wx.FileSystemHandler

Classes derived from wx.FileSystemHandler are used to access virtual file systems.

Its public interface consists of two methods: wx.FileSystemHandler.CanOpen and wx.FileSystemHandler.OpenFile .

It provides additional protected methods to simplify the process of opening the file: GetProtocol, GetLeftLocation, GetRightLocation, GetAnchor, GetMimeTypeFromExt.

Please have a look at overview (see wx.FileSystem) if you don’t know how locations are constructed.

Also consult the list of available handlers.

Note that the handlers are shared by all instances of wx.FileSystem.

Class Hierarchy

Inheritance diagram for class FileSystemHandler:

Known Subclasses

wx.ArchiveFSHandler, wx.FilterFSHandler, wx.InternetFSHandler, wx.MemoryFSHandler

Methods Summary

__init__	Constructor.
CanOpen	Returns True if the handler is able to open this file.
FindFirst	Works like FindFirstFile .
FindNext	Returns next filename that matches parameters passed to wx.FileSystem.FindFirst .
GetAnchor	Returns the anchor if present in the location.
GetLeftLocation	Returns the left location string extracted from location.
GetMimeTypeFromExt	Returns the MIME type based on extension of location.
GetProtocol	Returns the protocol string extracted from location.
GetRightLocation	Returns the right location string extracted from location.
OpenFile	Opens the file and returns wx.FSFile pointer or None if failed.

Class API

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class wx.FileSystemHandler(Object)

Possible constructors:

FileSystemHandler()

Classes derived from FileSystemHandler are used to access virtual file systems.

Methods

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__init__(self)

Constructor.

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CanOpen(self, location)

Returns True if the handler is able to open this file.

This function doesn’t check whether the file exists or not, it only checks if it knows the protocol. Example:

def CanOpen(self, location):

    return self.GetProtocol(location) == "http"

Must be overridden in derived handlers.

Parameters:location (string) – Return type:bool

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FindFirst(self, wildcard, flags=0)

Works like FindFirstFile .

Returns the name of the first filename (within filesystem’s current path) that matches wildcard. flags may be one of FILE (only files), DIR (only directories) or 0 (both).

This method is only called if CanOpen returns True.

Parameters:

• wildcard (string) –
• flags (int) –

Return type:

string

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FindNext(self)

Returns next filename that matches parameters passed to wx.FileSystem.FindFirst .

This method is only called if CanOpen returns True and FindFirst returned a non-empty string.

Return type:string

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static GetAnchor(location)

Returns the anchor if present in the location.

See wx.FSFile.GetAnchor for details.

Example:

if self.GetAnchor("index.htm#chapter2") == "chapter2":
    DoSomething()

Parameters:location (string) – Return type:string

Note

the anchor is NOT part of the left location.

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static GetLeftLocation(location)

Returns the left location string extracted from location.

Example:

if self.GetLeftLocation("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "file:myzipfile.zip":
    DoSomething()

Parameters:location (string) – Return type:string

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static GetMimeTypeFromExt(location)

Returns the MIME type based on extension of location.

(While wx.FSFile.GetMimeType returns real MIME type - either extension-based or queried from HTTP.)

Example:

if GetMimeTypeFromExt("index.htm") == "text/html":
    wx.MessageBox("Is HTML!")

Parameters:location (string) – Return type:string

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static GetProtocol(location)

Returns the protocol string extracted from location.

Example:

if self.GetProtocol("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "zip":
    UnzipFile(filename)

Parameters:location (string) – Return type:string

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static GetRightLocation(location)

Returns the right location string extracted from location.

Example:

if self.GetRightLocation("file:myzipfile.zip#zip:index.htm") == "index.htm":
    ReadHTML(filename)

Parameters:location (string) – Return type:string

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OpenFile(self, fs, location)

Opens the file and returns wx.FSFile pointer or None if failed.

Must be overridden in derived handlers.

Parameters:

• fs (wx.FileSystem) – Parent FS (the FS from that OpenFile was called). See the ZIP handler for details of how to use it.
• location (string) – The absolute location of file.

Return type:

wx.FSFile