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AsStore

AsStore — a hashed array store of applications

Stability Level

Stable, unless otherwise indicated

Functions

AsStore * as_store_new ()
GQuark as_store_error_quark ()
guint as_store_get_size ()
gboolean as_store_from_file ()
gboolean as_store_from_bytes ()
gboolean as_store_from_xml ()
gboolean as_store_load ()
gboolean as_store_load_path ()
void as_store_load_search_cache ()
void as_store_set_search_match ()
void as_store_remove_all ()
GPtrArray * as_store_get_apps ()
GPtrArray * as_store_get_apps_by_id ()
GPtrArray * as_store_get_apps_by_metadata ()
AsApp * as_store_get_app_by_id ()
AsApp * as_store_get_app_by_unique_id ()
AsApp * as_store_get_app_by_id_ignore_prefix ()
AsApp * as_store_get_app_by_id_with_fallbacks ()
AsApp * as_store_get_app_by_pkgname ()
AsApp * as_store_get_app_by_pkgnames ()
AsApp * as_store_get_app_by_provide ()
void as_store_add_app ()
void as_store_add_apps ()
void as_store_remove_app ()
void as_store_remove_app_by_id ()
void as_store_remove_apps_with_veto ()
GString * as_store_to_xml ()
gboolean as_store_to_file ()
gboolean as_store_convert_icons ()
const gchar * as_store_get_origin ()
void as_store_set_origin ()
const gchar * as_store_get_builder_id ()
void as_store_set_builder_id ()
const gchar * as_store_get_destdir ()
void as_store_set_destdir ()
gdouble as_store_get_api_version ()
void as_store_set_api_version ()
AsStoreAddFlags as_store_get_add_flags ()
void as_store_set_add_flags ()
AsStoreWatchFlags as_store_get_watch_flags ()
void as_store_set_watch_flags ()
GPtrArray * as_store_validate ()
void as_store_add_metadata_index ()
void as_store_add_filter ()
void as_store_remove_filter ()

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── AsStore

Includes

#include <appstream-glib.h>

Description

This store contains both an array of AsApp's but also a pair of hashes to quickly retrieve an application from the ID or package name.

Applications can also be removed, and the whole store can be loaded and saved to a compressed XML file.

See also: AsApp

Functions

as_store_new ()

AsStore *
as_store_new (void);

Creates a new AsStore.

Returns

a AsStore.

[transfer full]

Since: 0.1.0


as_store_error_quark ()

GQuark
as_store_error_quark (void);

Returns

An error quark.

Since: 0.1.2


as_store_get_size ()

guint
as_store_get_size (AsStore *store);

Gets the size of the store after deduplication and prioritization has taken place.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

Returns

the number of usable applications in the store

Since: 0.1.0


as_store_from_file ()

gboolean
as_store_from_file (AsStore *store,
                    GFile *file,
                    const gchar *icon_root,
                    GCancellable *cancellable,
                    GError **error);

Parses an AppStream XML or DEP-11 YAML file and adds any valid applications to the store.

If the root node does not have a 'origin' attribute, then the method as_store_set_origin() should be called *before* this function if cached icons are required.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

file

a GFile.

 

icon_root

the icon path, or NULL for the default (unused)

 

cancellable

a GCancellable.

 

error

A GError or NULL.

 

Returns

TRUE for success

Since: 0.1.0


as_store_from_bytes ()

gboolean
as_store_from_bytes (AsStore *store,
                     GBytes *bytes,
                     GCancellable *cancellable,
                     GError **error);

Parses an appstream store presented as an archive. This is typically a .cab file containing firmware files.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

bytes

a GBytes.

 

cancellable

a GCancellable.

 

error

A GError or NULL.

 

Returns

TRUE for success

Since: 0.5.2


as_store_from_xml ()

gboolean
as_store_from_xml (AsStore *store,
                   const gchar *data,
                   const gchar *icon_root,
                   GError **error);

Parses AppStream XML file and adds any valid applications to the store.

If the root node does not have a 'origin' attribute, then the method as_store_set_origin() should be called *before* this function if cached icons are required.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

data

XML data

 

icon_root

the icon path, or NULL for the default.

 

error

A GError or NULL.

 

Returns

TRUE for success

Since: 0.1.1


as_store_load ()

gboolean
as_store_load (AsStore *store,
               AsStoreLoadFlags flags,
               GCancellable *cancellable,
               GError **error);

Loads the store from the default locations.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

flags

AsStoreLoadFlags, e.g. AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_APP_INFO_SYSTEM

 

cancellable

a GCancellable.

 

error

A GError or NULL.

 

Returns

TRUE for success

Since: 0.1.2


as_store_load_path ()

gboolean
as_store_load_path (AsStore *store,
                    const gchar *path,
                    GCancellable *cancellable,
                    GError **error);

Loads the store from a specific path.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

path

A path to load

 

cancellable

a GCancellable.

 

error

A GError or NULL.

 

Returns

TRUE for success

Since: 0.2.2


as_store_load_search_cache ()

void
as_store_load_search_cache (AsStore *store);

Populates the token cache for all applications in the store. This allows all the search keywords for all applications in the store to be pre-processed at one time in multiple threads rather than on demand.

Note: Calling as_app_search_matches() automatically generates the search cache for the AsApp object if it has not already been generated.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

Since: 0.6.5


as_store_set_search_match ()

void
as_store_set_search_match (AsStore *store,
                           AsAppSearchMatch search_match);

Sets the token match fields. The bitfield given here is used to choose what is included in the token cache.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

search_match

the API version

 

Since: 0.6.5


as_store_remove_all ()

void
as_store_remove_all (AsStore *store);

Removes all applications from the store.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

Since: 0.2.5


as_store_get_apps ()

GPtrArray *
as_store_get_apps (AsStore *store);

Gets an array of all the valid applications in the store.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

Returns

an array.

[element-type AsApp][transfer none]

Since: 0.1.0


as_store_get_apps_by_id ()

GPtrArray *
as_store_get_apps_by_id (AsStore *store,
                         const gchar *id);

Gets an array of all the applications that match a specific ID, ignoring the prefix type.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

id

the application full ID.

 

Returns

an array.

[element-type AsApp][transfer container]

Since: 0.5.12


as_store_get_apps_by_metadata ()

GPtrArray *
as_store_get_apps_by_metadata (AsStore *store,
                               const gchar *key,
                               const gchar *value);

Gets an array of all the applications that match a specific metadata element.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

key

metadata key

 

value

metadata value

 

Returns

an array.

[element-type AsApp][transfer container]

Since: 0.1.4


as_store_get_app_by_id ()

AsApp *
as_store_get_app_by_id (AsStore *store,
                        const gchar *id);

Finds an application in the store by ID. If more than one application exists matching the specific ID, (for instance when using AS_STORE_ADD_FLAG_USE_UNIQUE_ID) then the first item that was added is returned.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

id

the application full ID.

 

Returns

a AsApp or NULL.

[transfer none]

Since: 0.1.0


as_store_get_app_by_unique_id ()

AsApp *
as_store_get_app_by_unique_id (AsStore *store,
                               const gchar *unique_id,
                               AsStoreSearchFlags search_flags);

Finds an application in the store by matching the unique ID.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

unique_id

the application unique ID, e.g. user/flatpak/gnome-apps-nightly/app/gimp.desktop/master

 

search_flags

the search flags, e.g. AS_STORE_SEARCH_FLAG_USE_WILDCARDS

 

Returns

a AsApp or NULL.

[transfer none]

Since: 0.6.1


as_store_get_app_by_id_ignore_prefix ()

AsApp *
as_store_get_app_by_id_ignore_prefix (AsStore *store,
                                      const gchar *id);

Finds an application in the store ignoring the prefix type.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

id

the application full ID.

 

Returns

a AsApp or NULL.

[transfer none]

Since: 0.5.12


as_store_get_app_by_id_with_fallbacks ()

AsApp *
as_store_get_app_by_id_with_fallbacks (AsStore *store,
                                       const gchar *id);

Finds an application in the store by either by the current desktop ID or a desktop ID that it has used previously. This allows upstream software to change their ID (e.g. from cheese.desktop to org.gnome.Cheese.desktop) without us duplicating entries in the software center.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

id

the application full ID.

 

Returns

a AsApp or NULL.

[transfer none]

Since: 0.4.1


as_store_get_app_by_pkgname ()

AsApp *
as_store_get_app_by_pkgname (AsStore *store,
                             const gchar *pkgname);

Finds an application in the store by package name.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

pkgname

the package name.

 

Returns

a AsApp or NULL.

[transfer none]

Since: 0.1.0


as_store_get_app_by_pkgnames ()

AsApp *
as_store_get_app_by_pkgnames (AsStore *store,
                              gchar **pkgnames);

Finds an application in the store by any of the possible package names.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

pkgnames

the package names to find.

 

Returns

a AsApp or NULL.

[transfer none]

Since: 0.4.1


as_store_get_app_by_provide ()

AsApp *
as_store_get_app_by_provide (AsStore *store,
                             AsProvideKind kind,
                             const gchar *value);

Finds an application in the store by something that it provides.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

kind

the AsProvideKind

 

value

the provide value, e.g. "com.hughski.ColorHug2.firmware"

 

Returns

a AsApp or NULL.

[transfer none]

Since: 0.5.0


as_store_add_app ()

void
as_store_add_app (AsStore *store,
                  AsApp *app);

Adds an application to the store. If a lower priority application has already been added then this new application will replace it.

Additionally only applications where the kind is known will be added.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

app

a AsApp instance.

 

Since: 0.1.0


as_store_add_apps ()

void
as_store_add_apps (AsStore *store,
                   GPtrArray *apps);

Adds several applications to the store.

Additionally only applications where the kind is known will be added.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

apps

an array of apps.

[element-type AsApp]

Since: 0.6.4


as_store_remove_app ()

void
as_store_remove_app (AsStore *store,
                     AsApp *app);

Removes an application from the store if it exists.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

app

a AsApp instance.

 

Since: 0.1.0


as_store_remove_app_by_id ()

void
as_store_remove_app_by_id (AsStore *store,
                           const gchar *id);

Removes an application from the store if it exists.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

id

an application id

 

Since: 0.3.0


as_store_remove_apps_with_veto ()

void
as_store_remove_apps_with_veto (AsStore *store);

Removes any applications from the store if they have any vetos.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

Since: 0.5.13


as_store_to_xml ()

GString *
as_store_to_xml (AsStore *store,
                 AsNodeToXmlFlags flags);

Outputs an XML representation of all the applications in the store.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

flags

the AsNodeToXmlFlags, e.g. AS_NODE_INSERT_FLAG_NONE.

 

Returns

A GString

Since: 0.1.0


as_store_to_file ()

gboolean
as_store_to_file (AsStore *store,
                  GFile *file,
                  AsNodeToXmlFlags flags,
                  GCancellable *cancellable,
                  GError **error);

Outputs an optionally compressed XML file of all the applications in the store.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

file

file

 

flags

the AsNodeToXmlFlags, e.g. AS_NODE_INSERT_FLAG_NONE.

 

cancellable

A GCancellable, or NULL

 

error

A GError or NULL

 

Returns

A GString

Since: 0.1.0


as_store_convert_icons ()

gboolean
as_store_convert_icons (AsStore *store,
                        AsIconKind kind,
                        GError **error);

Converts all the icons in the store to a specific kind.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

kind

the AsIconKind, e.g. AS_ICON_KIND_EMBEDDED.

 

error

A GError or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE for success

Since: 0.3.1


as_store_get_origin ()

const gchar *
as_store_get_origin (AsStore *store);

Gets the metadata origin, which is used to locate icons.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

Returns

the origin string, or NULL if unset

Since: 0.1.1


as_store_set_origin ()

void
as_store_set_origin (AsStore *store,
                     const gchar *origin);

Sets the metadata origin, which is used to locate icons.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

origin

the origin, e.g. "fedora-21"

 

Since: 0.1.1


as_store_get_builder_id ()

const gchar *
as_store_get_builder_id (AsStore *store);

Gets the metadata builder identifier, which is used to work out if old metadata is compatible with this builder.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

Returns

the builder_id string, or NULL if unset

Since: 0.2.5


as_store_set_builder_id ()

void
as_store_set_builder_id (AsStore *store,
                         const gchar *builder_id);

Sets the metadata builder identifier, which is used to work out if old metadata can be used.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

builder_id

the builder_id, e.g. "appstream-glib:1"

 

Since: 0.2.5


as_store_get_destdir ()

const gchar *
as_store_get_destdir (AsStore *store);

Gets the destdir, which is used to prefix usr.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

Returns

the destdir path, or NULL if unset

Since: 0.2.4


as_store_set_destdir ()

void
as_store_set_destdir (AsStore *store,
                      const gchar *destdir);

Sets the destdir, which is used to prefix usr.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

destdir

the destdir, e.g. "/tmp"

 

Since: 0.2.4


as_store_get_api_version ()

gdouble
as_store_get_api_version (AsStore *store);

Gets the AppStream API version.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

Returns

the AsNodeInsertFlags, or 0 if unset

Since: 0.1.1


as_store_set_api_version ()

void
as_store_set_api_version (AsStore *store,
                          gdouble api_version);

Sets the AppStream API version.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

api_version

the API version

 

Since: 0.1.1


as_store_get_add_flags ()

AsStoreAddFlags
as_store_get_add_flags (AsStore *store);

Gets the flags used for adding applications to the store.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

Returns

the AsStoreAddFlags, or 0 if unset

Since: 0.2.2


as_store_set_add_flags ()

void
as_store_set_add_flags (AsStore *store,
                        AsStoreAddFlags add_flags);

Sets the flags used when adding applications to the store.

NOTE: Using AS_STORE_ADD_FLAG_PREFER_LOCAL may be a privacy risk depending on your level of paranoia, and should not be used by default.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

add_flags

the AsStoreAddFlags, e.g. AS_STORE_ADD_FLAG_NONE

 

Since: 0.2.2


as_store_get_watch_flags ()

AsStoreWatchFlags
as_store_get_watch_flags (AsStore *store);

Gets the flags used for adding files to the store.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

Returns

the AsStoreWatchFlags, or 0 if unset

Since: 0.4.2


as_store_set_watch_flags ()

void
as_store_set_watch_flags (AsStore *store,
                          AsStoreWatchFlags watch_flags);

Sets the flags used when adding files to the store.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

watch_flags

the AsStoreWatchFlags, e.g. AS_STORE_WATCH_FLAG_NONE

 

Since: 0.4.2


as_store_validate ()

GPtrArray *
as_store_validate (AsStore *store,
                   AsAppValidateFlags flags,
                   GError **error);

Validates infomation in the store for data applicable to the defined metadata version.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

flags

the AsAppValidateFlags to use, e.g. AS_APP_VALIDATE_FLAG_NONE

 

error

A GError or NULL.

 

Returns

A list of problems, or NULL.

[transfer container][element-type AsProblem]

Since: 0.2.4


as_store_add_metadata_index ()

void
as_store_add_metadata_index (AsStore *store,
                             const gchar *key);

Adds a metadata index key.

NOTE: if applications are removed *all* the indexes will be invalid and will have to be re-added.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

key

the metadata key.

 

Since: 0.3.0


as_store_add_filter ()

void
as_store_add_filter (AsStore *store,
                     AsAppKind kind);

Adds a filter to the store so that only components of this type are loaded into the store. This may be useful if the client is only interested in certain types of component, or not interested in loading components it cannot process.

If no filter is set then all types of components are loaded.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

kind

a AsAppKind, e.g. AS_APP_KIND_FIRMWARE

 

Since: 0.3.5


as_store_remove_filter ()

void
as_store_remove_filter (AsStore *store,
                        AsAppKind kind);

Removed a filter from the store so that components of this type are no longer loaded into the store. This may be useful if the client is only interested in certain types of component.

If all filters are removed then all types of components are loaded.

Parameters

store

a AsStore instance.

 

kind

a AsAppKind, e.g. AS_APP_KIND_FIRMWARE

 

Since: 0.3.5

Types and Values

AS_TYPE_STORE

#define AS_TYPE_STORE (as_store_get_type ())

struct AsStoreClass

struct AsStoreClass {
	GObjectClass		parent_class;
	void			(*changed) (AsStore *store);
	void			(*app_added) (AsStore *store,
						 AsApp		*app);
	void			(*app_removed) (AsStore *store,
						 AsApp		*app);
	void			(*app_changed) (AsStore *store,
						 AsApp		*app);
};

enum AsStoreLoadFlags

The flags to use when loading the store.

Members

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_NONE

No extra flags to use

 

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_APP_INFO_SYSTEM

The system app-info AppStream data

 

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_APP_INFO_USER

The per-user app-info AppStream data

 

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_APP_INSTALL

The ubuntu-specific app-install data (obsolete)

 

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_APPDATA

The installed AppData files

 

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_DESKTOP

The installed desktop files

 

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_ALLOW_VETO

Add vetoed applications

 

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_FLATPAK_USER

Add flatpak user applications (obsolete)

 

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_FLATPAK_SYSTEM

Add flatpak system applications (obsolete)

 

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_IGNORE_INVALID

Ignore invalid files

 

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_ONLY_UNCOMPRESSED

Ignore compressed files

 

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_ONLY_MERGE_APPS

Ignore non-wildcard matches

 

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_XDG_APP_USER

#define AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_XDG_APP_USER		AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_FLATPAK_USER

AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_XDG_APP_SYSTEM

#define AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_XDG_APP_SYSTEM AS_STORE_LOAD_FLAG_FLATPAK_SYSTEM

enum AsStoreAddFlags

The flags to use when adding applications to the store.

Members

AS_STORE_ADD_FLAG_NONE

No extra flags to use

 

AS_STORE_ADD_FLAG_PREFER_LOCAL

Local files will be used by default

 

AS_STORE_ADD_FLAG_USE_UNIQUE_ID

Allow multiple apps with the same AppStream ID

 

AS_STORE_ADD_FLAG_USE_MERGE_HEURISTIC

Use a heuristic when adding merge components

 

AS_STORE_ADD_FLAG_ONLY_NATIVE_LANGS

Only load native languages

 

enum AsStoreWatchFlags

The flags to use when local files are added or removed from the store.

Members

AS_STORE_WATCH_FLAG_NONE

No extra flags to use

 

AS_STORE_WATCH_FLAG_ADDED

Add applications if files change or are added

 

AS_STORE_WATCH_FLAG_REMOVED

Remove applications if files are changed or deleted

 

enum AsStoreSearchFlags

The flags to use when searching in the store.

Members

AS_STORE_SEARCH_FLAG_NONE

No extra flags to use

 

AS_STORE_SEARCH_FLAG_USE_WILDCARDS

Process the globs

 

enum AsStoreError

The error type.

Members

AS_STORE_ERROR_FAILED

Generic failure

 

AS_STORE_ERROR

#define AS_STORE_ERROR				as_store_error_quark ()

AsStore

typedef struct _AsStore AsStore;

Signal Details

The “app-added” signal

void
user_function (AsStore *store,
               AsApp   *app,
               gpointer user_data)

The ::app-added signal is emitted when a component has been added to the store.

Parameters

store

the AsStore instance that emitted the signal

 

app

the AsApp instance

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run Last

Since: 0.6.5


The “app-changed” signal

void
user_function (AsStore *store,
               AsApp   *app,
               gpointer user_data)

The ::app-changed signal is emitted when a component has been changed in the store.

Parameters

store

the AsStore instance that emitted the signal

 

app

the AsApp instance

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run Last

Since: 0.6.5


The “app-removed” signal

void
user_function (AsStore *store,
               AsApp   *app,
               gpointer user_data)

The ::app-removed signal is emitted when a component has been removed from the store.

Parameters

store

the AsStore instance that emitted the signal

 

app

the AsApp instance

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run Last

Since: 0.6.5


The “changed” signal

void
user_function (AsStore *store,
               gpointer user_data)

The ::changed signal is emitted when components have been added or removed from the store.

Parameters

store

the AsStore instance that emitted the signal

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run Last

Since: 0.1.2

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