KNewStuff Class Reference
This class provides the functionality to download and upload "new stuff". More...
#include <knewstuff.h>
Inheritance diagram for KNewStuff:

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KNewStuff (const QString &type, QWidget *parentWidget=0) | |
KNewStuff (const QString &type, const QString &providerList, QWidget *parentWidget=0) | |
QString | type () const |
QWidget * | parentWidget () const |
void | download () |
void | upload () |
void | upload (const QString &fileName, const QString previewName) |
virtual bool | install (const QString &fileName)=0 |
virtual bool | createUploadFile (const QString &fileName)=0 |
virtual QString | downloadDestination (KNS::Entry *entry) |
Detailed Description
This class provides the functionality to download and upload "new stuff".Applications have to subclass KNewStuff, implement the pure virtual functions and link to against libknewstuff.
By calling download() the download process is started which means that a list of "providers" is fetched from a "master server", information about new stuff is collected from the providers and presented to the user. Selected entries get downloaded and installed to the application. The required functions to install new stuff are provided by implementing install(). The location where the downloaded files are stored can be customized by reimplementing downloadDestination().
By calling upload() the upload process is started which means the user has to select a provider from the list fetched from the master server and to put in infomration about the entry to be uploaded. Then the file to be uploaded is fetched from the application by calling createUploadFile() and transfered to the upload destination specified in the provider list.
- Author:
- Cornelius Schumacher (schumacher@kde.org)
- Maintainer:
- Josef Spillner (spillner@kde.org)
- Since:
- 3.3
Definition at line 58 of file knewstuff.h.
Constructor & Destructor Documentation
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Constructor.
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Constructor.
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Member Function Documentation
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Return type of data. Definition at line 42 of file knewstuff.cpp. References KNS::Engine::type(). |
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Return parent widget. Definition at line 47 of file knewstuff.cpp. References KNS::Engine::parentWidget(). Referenced by KNewStuffGeneric::downloadDestination(). |
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Start download process. Definition at line 57 of file knewstuff.cpp. References KNS::Engine::download(). |
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Start upload process. Definition at line 68 of file knewstuff.cpp. References KNS::Engine::upload(). |
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Upload with pre-defined files. Definition at line 73 of file knewstuff.cpp. References KNS::Engine::upload(). |
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Install file to application. The given fileName points to the file downloaded by the KNewStuff engine. This is a temporary file by default. The application can do whatever is needed to handle the information contained in the file. The function returns true, when the installation was successful and false if were errors.
Implemented in KNewStuffGeneric.
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Create a file to be uploaded to a "new stuff provider" and return the filename. The format of the file is application specific. The only constraint is that the corresponding install() implementation is able to use the file.
Implemented in KNewStuffGeneric.
Referenced by KNS::Engine::upload(). |
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Return a filename which should be used as destination for downloading the specified new stuff entry. Reimplement this function, if you don't want the new stuff to be downloaded to a temporary file. Reimplemented in KNewStuffGeneric. Definition at line 62 of file knewstuff.cpp. Referenced by KNS::Engine::download(), and KNewStuffGeneric::downloadDestination(). |
The documentation for this class was generated from the following files: