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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Sebastian Dröge
  • Date: 2009-06-27 09:56:08 UTC
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<link rel="home" href="index.html" title="GIO Reference Manual">
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<link rel="up" href="pt01.html" title="Part I. GIO Overview">
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<th width="100%" align="center">GIO Reference Manual</th>
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<div class="chapter" title="Extending GIO">
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title">
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<a name="extending-gio"></a>Extending GIO</h2></div></div></div>
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      The following extension points are currently defined by GIO:
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<p><b>G_VFS_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME. </b>
 
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<p title="G_VFS_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME"><b>G_VFS_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME. </b>
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          Allows to override the functionality of the <a class="link" href="GVfs.html" title="GVfs"><span class="type">GVfs</span></a> class.
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          Implementations of this extension point must be derived from <a class="link" href="GVfs.html" title="GVfs"><span class="type">GVfs</span></a>.
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          GIO uses the implementation with the highest priority that is active,
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          GIO implements this extension point for local files, gvfs contains
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          an implementation that supports all the backends in gvfs.
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<p><b>G_VOLUME_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME. </b>
 
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         Allows to add more volume monitors.
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         Implementations of this extension point must be derived from
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         <a class="link" href="GVolumeMonitor.html" title="GVolumeMonitor"><span class="type">GVolumeMonitor</span></a>. GIO uses all registered extensions.
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        gvfs contains an implementation that works together with the <a class="link" href="GVfs.html" title="GVfs"><span class="type">GVfs</span></a>
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        implementation in gvfs.
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<p><b>G_NATIVE_VOLUME_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME. </b>
 
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         Allows to override the 'native' volume monitor.
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         <span class="type">GNativeVolumeMonitor</span>. GIO uses the implementation with
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         GIO implements this extension point for local mounts, 
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         gvfs contains a hal-based implementation. 
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        Allows to override the file monitor implementation for 
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        local files. Implementations of this extension point must 
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        be derived from <span class="type">GLocalFileMonitor</span>. GIO uses the implementation 
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        GIO uses this extension point internally, to switch between
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        its fam-based and inotify-based file monitoring implementations.
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        Allows to override the directory monitor implementation for 
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        its fam-based and inotify-based directory monitoring implementations.
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<p><b>G_DESKTOP_APP_INFO_LOOKUP_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME. </b>
 
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        Unix-only. Allows to provide a way to associate default handlers
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        with URI schemes. Implementations of this extension point must 
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        implement the <a class="link" href="gio-Desktop-file-based-GAppInfo.html#GDesktopAppInfoLookup"><span class="type">GDesktopAppInfoLookup</span></a> interface. GIO uses the