NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE
} notmuch_database_mode_t;
-/* XXX: I think I'd like this to take an extra argument of
- * notmuch_status_t* for returning a status value on failure. */
-
/* Open an existing notmuch database located at 'path'.
*
* The database should have been created at some time in the past,
* The caller should call notmuch_database_destroy when finished with
* this database.
*
- * In case of any failure, this function returns NULL, (after printing
- * an error message on stderr).
+ * In case of any failure, this function returns an error status and
+ * sets *database to NULL (after printing an error message on stderr).
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully opened the database.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'path' argument is NULL.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Out of memory.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: An error occurred trying to open the
+ * database file (such as permission denied, or file not found,
+ * etc.), or the database version is unknown.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred.
*/
-notmuch_database_t *
+notmuch_status_t
notmuch_database_open (const char *path,
- notmuch_database_mode_t mode);
+ notmuch_database_mode_t mode,
+ notmuch_database_t **database);
/* Close the given notmuch database.
*