Gio::FileAttributeMatcher Class Reference

FileAttributeMatcher allows for searching through a FileInfo for attributes. More...

`#include <giomm/fileinfo.h>`

## Public Member Functions

void | reference () const
| Increment the reference count for this object. More...
void | unreference () const
| Decrement the reference count for this object. More...
GFileAttributeMatcher* | gobj ()
| Provides access to the underlying C instance. More...
const GFileAttributeMatcher* | gobj () const
| Provides access to the underlying C instance. More...
GFileAttributeMatcher* | gobj_copy () const
| Provides access to the underlying C instance. The caller is responsible for unrefing it. Use when directly setting fields in structs. More...
Glib::RefPtr < FileAttributeMatcher > | create_difference (const Glib::RefPtr< const FileAttributeMatcher >& subtract) const
| Subtracts all attributes of subtract from matcher and returns a matcher that supports those attributes. More...
bool | matches (const std::string& attribute) const
| Checks if an attribute will be matched by an attribute matcher. More...
bool | matches_only (const std::string& attribute) const
| Checks if a attribute matcher only matches a given attribute. More...
bool | enumerate_namespace (const std::string& ns)
| Checks if the matcher will match all of the keys in a given namespace. More...
std::string | enumerate_next ()
| Gets the next matched attribute from a FileAttributeMatcher. More...
std::string | to_string () const
| Prints what the matcher is matching against. More...

## Static Public Member Functions

static Glib::RefPtr < FileAttributeMatcher > | create (const std::string& attributes="*")
| Creates a new file attribute matcher, which matches attributes against a given string. More...

## Protected Member Functions

| FileAttributeMatcher ()
void | operator delete (void*, std::size_t)

## Related Functions

(Note that these are not member functions.)
Glib::RefPtr < Gio::FileAttributeMatcher > | wrap (GFileAttributeMatcher* object, bool take_copy=false)
| A Glib::wrap() method for this object. More...

## Detailed Description

FileAttributeMatcher allows for searching through a FileInfo for attributes.

Since glibmm 2.16:

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::FileAttributeMatcher | ( |  | ) |

protected

## Member Function Documentation

static Glib::RefPtr<FileAttributeMatcher> Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::create | ( | const std::string & | attributes = `"*"` | ) |

static

Creates a new file attribute matcher, which matches attributes against a given string.

The attribute string should be formatted with specific keys separated from namespaces with a double colon. Several "namespace::key" strings may be concatenated with a single comma (e.g. "standard::type,standard::is-hidden"). The wildcard "*" may be used to match all keys and namespaces, or "namespace::*" will match all keys in a given namespace.

Parameters

  attributes | The attributes string.

Returns
  a new FileAttributeMatcher.

Glib::RefPtr<FileAttributeMatcher> Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::create_difference | ( | const Glib::RefPtr< const FileAttributeMatcher >& | subtract | ) | const

Subtracts all attributes of subtract from matcher and returns a matcher that supports those attributes.

Note that currently it is not possible to remove a single attribute when the matcher matches the whole namespace - or remove a namespace or attribute when the matcher matches everything. This is a limitation of the current implementation, but may be fixed in the future.

Parameters

  subtract | The matcher to subtract.

Returns
  A file attribute matcher matching all attributes of matcher that are not matched by subtract.

bool Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::enumerate_namespace | ( | const std::string & | ns | ) |

Checks if the matcher will match all of the keys in a given namespace.

This will always return `true` if a wildcard character is in use (e.g. if matcher was created with "standard::*" and ns is "standard", or if matcher was created using "*" and namespace is anything.)

TODO: this is awkwardly worded.

Parameters

  ns | A string containing a file attribute namespace.

Returns
  `true` if the matcher matches all of the entries in the given ns, `false` otherwise.

std::string Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::enumerate_next | ( |  | ) |

Gets the next matched attribute from a FileAttributeMatcher.

Returns
  A string containing the next attribute or `0` if no more attribute exist.

GFileAttributeMatcher* Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::gobj | ( |  | ) |

Provides access to the underlying C instance.

const GFileAttributeMatcher* Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::gobj | ( |  | ) | const

Provides access to the underlying C instance.

GFileAttributeMatcher* Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::gobj_copy | ( |  | ) | const

Provides access to the underlying C instance. The caller is responsible for unrefing it. Use when directly setting fields in structs.

bool Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::matches | ( | const std::string & | attribute | ) | const

Checks if an attribute will be matched by an attribute matcher.

If the matcher was created with the "*" matching string, this function will always return `true`.

Parameters

  attribute | A file attribute key.

Returns
  `true` if attribute matches matcher. `false` otherwise.

bool Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::matches_only | ( | const std::string & | attribute | ) | const

Checks if a attribute matcher only matches a given attribute.

Always returns `false` if "*" was used when creating the matcher.

Parameters

  attribute | A file attribute key.

Returns
  `true` if the matcher only matches attribute. `false` otherwise.

void Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::operator delete | ( | void * | ,
|  | std::size_t |
| ) |  |

protected

void Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::reference | ( |  | ) | const

Increment the reference count for this object.

You should never need to do this manually - use the object via a RefPtr instead.

std::string Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::to_string | ( |  | ) | const

Prints what the matcher is matching against.

The format will be equal to the format passed to g_file_attribute_matcher_new(). The output however, might not be identical, as the matcher may decide to use a different order or omit needless parts.

Since glibmm 2.32:

Returns
  A string describing the attributes the matcher matches against or `0` if matcher was `0`.

void Gio::FileAttributeMatcher::unreference | ( |  | ) | const

Decrement the reference count for this object.

You should never need to do this manually - use the object via a RefPtr instead.

## Friends And Related Function Documentation

Glib::RefPtr< Gio::FileAttributeMatcher > wrap | ( | GFileAttributeMatcher * | object,
|  | bool | take_copy = `false`
| ) |  |

related

A Glib::wrap() method for this object.

Parameters

  object | The C instance.
  take_copy | False if the result should take ownership of the C instance. True if it should take a new copy or ref.

Returns
  A C++ instance that wraps this C instance.