#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#package-global instance of the notmuch library
-#TODO: lazy load this on first access?
-so = find_library('notmuch')
-if so is None:
- raise ImportError("Could not find shared 'notmuch' library.")
-nmlib = CDLL(so)
+try:
+ nmlib = CDLL("libnotmuch.so.1")
+except:
+ raise ImportError("Could not find shared 'notmuch' library.")
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class Enum(object):
+ """Provides ENUMS as "code=Enum(['a','b','c'])" where code.a=0 etc..."""
+ def __init__(self, names):
+ for number, name in enumerate(names):
+ setattr(self, name, number)
+
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class Status(Enum):
+ """Enum with a string representation of a notmuch_status_t value."""
+ __name__="foo"
+ _status2str = nmlib.notmuch_status_to_string
+ _status2str.restype = c_char_p
+ _status2str.argtypes = [c_int]
+
+ def __init__(self, statuslist):
+ """It is initialized with a list of strings that are available as
+ Status().string1 - Status().stringn attributes.
+ """
+ super(Status, self).__init__(statuslist)
+
+ @classmethod
+ def status2str(self, status):
+ """Get a string representation of a notmuch_status_t value."""
+ # define strings for custom error messages
+ if status == STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED:
+ return "Operation on uninitialized object impossible."
+ return str(Status._status2str(status))
+
+STATUS = Status(['SUCCESS',
+ 'OUT_OF_MEMORY',
+ 'READ_ONLY_DATABASE',
+ 'XAPIAN_EXCEPTION',
+ 'FILE_ERROR',
+ 'FILE_NOT_EMAIL',
+ 'DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID',
+ 'NULL_POINTER',
+ 'TAG_TOO_LONG',
+ 'UNBALANCED_FREEZE_THAW',
+ 'NOT_INITIALIZED'])
-class STATUS(object):
- SUCCESS = 0
- OUT_OF_MEMORY = 1
- READ_ONLY_DATABASE = 2
- XAPIAN_EXCEPTION = 3
- FILE_ERROR = 4
- FILE_NOT_EMAIL = 5
- DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID = 6
- NULL_POINTER = 7
- TAG_TOO_LONG = 8
- UNBALANCED_FREEZE_THAW = 9
- NOT_INITIALIZED = 10
-
- """Get a string representation of a notmuch_status_t value."""
- status2str = nmlib.notmuch_status_to_string
- status2str.restype = c_char_p
- status2str.argtypes = [c_int]
-
- def __init__(self, status):
- self._status = status
-
- def __str__(self):
- """Get a string representation of a notmuch_status_t value."""
- # define strings for custom error messages
- if self._status == STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED:
- return "Operation on uninitialized DB/MSG/THREAD impossible."
- return str(STATUS.status2str(self._status))
class NotmuchError(Exception):
def __init__(self, status=None, message=None):
def __str__(self):
if self.args[0] is not None: return self.args[0]
- else: return str(STATUS(self.args[1]))
+ else: return STATUS.status2str(self.args[1])
+