FileSaver#

class FileSaver(**properties: Any)#

Superclasses: Object

Save a Buffer into a file.

A GtkSourceFileSaver object permits to save a Buffer into a File.

A file saver should be used only for one save operation, including errors handling. If an error occurs, you can reconfigure the saver and relaunch the operation with save_async.

Constructors#

class FileSaver
classmethod new(buffer: Buffer, file: File) → FileSaver#

Creates a new FileSaver object. The buffer will be saved to the File's location.

This constructor is suitable for a simple “save” operation, when the file already contains a non-None location.

Parameters:

  • buffer – the Buffer to save.

  • file – the File.

classmethod new_with_target(buffer: Buffer, file: File, target_location: File) → FileSaver#

Creates a new FileSaver object with a target location.

When the file saving is finished successfully, target_location is set to the file's location property. If an error occurs, the previous valid location is still available in File.

This constructor is suitable for a “save as” operation, or for saving a new buffer for the first time.

Parameters:

  • buffer – the Buffer to save.

  • file – the File.

  • target_location – the File where to save the buffer to.

Methods#

class FileSaver
get_buffer() → Buffer#
get_compression_type() → CompressionType#
get_encoding() → Encoding#
get_file() → File#
get_flags() → FileSaverFlags#
get_location() → File#
get_newline_type() → NewlineType#
save_async(io_priority: int, cancellable: Cancellable | None = None, progress_callback: Callable[[int, int, Any], None] | None = None, progress_callback_data: Any = None, callback: Callable[[Object | None, AsyncResult, Any], None] | None = None, user_data: Any = None) → None#

Saves asynchronously the buffer into the file.

See the AsyncResult documentation to know how to use this function.

Parameters:

  • io_priority – the I/O priority of the request. E.g. %G_PRIORITY_LOW, %G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT or %G_PRIORITY_HIGH.

  • cancellable – optional Cancellable object, None to ignore.

  • progress_callback – function to call back with progress information, or None if progress information is not needed.

  • progress_callback_data – user data to pass to progress_callback.

  • callback – a AsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

  • user_data – user data to pass to callback.

save_finish(result: AsyncResult) → bool#

Finishes a file saving started with save_async.

If the file has been saved successfully, the following File properties will be updated: the location, the encoding, the newline type and the compression type.

Since the 3.20 version, set_modified is called with False if the file has been saved successfully.

Parameters:

result – a AsyncResult.

set_compression_type(compression_type: CompressionType) → None#

Sets the compression type. By default the compression type is taken from the File.

Parameters:

compression_type – the new compression type.

set_encoding(encoding: Encoding | None = None) → None#

Sets the encoding. If encoding is None, the UTF-8 encoding will be set.

By default the encoding is taken from the File.

Parameters:

encoding – the new encoding, or None for UTF-8.

set_flags(flags: FileSaverFlags) → None#
Parameters:

flags – the new flags.

set_newline_type(newline_type: NewlineType) → None#

Sets the newline type. By default the newline type is taken from the File.

Parameters:

newline_type – the new newline type.

Properties#

class FileSaver
props.buffer: Buffer#

The type of the None singleton.

props.compression_type: CompressionType#

The type of the None singleton.

props.encoding: Encoding#

The type of the None singleton.

props.file: File#

The type of the None singleton.

props.flags: FileSaverFlags#

The type of the None singleton.

props.location: File#

The type of the None singleton.

props.newline_type: NewlineType#

The type of the None singleton.