Pool

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Creation methods:

• public Pool ()
  Creates a new Pool.

Methods:

• public bool add_components (GenericArray<Component> cpts) throws Error
  Register a set of components with the pool temporarily.
• public void add_extra_data_location (string directory, FormatStyle format_style)
  Add an additional non-standard location to the metadata pool where metadata will be read from.
• public void add_flags (PoolFlags flags)
  Convenience function to add one or multiple PoolFlags to the flag set of this data pool.
• public string[] build_search_tokens (string search)
  Splits up a string into an array of tokens that are suitable for searching.
• public void clear ()
  Remove all metadata from the pool, data will be reloaded once as_pool_load is called again.
• public GenericArray<Component> get_components ()
  Get a list of found components.
• public GenericArray<Component> get_components_by_bundle_id (BundleKind kind, string bundle_id, bool match_prefix)
  Find components that are provided by a bundle with a specific ID by its prefix.
• public GenericArray<Component> get_components_by_categories (string[] categories)
  Return a list of components which are in one of the categories.
• public GenericArray<Component> get_components_by_extends (string extended_id)
  Find components extending the component with the given ID.
• public GenericArray<Component> get_components_by_id (string cid)
  Get a specific component by its ID.
• public GenericArray<Component> get_components_by_kind (ComponentKind kind)
  Return a list of all components in the pool which are of a certain kind.
• public GenericArray<Component> get_components_by_launchable (LaunchableKind kind, string id)
  Find components in the AppStream data pool which provide a specific launchable.
• public GenericArray<Component> get_components_by_provided_item (ProvidedKind kind, string item)
  Find components in the AppStream data pool which provide a certain item.
• public PoolFlags get_flags ()
  Get the PoolFlags for this data pool.
• public unowned string get_locale ()
  Gets the currently used locale.
• public bool is_empty ()
  Check if this pool contains any data.
• public bool load (Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error
  Builds an index of all found components in the watched locations.
• public async bool load_async (Cancellable? cancellable) throws Error
  Asynchronously loads data from all registered locations.
• public void remove_flags (PoolFlags flags)
  Convenience function to remove one or multiple PoolFlags from the flag set of this data pool.
• public void reset_extra_data_locations ()
  Remove all explicitly added metadata locations.
• public GenericArray<unowned Component> search (string search)
  Search for a list of components matching the search term.
• public void set_flags (PoolFlags flags)
  Set the PoolFlags for this data pool.
• public void set_load_std_data_locations (bool enabled)
  This is a convenience function that enables or disables loading of metadata from well-known standard locations by configuring the PoolFlags of this Pool accordingly.
• public void set_locale (string locale)
  Sets the current locale which should be used when parsing metadata.

Signals:

• public virtual signal void changed ()
  The changed signal is emitted when components have been added or removed from the metadata pool.

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