---
title: getContentHint
framework: kernel
role: pseudoSymbol
path: kernel/iomedia/1813522-getcontenthint
---

# getContentHint

## Declaration

```occ
virtual const char * getContentHint() const; 
```

## Return Value

Return Value Hint of media's contents.

## Overview

Overview Ask the media object for a hint of its contents. The hint is set at the time of the object's creation, should the creator have a clue as to what it may contain. The hint string does not change for the lifetime of the object and is also formed in the likeness of Apple's "Apple_HFS" strings or in the likeness of a UUID.

## See Also

### Miscellaneous

- [copyPhysicalExtent](kernel/iomedia/1813424-copyphysicalextent.md)
- [getAttributes](kernel/iomedia/1813444-getattributes.md)
- [getBase](kernel/iomedia/1813468-getbase.md)
- [getContent](kernel/iomedia/1813495-getcontent.md)
- [getPreferredBlockSize](kernel/iomedia/1813553-getpreferredblocksize.md)
- [getSize](kernel/iomedia/1813585-getsize.md)
- [handleClose](kernel/iomedia/1813614-handleclose.md)
- [handleIsOpen](kernel/iomedia/1813630-handleisopen.md)
- [handleOpen](kernel/iomedia/1813647-handleopen.md)
- [init](kernel/iomedia/1813657-init.md)
- [isEjectable](kernel/iomedia/1813664-isejectable.md)
- [isFormatted](kernel/iomedia/1813670-isformatted.md)
- [isWhole](kernel/iomedia/1813677-iswhole.md)
- [isWritable](kernel/iomedia/1813683-iswritable.md)
- [lockPhysicalExtents](kernel/iomedia/1813689-lockphysicalextents.md)
- [read](kernel/iomedia/1813696-read.md)
- [synchronizeCache](kernel/iomedia/1813702-synchronizecache.md)
- [unlockPhysicalExtents](kernel/iomedia/1813710-unlockphysicalextents.md)
- [unmap](kernel/iomedia/1813719-unmap.md)
- [write](kernel/iomedia/1813725-write.md)