Re: Why gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list() returns NULL?

["brian.lu" <Brian Lu Sun COM>]

Alexander,

Thanks a lot for your reply.

Which API should I use to replace gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list()?

Thanks

Brian

Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 16:18 +0800, brian.lu wrote:
>   
> > Hi, experts,
> >
> > I'm investigating a firefox bug and I found that the root cause is that 
> > gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list() returns NULL.
> > In firefox, gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list() is called with 
> > "application/pdf" as a parameter.  It returns NULL.
> >
> > I check the source code of gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list() (which 
> > is contained in gnome-vfs-mime-info.c), it always returns
> > NULL.
> >
> > Is the gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list() deprecated?   If so,  can 
> > anyone tell me its replacement?
> >     
>
> Yes, gnome_vfs_mime_get_extensions_list is part of the old mime API that
> used the old gnome-mime-data information. It was deprecated when we
> moved to the shared-mime-data info. This is since:
> a) shared-mime-info uses globs, not extensions
> b) Getting that data in the new system isn't very efficient
>
> The whole mime system API is kinda weird since the initial API was
> essentially exposing the old mime data file format, and then we changed
> file format...
>
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