Nautilus.InfoProvider¶

Implementations:: None

Methods¶

class	`update_complete_invoke` (update_complete, provider, handle, result)
	`cancel_update` (handle)
	`update_file_info` (file, update_complete)

Virtual Methods¶

	`do_cancel_update` (handle)
	`do_update_file_info` (file, update_complete)

Properties¶

None

Signals¶

None

Fields¶

None

Class Details¶

class Nautilus.InfoProvider¶

Bases:: GObject.GInterface
Structure:: Nautilus.InfoProviderInterface

Interface to provide additional information about files

NautilusInfoProvider allows extension to provide additional information about files. When [method`InfoProvider`.update_file_info] is called by the application, extensions will know that it’s time to add extra information to the provided [iface`FileInfo`].

classmethod update_complete_invoke(update_complete, provider, handle, result)¶

Parameters:

update_complete (GObject.Closure) – the closure to call
provider (Nautilus.InfoProvider) – an info provider
handle (Nautilus.OperationHandle) – the handle for the given closure
result (Nautilus.OperationResult) – either NAUTILUS_OPERATION_COMPLETE or NAUTILUS_OPERATION_FAILED

Complete an async file info update.

cancel_update(handle)¶

Parameters:: handle (Nautilus.OperationHandle) – the opaque Nautilus.OperationHandle returned from a previous call to Nautilus.InfoProvider.update_file_info().

Called when the Nautilus application has canceled an update.

This method is only relevant if [method`InfoProvider`.update_file_info] was returned with NAUTILUS_OPERATION_IN_PROGRESS.

update_file_info(file, update_complete)¶

Parameters:

file (Nautilus.FileInfo) – a file requesting updated info.
update_complete (GObject.Closure) – the closure to invoke at some later time when returning Nautilus.OperationResult.IN_PROGRESS.

Returns:

whether the operation finished.

handle:: an opaque Nautilus.OperationHandle that must be set when returning Nautilus.OperationResult.IN_PROGRESS.

Return type:

(Nautilus.OperationResult, handle: Nautilus.OperationHandle or None)

Called when the Nautilus application is requesting updated file information.

do_cancel_update(handle) virtual¶

Parameters:: handle (Nautilus.OperationHandle) – the opaque Nautilus.OperationHandle returned from a previous call to Nautilus.InfoProvider.update_file_info().

Called when the Nautilus application has canceled an update.

This method is only relevant if [method`InfoProvider`.update_file_info] was returned with NAUTILUS_OPERATION_IN_PROGRESS.

do_update_file_info(file, update_complete) virtual¶

Parameters:

file (Nautilus.FileInfo) – a file requesting updated info.
update_complete (GObject.Closure) – the closure to invoke at some later time when returning Nautilus.OperationResult.IN_PROGRESS.

Returns:

whether the operation finished.

handle:: an opaque Nautilus.OperationHandle that must be set when returning Nautilus.OperationResult.IN_PROGRESS.

Return type:

(Nautilus.OperationResult, handle: Nautilus.OperationHandle or None)

Called when the Nautilus application is requesting updated file information.