* value. Instead we should map to things like DATABASE_LOCKED or
* whatever.
*
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: An attempt was made to write to
+ * a database opened in read-only mode.
+ *
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred
*
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: An error occurred trying to read or
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_FREEZE_THAW: The notmuch_message_thaw
* function has been called more times than notmuch_message_freeze.
*
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_ATOMIC: notmuch_database_end_atomic has
+ * been called more times than notmuch_database_begin_atomic.
+ *
* And finally:
*
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS: Not an actual status value. Just a way
typedef enum _notmuch_status {
NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS = 0,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
+ NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_FREEZE_THAW,
+ NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_ATOMIC,
NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS
} notmuch_status_t;
/* Get a string representation of a notmuch_status_t value.
*
- * The result is readonly.
+ * The result is read-only.
*/
const char *
notmuch_status_to_string (notmuch_status_t status);
typedef struct _notmuch_messages notmuch_messages_t;
typedef struct _notmuch_message notmuch_message_t;
typedef struct _notmuch_tags notmuch_tags_t;
+typedef struct _notmuch_directory notmuch_directory_t;
+typedef struct _notmuch_filenames notmuch_filenames_t;
/* Create a new, empty notmuch database located at 'path'.
*
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_READ_WRITE 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. */
const char *
notmuch_database_get_path (notmuch_database_t *database);
-/* Store a timestamp within the database.
+/* Return the database format version of the given database. */
+unsigned int
+notmuch_database_get_version (notmuch_database_t *database);
+
+/* Does this database need to be upgraded before writing to it?
*
- * The Notmuch database will not interpret this key nor the timestamp
- * values at all. It will merely store them together and return the
- * timestamp when notmuch_database_get_timestamp is called with the
- * same value for 'key'.
+ * If this function returns TRUE then no functions that modify the
+ * database (notmuch_database_add_message, notmuch_message_add_tag,
+ * notmuch_directory_set_mtime, etc.) will work unless the function
+ * notmuch_database_upgrade is called successfully first. */
+notmuch_bool_t
+notmuch_database_needs_upgrade (notmuch_database_t *database);
+
+/* Upgrade the current database.
*
- * The intention is for the caller to use the timestamp to allow
- * efficient identification of new messages to be added to the
- * database. The recommended usage is as follows:
+ * After opening a database in read-write mode, the client should
+ * check if an upgrade is needed (notmuch_database_needs_upgrade) and
+ * if so, upgrade with this function before making any modifications.
*
- * o Read the mtime of a directory from the filesystem
+ * The optional progress_notify callback can be used by the caller to
+ * provide progress indication to the user. If non-NULL it will be
+ * called periodically with 'progress' as a floating-point value in
+ * the range of [0.0 .. 1.0] indicating the progress made so far in
+ * the upgrade process.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_upgrade (notmuch_database_t *database,
+ void (*progress_notify) (void *closure,
+ double progress),
+ void *closure);
+
+/* Begin an atomic database operation.
*
- * o Call add_message for all mail files in the directory
+ * Any modifications performed between a successful begin and a
+ * notmuch_database_end_atomic will be applied to the database
+ * atomically. Note that, unlike a typical database transaction, this
+ * only ensures atomicity, not durability; neither begin nor end
+ * necessarily flush modifications to disk.
*
- * o Call notmuch_database_set_timestamp with the path of the
- * directory as 'key' and the originally read mtime as 'value'.
+ * Atomic sections may be nested. begin_atomic and end_atomic must
+ * always be called in pairs.
*
- * Then, when wanting to check for updates to the directory in the
- * future, the client can call notmuch_database_get_timestamp and know
- * that it only needs to add files if the mtime of the directory and
- * files are newer than the stored timestamp.
+ * Return value:
*
- * Note: The notmuch_database_get_timestamp function does not allow
- * the caller to distinguish a timestamp of 0 from a non-existent
- * timestamp. So don't store a timestamp of 0 unless you are
- * comfortable with that.
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully entered atomic section.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred;
+ * atomic section not entered.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_begin_atomic (notmuch_database_t *notmuch);
+
+/* Indicate the end of an atomic database operation.
*
* Return value:
*
- * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Timestamp successfully stored in database.
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully completed atomic section.
*
- * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception
- * occurred. Timestamp not stored.
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred;
+ * atomic section not ended.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_ATOMIC: The database is not currently in
+ * an atomic section.
*/
notmuch_status_t
-notmuch_database_set_timestamp (notmuch_database_t *database,
- const char *key, time_t timestamp);
+notmuch_database_end_atomic (notmuch_database_t *notmuch);
-/* Retrieve a timestamp from the database.
+/* Retrieve a directory object from the database for 'path'.
*
- * Returns the timestamp value previously stored by calling
- * notmuch_database_set_timestamp with the same value for 'key'.
+ * Here, 'path' should be a path relative to the path of 'database'
+ * (see notmuch_database_get_path), or else should be an absolute path
+ * with initial components that match the path of 'database'.
*
- * Returns 0 if no timestamp is stored for 'key' or if any error
- * occurred querying the database.
+ * Can return NULL if a Xapian exception occurs.
*/
-time_t
-notmuch_database_get_timestamp (notmuch_database_t *database,
- const char *key);
+notmuch_directory_t *
+notmuch_database_get_directory (notmuch_database_t *database,
+ const char *path);
-/* Add a new message to the given notmuch database.
+/* Add a new message to the given notmuch database or associate an
+ * additional filename with an existing message.
*
- * Here,'filename' should be a path relative to the path of
+ * Here, 'filename' should be a path relative to the path of
* 'database' (see notmuch_database_get_path), or else should be an
* absolute filename with initial components that match the path of
* 'database'.
* 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'
+ * If another message with the same message ID already exists in the
+ * database, rather than creating a new message, this adds 'filename'
+ * to the list of the filenames for the existing message.
+ *
+ * If 'message' is not NULL, then, on successful return
+ * (NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS or NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID) '*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
*
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Message successfully added to database.
*
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred,
+ * message not added.
+ *
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID: Message has the same message
- * ID as another message already in the database. Nothing added
- * to the database.
+ * ID as another message already in the database. The new
+ * filename was successfully added to the message in the database
+ * (if not already present) and the existing message is returned.
*
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: an error occurred trying to open the
* file, (such as permission denied, or file not found,
*
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL: the contents of filename don't look
* like an email message. Nothing added to the database.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
+ * mode so no message can be added.
*/
notmuch_status_t
notmuch_database_add_message (notmuch_database_t *database,
const char *filename,
notmuch_message_t **message);
+/* Remove a message filename from the given notmuch database. If the
+ * message has no more filenames, remove the message.
+ *
+ * If the same message (as determined by the message ID) is still
+ * available via other filenames, then the message will persist in the
+ * database for those filenames. When the last filename is removed for
+ * a particular message, the database content for that message will be
+ * entirely removed.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: The last filename was removed and the
+ * message was removed from the database.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred,
+ * message not removed.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID: This filename was removed but
+ * the message persists in the database with at least one other
+ * filename.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
+ * mode so no message can be removed.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_remove_message (notmuch_database_t *database,
+ const char *filename);
+
/* Find a message with the given message_id.
*
- * If the database contains a message with the given message_id, then
- * a new notmuch_message_t object is returned. The caller should call
- * notmuch_message_destroy when done with the message.
+ * If a message with the given message_id is found then, on successful return
+ * (NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) '*message' will be initialized to a message
+ * object. The caller should call notmuch_message_destroy when done with the
+ * message.
+ *
+ * On any failure or when the message is not found, this function initializes
+ * '*message' to NULL. This means, when NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS is returned, the
+ * caller is supposed to check '*message' for NULL to find out whether the
+ * message with the given message_id was found.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successful return, check '*message'.
*
- * If no message is found with the given message_id or if an
- * out-of-memory situation occurs, this function returns NULL.
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'message' argument is NULL
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Out of memory, creating message object
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred
*/
-notmuch_message_t *
+notmuch_status_t
notmuch_database_find_message (notmuch_database_t *database,
- const char *message_id);
+ const char *message_id,
+ notmuch_message_t **message);
+
+/* Find a message with the given filename.
+ *
+ * If the database contains a message with the given filename then, on
+ * successful return (NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) '*message' will be initialized to
+ * a message object. The caller should call notmuch_message_destroy when done
+ * with the message.
+ *
+ * On any failure or when the message is not found, this function initializes
+ * '*message' to NULL. This means, when NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS is returned, the
+ * caller is supposed to check '*message' for NULL to find out whether the
+ * message with the given filename is found.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successful return, check '*message'
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'message' argument is NULL
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Out of memory, creating the message object
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
+ const char *filename,
+ notmuch_message_t **message);
+
+/* Return a list of all tags found in the database.
+ *
+ * This function creates a list of all tags found in the database. The
+ * resulting list contains all tags from all messages found in the database.
+ *
+ * On error this function returns NULL.
+ */
+notmuch_tags_t *
+notmuch_database_get_all_tags (notmuch_database_t *db);
/* Create a new query for 'database'.
*
*
* http://xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html
*
- * As a special case, passing a length-zero string, (that is ""), will
+ * As a special case, passing either a length-zero string, (that is ""),
+ * or a string consisting of a single asterisk (that is "*"), will
* result in a query that returns all messages in the database.
*
- * See notmuch_query_set_sort for controlling the order of results and
- * notmuch_query_search to actually execute the query.
+ * See notmuch_query_set_sort for controlling the order of results.
+ * See notmuch_query_search_messages and notmuch_query_search_threads
+ * to actually execute the query.
*
* User should call notmuch_query_destroy when finished with this
* query.
typedef enum {
NOTMUCH_SORT_OLDEST_FIRST,
NOTMUCH_SORT_NEWEST_FIRST,
- NOTMUCH_SORT_MESSAGE_ID
+ NOTMUCH_SORT_MESSAGE_ID,
+ NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED
} notmuch_sort_t;
+/* Return the query_string of this query. See notmuch_query_create. */
+const char *
+notmuch_query_get_query_string (notmuch_query_t *query);
+
+/* Specify whether to results should omit the excluded results rather
+ * than just marking them excluded. This is useful for passing a
+ * notmuch_messages_t not containing the excluded messages to other
+ * functions. */
+void
+notmuch_query_set_omit_excluded_messages (notmuch_query_t *query, notmuch_bool_t omit);
+
/* Specify the sorting desired for this query. */
void
notmuch_query_set_sort (notmuch_query_t *query, notmuch_sort_t sort);
+/* Return the sort specified for this query. See notmuch_query_set_sort. */
+notmuch_sort_t
+notmuch_query_get_sort (notmuch_query_t *query);
+
+/* Add a tag that will be excluded from the query results by default.
+ * This exclusion will be overridden if this tag appears explicitly in
+ * the query. */
+void
+notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude (notmuch_query_t *query, const char *tag);
+
/* 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.
*
- * The 'first' and 'max_threads' arguments can be used to obtain
- * partial results from the search. For example, to get results 10 at
- * a time, pass 'max_threads' as 10 and for 'first' pass the values 0,
- * 10, 20, etc. As a special case, a value of -1 for 'max_threads'
- * indicates that no limiting is to be performed. So a search with
- * 'first' == 0 and 'max_threads' == -1 will return the complete
- * results of the search.
- *
* Typical usage might be:
*
* notmuch_query_t *query;
* query = notmuch_query_create (database, query_string);
*
* for (threads = notmuch_query_search_threads (query);
- * notmuch_threads_has_more (threads);
- * notmuch_threads_advance (threads))
+ * notmuch_threads_valid (threads);
+ * notmuch_threads_move_to_next (threads))
* {
* thread = notmuch_threads_get (threads);
* ....
* 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).
+ *
+ * If a Xapian exception occurs this function will return NULL.
*/
notmuch_threads_t *
-notmuch_query_search_threads (notmuch_query_t *query,
- int first, int max_threads);
+notmuch_query_search_threads (notmuch_query_t *query);
/* 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.
*
- * The 'first' and 'max_messages' arguments can be used to obtain
- * partial results from the search. For example, to get results 10 at
- * a time, pass 'max_messages' as 10 and for 'first' pass the values
- * 0, 10, 20, etc. As a special case, a value of -1 for 'max_messages'
- * indicates that no limiting is to be performed. So a search with
- * 'first' == 0 and 'max_messages' == -1 will return the complete
- * results of the search.
- *
* Typical usage might be:
*
* notmuch_query_t *query;
* query = notmuch_query_create (database, query_string);
*
* for (messages = notmuch_query_search_messages (query);
- * notmuch_messages_has_more (messages);
- * notmuch_messages_advance (messages))
+ * notmuch_messages_valid (messages);
+ * notmuch_messages_move_to_next (messages))
* {
* message = notmuch_messages_get (messages);
* ....
* 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).
+ *
+ * If a Xapian exception occurs this function will return NULL.
*/
notmuch_messages_t *
-notmuch_query_search_messages (notmuch_query_t *query,
- int first, int max_messages);
+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_threads_t and
* notmuch_messages_t objects generated by this query, (and in
- * turn any notmuch_thrad_t and notmuch_message_t objects generated
+ * turn any notmuch_thread_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_threads_t object contain any more
- * results.
+/* Is the given 'threads' iterator pointing at a valid thread.
*
- * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_threads_get will
- * return a valid object. Whereas when this function returns FALSE,
+ * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_threads_get will return a
+ * valid object. Whereas when this function returns FALSE,
* notmuch_threads_get will return NULL.
*
* See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_threads for example
* code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_threads_t object.
*/
notmuch_bool_t
-notmuch_threads_has_more (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
+notmuch_threads_valid (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
/* Get the current thread from 'threads' as a notmuch_thread_t.
*
notmuch_thread_t *
notmuch_threads_get (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
-/* Advance the 'threads' iterator to the next thread.
+/* Move the 'threads' iterator to the next thread.
+ *
+ * If 'threads' is already pointing at the last thread then the
+ * iterator will be moved to a point just beyond that last thread,
+ * (where notmuch_threads_valid will return FALSE and
+ * notmuch_threads_get will return NULL).
*
* See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_threads for example
* code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_threads_t object.
*/
void
-notmuch_threads_advance (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
+notmuch_threads_move_to_next (notmuch_threads_t *threads);
/* Destroy a notmuch_threads_t object.
*
* It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from
* the notmuch_threads_t object will be reclaimed when the
- * containg query object is destroyed.
+ * containing query object is destroyed.
*/
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.
+ *
+ * If a Xapian exception occurs, this function may return 0 (after
+ * printing a message).
+ */
+unsigned
+notmuch_query_count_messages (notmuch_query_t *query);
+
+/* Return the number of threads matching a search.
+ *
+ * This function performs a search and returns the number of unique thread IDs
+ * in the matching messages. This is the same as number of threads matching a
+ * search.
+ *
+ * Note that this is a significantly heavier operation than
+ * notmuch_query_count_messages().
+ *
+ * If an error occurs, this function may return 0.
+ */
+unsigned
+notmuch_query_count_threads (notmuch_query_t *query);
+
/* Get the thread ID of 'thread'.
*
* The returned string belongs to 'thread' and as such, should not be
/* Get the number of messages in 'thread' that matched the search.
*
* This count includes only the messages in this thread that were
- * matched by the search from which the thread was created. Contrast
- * with notmuch_thread_get_total_messages() .
+ * matched by the search from which the thread was created and were
+ * not excluded by any exclude tags passed in with the query (see
+ * notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude). Contrast with
+ * notmuch_thread_get_total_messages() .
*/
int
notmuch_thread_get_matched_messages (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
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.
+/* Get the date of the newest message in 'thread' as a time_t value.
*/
time_t
notmuch_thread_get_newest_date (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
* thread = notmuch_threads_get (threads);
*
* for (tags = notmuch_thread_get_tags (thread);
- * notmuch_tags_has_more (tags);
- * notmuch_result_advance (tags))
+ * notmuch_tags_valid (tags);
+ * notmuch_result_move_to_next (tags))
* {
* tag = notmuch_tags_get (tags);
* ....
void
notmuch_thread_destroy (notmuch_thread_t *thread);
-/* Does the given notmuch_messages_t object contain any more
- * messages.
+/* Is the given 'messages' iterator pointing at a valid message.
*
* When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_messages_get will return a
* valid object. Whereas when this function returns FALSE,
* code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_messages_t object.
*/
notmuch_bool_t
-notmuch_messages_has_more (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
+notmuch_messages_valid (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
/* Get the current message from 'messages' as a notmuch_message_t.
*
notmuch_message_t *
notmuch_messages_get (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
-/* Advance the 'messages' iterator to the next result.
+/* Move the 'messages' iterator to the next message.
+ *
+ * If 'messages' is already pointing at the last message then the
+ * iterator will be moved to a point just beyond that last message,
+ * (where notmuch_messages_valid will return FALSE and
+ * notmuch_messages_get will return NULL).
*
* See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_messages for example
* code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_messages_t object.
*/
void
-notmuch_messages_advance (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
+notmuch_messages_move_to_next (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
/* Destroy a notmuch_messages_t object.
*
void
notmuch_messages_destroy (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
+/* Return a list of tags from all messages.
+ *
+ * The resulting list is guaranteed not to contain duplicated tags.
+ *
+ * WARNING: You can no longer iterate over messages after calling this
+ * function, because the iterator will point at the end of the list.
+ * We do not have a function to reset the iterator yet and the only
+ * way how you can iterate over the list again is to recreate the
+ * message list.
+ *
+ * The function returns NULL on error.
+ */
+notmuch_tags_t *
+notmuch_messages_collect_tags (notmuch_messages_t *messages);
+
/* Get the message ID of 'message'.
*
* The returned string belongs to 'message' and as such, should not be
* will return NULL.
*
* If there are no replies to 'message', this function will return
- * NULL. (Note that notmuch_messages_has_more will accept that NULL
+ * NULL. (Note that notmuch_messages_valid will accept that NULL
* value as legitimate, and simply return FALSE for it.)
*/
notmuch_messages_t *
notmuch_message_get_replies (notmuch_message_t *message);
-/* Get the filename for the email corresponding to 'message'.
+/* Get a filename for the email corresponding to 'message'.
*
* 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). */
+ * the message is destroyed).
+ *
+ * Note: If this message corresponds to multiple files in the mail
+ * store, (that is, multiple files contain identical message IDs),
+ * this function will arbitrarily return a single one of those
+ * filenames. See notmuch_message_get_filenames for returning the
+ * complete list of filenames.
+ */
const char *
notmuch_message_get_filename (notmuch_message_t *message);
+/* Get all filenames for the email corresponding to 'message'.
+ *
+ * Returns a notmuch_filenames_t iterator listing all the filenames
+ * associated with 'message'. These files may not have identical
+ * content, but each will have the identical Message-ID.
+ *
+ * Each filename in the iterator is an absolute filename, (the initial
+ * component will match notmuch_database_get_path() ).
+ */
+notmuch_filenames_t *
+notmuch_message_get_filenames (notmuch_message_t *message);
+
+/* Message flags */
+typedef enum _notmuch_message_flag {
+ NOTMUCH_MESSAGE_FLAG_MATCH,
+ NOTMUCH_MESSAGE_FLAG_EXCLUDED
+} notmuch_message_flag_t;
+
+/* Get a value of a flag for the email corresponding to 'message'. */
+notmuch_bool_t
+notmuch_message_get_flag (notmuch_message_t *message,
+ notmuch_message_flag_t flag);
+
+/* Set a value of a flag for the email corresponding to 'message'. */
+void
+notmuch_message_set_flag (notmuch_message_t *message,
+ notmuch_message_flag_t flag, notmuch_bool_t value);
+
/* Get the date of 'message' as a time_t value.
*
* For the original textual representation of the Date header from the
* message = notmuch_database_find_message (database, message_id);
*
* for (tags = notmuch_message_get_tags (message);
- * notmuch_tags_has_more (tags);
- * notmuch_result_advance (tags))
+ * notmuch_tags_valid (tags);
+ * notmuch_result_move_to_next (tags))
* {
* tag = notmuch_tags_get (tags);
* ....
*
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG: The length of 'tag' is too long
* (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX)
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
+ * mode so message cannot be modified.
*/
notmuch_status_t
notmuch_message_add_tag (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *tag);
*
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG: The length of 'tag' is too long
* (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX)
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
+ * mode so message cannot be modified.
*/
notmuch_status_t
notmuch_message_remove_tag (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *tag);
*
* See notmuch_message_freeze for an example showing how to safely
* replace tag values.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
+ * mode so message cannot be modified.
*/
-void
+notmuch_status_t
notmuch_message_remove_all_tags (notmuch_message_t *message);
+/* Add/remove tags according to maildir flags in the message filename(s)
+ *
+ * This function examines the filenames of 'message' for maildir
+ * flags, and adds or removes tags on 'message' as follows when these
+ * flags are present:
+ *
+ * Flag Action if present
+ * ---- -----------------
+ * 'D' Adds the "draft" tag to the message
+ * 'F' Adds the "flagged" tag to the message
+ * 'P' Adds the "passed" tag to the message
+ * 'R' Adds the "replied" tag to the message
+ * 'S' Removes the "unread" tag from the message
+ *
+ * For each flag that is not present, the opposite action (add/remove)
+ * is performed for the corresponding tags.
+ *
+ * Flags are identified as trailing components of the filename after a
+ * sequence of ":2,".
+ *
+ * If there are multiple filenames associated with this message, the
+ * flag is considered present if it appears in one or more
+ * filenames. (That is, the flags from the multiple filenames are
+ * combined with the logical OR operator.)
+ *
+ * A client can ensure that notmuch database tags remain synchronized
+ * with maildir flags by calling this function after each call to
+ * notmuch_database_add_message. See also
+ * notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags for synchronizing tag changes
+ * back to maildir flags.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags (notmuch_message_t *message);
+
+/* Rename message filename(s) to encode tags as maildir flags
+ *
+ * Specifically, for each filename corresponding to this message:
+ *
+ * If the filename is not in a maildir directory, do nothing. (A
+ * maildir directory is determined as a directory named "new" or
+ * "cur".) Similarly, if the filename has invalid maildir info,
+ * (repeated or outof-ASCII-order flag characters after ":2,"), then
+ * do nothing.
+ *
+ * If the filename is in a maildir directory, rename the file so that
+ * its filename ends with the sequence ":2," followed by zero or more
+ * of the following single-character flags (in ASCII order):
+ *
+ * 'D' iff the message has the "draft" tag
+ * 'F' iff the message has the "flagged" tag
+ * 'P' iff the message has the "passed" tag
+ * 'R' iff the message has the "replied" tag
+ * 'S' iff the message does not have the "unread" tag
+ *
+ * Any existing flags unmentioned in the list above will be preserved
+ * in the renaming.
+ *
+ * Also, if this filename is in a directory named "new", rename it to
+ * be within the neighboring directory named "cur".
+ *
+ * A client can ensure that maildir filename flags remain synchronized
+ * with notmuch database tags by calling this function after changing
+ * tags, (after calls to notmuch_message_add_tag,
+ * notmuch_message_remove_tag, or notmuch_message_freeze/
+ * notmuch_message_thaw). See also notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags
+ * for synchronizing maildir flag changes back to tags.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags (notmuch_message_t *message);
+
/* Freeze the current state of 'message' within the database.
*
* This means that changes to the message state, (via
* 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
+ * Multiple calls to freeze/thaw are valid and these calls will
* "stack". That is there must be as many calls to thaw as to freeze
* before a message is actually thawed.
*
* 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
+ * guaranteed to have either the full set of original tag values, 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.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Message successfully frozen.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
+ * mode so message cannot be modified.
*/
-void
+notmuch_status_t
notmuch_message_freeze (notmuch_message_t *message);
/* Thaw the current 'message', synchronizing any changes that may have
* 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
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_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.
void
notmuch_message_destroy (notmuch_message_t *message);
-/* Does the given notmuch_tags_t object contain any more tags.
+/* Is the given 'tags' iterator pointing at a valid tag.
*
* When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_tags_get will return a
* valid string. Whereas when this function returns FALSE,
* showing how to iterate over a notmuch_tags_t object.
*/
notmuch_bool_t
-notmuch_tags_has_more (notmuch_tags_t *tags);
+notmuch_tags_valid (notmuch_tags_t *tags);
/* Get the current tag from 'tags' as a string.
*
const char *
notmuch_tags_get (notmuch_tags_t *tags);
-/* Advance the 'tags' iterator to the next tag.
+/* Move the 'tags' iterator to the next tag.
+ *
+ * If 'tags' is already pointing at the last tag then the iterator
+ * will be moved to a point just beyond that last tag, (where
+ * notmuch_tags_valid will return FALSE and notmuch_tags_get will
+ * return NULL).
*
* See the documentation of notmuch_message_get_tags for example code
* showing how to iterate over a notmuch_tags_t object.
*/
void
-notmuch_tags_advance (notmuch_tags_t *tags);
+notmuch_tags_move_to_next (notmuch_tags_t *tags);
/* Destroy a notmuch_tags_t object.
*
void
notmuch_tags_destroy (notmuch_tags_t *tags);
+/* Store an mtime within the database for 'directory'.
+ *
+ * The 'directory' should be an object retrieved from the database
+ * with notmuch_database_get_directory for a particular path.
+ *
+ * The intention is for the caller to use the mtime to allow efficient
+ * identification of new messages to be added to the database. The
+ * recommended usage is as follows:
+ *
+ * o Read the mtime of a directory from the filesystem
+ *
+ * o Call add_message for all mail files in the directory
+ *
+ * o Call notmuch_directory_set_mtime with the mtime read from the
+ * filesystem.
+ *
+ * Then, when wanting to check for updates to the directory in the
+ * future, the client can call notmuch_directory_get_mtime and know
+ * that it only needs to add files if the mtime of the directory and
+ * files are newer than the stored timestamp.
+ *
+ * Note: The notmuch_directory_get_mtime function does not allow the
+ * caller to distinguish a timestamp of 0 from a non-existent
+ * timestamp. So don't store a timestamp of 0 unless you are
+ * comfortable with that.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: mtime successfully stored in database.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception
+ * occurred, mtime not stored.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE: Database was opened in read-only
+ * mode so directory mtime cannot be modified.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_directory_set_mtime (notmuch_directory_t *directory,
+ time_t mtime);
+
+/* Get the mtime of a directory, (as previously stored with
+ * notmuch_directory_set_mtime).
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if no mtime has previously been stored for this
+ * directory.*/
+time_t
+notmuch_directory_get_mtime (notmuch_directory_t *directory);
+
+/* Get a notmuch_filenames_t iterator listing all the filenames of
+ * messages in the database within the given directory.
+ *
+ * The returned filenames will be the basename-entries only (not
+ * complete paths). */
+notmuch_filenames_t *
+notmuch_directory_get_child_files (notmuch_directory_t *directory);
+
+/* Get a notmuch_filenams_t iterator listing all the filenames of
+ * sub-directories in the database within the given directory.
+ *
+ * The returned filenames will be the basename-entries only (not
+ * complete paths). */
+notmuch_filenames_t *
+notmuch_directory_get_child_directories (notmuch_directory_t *directory);
+
+/* Destroy a notmuch_directory_t object. */
+void
+notmuch_directory_destroy (notmuch_directory_t *directory);
+
+/* Is the given 'filenames' iterator pointing at a valid filename.
+ *
+ * When this function returns TRUE, notmuch_filenames_get will return
+ * a valid string. Whereas when this function returns FALSE,
+ * notmuch_filenames_get will return NULL.
+ *
+ * It is acceptable to pass NULL for 'filenames', in which case this
+ * function will always return FALSE.
+ */
+notmuch_bool_t
+notmuch_filenames_valid (notmuch_filenames_t *filenames);
+
+/* Get the current filename from 'filenames' as a string.
+ *
+ * Note: The returned string belongs to 'filenames' and has a lifetime
+ * identical to it (and the directory to which it ultimately belongs).
+ *
+ * It is acceptable to pass NULL for 'filenames', in which case this
+ * function will always return NULL.
+ */
+const char *
+notmuch_filenames_get (notmuch_filenames_t *filenames);
+
+/* Move the 'filenames' iterator to the next filename.
+ *
+ * If 'filenames' is already pointing at the last filename then the
+ * iterator will be moved to a point just beyond that last filename,
+ * (where notmuch_filenames_valid will return FALSE and
+ * notmuch_filenames_get will return NULL).
+ *
+ * It is acceptable to pass NULL for 'filenames', in which case this
+ * function will do nothing.
+ */
+void
+notmuch_filenames_move_to_next (notmuch_filenames_t *filenames);
+
+/* Destroy a notmuch_filenames_t object.
+ *
+ * It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from
+ * the notmuch_filenames_t object will be reclaimed when the
+ * containing directory object is destroyed.
+ *
+ * It is acceptable to pass NULL for 'filenames', in which case this
+ * function will do nothing.
+ */
+void
+notmuch_filenames_destroy (notmuch_filenames_t *filenames);
+
NOTMUCH_END_DECLS
#endif
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