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 license (part of wxExtra library)
11 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13 #ifndef _WX_MIMETYPE_H_
14 #define _WX_MIMETYPE_H_
17 #pragma interface "mimetypebase.h"
20 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
22 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
26 // the things we really need
27 #include "wx/string.h"
28 #include "wx/dynarray.h"
31 class WXDLLEXPORT wxIcon
;
32 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFileTypeImpl
;
33 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
;
35 // these constants define the MIME informations source under UNIX and are used
36 // by wxMimeTypesManager::Initialize()
39 wxMAILCAP_STANDARD
= 1,
40 wxMAILCAP_NETSCAPE
= 2,
48 TODO: would it be more convenient to have this class?
50 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMimeType : public wxString
53 // all string ctors here
55 wxString GetType() const { return BeforeFirst(_T('/')); }
56 wxString GetSubType() const { return AfterFirst(_T('/')); }
58 void SetSubType(const wxString& subtype)
60 *this = GetType() + _T('/') + subtype;
63 bool Matches(const wxMimeType& wildcard)
65 // implement using wxMimeTypesManager::IsOfType()
71 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
72 // wxFileTypeInfo: static container of information accessed via wxFileType.
74 // This class is used with wxMimeTypesManager::AddFallbacks() and Associate()
75 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
77 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFileTypeInfo
82 wxFileTypeInfo(const char *mimeType
,
86 // the other parameters form a NULL terminated list of
90 // the array elements correspond to the parameters of the ctor above in
92 wxFileTypeInfo(const wxArrayString
& sArray
);
94 // invalid item - use this to terminate the array passed to
95 // wxMimeTypesManager::AddFallbacks
98 // test if this object can be used
99 bool IsValid() const { return !m_mimeType
.IsEmpty(); }
103 void SetIcon(const wxString
& iconFile
, int iconIndex
= 0)
105 m_iconFile
= iconFile
;
106 m_iconIndex
= iconIndex
;
108 // set the short desc
109 void SetShortDesc(const wxString
& shortDesc
) { m_shortDesc
= shortDesc
; }
113 const wxString
& GetMimeType() const { return m_mimeType
; }
114 // get the open command
115 const wxString
& GetOpenCommand() const { return m_openCmd
; }
116 // get the print command
117 const wxString
& GetPrintCommand() const { return m_printCmd
; }
118 // get the short description (only used under Win32 so far)
119 const wxString
& GetShortDesc() const { return m_shortDesc
; }
120 // get the long, user visible description
121 const wxString
& GetDescription() const { return m_desc
; }
122 // get the array of all extensions
123 const wxArrayString
& GetExtensions() const { return m_exts
; }
124 int GetExtensionsCount() const {return m_exts
.GetCount(); }
126 const wxString
& GetIconFile() const { return m_iconFile
; }
127 int GetIconIndex() const { return m_iconIndex
; }
130 wxString m_mimeType
, // the MIME type in "type/subtype" form
131 m_openCmd
, // command to use for opening the file (%s allowed)
132 m_printCmd
, // command to use for printing the file (%s allowed)
133 m_shortDesc
, // a short string used in the registry
134 m_desc
; // a free form description of this file type
137 wxString m_iconFile
; // the file containing the icon
138 int m_iconIndex
; // icon index in this file
140 wxArrayString m_exts
; // the extensions which are mapped on this filetype
144 // the additional (except "open" and "print") command names and values
145 wxArrayString m_commandNames
,
150 WX_DECLARE_EXPORTED_OBJARRAY(wxFileTypeInfo
, wxArrayFileTypeInfo
);
152 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
153 // wxFileType: gives access to all information about the files of given type.
155 // This class holds information about a given "file type". File type is the
156 // same as MIME type under Unix, but under Windows it corresponds more to an
157 // extension than to MIME type (in fact, several extensions may correspond to a
158 // file type). This object may be created in many different ways and depending
159 // on how it was created some fields may be unknown so the return value of all
160 // the accessors *must* be checked!
161 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
163 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFileType
165 friend class WXDLLEXPORT wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
; // it has access to m_impl
168 // An object of this class must be passed to Get{Open|Print}Command. The
169 // default implementation is trivial and doesn't know anything at all about
170 // parameters, only filename and MIME type are used (so it's probably ok for
171 // Windows where %{param} is not used anyhow)
172 class MessageParameters
176 MessageParameters() { }
177 MessageParameters(const wxString
& filename
, const wxString
& mimetype
)
178 : m_filename(filename
), m_mimetype(mimetype
) { }
180 // accessors (called by GetOpenCommand)
182 const wxString
& GetFileName() const { return m_filename
; }
184 const wxString
& GetMimeType() const { return m_mimetype
; }
186 // override this function in derived class
187 virtual wxString
GetParamValue(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(name
)) const
188 { return wxEmptyString
; }
190 // virtual dtor as in any base class
191 virtual ~MessageParameters() { }
194 wxString m_filename
, m_mimetype
;
197 // ctor from static data
198 wxFileType(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ftInfo
);
200 // accessors: all of them return true if the corresponding information
201 // could be retrieved/found, false otherwise (and in this case all [out]
202 // parameters are unchanged)
203 // return the MIME type for this file type
204 bool GetMimeType(wxString
*mimeType
) const;
205 bool GetMimeTypes(wxArrayString
& mimeTypes
) const;
206 // fill passed in array with all extensions associated with this file
208 bool GetExtensions(wxArrayString
& extensions
);
209 // get the icon corresponding to this file type, the name of the file
210 // where the icon resides is return in iconfile if !NULL and its index
211 // in this file (Win-only) is in iconIndex
212 bool GetIcon(wxIcon
*icon
,
213 wxString
*iconFile
= NULL
,
214 int *iconIndex
= NULL
) const;
215 // get a brief file type description ("*.txt" => "text document")
216 bool GetDescription(wxString
*desc
) const;
218 // get the command to be used to open/print the given file.
219 // get the command to execute the file of given type
220 bool GetOpenCommand(wxString
*openCmd
,
221 const MessageParameters
& params
) const;
222 // get the command to print the file of given type
223 bool GetPrintCommand(wxString
*printCmd
,
224 const MessageParameters
& params
) const;
227 // return the number of commands defined for this file type, 0 if none
228 size_t GetAllCommands(wxArrayString
*verbs
, wxArrayString
*commands
,
229 const wxFileType::MessageParameters
& params
) const;
231 // set an arbitrary command, ask confirmation if it already exists and
232 // overwriteprompt is TRUE
233 bool SetCommand(const wxString
& cmd
, const wxString
& verb
,
234 bool overwriteprompt
= TRUE
);
236 bool SetDefaultIcon(const wxString
& cmd
= wxEmptyString
, int index
= 0);
239 // remove the association for this filetype from the system MIME database:
240 // notice that it will only work if the association is defined in the user
241 // file/registry part, we will never modify the system-wide settings
245 // expand a string in the format of GetOpenCommand (which may contain
246 // '%s' and '%t' format specificators for the file name and mime type
247 // and %{param} constructions).
248 static wxString
ExpandCommand(const wxString
& command
,
249 const MessageParameters
& params
);
251 // dtor (not virtual, shouldn't be derived from)
255 // default ctor is private because the user code never creates us
258 // no copy ctor/assignment operator
259 wxFileType(const wxFileType
&);
260 wxFileType
& operator=(const wxFileType
&);
262 // the static container of wxFileType data: if it's not NULL, it means that
263 // this object is used as fallback only
264 const wxFileTypeInfo
*m_info
;
266 // the object which implements the real stuff like reading and writing
267 // to/from system MIME database
268 wxFileTypeImpl
*m_impl
;
271 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
272 // wxMimeTypesManager: interface to system MIME database.
274 // This class accesses the information about all known MIME types and allows
275 // the application to retrieve information (including how to handle data of
276 // given type) about them.
277 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
279 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMimeTypesManager
282 // static helper functions
283 // -----------------------
285 // check if the given MIME type is the same as the other one: the
286 // second argument may contain wildcards ('*'), but not the first. If
287 // the types are equal or if the mimeType matches wildcard the function
288 // returns TRUE, otherwise it returns FALSE
289 static bool IsOfType(const wxString
& mimeType
, const wxString
& wildcard
);
292 wxMimeTypesManager();
294 // NB: the following 2 functions are for Unix only and don't do anything
297 // loads data from standard files according to the mailcap styles
298 // specified: this is a bitwise OR of wxMailcapStyle values
300 // use the extraDir parameter if you want to look for files in another
302 void Initialize(int mailcapStyle
= wxMAILCAP_STANDARD
,
303 const wxString
& extraDir
= wxEmptyString
);
305 // and this function clears all the data from the manager
308 // Database lookup: all functions return a pointer to wxFileType object
309 // whose methods may be used to query it for the information you're
310 // interested in. If the return value is !NULL, caller is responsible for
312 // get file type from file extension
313 wxFileType
*GetFileTypeFromExtension(const wxString
& ext
);
314 // get file type from MIME type (in format <category>/<format>)
315 wxFileType
*GetFileTypeFromMimeType(const wxString
& mimeType
);
317 // other operations: return TRUE if there were no errors or FALSE if there
318 // were some unreckognized entries (the good entries are always read anyhow)
320 // FIXME: These ought to be private ??
322 // read in additional file (the standard ones are read automatically)
323 // in mailcap format (see mimetype.cpp for description)
325 // 'fallback' parameter may be set to TRUE to avoid overriding the
326 // settings from other, previously parsed, files by this one: normally,
327 // the files read most recently would override the older files, but with
328 // fallback == TRUE this won't happen
330 bool ReadMailcap(const wxString
& filename
, bool fallback
= FALSE
);
331 // read in additional file in mime.types format
332 bool ReadMimeTypes(const wxString
& filename
);
334 // enumerate all known MIME types
336 // returns the number of retrieved file types
337 size_t EnumAllFileTypes(wxArrayString
& mimetypes
);
339 // these functions can be used to provide default values for some of the
340 // MIME types inside the program itself (you may also use
341 // ReadMailcap(filenameWithDefaultTypes, TRUE /* use as fallback */) to
342 // achieve the same goal, but this requires having this info in a file).
344 // The filetypes array should be terminated by either NULL entry or an
345 // invalid wxFileTypeInfo (i.e. the one created with default ctor)
346 void AddFallbacks(const wxFileTypeInfo
*filetypes
);
347 void AddFallback(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ft
) { m_fallbacks
.Add(ft
); }
349 // create or remove associations
351 // create a new association using the fields of wxFileTypeInfo (at least
352 // the MIME type and the extension should be set)
353 // if the other fields are empty, the existing values should be left alone
354 wxFileType
*Associate(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ftInfo
);
357 bool Unassociate(wxFileType
*ft
) ;
359 // dtor (not virtual, shouldn't be derived from)
360 ~wxMimeTypesManager();
363 // no copy ctor/assignment operator
364 wxMimeTypesManager(const wxMimeTypesManager
&);
365 wxMimeTypesManager
& operator=(const wxMimeTypesManager
&);
367 // the fallback info which is used if the information is not found in the
368 // real system database
369 wxArrayFileTypeInfo m_fallbacks
;
371 // the object working with the system MIME database
372 wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
*m_impl
;
374 // if m_impl is NULL, create one
377 friend class wxMimeTypeCmnModule
;
381 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
383 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
385 // the default mime manager for wxWindows programs
386 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxMimeTypesManager
*) wxTheMimeTypesManager
;