Rygel.MediaContainer – librygel-server – Vala Binding Reference

Rygel.MediaContainer – librygel-server Reference Manual

# MediaContainer

## Object Hierarchy:

## Description:

public abstract class MediaContainer : MediaObject

This is a container (folder) for media items and child containers.

It provides a basic serialization implementation (to DIDLLiteWriter).

A derived class should provide a working implementation of get_children and should emit the container_updated signal.

All known sub-classes:

- SimpleContainer

Required by:

- SearchableContainer

- WritableContainer

Namespace: Rygel
Package: librygel-server

## Content:

### Constants:

- public const unowned `string` UPNP_CLASS
- public const unowned `string` STORAGE_FOLDER
- public const unowned `string` MUSIC_ALBUM
- public const unowned `string` MUSIC_ARTIST
- public const unowned `string` MUSIC_GENRE
- public const unowned `string` ALBUM_SORT_CRITERIA

### Properties:

- public `string` sort_criteria { set; get; }

### Creation methods:

- public MediaContainer (`string` id, MediaContainer? parent, `string` title, `int` child_count)
- public MediaContainer.root (`string` title, `int` child_count)

### Methods:

- public abstract async MediaObjects? get_children (`uint` offset, `uint` max_count, `string` sort_criteria, `Cancellable`? cancellable) throws `Error`
  Fetches the list of media objects directly under this container.
- public abstract async MediaObject? find_object (`string` id, `Cancellable`? cancellable) throws `Error`
  Recursively searches this container for a media object with the given ID.
- public void updated ()
  This method should be called each time this container is updated.

### Signals:

- public signal void container_updated (MediaContainer container)
  The container_updated signal is emitted if a child container under the tree of this container has been updated.

### Fields:

- public `int` child_count
- public `uint32` update_id
- public `int64` storage_used

### Inherited Members:

All known members inherited from class Rygel.MediaObject

- parent_ref
- title
- get_writable
- get_writables

- compare_string_props
- compare_int_props
- id
- ref_id

- upnp_class
- modified
- uris
- parent

All known members inherited from class GLib.Object

- @new
- newv
- new_valist
- get_type
- get_class
- @ref
- unref
- ref_sink
- weak_ref
- weak_unref
- add_weak_pointer
- remove_weak_pointer

- @get
- @set
- get_property
- set_property
- get_data
- set_data
- set_data_full
- steal_data
- get_qdata
- set_qdata
- set_qdata_full
- steal_qdata

- freeze_notify
- thaw_notify
- dispose
- constructed
- notify_property
- connect
- disconnect
- add_toggle_ref
- remove_toggle_ref
- bind_property
- notify
- ref_count