* 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
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);
*
* After a successful call to notmuch_database_create, the returned
* database will be open so the caller should call
- * notmuch_database_close when finished with it.
+ * notmuch_database_destroy when finished with it.
*
* The database will not yet have any data in it
* (notmuch_database_create itself is a very cheap function). Messages
* contained within 'path' can be added to the database by calling
* notmuch_database_add_message.
*
- * In case of any failure, this function returns NULL, (after printing
- * an error message on stderr).
+ * In case of any failure, this function returns an error status and
+ * sets *database to NULL (after printing an error message on stderr).
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully created the database.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'path' argument is NULL.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Out of memory.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: An error occurred trying to create the
+ * database file (such as permission denied, or file not found,
+ * etc.), or the database already exists.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred.
*/
-notmuch_database_t *
-notmuch_database_create (const char *path);
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_create (const char *path, notmuch_database_t **database);
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. */
-
/* Open an existing notmuch database located at 'path'.
*
* The database should have been created at some time in the past,
* An existing notmuch database can be identified by the presence of a
* directory named ".notmuch" below 'path'.
*
- * The caller should call notmuch_database_close when finished with
+ * The caller should call notmuch_database_destroy when finished with
* this database.
*
- * In case of any failure, this function returns NULL, (after printing
- * an error message on stderr).
+ * In case of any failure, this function returns an error status and
+ * sets *database to NULL (after printing an error message on stderr).
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully opened the database.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'path' argument is NULL.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Out of memory.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR: An error occurred trying to open the
+ * database file (such as permission denied, or file not found,
+ * etc.), or the database version is unknown.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred.
*/
-notmuch_database_t *
+notmuch_status_t
notmuch_database_open (const char *path,
- notmuch_database_mode_t mode);
+ notmuch_database_mode_t mode,
+ notmuch_database_t **database);
-/* Close the given notmuch database, freeing all associated
- * resources. See notmuch_database_open. */
+/* Close the given notmuch database.
+ *
+ * After notmuch_database_close has been called, calls to other
+ * functions on objects derived from this database may either behave
+ * as if the database had not been closed (e.g., if the required data
+ * has been cached) or may fail with a
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION.
+ *
+ * notmuch_database_close can be called multiple times. Later calls
+ * have no effect.
+ */
void
notmuch_database_close (notmuch_database_t *database);
+/* Destroy the notmuch database, closing it if necessary and freeing
+* all associated resources. */
+void
+notmuch_database_destroy (notmuch_database_t *database);
+
/* Return the database path of the given database.
*
* The return value is a string owned by notmuch so should not be
double progress),
void *closure);
+/* Begin an atomic database operation.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * Atomic sections may be nested. begin_atomic and end_atomic must
+ * always be called in pairs.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * 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: Successfully completed atomic section.
+ *
+ * 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_end_atomic (notmuch_database_t *notmuch);
+
/* Retrieve a directory object from the database for 'path'.
*
* 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'.
*
- * Can return NULL if a Xapian exception occurs.
+ * If this directory object does not exist in the database, this
+ * returns NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS and sets *directory to NULL.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully retrieved directory.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The given 'directory' argument is NULL.
+ *
+ * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred;
+ * directory not retrieved.
*/
-notmuch_directory_t *
+notmuch_status_t
notmuch_database_get_directory (notmuch_database_t *database,
- const char *path);
+ const char *path,
+ notmuch_directory_t **directory);
-/* 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.
*
- * This function returns NULL in the following situations:
+ * Return value:
*
- * * No message is found with the given message_id
- * * An out-of-memory situation occurs
- * * A Xapian exception occurs
+ * 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 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.
*
const char *
notmuch_query_get_query_string (notmuch_query_t *query);
+/* Specify whether to omit excluded results or simply flag them. By
+ * default, this is set to TRUE.
+ *
+ * If this is TRUE, notmuch_query_search_messages will omit excluded
+ * messages from the results. notmuch_query_search_threads will omit
+ * threads that match only in excluded messages, but will include all
+ * messages in threads that match in at least one non-excluded
+ * message.
+ *
+ * The performance difference when calling
+ * notmuch_query_search_messages should be relatively small (and both
+ * should be very fast). However, in some cases,
+ * notmuch_query_search_threads is very much faster when omitting
+ * excluded messages as it does not need to construct the threads that
+ * only match in excluded messages.
+ */
+
+void
+notmuch_query_set_omit_excluded (notmuch_query_t *query, notmuch_bool_t omit_excluded);
+
/* Specify the sorting desired for this query. */
void
notmuch_query_set_sort (notmuch_query_t *query, notmuch_sort_t 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
*
* 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);
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);
* 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.
+ * 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_MATCH,
+ NOTMUCH_MESSAGE_FLAG_EXCLUDED
} notmuch_message_flag_t;
/* Get a value of a flag for the email corresponding to 'message'. */
* flags, and adds or removes tags on 'message' as follows when these
* flags are present:
*
- * Flag Action
- * ---- ------
+ * 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
*
- * The only filenames examined for flags are filenames which appear to
- * be within a maildir directory, (the file must be in a directory
- * named "new" or "cur" and there must be a neighboring directory
- * named respectively "cur" or "new"). The flags are identified as
- * trailing components of the filename after a sequence of ":2,".
+ * 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
*
* 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" with a neighboring directory named respectively "cur" or
- * "new".)
+ * 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' if the message has the "draft" tag
- * 'F' if the message has the "flagged" tag
- * 'P' if the message has the "passed" tag
- * 'R' if the message has the "replied" tag
- * 'S' if the message does not have the "unread" tag
+ * '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 are left
- * unaffected by the rename.
+ * 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".