KDE 4.7 PyKDE API Reference

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# KServiceGroup Class Reference

`from PyKDE4.kdecore import *`

Inherits: KSycocaEntry

## Detailed Description

KServiceGroup represents a group of service, for example screensavers. This class is typically used like this:

     // Start from root group
     KServiceGroup.Ptr group = KServiceGroup.root();
     if (!group || !group->isValid()) return;

     KServiceGroup.List list = group->entries();

     // Iterate over all entries in the group
     for( KServiceGroup.List.ConstIterator it = list.begin();
          it != list.end(); it++)
     {
        KSycocaEntry *p = (*it);
        if (p->isType(KST_KService))
        {
           KService *s = static_cast<KService *>(p);
           printf("Name = %s\n", s->name().toLatin1());
        }
        else if (p->isType(KST_KServiceGroup))
        {
           KServiceGroup *g = static_cast<KServiceGroup *>(p);
           // Sub group ...
        }
     }

Represents a group of services

## Enumerations
EntriesOption | { NoOptions, SortEntries, ExcludeNoDisplay, AllowSeparators, SortByGenericName }
## Methods
| __init__ (self, QString name)
| __init__ (self, QString _fullpath, QString _relpath)
| __init__ (self, QDataStream _str, int offset, bool deep)
| __init__ (self, KServiceGroup other)
| addEntry (self, KSharedPtr entry)
bool | allowInline (self)
QString | baseGroupName (self)
QString | caption (self)
int | childCount (self)
QString | comment (self)
QString | directoryEntryPath (self)
[KSharedPtr] | entries (self, bool sorted, bool excludeNoDisplay, bool allowSeparators, bool sortByGenericName=0)
[KSharedPtr] | entries (self, bool sorted, bool excludeNoDisplay)
[KSharedPtr] | entries (self, bool sorted=0)
QString | icon (self)
bool | inlineAlias (self)
int | inlineValue (self)
QStringList | layoutInfo (self)
bool | noDisplay (self)
QString | relPath (self)
[KSharedPtr] | serviceEntries (self, KServiceGroup.EntriesOptions options=KServiceGroup.ExcludeNoDisplay)
| setAllowInline (self, bool _b)
| setInlineAlias (self, bool _b)
| setInlineValue (self, int _val)
| setLayoutInfo (self, QStringList layout)
| setShowEmptyMenu (self, bool b)
| setShowInlineHeader (self, bool _b)
bool | showEmptyMenu (self)
bool | showInlineHeader (self)
QStringList | suppressGenericNames (self)
## Static Methods
KSharedPtr | baseGroup (QString baseGroupName)
KSharedPtr | childGroup (QString parent)
KSharedPtr | group (QString relPath)
KSharedPtr | root ()

## Method Documentation

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | QString | name
| ) |  |  |

Construct a dummy servicegroup indexed with name.

Parameters:

  | name | the name of the service group

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | QString | _fullpath,
|  | QString | _relpath
| ) |  |  |

Construct a service and take all information from a config file

Parameters:

  | _fullpath | full path to the config file
  | _relpath | relative path to the config file

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | QDataStream | _str,
|  | int | offset,
|  | bool | deep
| ) |  |  |

Internal:
  construct a service from a stream. The stream must already be positionned at the correct offset

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | KServiceGroup | other
| ) |  |  |

addEntry | ( | self, |
|  | KSharedPtr | entry
| ) |  |  |

Internal:
  Add a service to this group

bool allowInline | ( |  | self ) |

Returns:
  true if we allow to inline menu.

QString baseGroupName | ( |  | self ) |

Returns a non-empty string if the group is a special base group. By default, "Settings/" is the kcontrol base group ("settings") and "System/Screensavers/" is the screensavers base group ("screensavers"). This allows moving the groups without breaking those apps.

The base group is defined by the X-KDE-BaseGroup key in the .directory file.

Returns:
  the base group name, or null if no base group

QString caption | ( |  | self ) |

Returns the caption of this group.

Returns:
  the caption of this group

int childCount | ( |  | self ) |

Returns the total number of displayable services in this group and any of its subgroups.

Returns:
  the number of child services

QString comment | ( |  | self ) |

Returns the comment about this service group.

Returns:
  the descriptive comment for the group, if there is one, or QString() if not set

QString directoryEntryPath | ( |  | self ) |

Returns a path to the .directory file describing this service group. The path is either absolute or relative to the "apps" resource.

[KSharedPtr] entries | ( | self, |
|  | bool | sorted,
|  | bool | excludeNoDisplay,
|  | bool | allowSeparators,
|  | bool | sortByGenericName=0
| ) |  |  |

List of all Services and ServiceGroups within this ServiceGroup.

Parameters:

  | sorted | true to sort items

Returns:
  the list of entried

[KSharedPtr] entries | ( | self, |
|  | bool | sorted,
|  | bool | excludeNoDisplay
| ) |  |  |

List of all Services and ServiceGroups within this ServiceGroup.

Parameters:

  | sorted | true to sort items

Returns:
  the list of entried

[KSharedPtr] entries | ( | self, |
|  | bool | sorted=0
| ) |  |  |

List of all Services and ServiceGroups within this ServiceGroup.

Parameters:

  | sorted | true to sort items

Returns:
  the list of entried

QString icon | ( |  | self ) |

Returns the name of the icon associated with the group.

Returns:
  the name of the icon associated with the group, or QString() if not set

bool inlineAlias | ( |  | self ) |

Returns:
  true to show an inline alias item into menu

int inlineValue | ( |  | self ) |

Returns:
  inline limite value

QStringList layoutInfo | ( |  | self ) |

Internal:
  Returns information related to the layout of services in this group.

bool noDisplay | ( |  | self ) |

Returns true if the NoDisplay flag was set, i.e. if this group should be hidden from menus, while still being in ksycoca.

Returns:
  true to hide this service group, false to display it

QString relPath | ( |  | self ) |

Returns the relative path of the service group.

Returns:
  the service group's relative path

[KSharedPtr] serviceEntries | ( | self, |
|  | KServiceGroup.EntriesOptions | options=KServiceGroup.ExcludeNoDisplay
| ) |  |  |

entries of this service group

setAllowInline | ( | self, |
|  | bool | _b
| ) |  |  |

setInlineAlias | ( | self, |
|  | bool | _b
| ) |  |  |

setInlineValue | ( | self, |
|  | int | _val
| ) |  |  |

setLayoutInfo | ( | self, |
|  | QStringList | layout
| ) |  |  |

Internal:
  Sets information related to the layout of services in this group.

setShowEmptyMenu | ( | self, |
|  | bool | b
| ) |  |  |

setShowInlineHeader | ( | self, |
|  | bool | _b
| ) |  |  |

bool showEmptyMenu | ( |  | self ) |

Return true if we want to display empty menu entry

Returns:
  true to show this service group as menu entry is empty, false to hide it

bool showInlineHeader | ( |  | self ) |

Returns:
  true to show an inline header into menu

QStringList suppressGenericNames | ( |  | self ) |

Returns a list of untranslated generic names that should be be suppressed when showing this group. E.g. The group "Games/Arcade" might want to suppress the generic name "Arcade Game" since it's redundant in this particular context.

## Static Method Documentation

KSharedPtr baseGroup | ( | QString | baseGroupName
| ) |  |  |

Returns the group for the given baseGroupName. Can return 0L if the directory (or the .directory file) was deleted.

Returns:
  the base group with the given name, or 0 if not available.

This mechanism was fragile and isn't used in kde4 anymore.

Deprecated:
  Use a servicetype and a proper trader query instead, for a better way of finding related services.

KSharedPtr childGroup | ( | QString | parent
| ) |  |  |

Returns the group of services that have X-KDE-ParentApp equal to parent (siblings).

Parameters:

  | parent | the name of the service's parent

Returns:
  the services group

KSharedPtr group | ( | QString | relPath
| ) |  |  |

Returns the group with the given relative path.

Parameters:

  | relPath | the path of the service group

Returns:
  the group with the given relative path name.

KSharedPtr root | ( |  | ) |

Returns the root service group.

Returns:
  the root service group

## Enumeration Documentation

EntriesOption

options for groupEntries and serviceEntries

Enumerator:

  NoOptions = 0x0 |
  SortEntries = 0x1 |
  ExcludeNoDisplay = 0x2 |
  AllowSeparators = 0x4 |
  SortByGenericName = 0x8 |