GnomeVFSURI

GnomeVFSURI — A uniform resource identifier.

Synopsis




            GnomeVFSURI;
            GnomeVFSToplevelURI;
enum        GnomeVFSURIHideOptions;
#define     GNOME_VFS_URI_MAGIC_CHR
#define     GNOME_VFS_URI_MAGIC_STR
#define     GNOME_VFS_URI_PATH_CHR
#define     GNOME_VFS_URI_PATH_STR
GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_new              (const gchar *text_uri);
GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_resolve_relative (const GnomeVFSURI *base,
                                             const gchar *relative_reference);
GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_resolve_symbolic_link
                                            (const GnomeVFSURI *base,
                                             const gchar *relative_reference);
GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_ref              (GnomeVFSURI *uri);
void        gnome_vfs_uri_unref             (GnomeVFSURI *uri);
GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_append_string    (const GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             const char *uri_fragment);
GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_append_path      (const GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             const char *path);
GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_append_file_name (const GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             const gchar *filename);
gchar*      gnome_vfs_uri_to_string         (const GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             GnomeVFSURIHideOptions hide_options);
GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_dup              (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
gboolean    gnome_vfs_uri_is_local          (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
gboolean    gnome_vfs_uri_has_parent        (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_get_parent       (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
GnomeVFSToplevelURI* gnome_vfs_uri_get_toplevel
                                            (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
const gchar* gnome_vfs_uri_get_host_name    (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
const gchar* gnome_vfs_uri_get_scheme       (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
guint       gnome_vfs_uri_get_host_port     (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
const gchar* gnome_vfs_uri_get_user_name    (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
const gchar* gnome_vfs_uri_get_password     (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
void        gnome_vfs_uri_set_host_name     (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             const gchar *host_name);
void        gnome_vfs_uri_set_host_port     (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             guint host_port);
void        gnome_vfs_uri_set_user_name     (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             const gchar *user_name);
void        gnome_vfs_uri_set_password      (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             const gchar *password);
gboolean    gnome_vfs_uri_equal             (const GnomeVFSURI *a,
                                             const GnomeVFSURI *b);
gboolean    gnome_vfs_uri_is_parent         (const GnomeVFSURI *possible_parent,
                                             const GnomeVFSURI *possible_child,
                                             gboolean recursive);
const gchar* gnome_vfs_uri_get_path         (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
const gchar* gnome_vfs_uri_get_fragment_identifier
                                            (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
gchar*      gnome_vfs_uri_extract_dirname   (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
gchar*      gnome_vfs_uri_extract_short_name
                                            (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
gchar*      gnome_vfs_uri_extract_short_path_name
                                            (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);
gint        gnome_vfs_uri_hequal            (gconstpointer a,
                                             gconstpointer b);
guint       gnome_vfs_uri_hash              (gconstpointer p);
GList*      gnome_vfs_uri_list_parse        (const gchar *uri_list);
GList*      gnome_vfs_uri_list_ref          (GList *list);
GList*      gnome_vfs_uri_list_unref        (GList *list);
GList*      gnome_vfs_uri_list_copy         (GList *list);
void        gnome_vfs_uri_list_free         (GList *list);
char*       gnome_vfs_uri_make_full_from_relative
                                            (const char *base_uri,
                                             const char *relative_uri);

Description

A GnomeVFSURI is a semi-textual representation of a uniform resource identifier. It contains the information about a resource location encoded as canononicalized text, but also holds extra information about the context in which the URI is used.

Details

GnomeVFSURI

typedef struct {
	guint ref_count;

	gchar *text;
	gchar *fragment_id;

	gchar *method_string;
	struct GnomeVFSMethod *method;

	struct GnomeVFSURI *parent;
} GnomeVFSURI;

Holds information about the location of a particular resource.

guint ref_count; Reference count. The URI is freed when it drops to zero.
gchar *text; A canonical representation of the path associated with this resource.
gchar *fragment_id; Extra data identifying this resource.
gchar *method_string; The method's method associated with this resource. One GnomeVFSMethod can be used for multiple method strings.
struct GnomeVFSMethod *method; The GnomeVFSMethod associated with this resource.
struct GnomeVFSURI *parent; Pointer to the parent element, or NULL for GnomeVFSURI that have no enclosing GnomeVFSURI. The process of encapsulating one URI in another one is called URI chaining.

GnomeVFSToplevelURI

typedef struct {
	GnomeVFSURI uri;

	gchar *host_name;
	guint host_port;

	gchar *user_name;
	gchar *password;

	gchar *urn;
} GnomeVFSToplevelURI;

This is the toplevel URI element used to access ressources stored on a remote server. Toplevel method implementations should cast the GnomeVFSURI argument to this type to get the additional host and authentication information.

If any of the elements is 0 respectively NULL, it is unspecified.

GnomeVFSURI uri;
gchar *host_name; The name of the host used to access this resource, o NULL.
guint host_port; The port used to access this resource, or 0.
gchar *user_name; Unescaped user name used to access this resource, or NULL.
gchar *password; Unescaped password used to access this resource, or NULL.
gchar *urn; The parent URN, or NULL if it doesn't exist.

enum GnomeVFSURIHideOptions

typedef enum
{
	GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_NONE = 0,
	GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_USER_NAME = 1 << 0,
	GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_PASSWORD = 1 << 1,
	GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_HOST_NAME = 1 << 2,
	GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_HOST_PORT = 1 << 3,
	GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_TOPLEVEL_METHOD = 1 << 4,
	GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_FRAGMENT_IDENTIFIER = 1 << 8
} GnomeVFSURIHideOptions; 

Packed boolean bitfield controlling hiding of various elements of a GnomeVFSURI when it is converted to a string using gnome_vfs_uri_to_string().

GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_NONE don't hide anything
GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_USER_NAME hide the user name
GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_PASSWORD hide the password
GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_HOST_NAME hide the host name
GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_HOST_PORT hide the port
GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_TOPLEVEL_METHOD hide the method (e.g. http, file)
GNOME_VFS_URI_HIDE_FRAGMENT_IDENTIFIER hide the fragment identifier

GNOME_VFS_URI_MAGIC_CHR

#define GNOME_VFS_URI_MAGIC_CHR	'#'

The character used to divide location from extra "arguments" passed to the method.


GNOME_VFS_URI_MAGIC_STR

#define GNOME_VFS_URI_MAGIC_STR "#"

The character used to divide location from extra "arguments" passed to the method.


GNOME_VFS_URI_PATH_CHR

#define GNOME_VFS_URI_PATH_CHR '/'

Defines the path seperator character.


GNOME_VFS_URI_PATH_STR

#define GNOME_VFS_URI_PATH_STR "/"

Defines the path seperator string.


gnome_vfs_uri_new ()

GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_new              (const gchar *text_uri);

Create a new uri from text_uri. Unsupported and unsafe methods are not allowed and will result in NULL being returned. URL transforms are allowed.

The a text_uri must be an escaped URI string such as returned by gnome_vfs_get_uri_from_local_path(), gnome_vfs_make_uri_from_input(), or gtk_file_chooser_get_uri().

text_uri : an escaped string representing a uri.
Returns : The new uri.

gnome_vfs_uri_resolve_relative ()

GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_resolve_relative (const GnomeVFSURI *base,
                                             const gchar *relative_reference);

Create a new uri from relative_reference, relative to base. The resolution algorithm in some aspects follows RFC 2396, section 5.2, but is not identical due to some extra assumptions GnomeVFS makes about URIs.

If relative_reference begins with a valid scheme identifier followed by ':', it is assumed to refer to an absolute URI, and a GnomeVFSURI is created from it using gnome_vfs_uri_new().

Otherwise, depending on its precise syntax, it inherits some aspects of the parent URI, but the parents' fragment and query components are ignored.

If relative_reference begins with "//", it only inherits the base scheme, if it begins with '/' (i.e. is an absolute path reference), it inherits everything ecxept the base path. Otherwise, it replaces the part of base after the last '/'.

Note

This function should not be used by application authors unless they expect very distinct semantics. Instead, authors should use gnome_vfs_uri_append_file_name(), gnome_vfs_uri_append_path(), gnome_vfs_uri_append_string() or gnome_vfs_uri_resolve_symbolic_link().

base : base uri.
relative_reference : a string representing a possibly relative uri reference.
Returns : A GnomeVFSURI referring to relative_reference, or NULL if relative_reference was malformed.

gnome_vfs_uri_resolve_symbolic_link ()

GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_resolve_symbolic_link
                                            (const GnomeVFSURI *base,
                                             const gchar *relative_reference);

Create a new uri from symbolic_link, relative to base.

If symbolic_link begins with a '/', it replaces the path of base, otherwise it is appended after the last '/' character of base.

base : base uri.
relative_reference :
Returns : A new GnomeVFSURI referring to symbolic_link.

Since 2.16


gnome_vfs_uri_ref ()

GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_ref              (GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Increment uri's reference count.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : uri.

gnome_vfs_uri_unref ()

void        gnome_vfs_uri_unref             (GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Decrement uri's reference count. If the reference count reaches zero, uri is destroyed.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.

gnome_vfs_uri_append_string ()

GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_append_string    (const GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             const char *uri_fragment);

Create a new uri obtained by appending uri_fragment to uri. This will take care of adding an appropriate directory separator between the end of uri and the start of uri_fragment if necessary.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
uri_fragment : a piece of a uri (ie a fully escaped partial path).
Returns : The new uri obtained by combining uri and uri_fragment.

gnome_vfs_uri_append_path ()

GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_append_path      (const GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             const char *path);

Create a new uri obtained by appending path to uri. This will take care of adding an appropriate directory separator between the end of uri and the start of path if necessary as well as escaping path as necessary.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
path : a non-escaped file path.
Returns : The new uri obtained by combining uri and path.

gnome_vfs_uri_append_file_name ()

GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_append_file_name (const GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             const gchar *filename);

Create a new uri obtained by appending file_name to uri. This will take care of adding an appropriate directory separator between the end of uri and the start of file_name if necessary. file_name might, for instance, be the result of a call to g_dir_read_name().

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
filename : any "regular" file name (can include #, /, etc) in the file system encoding. This is not an escaped URI.
Returns : The new uri obtained by combining uri and path.

gnome_vfs_uri_to_string ()

gchar*      gnome_vfs_uri_to_string         (const GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             GnomeVFSURIHideOptions hide_options);

Translate uri into a printable string. The string will not contain the uri elements specified by hide_options.

A file: URI on Win32 might look like file:///x:/foo/bar.txt. Note that the part after file:// is not a legal file name, you need to remove the / in front of the drive letter. This function does that automatically if hide_options specifies that the toplevel method, user name, password, host name and host port should be hidden.

On the other hand, a file: URI for a UNC path looks like file:////server/share/foo/bar.txt, and in that case the part after file:// is the correct file name.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
hide_options : bitmask specifying what uri elements (e.g. password, user name etc.) should not be represented in the returned string.
Returns : a malloc'd printable string representing uri.

gnome_vfs_uri_dup ()

GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_dup              (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Duplicate uri.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : a pointer to a new uri that is exactly the same as uri.

gnome_vfs_uri_is_local ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_uri_is_local          (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Check if uri is a local URI. Note that the return value of this function entirely depends on the GnomeVFSMethod associated with the URI. It is up to the method author to distinguish between remote URIs add URIs referring to entities on the local computer.

Warning, this can be slow, as it does i/o to detect things like NFS mounts.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : TRUE if uri refers to a local entity, FALSE otherwise.

gnome_vfs_uri_has_parent ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_uri_has_parent        (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Check if uri has a parent or not.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : TRUE if uri has a parent, FALSE otherwise.

gnome_vfs_uri_get_parent ()

GnomeVFSURI* gnome_vfs_uri_get_parent       (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Retrieve uri's parent uri.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : a pointer to uri's parent uri.

gnome_vfs_uri_get_toplevel ()

GnomeVFSToplevelURI* gnome_vfs_uri_get_toplevel
                                            (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Retrieve the toplevel uri in uri.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : a pointer to the toplevel uri object.

gnome_vfs_uri_get_host_name ()

const gchar* gnome_vfs_uri_get_host_name    (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Retrieve the host name for uri.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : a string representing the host name.

gnome_vfs_uri_get_scheme ()

const gchar* gnome_vfs_uri_get_scheme       (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Retrieve the scheme used for uri.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : a string representing the scheme.

gnome_vfs_uri_get_host_port ()

guint       gnome_vfs_uri_get_host_port     (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Retrieve the host port number in uri.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : The host port number used by uri. If the value is zero, the default port value for the specified toplevel access method is used.

gnome_vfs_uri_get_user_name ()

const gchar* gnome_vfs_uri_get_user_name    (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Retrieve the user name in uri.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : a string representing the user name in uri.

gnome_vfs_uri_get_password ()

const gchar* gnome_vfs_uri_get_password     (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Retrieve the password for uri.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : The password for uri.

gnome_vfs_uri_set_host_name ()

void        gnome_vfs_uri_set_host_name     (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             const gchar *host_name);

Set host_name as the host name accessed by uri.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
host_name : a string representing a host name.

gnome_vfs_uri_set_host_port ()

void        gnome_vfs_uri_set_host_port     (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             guint host_port);

Set the host port number in uri. If host_port is zero, the default port for uri's toplevel access method is used.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
host_port : a TCP/IP port number.

gnome_vfs_uri_set_user_name ()

void        gnome_vfs_uri_set_user_name     (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             const gchar *user_name);

Set user_name as the user name for uri.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
user_name : a string representing a user name on the host accessed by uri.

gnome_vfs_uri_set_password ()

void        gnome_vfs_uri_set_password      (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             const gchar *password);

Set password as the password for uri.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
password : a password string.

gnome_vfs_uri_equal ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_uri_equal             (const GnomeVFSURI *a,
                                             const GnomeVFSURI *b);

Compare a and b.

FIXME: This comparison should take into account the possiblity that unreserved characters may be escaped. ...or perhaps gnome_vfs_uri_new() should unescape unreserved characters?

a : a GnomeVFSURI.
b : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : TRUE if a and b are equal, FALSE otherwise.

gnome_vfs_uri_is_parent ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_uri_is_parent         (const GnomeVFSURI *possible_parent,
                                             const GnomeVFSURI *possible_child,
                                             gboolean recursive);

Check if possible_child is contained by possible_parent. If recursive is FALSE, just try the immediate parent directory, else search up through the hierarchy.

possible_parent : a GnomeVFSURI.
possible_child : a GnomeVFSURI.
recursive : a flag to turn recursive check on.
Returns : TRUE if possible_child is contained in possible_parent.

gnome_vfs_uri_get_path ()

const gchar* gnome_vfs_uri_get_path         (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Retrieve full path name for uri.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : a pointer to the full path name in uri. Notice that the pointer points to the path name stored in uri, so the path name returned must not be modified nor freed.

gnome_vfs_uri_get_fragment_identifier ()

const gchar* gnome_vfs_uri_get_fragment_identifier
                                            (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

uri :
Returns :

gnome_vfs_uri_extract_dirname ()

gchar*      gnome_vfs_uri_extract_dirname   (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Extract the name of the directory in which the file pointed to by uri is stored as a newly allocated string. The string will end with a GNOME_VFS_URI_PATH_CHR.

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : a pointer to the newly allocated string representing the parent directory.

gnome_vfs_uri_extract_short_name ()

gchar*      gnome_vfs_uri_extract_short_name
                                            (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Retrieve base file name for uri, ignoring any trailing path separators. This matches the XPG definition of basename, but not g_basename. This is often useful when you want the name of something that's pointed to by a uri, and don't care whether the uri has a directory or file form. If uri points to the root of a domain, returns the host name. If there's no host name, returns GNOME_VFS_URI_PATH_STR.

See also: gnome_vfs_uri_extract_short_path_name().

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : a pointer to the newly allocated string representing the unescaped short form of the name.

gnome_vfs_uri_extract_short_path_name ()

gchar*      gnome_vfs_uri_extract_short_path_name
                                            (const GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Retrieve base file name for uri, ignoring any trailing path separators. This matches the XPG definition of basename, but not g_basename. This is often useful when you want the name of something that's pointed to by a uri, and don't care whether the uri has a directory or file form. If uri points to the root (including the root of any domain), returns GNOME_VFS_URI_PATH_STR.

See also: gnome_vfs_uri_extract_short_name().

uri : a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : a pointer to the newly allocated string representing the escaped short form of the name.

gnome_vfs_uri_hequal ()

gint        gnome_vfs_uri_hequal            (gconstpointer a,
                                             gconstpointer b);

Function intended for use as a hash table "are these two items the same" comparison. Useful for creating a hash table of uris.

a : a pointer to a GnomeVFSURI.
b : a pointer to a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : TRUE if the uris are the same.

gnome_vfs_uri_hash ()

guint       gnome_vfs_uri_hash              (gconstpointer p);

Creates an integer value from a GnomeVFSURI, appropriate for using as the key to a hash table entry.

p : a pointer to a GnomeVFSURI.
Returns : a hash key corresponding to p.

gnome_vfs_uri_list_parse ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_uri_list_parse        (const gchar *uri_list);

Extracts a list of GnomeVFSURI objects from a standard text/uri-list, such as one you would get on a drop operation. Use gnome_vfs_uri_list_free() when you are done with the list.

uri_list : string consists of GnomeVFSURIs and/or paths seperated by newline character.
Returns : a GList of GnomeVFSURIs.

gnome_vfs_uri_list_ref ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_uri_list_ref          (GList *list);

Increments the reference count of the items in list by one.

list : list of GnomeVFSURI elements.
Returns : list.

gnome_vfs_uri_list_unref ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_uri_list_unref        (GList *list);

Decrements the reference count of the items in list by one. Note that the list is *not freed* even if each member of the list is freed.

list : list of GnomeVFSURI elements.
Returns : list.

gnome_vfs_uri_list_copy ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_uri_list_copy         (GList *list);

Creates a duplicate of list, and references each member of that list.

list : list of GnomeVFSURI elements.
Returns : a newly referenced duplicate of list.

gnome_vfs_uri_list_free ()

void        gnome_vfs_uri_list_free         (GList *list);

Decrements the reference count of each member of list by one, and frees the list itself.

list : list of GnomeVFSURI elements.

gnome_vfs_uri_make_full_from_relative ()

char*       gnome_vfs_uri_make_full_from_relative
                                            (const char *base_uri,
                                             const char *relative_uri);

Returns a full uri given a full base uri, and a secondary uri which may be relative.

base_uri : a string representing the base uri.
relative_uri : a uri fragment/reference to be appended to base_uri.
Returns : a newly allocated string containing the uri (NULL for some bad errors).