sugar-toolkit-gtk3/sugar/objects/mime.py

# Copyright (C) 2006-2007, Red Hat, Inc.
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import logging

from sugar import _sugarext

def get_for_file(file_name):
    return _sugarext.get_mime_type_for_file(file_name)
        
def get_from_file_name(file_name):
    return _sugarext.get_mime_type_from_file_name(file_name)

_extensions_cache = {}
def get_primary_extension(mime_type):
    if _extensions_cache.has_key(mime_type):
        return _extensions_cache[mime_type]

    f = open('/etc/mime.types')
    while True:
        line = f.readline()
        cols = line.replace('\t', ' ').split(' ')
        if mime_type == cols[0]:
            for col in cols[1:]:
                if col:
                    _extensions_cache[mime_type] = col
                    return col

    _extensions_cache[mime_type] = None
    return None

def choose_most_significant(mime_types):
    logging.debug('Choosing between %r.' % mime_types)
    if not mime_types:
        return ''

    if 'text/uri-list' in mime_types:
        return 'text/uri-list'

    for mime_category in ['image/', 'text/', 'application/']:
        for mime_type in mime_types:

            # skip text/plain and text/html, these have lower priority.
            if mime_type in ['text/plain', 'text/html']:
                continue

            if mime_type.startswith(mime_category):
                # skip mozilla private types (second component starts with '_') 
                if mime_type.split('/')[1].startswith('_'):
                    continue

                # take out the specifier after ';' that mozilla likes to add
                mime_type = mime_type.split(';')[0]
                logging.debug('Choosed %r!' % mime_type)
                return mime_type

    if 'text/html' in mime_types:
        return 'text/html'

    if 'text/plain' in mime_types or 'STRING' in mime_types:
        return 'text/plain'

    logging.debug('Returning first: %r.' % mime_types[0])
    return mime_types[0]