Review Request 127912: Add 2 methods to gain more info about a mimetype or protocol

[Martin Kostolný]

> On May 14, 2016, 1:59 p.m., David Faure wrote:
> > But how is the app supposed to then choose which protocol to use?
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> > If it needs its own setting for the preferred kioslave, then what's the point of the query that returns a list?
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> > In other words, if you know you want to prefer krarc, why not just query whether krarc is available and use it if yes?
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> Martin Kostolný wrote:
>     I'm sorry, it is very well possible that I don't know the required API for these queries. It is as You said: basically I need to test whether krarc:/ is available and I also need to test if given mimetype can be handled by krarc protocol. Is there a way to achieve that with current KIO API? Thanks!
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> David Faure wrote:
>     To find if krarc is available, use KProtocolInfo::isKnownProtocol("krarc").
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>     To find which archive mimetypes "krarc" can support, hmm, there was no API for it, so I just added it. KProtocolInfo::archiveMimeTypes("krarc"), requires KF 5.23 (released next month).
>     See http://commits.kde.org/kio/a60c6c437067c9daa2b5bbe6638ba4080342dacf

Perfect, thanks a lot! :-)


- Martin


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On May 14, 2016, 11:38 a.m., Martin Kostolný wrote:
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> (Updated May 14, 2016, 11:38 a.m.)
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> Review request for KDE Frameworks, Krusader, David Edmundson, David Faure, and Marco Martin.
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> Repository: kio
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> Description
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> KProtocolManager has a method called protocolForArchiveMimetype. It gives one protocol for given mimetype even if there exist more then one protocol capable of handling this mimetype.
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> I suggest adding a method called protocolsForArchiveMimetype (note the "s") which would give us all protocols that can handle given mimetype. I also suggest to add a method for giving all archive mimetypes for given protocol.
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> This request is based on a potential need of some apps to prioritize one protocol over others (specifically krarc:/ from Krusader over other archive-handling protocols).
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> Diffs
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>   src/core/kprotocolmanager.h 13b8c07 
>   src/core/kprotocolmanager.cpp 9a0a96f 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/127912/diff/
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> Testing
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> I've tested both methods through Krusader code. Partially covered in this phabricator task: https://phabricator.kde.org/T2401
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> Thanks,
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> Martin Kostolný
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