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 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
* NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID: Message has the same message
* ID as another message already in the database. The new
* filename was successfully added to the message in the database
- * (if not already present).
+ * (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,
const char *filename,
notmuch_message_t **message);
-/* Remove a message from the given notmuch database.
+/* Remove a message filename from the given notmuch database. If the
+ * message has no more filenames, remove the message.
*
- * Note that only this particular filename association is removed from
- * the database. 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.
+ * 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:
*
/* 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'.
*
- * This function returns NULL in the following situations:
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'message' argument is NULL
*
- * * No message is found with the given message_id
- * * An out-of-memory situation occurs
- * * A Xapian exception occurs
+ * 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 a
- * new notmuch_message_t object is returned. The caller should call
- * notmuch_message_destroy when done with the message.
+ * 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.
*
- * This function returns NULL in the following situations:
+ * 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.
*
- * * No message is found with the given filename
- * * An out-of-memory situation occurs
- * * A Xapian exception occurs
+ * 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_message_t *
+notmuch_status_t
notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
- const char *filename);
+ const char *filename,
+ notmuch_message_t **message);
/* Return a list of all tags found in the database.
*
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