+
+ 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
+ """
+ if self._msgs is None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+ # collect all tags (returns NULL on error)
+ tags_p = Messages._collect_tags (self._msgs)
+ #reset _msgs as we iterated over it and can do so only once
+ self._msgs = None
+
+ if tags_p == None:
+ raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
+ return Tags(tags_p, self)
+