Platform-specific content typing

A content type is a platform specific string that defines the type of a file. More...

## Functions

bool | Gio::content_type_equals (const Glib::ustring& type1, const Glib::ustring& type2)
| Compares two content types for equality. More...
bool | Gio::content_type_is_a (const Glib::ustring& type, const Glib::ustring& supertype)
| Determines if type is a subset of supertype. More...
bool | Gio::content_type_is_unknown (const Glib::ustring& type)
| Checks if the content type is the generic "unknown" type. More...
Glib::ustring | Gio::content_type_get_description (const Glib::ustring& type)
| Gets the human readable description of the content type. More...
Glib::ustring | Gio::content_type_get_mime_type (const Glib::ustring& type)
| Gets the mime-type for the content type, if one is registered. More...
Glib::RefPtr< Icon > | Gio::content_type_get_icon (const Glib::ustring& type)
| Gets the icon for a content type. More...
Glib::RefPtr< Icon > | Gio::content_type_get_symbolic_icon (const Glib::ustring& type)
| Gets the symbolic icon for a content type. More...
bool | Gio::content_type_can_be_executable (const Glib::ustring& type)
| Checks if a content type can be executable. More...
Glib::ustring | Gio::content_type_from_mime_type (const Glib::ustring& mime_type)
| Tries to find a content type based on the mime type name. More...
Glib::ustring | Gio::content_type_guess (const std::string& filename, const guchar* data, gsize data_size, bool& result_uncertain)
| Guesses the content type based on example data. More...
Glib::ustring | Gio::content_type_guess (const std::string& filename, const std::string& data, bool& result_uncertain)
| Guesses the content type based on example data. More...
Glib::StringArrayHandle | Gio::content_type_guess_for_tree (const Glib::RefPtr< const File >& root)
| Tries to guess the type of the tree with root root, by looking at the files it contains. More...
Glib::ListHandle< Glib::ustring > | Gio::content_types_get_registered ()
| Gets a list of strings containing all the registered content types known to the system. More...

## Detailed 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.

## Function Documentation

bool Gio::content_type_can_be_executable | ( | const Glib::ustring& | 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.

bool Gio::content_type_equals | ( | const Glib::ustring& | type1,
|  | const Glib::ustring& | 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.

Glib::ustring Gio::content_type_from_mime_type | ( | const Glib::ustring& | mime_type | ) |

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

Parameters

  mime_type | a mime type string.

Returns
  string with content type or empty when it does not know.

Since glibmm 2.20:

Glib::ustring Gio::content_type_get_description | ( | const Glib::ustring& | 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.

Glib::RefPtr<Icon> Gio::content_type_get_icon | ( | const Glib::ustring& | type | ) |

Gets the icon for a content type.

Parameters

  type | A content type string.

Returns
  Icon corresponding to the content type.

Glib::ustring Gio::content_type_get_mime_type | ( | const Glib::ustring& | 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 an empty string if unknown.

Glib::RefPtr<Icon> Gio::content_type_get_symbolic_icon | ( | const Glib::ustring& | type | ) |

Gets the symbolic icon for a content type.

Parameters

  type | A content type string.

Returns
  symbolic Icon corresponding to the content type.

Since glibmm 2.34:

Glib::ustring Gio::content_type_guess | ( | const std::string & | filename,
|  | const guchar * | data,
|  | gsize | data_size,
|  | bool & | result_uncertain
| ) |  |

Guesses the content type based on example data.

If the function is uncertain, result_uncertain will be set to true. Either filename may be an empty string or data may be `0`, in which case the guess will be based solely on the other argument.

Parameters

  | filename | a string.
  | data | A stream of data.
  | data_size | The size of data.
  [out] | result_uncertain | A flag indicating the certainty of the result.

Returns
  A string indicating a guessed content type for the given data.

Glib::ustring Gio::content_type_guess | ( | const std::string & | filename,
|  | const std::string & | data,
|  | bool & | result_uncertain
| ) |  |

Guesses the content type based on example data.

If the function is uncertain, result_uncertain will be set to true. filename may be an empty string, in which case the guess will be based solely on data.

Parameters

  | filename | a string.
  | data | A stream of data.
  [out] | result_uncertain | A flag indicating the certainty of the result.

Returns
  A string indicating a guessed content type for the given data.

Glib::StringArrayHandle Gio::content_type_guess_for_tree | ( | const Glib::RefPtr< const File >& | root | ) |

Tries to guess the type of the tree with root root, by looking at the files it contains.

The result is a list 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.

Parameters

  root | The root of the tree to guess a type for.

Returns
  List of zero or more content types.

Since glibmm 2.18:

bool Gio::content_type_is_a | ( | const Glib::ustring& | type,
|  | const Glib::ustring& | 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.

bool Gio::content_type_is_unknown | ( | const Glib::ustring& | 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.

Glib::ListHandle<Glib::ustring> Gio::content_types_get_registered | ( |  | ) |

Gets a list of strings containing all the registered content types known to the system.

Returns
  List of the registered content types.