:param path: Directory to open/create the database in (see
above for behavior if `None`)
:type path: `str` or `None`
- :param create: False to open an existing, True to create a new
+ :param create: Pass `False` to open an existing, `True` to create a new
database.
:type create: bool
- :param mode: Mode to open a database in. Always
+ :param mode: Mode to open a database in. Is always
:attr:`MODE`.READ_WRITE when creating a new one.
:type mode: :attr:`MODE`
:returns: Nothing
def create(self, path):
"""Creates a new notmuch database
- This function is used by __init__() usually does not need
+ This function is used by __init__() and usually does not need
to be called directly. It wraps the underlying
*notmuch_database_create* function and creates a new notmuch
database at *path*. It will always return a database in
def open(self, path, mode= MODE.READ_ONLY):
"""Opens an existing database
- This function is used by __init__() usually does not need
+ This function is used by __init__() and usually does not need
to be called directly. It wraps the underlying
*notmuch_database_open* function.
:param status: Open the database in read-only or read-write mode
:type status: :attr:`MODE`
:returns: Nothing
- :exception: Raises :exc:`notmuch.NotmuchError` in case
+ :exception: Raises :exc:`NotmuchError` in case
of any failure (after printing an error message on stderr).
"""
def find_message(self, msgid):
"""Returns a :class:`Message` as identified by its message ID
- wraps *notmuch_database_find_message*
+ Wraps the underlying *notmuch_database_find_message* function.
- :param msgid: The message id
+ :param msgid: The message ID
:type msgid: string
:returns: :class:`Message` or `None` if no message is found or if an
out-of-memory situation occurs.
def get_all_tags(self):
"""Returns :class:`Tags` with a list of all tags found in the database
- :returns: :class:`Tags` object or raises :exc:`NotmuchError` with
- STATUS.NULL_POINTER on error
+ :returns: :class:`Tags`
+ :execption: :exc:`NotmuchError` with STATUS.NULL_POINTER on error
"""
if self._db is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Query(object):
- """ Wrapper around a notmuch_query_t
+ """ Represents a search query on an opened :class:`Database`.
- Do note that as soon as we tear down this object, all derived
- threads, and messages will be freed as well.
+ A query selects and filters a subset of messages from the notmuch
+ database we derive from.
+
+ Technically, it wraps the underlying *notmuch_query_t* struct.
+
+ .. note:: Do remember that as soon as we tear down this object,
+ all underlying derived objects such as queries, threads,
+ messages, tags etc will be freed by the underlying library
+ as well. Accessing these objects will lead to segfaults and
+ other unexpected behavior. See above for more details.
"""
# constants
- SORT_OLDEST_FIRST = 0
- SORT_NEWEST_FIRST = 1
- SORT_MESSAGE_ID = 2
+ SORT = Enum(['OLDEST_FIRST','NEWEST_FIRST','MESSAGE_ID'])
+ """Constants: Sort order in which to return results"""
"""notmuch_query_create"""
_create = nmlib.notmuch_query_create
_search_messages.restype = c_void_p
def __init__(self, db, querystr):
- """TODO: document"""
+ """
+ :param db: An open database which we derive the Query from.
+ :type db: :class:`Database`
+ :param querystr: The query string for the message.
+ :type querystr: str
+ """
self._db = None
self._query = None
self.create(db, querystr)
def create(self, db, querystr):
- """db is a Database() and querystr a string
+ """Creates a new query derived from a Database.
+
+ This function is utilized by __init__() and usually does not need to
+ be called directly.
+
+ :param db: Database to create the query from.
+ :type db: :class:`Database`
+ :param querystr: The query string
+ :type querystr: str
+ :returns: Nothing
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`
- raises NotmuchError STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if db is not inited and
- STATUS.NULL_POINTER if the query creation failed (too little memory)
+ * STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if db is not inited
+ * STATUS.NULL_POINTER if the query creation failed
+ (too little memory)
"""
if db.db_p is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
self._query = query_p
def set_sort(self, sort):
- """notmuch_query_set_sort
+ """Set the sort order future results will be delivered in
- :param sort: one of Query.SORT_OLDEST_FIRST|SORT_NEWEST_FIRST|SORT_MESSAGE_ID
- :returns: Nothing, but raises NotmuchError if query is not inited
+ Wraps the underlying *notmuch_query_set_sort* function.
+
+ :param sort: Sort order (see :attr:`Query.SORT`)
+ :returns: Nothing
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if query has not
+ been initialized.
"""
if self._query is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
nmlib.notmuch_query_set_sort(self._query, sort)
def search_messages(self):
- """notmuch_query_search_messages
- Returns Messages() or a raises a NotmuchError()
+ """Filter messages according to query and return
+ :class:`Messages` in the defined sort order.
+
+ Technically, it wraps the underlying
+ *notmuch_query_search_messages* function.
+
+ :returns: :class:`Messages`
+ :exception: :exc:`NotmuchError`
+
+ * STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if query is not inited
+ * STATUS.NULL_POINTER if search_messages failed
"""
if self._query is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Tags(object):
- """Wrapper around notmuch_tags_t"""
+ """Represents a list of notmuch tags
+
+ This object provides an iterator over a list of notmuch tags. 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 tags, and a subsequent
+ iteration attempt will raise a :exc:`NotmuchError`
+ STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED. Also note, that any function that uses
+ iteration (nearly all) will also exhaust the tags. So both::
+
+ for tag in tags: print tag
+
+ as well as::
+
+ number_of_tags = len(tags)
+
+ and even a simple::
+
+ #str() iterates over all tags to construct a space separated list
+ print(str(tags))
+
+ will "exhaust" the Tags. If you need to re-iterate over a list of
+ tags you will need to retrieve a new :class:`Tags` object.
+ """
#notmuch_tags_get
_get = nmlib.notmuch_tags_get
def __init__(self, tags_p, parent=None):
"""
- msg_p is a pointer to an notmuch_message_t Structure. If it is None,
- we will raise an NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER).
-
- Is passed the parent these tags are derived from, and saves a
- reference to it, so we can automatically delete the db object
- once all derived objects are dead.
-
- Tags() provides an iterator over all contained tags. However, you will
- only be able to iterate over the Tags once, because the underlying C
- function only allows iterating once.
- #TODO: make the iterator work more than once and cache the tags in
- the Python object.
+ :param tags_p: A pointer to an underlying *notmuch_tags_t*
+ structure. These are not publically exposed, so a user
+ will almost never instantiate a :class:`Tags` object
+ herself. They are usually handed back as a result,
+ e.g. in :meth:`Database.get_all_tags`. *tags_p* must be
+ valid, we will raise an :exc:`NotmuchError`
+ (STATUS.NULL_POINTER) if it is `None`.
+ :type tags_p: :class:`ctypes.c_void_p`
+ :param parent: The parent object (ie :class:`Database` or
+ :class:`Message` these tags are derived from, and saves a
+ reference to it, so we can automatically delete the db object
+ once all derived objects are dead.
+ :TODO: Make the iterator optionally work more than once by
+ cache the tags in the Python object(?)
"""
if tags_p is None:
NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
nmlib.notmuch_tags_move_to_next(self._tags)
return tag
+ def __len__(self):
+ """len(:class:`Tags`) returns the number of contained tags
+
+ .. note:: As this iterates over the tags, we will not be able
+ to iterate over them again (as in retrieve them)! If
+ the tags have been exhausted already, this will raise a
+ :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED on
+ subsequent attempts.
+ """
+ if self._tags is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+ i=0
+ while nmlib.notmuch_tags_valid(self._msgs):
+ nmlib.notmuch_tags_move_to_next(self._msgs)
+ i += 1
+ self._tags = None
+ return i
+
def __str__(self):
- """str() of Tags() is a space separated list of tags
+ """The str() representation of Tags() is a space separated list of tags
- This iterates over the list of Tags and will therefore 'exhaust' Tags()
+ .. note:: As this iterates over the tags, we will not be able
+ to iterate over them again (as in retrieve them)! If
+ the tags have been exhausted already, this will raise a
+ :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED on
+ subsequent attempts.
"""
return " ".join(self)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Messages(object):
- """Wrapper around notmuch_messages_t"""
+ """Represents a list of notmuch messages
+
+ 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::
+
+ 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.
+
+ # You can reiterate over *msglist* however as often as you want.
+ # It is simply a list with Message objects.
+
+ print (msglist[0].get_filename())
+ print (msglist[1].get_filename())
+ print (msglist[0].get_message_id())
+ """
#notmuch_tags_get
_get = nmlib.notmuch_messages_get
def __init__(self, msgs_p, parent=None):
"""
- msg_p is a pointer to an notmuch_messages_t Structure. If it is None,
- we will raise an NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER).
-
- If passed the parent query this Messages() is derived from, it saves a
- reference to it, so we can automatically delete the parent query object
- once all derived objects are dead.
-
- Messages() provides an iterator over all contained Message()s.
- However, you will only be able to iterate over it once,
- because the underlying C function only allows iterating once.
- #TODO: make the iterator work more than once and cache the tags in
- the Python object.
+ :param msgs_p: A pointer to an underlying *notmuch_messages_t*
+ structure. These are not publically exposed, so a user
+ will almost never instantiate a :class:`Messages` object
+ herself. They are usually handed back as a result,
+ e.g. in :meth:`Query.search_messages`. *msgs_p* must be
+ valid, we will raise an :exc:`NotmuchError`
+ (STATUS.NULL_POINTER) if it is `None`.
+ :type msgs_p: :class:`ctypes.c_void_p`
+ :param parent: The parent object
+ (ie :class:`Query`) these tags are derived from. It saves
+ a reference to it, so we can automatically delete the db
+ object once all derived objects are dead.
+ :TODO: Make the iterator work more than once and cache the tags in
+ the Python object.(?)
"""
if msgs_p is None:
NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
logging.debug("Inited Messages derived from %s" %(str(parent)))
def collect_tags(self):
- """ return the Tags() belonging to the messages
-
- Do note that collect_tags will iterate over the messages and
- therefore will not allow further iterationsl
- Raises NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED) if not inited
+ """Return the unique :class:`Tags` in the contained messages
+
+ :returns: :class:`Tags`
+ :exceptions: :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED if not inited
+
+ .. note:: :meth:`collect_tags` will iterate over the messages and
+ therefore will not allow further iterations.
"""
if self._msgs is None:
raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
return msg
def __len__(self):
- """ Returns the number of contained messages
+ """len(:class:`Messages`) returns the number of contained messages
- :note: As this iterates over the messages, we will not be able to
+ .. note:: As this iterates over the messages, we will not be able to
iterate over them again (as in retrieve them)!
"""
if self._msgs is None:
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