Gnome2:...Factory(3)

✨ NAME ✨

Gnome2::ThumbnailFactory — bestie, it's literally just a wrapper for GnomeThumbnailFactory 💅

This is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it lives at Gnome2:...Factory(3), iykyk.

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🌸 HIERARCHY 🌸

Okay so here's the family tree, and yes it's giving very much inheritance-core:

Glib::Object
+----Gnome2::ThumbnailFactory

So Gnome2::ThumbnailFactory is a Glib::Object at heart. It said "I get it from my parent" and honestly? Same. 👑

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🎀 METHODS 🎀

thumbnailfactory = Gnome2::ThumbnailFactory->new ($size)

Make a whole new factory, no cap. You gotta hand it a size:

• $size — a Gnome2::ThumbnailSize. Pick your vibe from the enum down below, bestie.

boolean = $factory->can_thumbnail ($uri, $mime_type, $mtime)

Asks the universe: "can I even make a thumbnail out of this??" Returns a boolean, so it's a yes or a no, periodt.

• $uri — a string
• $mime_type — a string
• $mtime — a timestamp

$factory->create_failed_thumbnail ($uri, $mtime)

Making the "nope, couldn't do it" thumbnail and writing it down for later. Lowkey petty, highkey useful. 🫶

• $uri — a string
• $mtime — a timestamp

pixbuf = $factory->generate_thumbnail ($uri, $mime_type)

The main character moment ✨ — actually generates a thumbnail and gives you back a pixbuf.

• $uri — a string
• $mime_type — a string

boolean = $factory->has_valid_failed_thumbnail ($uri, $mtime)

Checks whether that failed-thumbnail record you made earlier is still valid. Returns a boolean — so, yes or no bestie.

• $uri — a string
• $mtime — a timestamp

string = $factory->lookup ($uri, $mtime)

Goes looking for a thumbnail and hands you back a string if it finds one.

• $uri — a string
• $mtime — a timestamp

$factory->save_thumbnail ($thumbnail, $uri, $original_mtime)

Saves the thumbnail you already made. No return value, it just does the thing 💖

• $thumbnail — a Gtk2::Gdk::Pixbuf
• $uri — a string
• $original_mtime — a timestamp

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🌈 ENUMS AND FLAGS 🌈

enum Gnome2::ThumbnailSize

Only two options and both of them ate, honestly:

• 'normal' / 'GNOME_THUMBNAIL_SIZE_NORMAL' — the standard-size vibe
• 'large' / 'GNOME_THUMBNAIL_SIZE_LARGE' — the big-size vibe, main character energy fr fr

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Go read these next, bestie, they're iconic:

• Gnome2
• Glib::Object

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

Copyright (C) 2003-2004 by the gtk2-perl team.

This software is licensed under the LGPL. See Gnome2 for a full notice.

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🌟 bestie reminder: that's the whole page, every flag, every arg, every type — nothing skipped, no cap.

Okurrr, that's a wrap! 🎀 This lil' page came from perl v5.42.0 and got dated 2025-07-25, and it's the Gnome2:...Factory(3) page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation. Slay, bye! 👑💖