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
);
86 void Add(const wxString
& s
)
88 m_verbs
.Add(s
.BeforeFirst(wxT('=')));
89 m_commands
.Add(s
.AfterFirst(wxT('=')));
92 // access the commands
93 size_t GetCount() const { return m_verbs
.GetCount(); }
94 const wxString
& GetVerb(size_t n
) const { return m_verbs
[n
]; }
95 const wxString
& GetCmd(size_t n
) const { return m_commands
[n
]; }
97 bool HasVerb(const wxString
& verb
) const
98 { return m_verbs
.Index(verb
) != wxNOT_FOUND
; }
100 // returns empty string and wxNOT_FOUND in idx if no such verb
101 wxString
GetCommandForVerb(const wxString
& verb
, size_t *idx
= NULL
) const;
103 // get a "verb=command" string
104 wxString
GetVerbCmd(size_t n
) const;
107 wxArrayString m_verbs
;
108 wxArrayString m_commands
;
111 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
112 // wxFileTypeInfo: static container of information accessed via wxFileType.
114 // This class is used with wxMimeTypesManager::AddFallbacks() and Associate()
115 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
117 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxFileTypeInfo
122 wxFileTypeInfo(const wxChar
*mimeType
,
123 const wxChar
*openCmd
,
124 const wxChar
*printCmd
,
126 // the other parameters form a NULL terminated list of
130 // the array elements correspond to the parameters of the ctor above in
132 wxFileTypeInfo(const wxArrayString
& sArray
);
134 // invalid item - use this to terminate the array passed to
135 // wxMimeTypesManager::AddFallbacks
138 // test if this object can be used
139 bool IsValid() const { return !m_mimeType
.empty(); }
143 void SetIcon(const wxString
& iconFile
, int iconIndex
= 0)
145 m_iconFile
= iconFile
;
146 m_iconIndex
= iconIndex
;
148 // set the short desc
149 void SetShortDesc(const wxString
& shortDesc
) { m_shortDesc
= shortDesc
; }
153 const wxString
& GetMimeType() const { return m_mimeType
; }
154 // get the open command
155 const wxString
& GetOpenCommand() const { return m_openCmd
; }
156 // get the print command
157 const wxString
& GetPrintCommand() const { return m_printCmd
; }
158 // get the short description (only used under Win32 so far)
159 const wxString
& GetShortDesc() const { return m_shortDesc
; }
160 // get the long, user visible description
161 const wxString
& GetDescription() const { return m_desc
; }
162 // get the array of all extensions
163 const wxArrayString
& GetExtensions() const { return m_exts
; }
164 size_t GetExtensionsCount() const {return m_exts
.GetCount(); }
166 const wxString
& GetIconFile() const { return m_iconFile
; }
167 int GetIconIndex() const { return m_iconIndex
; }
170 wxString m_mimeType
, // the MIME type in "type/subtype" form
171 m_openCmd
, // command to use for opening the file (%s allowed)
172 m_printCmd
, // command to use for printing the file (%s allowed)
173 m_shortDesc
, // a short string used in the registry
174 m_desc
; // a free form description of this file type
177 wxString m_iconFile
; // the file containing the icon
178 int m_iconIndex
; // icon index in this file
180 wxArrayString m_exts
; // the extensions which are mapped on this filetype
184 // the additional (except "open" and "print") command names and values
185 wxArrayString m_commandNames
,
190 WX_DECLARE_USER_EXPORTED_OBJARRAY(wxFileTypeInfo
, wxArrayFileTypeInfo
,
193 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
194 // wxFileType: gives access to all information about the files of given type.
196 // This class holds information about a given "file type". File type is the
197 // same as MIME type under Unix, but under Windows it corresponds more to an
198 // extension than to MIME type (in fact, several extensions may correspond to a
199 // file type). This object may be created in many different ways and depending
200 // on how it was created some fields may be unknown so the return value of all
201 // the accessors *must* be checked!
202 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
204 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxFileType
206 friend class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
; // it has access to m_impl
209 // An object of this class must be passed to Get{Open|Print}Command. The
210 // default implementation is trivial and doesn't know anything at all about
211 // parameters, only filename and MIME type are used (so it's probably ok for
212 // Windows where %{param} is not used anyhow)
213 class MessageParameters
217 MessageParameters() { }
218 MessageParameters(const wxString
& filename
,
219 const wxString
& mimetype
= wxEmptyString
)
220 : m_filename(filename
), m_mimetype(mimetype
) { }
222 // accessors (called by GetOpenCommand)
224 const wxString
& GetFileName() const { return m_filename
; }
226 const wxString
& GetMimeType() const { return m_mimetype
; }
228 // override this function in derived class
229 virtual wxString
GetParamValue(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(name
)) const
230 { return wxEmptyString
; }
232 // virtual dtor as in any base class
233 virtual ~MessageParameters() { }
236 wxString m_filename
, m_mimetype
;
239 // ctor from static data
240 wxFileType(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ftInfo
);
242 // accessors: all of them return true if the corresponding information
243 // could be retrieved/found, false otherwise (and in this case all [out]
244 // parameters are unchanged)
245 // return the MIME type for this file type
246 bool GetMimeType(wxString
*mimeType
) const;
247 bool GetMimeTypes(wxArrayString
& mimeTypes
) const;
248 // fill passed in array with all extensions associated with this file
250 bool GetExtensions(wxArrayString
& extensions
);
251 // get the icon corresponding to this file type and of the given size
252 bool GetIcon(wxIconLocation
*iconloc
) const;
253 bool GetIcon(wxIconLocation
*iconloc
,
254 const MessageParameters
& params
) const;
255 // get a brief file type description ("*.txt" => "text document")
256 bool GetDescription(wxString
*desc
) const;
258 // get the command to be used to open/print the given file.
259 // get the command to execute the file of given type
260 bool GetOpenCommand(wxString
*openCmd
,
261 const MessageParameters
& params
) const;
262 // a simpler to use version of GetOpenCommand() -- it only takes the
263 // filename and returns an empty string on failure
264 wxString
GetOpenCommand(const wxString
& filename
) const;
265 // get the command to print the file of given type
266 bool GetPrintCommand(wxString
*printCmd
,
267 const MessageParameters
& params
) const;
270 // return the number of commands defined for this file type, 0 if none
271 size_t GetAllCommands(wxArrayString
*verbs
, wxArrayString
*commands
,
272 const wxFileType::MessageParameters
& params
) const;
274 // set an arbitrary command, ask confirmation if it already exists and
275 // overwriteprompt is true
276 bool SetCommand(const wxString
& cmd
, const wxString
& verb
,
277 bool overwriteprompt
= true);
279 bool SetDefaultIcon(const wxString
& cmd
= wxEmptyString
, int index
= 0);
282 // remove the association for this filetype from the system MIME database:
283 // notice that it will only work if the association is defined in the user
284 // file/registry part, we will never modify the system-wide settings
288 // expand a string in the format of GetOpenCommand (which may contain
289 // '%s' and '%t' format specificators for the file name and mime type
290 // and %{param} constructions).
291 static wxString
ExpandCommand(const wxString
& command
,
292 const MessageParameters
& params
);
294 // dtor (not virtual, shouldn't be derived from)
298 // default ctor is private because the user code never creates us
301 // no copy ctor/assignment operator
302 wxFileType(const wxFileType
&);
303 wxFileType
& operator=(const wxFileType
&);
305 // the static container of wxFileType data: if it's not NULL, it means that
306 // this object is used as fallback only
307 const wxFileTypeInfo
*m_info
;
309 // the object which implements the real stuff like reading and writing
310 // to/from system MIME database
311 wxFileTypeImpl
*m_impl
;
314 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
315 // wxMimeTypesManagerFactory
316 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
318 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMimeTypesManagerFactory
321 wxMimeTypesManagerFactory() {}
322 virtual ~wxMimeTypesManagerFactory() {}
324 virtual wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
*CreateMimeTypesManagerImpl();
326 static void Set( wxMimeTypesManagerFactory
*factory
);
327 static wxMimeTypesManagerFactory
*Get();
330 static wxMimeTypesManagerFactory
*m_factory
;
333 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
334 // wxMimeTypesManager: interface to system MIME database.
336 // This class accesses the information about all known MIME types and allows
337 // the application to retrieve information (including how to handle data of
338 // given type) about them.
339 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
341 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMimeTypesManager
344 // static helper functions
345 // -----------------------
347 // check if the given MIME type is the same as the other one: the
348 // second argument may contain wildcards ('*'), but not the first. If
349 // the types are equal or if the mimeType matches wildcard the function
350 // returns true, otherwise it returns false
351 static bool IsOfType(const wxString
& mimeType
, const wxString
& wildcard
);
354 wxMimeTypesManager();
356 // NB: the following 2 functions are for Unix only and don't do anything
359 // loads data from standard files according to the mailcap styles
360 // specified: this is a bitwise OR of wxMailcapStyle values
362 // use the extraDir parameter if you want to look for files in another
364 void Initialize(int mailcapStyle
= wxMAILCAP_ALL
,
365 const wxString
& extraDir
= wxEmptyString
);
367 // and this function clears all the data from the manager
370 // Database lookup: all functions return a pointer to wxFileType object
371 // whose methods may be used to query it for the information you're
372 // interested in. If the return value is !NULL, caller is responsible for
374 // get file type from file extension
375 wxFileType
*GetFileTypeFromExtension(const wxString
& ext
);
376 // get file type from MIME type (in format <category>/<format>)
377 wxFileType
*GetFileTypeFromMimeType(const wxString
& mimeType
);
379 // other operations: return true if there were no errors or false if there
380 // were some unrecognized entries (the good entries are always read anyhow)
382 // FIXME: These ought to be private ??
384 // read in additional file (the standard ones are read automatically)
385 // in mailcap format (see mimetype.cpp for description)
387 // 'fallback' parameter may be set to true to avoid overriding the
388 // settings from other, previously parsed, files by this one: normally,
389 // the files read most recently would override the older files, but with
390 // fallback == true this won't happen
392 bool ReadMailcap(const wxString
& filename
, bool fallback
= false);
393 // read in additional file in mime.types format
394 bool ReadMimeTypes(const wxString
& filename
);
396 // enumerate all known MIME types
398 // returns the number of retrieved file types
399 size_t EnumAllFileTypes(wxArrayString
& mimetypes
);
401 // these functions can be used to provide default values for some of the
402 // MIME types inside the program itself (you may also use
403 // ReadMailcap(filenameWithDefaultTypes, true /* use as fallback */) to
404 // achieve the same goal, but this requires having this info in a file).
406 // The filetypes array should be terminated by either NULL entry or an
407 // invalid wxFileTypeInfo (i.e. the one created with default ctor)
408 void AddFallbacks(const wxFileTypeInfo
*filetypes
);
409 void AddFallback(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ft
) { m_fallbacks
.Add(ft
); }
411 // create or remove associations
413 // create a new association using the fields of wxFileTypeInfo (at least
414 // the MIME type and the extension should be set)
415 // if the other fields are empty, the existing values should be left alone
416 wxFileType
*Associate(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ftInfo
);
419 bool Unassociate(wxFileType
*ft
) ;
421 // dtor (not virtual, shouldn't be derived from)
422 ~wxMimeTypesManager();
425 // no copy ctor/assignment operator
426 wxMimeTypesManager(const wxMimeTypesManager
&);
427 wxMimeTypesManager
& operator=(const wxMimeTypesManager
&);
429 // the fallback info which is used if the information is not found in the
430 // real system database
431 wxArrayFileTypeInfo m_fallbacks
;
433 // the object working with the system MIME database
434 wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
*m_impl
;
436 // if m_impl is NULL, create one
439 friend class wxMimeTypeCmnModule
;
443 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
445 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
447 // the default mime manager for wxWidgets programs
448 extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxMimeTypesManager
*) wxTheMimeTypesManager
;
450 #endif // wxUSE_MIMETYPE