirmation if it already exists and
308 // overwriteprompt is true
309 bool SetCommand(const wxString
& cmd
, const wxString
& verb
,
310 bool overwriteprompt
= true);
312 bool SetDefaultIcon(const wxString
& cmd
= wxEmptyString
, int index
= 0);
315 // remove the association for this filetype from the system MIME database:
316 // notice that it will only work if the association is defined in the user
317 // file/registry part, we will never modify the system-wide settings
321 // expand a string in the format of GetOpenCommand (which may contain
322 // '%s' and '%t' format specificators for the file name and mime type
323 // and %{param} constructions).
324 static wxString
ExpandCommand(const wxString
& command
,
325 const MessageParameters
& params
);
327 // dtor (not virtual, shouldn't be derived from)
331 // default ctor is private because the user code never creates us
334 // no copy ctor/assignment operator
335 wxFileType(const wxFileType
&);
336 wxFileType
& operator=(const wxFileType
&);
338 // the static container of wxFileType data: if it's not NULL, it means that
339 // this object is used as fallback only
340 const wxFileTypeInfo
*m_info
;
342 // the object which implements the real stuff like reading and writing
343 // to/from system MIME database
344 wxFileTypeImpl
*m_impl
;
347 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
348 // wxMimeTypesManagerFactory
349 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
351 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMimeTypesManagerFactory
354 wxMimeTypesManagerFactory() {}
355 virtual ~wxMimeTypesManagerFactory() {}
357 virtual wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
*CreateMimeTypesManagerImpl();
359 static void SetFactory( wxMimeTypesManagerFactory
*factory
);
360 static wxMimeTypesManagerFactory
*GetFactory();
363 static wxMimeTypesManagerFactory
*m_factory
;
366 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
367 // wxMimeTypesManager: interface to system MIME database.
369 // This class accesses the information about all known MIME types and allows
370 // the application to retrieve information (including how to handle data of
371 // given type) about them.
372 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
374 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMimeTypesManager
377 // static helper functions
378 // -----------------------
380 // check if the given MIME type is the same as the other one: the
381 // second argument may contain wildcards ('*'), but not the first. If
382 // the types are equal or if the mimeType matches wildcard the function
383 // returns true, otherwise it returns false
384 static bool IsOfType(const wxString
& mimeType
, const wxString
& wildcard
);
387 wxMimeTypesManager();
389 // NB: the following 2 functions are for Unix only and don't do anything
392 // loads data from standard files according to the mailcap styles
393 // specified: this is a bitwise OR of wxMailcapStyle values
395 // use the extraDir parameter if you want to look for files in another
397 void Initialize(int mailcapStyle
= wxMAILCAP_ALL
,
398 const wxString
& extraDir
= wxEmptyString
);
400 // and this function clears all the data from the manager
403 // Database lookup: all functions return a pointer to wxFileType object
404 // whose methods may be used to query it for the information you're
405 // interested in. If the return value is !NULL, caller is responsible for
407 // get file type from file extension
408 wxFileType
*GetFileTypeFromExtension(const wxString
& ext
);
409 // get file type from MIME type (in format <category>/<format>)
410 wxFileType
*GetFileTypeFromMimeType(const wxString
& mimeType
);
412 // other operations: return true if there were no errors or false if there
413 // were some unrecognized entries (the good entries are always read anyhow)
415 // FIXME: These ought to be private ??
417 // read in additional file (the standard ones are read automatically)
418 // in mailcap format (see mimetype.cpp for description)
420 // 'fallback' parameter may be set to true to avoid overriding the
421 // settings from other, previously parsed, files by this one: normally,
422 // the files read most recently would override the older files, but with
423 // fallback == true this won't happen
425 bool ReadMailcap(const wxString
& filename
, bool fallback
= false);
426 // read in additional file in mime.types format
427 bool ReadMimeTypes(const wxString
& filename
);
429 // enumerate all known MIME types
431 // returns the number of retrieved file types
432 size_t EnumAllFileTypes(wxArrayString
& mimetypes
);
434 // these functions can be used to provide default values for some of the
435 // MIME types inside the program itself (you may also use
436 // ReadMailcap(filenameWithDefaultTypes, true /* use as fallback */) to
437 // achieve the same goal, but this requires having this info in a file).
439 // The filetypes array should be terminated by either NULL entry or an
440 // invalid wxFileTypeInfo (i.e. the one created with default ctor)
441 void AddFallbacks(const wxFileTypeInfo
*filetypes
);
442 void AddFallback(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ft
) { m_fallbacks
.Add(ft
); }
444 // create or remove associations
446 // create a new association using the fields of wxFileTypeInfo (at least
447 // the MIME type and the extension should be set)
448 // if the other fields are empty, the existing values should be left alone
449 wxFileType
*Associate(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ftInfo
);
452 bool Unassociate(wxFileType
*ft
) ;
454 // dtor (not virtual, shouldn't be derived from)
455 ~wxMimeTypesManager();
458 // no copy ctor/assignment operator
459 wxMimeTypesManager(const wxMimeTypesManager
&);
460 wxMimeTypesManager
& operator=(const wxMimeTypesManager
&);
462 // the fallback info which is used if the information is not found in the
463 // real system database
464 wxArrayFileTypeInfo m_fallbacks
;
466 // the object working with the system MIME database
467 wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
*m_impl
;
469 // if m_impl is NULL, create one
472 friend class wxMimeTypeCmnModule
;
476 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
478 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
480 // the default mime manager for wxWidgets programs
481 extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxMimeTypesManager
*) wxTheMimeTypesManager
;
483 #endif // wxUSE_MIMETYPE