from datetime import date
from notmuch.globals import nmlib, STATUS, NotmuchError, Enum
from notmuch.tag import Tags
+from notmuch.filename import Filenames
import sys
import email
import types
This object provides an iterator over a list of notmuch messages
(Technically, it provides a wrapper for the underlying
- *notmuch_messages_t* structure). Do note that the underlying
- library only provides a one-time iterator (it cannot reset the
- iterator to the start). Thus iterating over the function will
- "exhaust" the list of messages, and a subsequent iteration attempt
- will raise a :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED. Also
- note, that any function that uses iteration will also
- exhaust the messages. So both::
-
- for msg in msgs: print msg
-
- as well as::
-
- number_of_msgs = len(msgs)
-
- will "exhaust" the Messages. If you need to re-iterate over a list of
- messages you will need to retrieve a new :class:`Messages` object.
-
- Things are not as bad as it seems though, you can store and reuse
- the single Message objects as often as you want as long as you
- keep the parent Messages object around. (Recall that due to
- hierarchical memory allocation, all derived Message objects will
- be invalid when we delete the parent Messages() object, even if it
- was already "exhausted".) So this works::
+ *notmuch_messages_t* structure). Do note that the underlying library
+ only provides a one-time iterator (it cannot reset the iterator to
+ the start). Thus iterating over the function will "exhaust" the list
+ of messages, and a subsequent iteration attempt will raise a
+ :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED. If you need to
+ re-iterate over a list of messages you will need to retrieve a new
+ :class:`Messages` object or cache your :class:`Message`s in a list
+ via::
+
+ msglist = list(msgs)
+
+ You can store and reuse the single :class:`Message` objects as often
+ as you want as long as you keep the parent :class:`Messages` object
+ around. (Due to hierarchical memory allocation, all derived
+ :class:`Message` objects will be invalid when we delete the parent
+ :class:`Messages` object, even if it was already exhausted.) So
+ this works::
db = Database()
msgs = Query(db,'').search_messages() #get a Messages() object
- msglist = []
- for m in msgs:
- msglist.append(m)
-
- # msgs is "exhausted" now and even len(msgs) will raise an exception.
- # However it will be kept around until all retrieved Message() objects are
- # also deleted. If you did e.g. an explicit del(msgs) here, the
- # following lines would fail.
+ msglist = list(msgs)
+
+ # msgs is "exhausted" now and msgs.next() will raise an exception.
+ # However it will be kept alive until all retrieved Message()
+ # objects are also deleted. If you do e.g. an explicit del(msgs)
+ # here, the following lines would fail.
# You can reiterate over *msglist* however as often as you want.
- # It is simply a list with Message objects.
+ # It is simply a list with :class:`Message`s.
print (msglist[0].get_filename())
print (msglist[1].get_filename())
print (msglist[0].get_message_id())
+
+
+ As :class:`Message` implements both __hash__() and __cmp__(), it is
+ possible to make sets out of :class:`Messages` and use set
+ arithmetic (this happens in python and will of course be *much*
+ slower than redoing a proper query with the appropriate filters::
+
+ s1, s2 = set(msgs1), set(msgs2)
+ s.union(s2)
+ s1 -= s2
+ ...
+
+ Be careful when using set arithmetic between message sets derived
+ from different Databases (ie the same database reopened after
+ messages have changed). If messages have added or removed associated
+ files in the meantime, it is possible that the same message would be
+ considered as a different object (as it points to a different file).
"""
- #notmuch_tags_get
+ #notmuch_messages_get
_get = nmlib.notmuch_messages_get
_get.restype = c_void_p
nmlib.notmuch_messages_move_to_next(self._msgs)
return msg
- def __len__(self):
- """len(:class:`Messages`) returns the number of contained messages
-
- .. note:: As this iterates over the messages, we will not be able to
- iterate over them again! So this will fail::
-
- #THIS FAILS
- msgs = Database().create_query('').search_message()
- if len(msgs) > 0: #this 'exhausts' msgs
- # next line raises NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)!!!
- for msg in msgs: print msg
-
- Most of the time, using the
- :meth:`Query.count_messages` is therefore more
- appropriate (and much faster). While not guaranteeing
- that it will return the exact same number than len(),
- in my tests it effectively always did so.
+ def __nonzero__(self):
"""
- if self._msgs is None:
- raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
-
- i=0
- while nmlib.notmuch_messages_valid(self._msgs):
- nmlib.notmuch_messages_move_to_next(self._msgs)
- i += 1
- self._msgs = None
- return i
+ :return: True if there is at least one more thread in the
+ Iterator, False if not."""
+ return self._msgs is not None and \
+ nmlib.notmuch_messages_valid(self._msgs) > 0
def __del__(self):
"""Close and free the notmuch Messages"""
"""Represents a single Email message
Technically, this wraps the underlying *notmuch_message_t* structure.
+
+ As this implements __cmp__() it is possible to compare 2
+ :class:`Message`s with::
+
+ if msg1 == msg2:
"""
"""notmuch_message_get_filename (notmuch_message_t *message)"""
_get_filename = nmlib.notmuch_message_get_filename
_get_filename.restype = c_char_p
+ """return all filenames for a message"""
+ _get_filenames = nmlib.notmuch_message_get_filenames
+ _get_filenames.restype = c_void_p
+
"""notmuch_message_get_flag"""
_get_flag = nmlib.notmuch_message_get_flag
_get_flag.restype = c_uint
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
return Message._get_filename(self._msg)
+ def get_filenames(self):
+ """Get all filenames for the email corresponding to 'message'
+
+ Returns a Filenames() generator with all absolute filepaths for
+ messages recorded to have the same Message-ID. These files must
+ not necessarily have identical content."""
+ if self._msg is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+ files_p = Message._get_filenames(self._msg)
+
+ return Filenames(files_p, self).as_generator()
+
def get_flag(self, flag):
"""Checks whether a specific flag is set for this message
return output
+ def __hash__(self):
+ """Implement hash(), so we can use Message() sets"""
+ file = self.get_filename()
+ if file is None:
+ return None
+ return hash(file)
+
+ def __cmp__(self, other):
+ """Implement cmp(), so we can compare Message()s
+
+ 2 messages are considered equal if they point to the same
+ Message-Id and if they point to the same file names. If 2
+ Messages derive from different queries where some files have
+ been added or removed, the same messages would not be considered
+ equal (as they do not point to the same set of files
+ any more)."""
+ res = cmp(self.get_message_id(), other.get_message_id())
+ if res:
+ res = cmp(list(self.get_filenames()), list(other.get_filenames()))
+ return res
+
def __del__(self):
"""Close and free the notmuch Message"""
if self._msg is not None: