wxMimeTypesManager::IsOfType() added (and documented)

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@1717 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex

@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ No base class.
 
 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Function groups}}}
 
+\membersection{Helper functions}
+
+All of these functions are static (i.e. don't need a wxMimeTypesManager object
+to call them) and provide some useful operations for string representations of
+MIME types. Their usage is recommended instead of directly working with MIME
+types using wxString functions.
+
+\helpref{IsOfType}{wxmimetypesmanagerisoftype}
+
 \membersection{Constructor and destructor}
 
 NB: You won't normally need to use more than one wxMimeTypesManager object in a
@@ -100,6 +109,18 @@ Gather information about the files with given MIME type and return the
 corresponding \helpref{wxFileType}{wxfiletype} object or NULL if the MIME type
 is unknown.
 
+\membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::IsOfType}\label{wxmimetypesmanagerisoftype}
+
+\func{bool}{IsOfType}{\param{const wxString\&}{ mimeType}, \param{const wxString\&}{ wildcard}}
+
+This function returns TRUE if either the given {\it mimeType} is exactly the
+same as {\it wildcard} or if it has the same category and the subtype of
+{\it wildcard} is '*'. Note that the '*' wildcard is not allowed in
+{\it mimeType} itself.
+
+The comparaison don by this function is case insensitive so it is not
+necessary to convert the strings to the same case before calling it.
+
 \membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMailcap}\label{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmailcap}
 
 \func{void}{ReadMailcap}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}}