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 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
28 // the things we really need
29 #include "wx/string.h"
30 #include "wx/dynarray.h"
33 class WXDLLEXPORT wxIcon
;
34 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFileTypeImpl
;
35 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
;
37 // these constants define the MIME informations source under UNIX and are used
38 // by wxMimeTypesManager::Initialize()
41 wxMAILCAP_STANDARD
= 1,
42 wxMAILCAP_NETSCAPE
= 2,
50 TODO: would it be more convenient to have this class?
52 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMimeType : public wxString
55 // all string ctors here
57 wxString GetType() const { return BeforeFirst(_T('/')); }
58 wxString GetSubType() const { return AfterFirst(_T('/')); }
60 void SetSubType(const wxString& subtype)
62 *this = GetType() + _T('/') + subtype;
65 bool Matches(const wxMimeType& wildcard)
67 // implement using wxMimeTypesManager::IsOfType()
73 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
74 // wxFileTypeInfo: static container of information accessed via wxFileType.
76 // This class is used with wxMimeTypesManager::AddFallbacks() and Associate()
77 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
79 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFileTypeInfo
84 wxFileTypeInfo(const char *mimeType
,
88 // the other parameters form a NULL terminated list of
92 // the array elements correspond to the parameters of the ctor above in
94 wxFileTypeInfo(const wxArrayString
& sArray
);
96 // invalid item - use this to terminate the array passed to
97 // wxMimeTypesManager::AddFallbacks
100 // test if this object can be used
101 bool IsValid() const { return !m_mimeType
.IsEmpty(); }
105 void SetIcon(const wxString
& iconFile
, int iconIndex
= 0)
107 m_iconFile
= iconFile
;
108 m_iconIndex
= iconIndex
;
110 // set the short desc
111 void SetShortDesc(const wxString
& shortDesc
) { m_shortDesc
= shortDesc
; }
115 const wxString
& GetMimeType() const { return m_mimeType
; }
116 // get the open command
117 const wxString
& GetOpenCommand() const { return m_openCmd
; }
118 // get the print command
119 const wxString
& GetPrintCommand() const { return m_printCmd
; }
120 // get the short description (only used under Win32 so far)
121 const wxString
& GetShortDesc() const { return m_shortDesc
; }
122 // get the long, user visible description
123 const wxString
& GetDescription() const { return m_desc
; }
124 // get the array of all extensions
125 const wxArrayString
& GetExtensions() const { return m_exts
; }
126 int GetExtensionsCount() const {return m_exts
.GetCount(); }
128 const wxString
& GetIconFile() const { return m_iconFile
; }
129 int GetIconIndex() const { return m_iconIndex
; }
132 wxString m_mimeType
, // the MIME type in "type/subtype" form
133 m_openCmd
, // command to use for opening the file (%s allowed)
134 m_printCmd
, // command to use for printing the file (%s allowed)
135 m_shortDesc
, // a short string used in the registry
136 m_desc
; // a free form description of this file type
139 wxString m_iconFile
; // the file containing the icon
140 int m_iconIndex
; // icon index in this file
142 wxArrayString m_exts
; // the extensions which are mapped on this filetype
146 // the additional (except "open" and "print") command names and values
147 wxArrayString m_commandNames
,
152 WX_DECLARE_EXPORTED_OBJARRAY(wxFileTypeInfo
, wxArrayFileTypeInfo
);
154 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
155 // wxFileType: gives access to all information about the files of given type.
157 // This class holds information about a given "file type". File type is the
158 // same as MIME type under Unix, but under Windows it corresponds more to an
159 // extension than to MIME type (in fact, several extensions may correspond to a
160 // file type). This object may be created in many different ways and depending
161 // on how it was created some fields may be unknown so the return value of all
162 // the accessors *must* be checked!
163 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
165 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFileType
167 friend class WXDLLEXPORT wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
; // it has access to m_impl
170 // An object of this class must be passed to Get{Open|Print}Command. The
171 // default implementation is trivial and doesn't know anything at all about
172 // parameters, only filename and MIME type are used (so it's probably ok for
173 // Windows where %{param} is not used anyhow)
174 class MessageParameters
178 MessageParameters() { }
179 MessageParameters(const wxString
& filename
,
180 const wxString
& mimetype
= _T(""))
181 : m_filename(filename
), m_mimetype(mimetype
) { }
183 // accessors (called by GetOpenCommand)
185 const wxString
& GetFileName() const { return m_filename
; }
187 const wxString
& GetMimeType() const { return m_mimetype
; }
189 // override this function in derived class
190 virtual wxString
GetParamValue(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(name
)) const
191 { return wxEmptyString
; }
193 // virtual dtor as in any base class
194 virtual ~MessageParameters() { }
197 wxString m_filename
, m_mimetype
;
200 // ctor from static data
201 wxFileType(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ftInfo
);
203 // accessors: all of them return true if the corresponding information
204 // could be retrieved/found, false otherwise (and in this case all [out]
205 // parameters are unchanged)
206 // return the MIME type for this file type
207 bool GetMimeType(wxString
*mimeType
) const;
208 bool GetMimeTypes(wxArrayString
& mimeTypes
) const;
209 // fill passed in array with all extensions associated with this file
211 bool GetExtensions(wxArrayString
& extensions
);
212 // get the icon corresponding to this file type, the name of the file
213 // where the icon resides is return in iconfile if !NULL and its index
214 // in this file (Win-only) is in iconIndex
215 bool GetIcon(wxIcon
*icon
,
216 wxString
*iconFile
= NULL
,
217 int *iconIndex
= NULL
) const;
218 // get a brief file type description ("*.txt" => "text document")
219 bool GetDescription(wxString
*desc
) const;
221 // get the command to be used to open/print the given file.
222 // get the command to execute the file of given type
223 bool GetOpenCommand(wxString
*openCmd
,
224 const MessageParameters
& params
) const;
225 // a simpler to use version of GetOpenCommand() -- it only takes the
226 // filename and returns an empty string on failure
227 wxString
GetOpenCommand(const wxString
& filename
) const;
228 // get the command to print the file of given type
229 bool GetPrintCommand(wxString
*printCmd
,
230 const MessageParameters
& params
) const;
233 // return the number of commands defined for this file type, 0 if none
234 size_t GetAllCommands(wxArrayString
*verbs
, wxArrayString
*commands
,
235 const wxFileType::MessageParameters
& params
) const;
237 // set an arbitrary command, ask confirmation if it already exists and
238 // overwriteprompt is TRUE
239 bool SetCommand(const wxString
& cmd
, const wxString
& verb
,
240 bool overwriteprompt
= TRUE
);
242 bool SetDefaultIcon(const wxString
& cmd
= wxEmptyString
, int index
= 0);
245 // remove the association for this filetype from the system MIME database:
246 // notice that it will only work if the association is defined in the user
247 // file/registry part, we will never modify the system-wide settings
251 // expand a string in the format of GetOpenCommand (which may contain
252 // '%s' and '%t' format specificators for the file name and mime type
253 // and %{param} constructions).
254 static wxString
ExpandCommand(const wxString
& command
,
255 const MessageParameters
& params
);
257 // dtor (not virtual, shouldn't be derived from)
261 // default ctor is private because the user code never creates us
264 // no copy ctor/assignment operator
265 wxFileType(const wxFileType
&);
266 wxFileType
& operator=(const wxFileType
&);
268 // the static container of wxFileType data: if it's not NULL, it means that
269 // this object is used as fallback only
270 const wxFileTypeInfo
*m_info
;
272 // the object which implements the real stuff like reading and writing
273 // to/from system MIME database
274 wxFileTypeImpl
*m_impl
;
277 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
278 // wxMimeTypesManager: interface to system MIME database.
280 // This class accesses the information about all known MIME types and allows
281 // the application to retrieve information (including how to handle data of
282 // given type) about them.
283 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
285 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMimeTypesManager
288 // static helper functions
289 // -----------------------
291 // check if the given MIME type is the same as the other one: the
292 // second argument may contain wildcards ('*'), but not the first. If
293 // the types are equal or if the mimeType matches wildcard the function
294 // returns TRUE, otherwise it returns FALSE
295 static bool IsOfType(const wxString
& mimeType
, const wxString
& wildcard
);
298 wxMimeTypesManager();
300 // NB: the following 2 functions are for Unix only and don't do anything
303 // loads data from standard files according to the mailcap styles
304 // specified: this is a bitwise OR of wxMailcapStyle values
306 // use the extraDir parameter if you want to look for files in another
308 void Initialize(int mailcapStyle
= wxMAILCAP_STANDARD
,
309 const wxString
& extraDir
= wxEmptyString
);
311 // and this function clears all the data from the manager
314 // Database lookup: all functions return a pointer to wxFileType object
315 // whose methods may be used to query it for the information you're
316 // interested in. If the return value is !NULL, caller is responsible for
318 // get file type from file extension
319 wxFileType
*GetFileTypeFromExtension(const wxString
& ext
);
320 // get file type from MIME type (in format <category>/<format>)
321 wxFileType
*GetFileTypeFromMimeType(const wxString
& mimeType
);
323 // other operations: return TRUE if there were no errors or FALSE if there
324 // were some unreckognized entries (the good entries are always read anyhow)
326 // FIXME: These ought to be private ??
328 // read in additional file (the standard ones are read automatically)
329 // in mailcap format (see mimetype.cpp for description)
331 // 'fallback' parameter may be set to TRUE to avoid overriding the
332 // settings from other, previously parsed, files by this one: normally,
333 // the files read most recently would override the older files, but with
334 // fallback == TRUE this won't happen
336 bool ReadMailcap(const wxString
& filename
, bool fallback
= FALSE
);
337 // read in additional file in mime.types format
338 bool ReadMimeTypes(const wxString
& filename
);
340 // enumerate all known MIME types
342 // returns the number of retrieved file types
343 size_t EnumAllFileTypes(wxArrayString
& mimetypes
);
345 // these functions can be used to provide default values for some of the
346 // MIME types inside the program itself (you may also use
347 // ReadMailcap(filenameWithDefaultTypes, TRUE /* use as fallback */) to
348 // achieve the same goal, but this requires having this info in a file).
350 // The filetypes array should be terminated by either NULL entry or an
351 // invalid wxFileTypeInfo (i.e. the one created with default ctor)
352 void AddFallbacks(const wxFileTypeInfo
*filetypes
);
353 void AddFallback(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ft
) { m_fallbacks
.Add(ft
); }
355 // create or remove associations
357 // create a new association using the fields of wxFileTypeInfo (at least
358 // the MIME type and the extension should be set)
359 // if the other fields are empty, the existing values should be left alone
360 wxFileType
*Associate(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ftInfo
);
363 bool Unassociate(wxFileType
*ft
) ;
365 // dtor (not virtual, shouldn't be derived from)
366 ~wxMimeTypesManager();
369 // no copy ctor/assignment operator
370 wxMimeTypesManager(const wxMimeTypesManager
&);
371 wxMimeTypesManager
& operator=(const wxMimeTypesManager
&);
373 // the fallback info which is used if the information is not found in the
374 // real system database
375 wxArrayFileTypeInfo m_fallbacks
;
377 // the object working with the system MIME database
378 wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
*m_impl
;
380 // if m_impl is NULL, create one
383 friend class wxMimeTypeCmnModule
;
387 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
389 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
391 // the default mime manager for wxWindows programs
392 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxMimeTypesManager
*) wxTheMimeTypesManager
;
394 #endif // wxUSE_MIMETYPE