* NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG: A tag value is too long (exceeds
* NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX)
*
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_FREEZE_THAW: The notmuch_message_thaw
+ * function has been called more times than notmuch_message_freeze.
+ *
+ * And finally:
+ *
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS: Not an actual status value. Just a way
* to find out how many valid status values there are.
*/
NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG,
+ NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_FREEZE_THAW,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS
} notmuch_status_t;
* notmuch_<foo> functions below. */
typedef struct _notmuch_database notmuch_database_t;
typedef struct _notmuch_query notmuch_query_t;
-typedef struct _notmuch_thread_results notmuch_thread_results_t;
+typedef struct _notmuch_threads notmuch_threads_t;
typedef struct _notmuch_thread notmuch_thread_t;
-typedef struct _notmuch_message_results notmuch_message_results_t;
+typedef struct _notmuch_messages notmuch_messages_t;
typedef struct _notmuch_message notmuch_message_t;
typedef struct _notmuch_tags notmuch_tags_t;
/* Add a new message to the given notmuch database.
*
* Here,'filename' should be a path relative to the the path of
- * 'database' (see notmuch_database_get_path). The file should be a
- * single mail message (not a multi-message mbox) that is expected to
- * remain at its current location, (since the notmuch database will
- * reference the filename, and will not copy the entire contents of
- * the file.
+ * 'database' (see notmuch_database_get_path), or else should be an
+ * absolute filename with initial components that match the path of
+ * 'database'.
+ *
+ * The file should be a single mail message (not a multi-message mbox)
+ * that is expected to remain at its current location, (since the
+ * notmuch database will reference the filename, and will not copy the
+ * entire contents of the file.
+ *
+ * If 'message' is not NULL, then, on successful return '*message'
+ * will be initialized to a message object that can be used for things
+ * such as adding tags to the just-added message. The user should call
+ * notmuch_message_destroy when done with the message. On any failure
+ * '*message' will be set to NULL.
*
* Return value:
*
*/
notmuch_status_t
notmuch_database_add_message (notmuch_database_t *database,
- const char *filename);
+ const char *filename,
+ notmuch_message_t **message);
/* Find a message with the given messsage_id.
*
void
notmuch_query_set_sort (notmuch_query_t *query, notmuch_sort_t sort);
-/* Execute a query for threads, returning a notmuch_thread_results_t
- * object which can be used to iterate over the results. The results
+/* Execute a query for threads, returning a notmuch_threads_t object
+ * which can be used to iterate over the results. The returned threads
* object is owned by the query and as such, will only be valid until
* notmuch_query_destroy.
*
* Typical usage might be:
*
* notmuch_query_t *query;
- * notmuch_thread_results_t *results;
+ * notmuch_threads_t *threads;
* notmuch_thread_t *thread;
*
* query = notmuch_query_create (database, query_string);
*
- * for (results = notmuch_query_search_threads (query);
- * notmuch_thread_results_has_more (results);
- * notmuch_thread_results_advance (results))
+ * for (threads = notmuch_query_search_threads (query);
+ * notmuch_threads_has_more (threads);
+ * notmuch_threads_advance (threads))
* {
- * thread = notmuch_thread_results_get (results);
+ * thread = notmuch_threads_get (threads);
* ....
* notmuch_thread_destroy (thread);
* }
* destroyed.
*
* Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the
- * notmuch_thread_results_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a
- * notmuch_thread_results_destroy function, but there's no good reason
+ * notmuch_threads_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a
+ * notmuch_threads_destroy function, but there's no good reason
* to call it if the query is about to be destroyed).
*/
-notmuch_thread_results_t *
+notmuch_threads_t *
notmuch_query_search_threads (notmuch_query_t *query);
-/* Execute a query for messages, returning a notmuch_message_results_t
- * object which can be used to iterate over the results. The results
- * object is owned by the query and as such, will only be valid until
- * notmuch_query_destroy.
+/* Execute a query for messages, returning a notmuch_messages_t object
+ * which can be used to iterate over the results. The returned
+ * messages object is owned by the query and as such, will only be
+ * valid until notmuch_query_destroy.
*
* Typical usage might be:
*
* notmuch_query_t *query;
- * notmuch_message_results_t *results;
+ * notmuch_messages_t *messages;
* notmuch_message_t *message;
*
* query = notmuch_query_create (database, query_string);
*
- * for (results = notmuch_query_search_messages (query);
- * notmuch_message_results_has_more (results);
- * notmuch_message_results_advance (results))
+ * for (messages = notmuch_query_search_messages (query);
+ * notmuch_messages_has_more (messages);
+ * notmuch_messages_advance (messages))
* {
- * message = notmuch_message_results_get (results);
+ * message = notmuch_messages_get (messages);
* ....
* notmuch_message_destroy (message);
* }
* when the query is destroyed.
*
* Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the
- * notmuch_message_results_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a
- * notmuch_message_results_destroy function, but there's no good
+ * notmuch_messages_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a
+ * notmuch_messages_destroy function, but there's no good
* reason to call it if the query is about to be destroyed).
*/
-notmuch_message_results_t *
+notmuch_messages_t *
notmuch_query_search_messages (notmuch_query_t *query);
/* Destroy a notmuch_query_t along with any associated resources.
*
- * This will in turn destroy any notmuch_thread_results_t and
- * notmuch_message_results_t objects generated by this query, (and in
+ * This will in turn destroy any notmuch_threads_t and
+ * notmuch_messages_t objects generated by this query, (and in
* turn any notmuch_thrad_t and notmuch_message_t objects generated
* from those results, etc.), if such objects haven't already been
* destroyed.
void
notmuch_query_destroy (notmuch_query_t *query);
-/* Does the given notmuch_thread_results_t object contain any more
+/* Does the given notmuch_threads_t object contain any more
* results.
*
- * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_thread_results_get will
+ * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_threads_get will
* return a valid object. Whereas when this function returns FALSE,
- * notmuch_thread_results_get will return NULL.
+ * notmuch_threads_get will return NULL.
*
* See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_threads for example
- * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_thread_results_t object.
+ * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_threads_t object.
*/
notmuch_bool_t
-notmuch_thread_results_has_more (notmuch_thread_results_t *results);
+notmuch_threads_has_more (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
-/* Get the current result from 'results' as a notmuch_thread_t.
+/* Get the current thread from 'threads' as a notmuch_thread_t.
*
- * Note: The returned thread belongs to 'results' and has a lifetime
+ * Note: The returned thread belongs to 'threads' and has a lifetime
* identical to it (and the query to which it belongs).
*
* See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_threads for example
- * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_thread_results_t object.
+ * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_threads_t object.
*
* If an out-of-memory situation occurs, this function will return
* NULL.
*/
notmuch_thread_t *
-notmuch_thread_results_get (notmuch_thread_results_t *results);
+notmuch_threads_get (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
-/* Advance the 'results' iterator to the next result.
+/* Advance the 'threads' iterator to the next thread.
*
* See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_threads for example
- * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_thread_results_t object.
+ * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_threads_t object.
*/
void
-notmuch_thread_results_advance (notmuch_thread_results_t *results);
+notmuch_threads_advance (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
-/* Destroy a notmuch_thread_results_t object.
+/* Destroy a notmuch_threads_t object.
*
* It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from
- * the notmuch_thread_results_t object will be reclaimed when the
+ * the notmuch_threads_t object will be reclaimed when the
* containg query object is destroyed.
*/
void
-notmuch_thread_results_destroy (notmuch_thread_results_t *results);
+notmuch_threads_destroy (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
/* Get the thread ID of 'thread'.
*
const char *
notmuch_thread_get_subject (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
+/* Get the date of the oldest message in 'thread' as a time_t value.
+ */
+time_t
+notmuch_thread_get_oldest_date (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
+
+/* Get the date of the oldest message in 'thread' as a time_t value.
+ */
+time_t
+notmuch_thread_get_newest_date (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
+
/* Get the tags for 'thread', returning a notmuch_tags_t object which
* can be used to iterate over all tags.
*
* notmuch_tags_t *tags;
* const char *tag;
*
- * thread = notmuch_thread_results_get (thread_results);
+ * thread = notmuch_threads_get (threads);
*
* for (tags = notmuch_thread_get_tags (thread);
* notmuch_tags_has_more (tags);
void
notmuch_thread_destroy (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
-/* Does the given notmuch_message_results_t object contain any more
- * results.
+/* Does the given notmuch_messages_t object contain any more
+ * messages.
*
- * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_message_results_get will
- * return a valid object. Whereas when this function returns FALSE,
- * notmuch_message_results_get will return NULL.
+ * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_messages_get will return a
+ * valid object. Whereas when this function returns FALSE,
+ * notmuch_messages_get will return NULL.
*
* See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_messages for example
- * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_message_results_t
- * object.
+ * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_messages_t object.
*/
notmuch_bool_t
-notmuch_message_results_has_more (notmuch_message_results_t *results);
+notmuch_messages_has_more (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
-/* Get the current result from 'results' as a notmuch_message_t.
+/* Get the current message from 'messages' as a notmuch_message_t.
*
- * Note: The returned message belongs to 'results' and has a lifetime
+ * Note: The returned message belongs to 'messages' and has a lifetime
* identical to it (and the query to which it belongs).
*
* See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_messages for example
- * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_message_results_t
- * object.
+ * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_messages_t object.
*
* If an out-of-memory situation occurs, this function will return
* NULL.
*/
notmuch_message_t *
-notmuch_message_results_get (notmuch_message_results_t *results);
+notmuch_messages_get (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
-/* Advance the 'results' iterator to the next result.
+/* Advance the 'messages' iterator to the next result.
*
* See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_messages for example
- * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_message_results_t
- * object.
+ * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_messages_t object.
*/
void
-notmuch_message_results_advance (notmuch_message_results_t *results);
+notmuch_messages_advance (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
-/* Destroy a notmuch_message_results_t object.
+/* Destroy a notmuch_messages_t object.
*
* It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from
- * the notmuch_message_results_t object will be reclaimed when the
- * containg query object is destroyed.
+ * the notmuch_messages_t object will be reclaimed when the containg
+ * query object is destroyed.
*/
void
-notmuch_message_results_destroy (notmuch_message_results_t *results);
+notmuch_messages_destroy (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
/* Get the message ID of 'message'.
*
/* Get the filename for the email corresponding to 'message'.
*
- * The returned filename is relative to the base of the database from
- * which 'message' was obtained. See notmuch_database_get_path() .
+ * The returned filename is an absolute filename, (the initial
+ * component will match notmuch_database_get_path() ).
+ *
* The returned string belongs to the message so should not be
* modified or freed by the caller (nor should it be referenced after
* the message is destroyed). */
const char *
notmuch_message_get_filename (notmuch_message_t *message);
+/* Get the date of 'message' as a time_t value.
+ *
+ * For the original textual representation of the Date header from the
+ * message call notmuch_message_get_header() with a header value of
+ * "date". */
+time_t
+notmuch_message_get_date (notmuch_message_t *message);
+
+/* Get the value of the specified header from 'message'.
+ *
+ * The value will be read from the actual message file, not from the
+ * notmuch database. The header name is case insensitive.
+ *
+ * The returned string belongs to the message so should not be
+ * modified or freed by the caller (nor should it be referenced after
+ * the message is destroyed).
+ *
+ * Returns NULL if the message does not contain a header line matching
+ * 'header' of if any error occurs.
+ */
+const char *
+notmuch_message_get_header (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *header);
+
/* Get the tags for 'message', returning a notmuch_tags_t object which
* can be used to iterate over all tags.
*
*
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The 'tag' argument is NULL
*
- * NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG: The length of 'tag' is longer than
- * too long (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX)
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG: The length of 'tag' is too long
+ * (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX)
*/
notmuch_status_t
notmuch_message_add_tag (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *tag);
*
* Return value:
*
- * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Tag successfully added to message
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Tag successfully removed from message
*
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The 'tag' argument is NULL
*
- * NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG: The length of 'tag' is longer than
- * too long (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX)
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG: The length of 'tag' is too long
+ * (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX)
*/
notmuch_status_t
notmuch_message_remove_tag (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *tag);
+/* Remove all tags from the given message.
+ *
+ * See notmuch_message_freeze for an example showing how to safely
+ * replace tag values.
+ */
+void
+notmuch_message_remove_all_tags (notmuch_message_t *message);
+
+/* Freeze the current state of 'message' within the database.
+ *
+ * This means that changes to the message state, (via
+ * notmuch_message_add_tag, notmuch_message_remove_tag, and
+ * notmuch_message_remove_all_tags), will not be committed to the
+ * database until the message is thawed with notmuch_message_thaw.
+ *
+ * Multiple calls to freeze/thaw are valid and these calls with
+ * "stack". That is there must be as many calls to thaw as to freeze
+ * before a message is actually thawed.
+ *
+ * The ability to do freeze/thaw allows for safe transactions to
+ * change tag values. For example, explicitly setting a message to
+ * have a given set of tags might look like this:
+ *
+ * notmuch_message_freeze (message);
+ *
+ * notmuch_message_remove_all_tags (message);
+ *
+ * for (i = 0; i < NUM_TAGS; i++)
+ * notmuch_message_add_tag (message, tags[i]);
+ *
+ * notmuch_message_thaw (message);
+ *
+ * With freeze/thaw used like this, the message in the database is
+ * guaranteed to have either the full set of original tag value, or
+ * the full set of new tag values, but nothing in between.
+ *
+ * Imagine the example above without freeze/thaw and the operation
+ * somehow getting interrupted. This could result in the message being
+ * left with no tags if the interruption happened after
+ * notmuch_message_remove_all_tags but before notmuch_message_add_tag.
+ */
+void
+notmuch_message_freeze (notmuch_message_t *message);
+
+/* Thaw the current 'message', synchronizing any changes that may have
+ * occurred while 'message' was frozen into the notmuch database.
+ *
+ * See notmuch_message_freeze for an example of how to use this
+ * function to safely provide tag changes.
+ *
+ * Multiple calls to freeze/thaw are valid and these calls with
+ * "stack". That is there must be as many calls to thaw as to freeze
+ * before a message is actually thawed.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Message successfully thawed, (or at least
+ * its frozen count has successfully been reduced by 1).
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCE_FREEZE_THAW: An attempt was made to thaw
+ * an unfrozen message. That is, there have been an unbalanced
+ * number of calls to notmuch_message_freeze and
+ * notmuch_message_thaw.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_message_thaw (notmuch_message_t *message);
+
/* Destroy a notmuch_message_t object.
*
* It can be useful to call this function in the case of a single