typedef enum _notmuch_status {
NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS = 0,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
+ NOTMUCH_STATUS_READONLY_DATABASE,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL,
notmuch_database_t *
notmuch_database_create (const char *path);
+typedef enum {
+ NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY = 0,
+ 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. */
*
* The database should have been created at some time in the past,
* (not necessarily by this process), by calling
- * notmuch_database_create with 'path'.
+ * notmuch_database_create with 'path'. By default the database should be
+ * opened for reading only. In order to write to the database you need to
+ * pass the NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_WRITABLE mode.
*
* An existing notmuch database can be identified by the presence of a
* directory named ".notmuch" below 'path'.
* an error message on stderr).
*/
notmuch_database_t *
-notmuch_database_open (const char *path);
+notmuch_database_open (const char *path,
+ notmuch_database_mode_t mode);
/* Close the given notmuch database, freeing all associated
* resources. See notmuch_database_open. */
void
notmuch_threads_destroy (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
+/* Return an estimate of the number of messages matching a search
+ *
+ * This function performs a search and returns Xapian's best
+ * guess as to number of matching messages.
+ */
+unsigned
+notmuch_query_count_messages (notmuch_query_t *query);
+
/* Get the thread ID of 'thread'.
*
* The returned string belongs to 'thread' and as such, should not be