/* notmuch - Not much of an email library, (just index and search) * * Copyright © 2009 Carl Worth * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ . * * Author: Carl Worth */ /** * @defgroup notmuch The notmuch API * * Not much of an email library, (just index and search) * * @{ */ #ifndef NOTMUCH_H #define NOTMUCH_H #ifndef __DOXYGEN__ #ifdef __cplusplus # define NOTMUCH_BEGIN_DECLS extern "C" { # define NOTMUCH_END_DECLS } #else # define NOTMUCH_BEGIN_DECLS # define NOTMUCH_END_DECLS #endif NOTMUCH_BEGIN_DECLS #include #ifndef FALSE #define FALSE 0 #endif #ifndef TRUE #define TRUE 1 #endif /* * The library version number. This must agree with the soname * version in Makefile.local. */ #define LIBNOTMUCH_MAJOR_VERSION 4 #define LIBNOTMUCH_MINOR_VERSION 3 #define LIBNOTMUCH_MICRO_VERSION 0 #define NOTMUCH_DEPRECATED(major,minor) \ __attribute__ ((deprecated ("function deprecated as of libnotmuch " #major "." #minor))) #endif /* __DOXYGEN__ */ /** * Check the version of the notmuch library being compiled against. * * Return true if the library being compiled against is of the * specified version or above. For example: * * @code * #if LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION(3, 1, 0) * (code requiring libnotmuch 3.1.0 or above) * #endif * @endcode * * LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION has been defined since version 3.1.0; to * check for versions prior to that, use: * * @code * #if !defined(NOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION) * (code requiring libnotmuch prior to 3.1.0) * #endif * @endcode */ #define LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION (major, minor, micro) \ (LIBNOTMUCH_MAJOR_VERSION > (major) || \ (LIBNOTMUCH_MAJOR_VERSION == (major) && LIBNOTMUCH_MINOR_VERSION > (minor)) || \ (LIBNOTMUCH_MAJOR_VERSION == (major) && LIBNOTMUCH_MINOR_VERSION == (minor) && \ LIBNOTMUCH_MICRO_VERSION >= (micro))) /** * Notmuch boolean type. */ typedef int notmuch_bool_t; /** * Status codes used for the return values of most functions. * * A zero value (NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) indicates that the function * completed without error. Any other value indicates an error. */ typedef enum _notmuch_status { /** * No error occurred. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS = 0, /** * Out of memory. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY, /** * An attempt was made to write to a database opened in read-only * mode. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_READ_ONLY_DATABASE, /** * A Xapian exception occurred. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION, /** * An error occurred trying to read or write to a file (this could * be file not found, permission denied, etc.) * * @todo We don't really want to expose this lame XAPIAN_EXCEPTION * value. Instead we should map to things like DATABASE_LOCKED or * whatever. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR, /** * A file was presented that doesn't appear to be an email * message. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL, /** * A file contains a message ID that is identical to a message * already in the database. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID, /** * The user erroneously passed a NULL pointer to a notmuch * function. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER, /** * A tag value is too long (exceeds NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX). */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_TAG_TOO_LONG, /** * The notmuch_message_thaw function has been called more times * than notmuch_message_freeze. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_FREEZE_THAW, /** * notmuch_database_end_atomic has been called more times than * notmuch_database_begin_atomic. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNBALANCED_ATOMIC, /** * The operation is not supported. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION, /** * The operation requires a database upgrade. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED, /** * There is a problem with the proposed path, e.g. a relative path * passed to a function expecting an absolute path. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_PATH_ERROR, /** * A MIME object claimed to have cryptographic protection which * notmuch tried to handle, but the protocol was not specified in * an intelligible way. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_MALFORMED_CRYPTO_PROTOCOL, /** * Notmuch attempted to do crypto processing, but could not * initialize the engine needed to do so. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_FAILED_CRYPTO_CONTEXT_CREATION, /** * A MIME object claimed to have cryptographic protection, and * notmuch attempted to process it, but the specific protocol was * something that notmuch doesn't know how to handle. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNKNOWN_CRYPTO_PROTOCOL, /** * Not an actual status value. Just a way to find out how many * valid status values there are. */ NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS } notmuch_status_t; /** * Get a string representation of a notmuch_status_t value. * * The result is read-only. */ const char * notmuch_status_to_string (notmuch_status_t status); /* Various opaque data types. For each notmuch__t see the various * notmuch_ functions below. */ #ifndef __DOXYGEN__ typedef struct _notmuch_database notmuch_database_t; typedef struct _notmuch_query notmuch_query_t; typedef struct _notmuch_threads notmuch_threads_t; typedef struct _notmuch_thread notmuch_thread_t; 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; #endif /* __DOXYGEN__ */ /** * Create a new, empty notmuch database located at 'path'. * * The path should be a top-level directory to a collection of * plain-text email messages (one message per file). This call will * create a new ".notmuch" directory within 'path' where notmuch will * store its data. * * After a successful call to notmuch_database_create, the returned * database will be open so the caller should call * 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 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_status_t notmuch_database_create (const char *path, notmuch_database_t **database); /** * Like notmuch_database_create, except optionally return an error * message. This message is allocated by malloc and should be freed by * the caller. */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_database_create_verbose (const char *path, notmuch_database_t **database, char **error_message); /** * Database open mode for notmuch_database_open. */ typedef enum { /** * Open database for reading only. */ NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY = 0, /** * Open database for reading and writing. */ NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE } notmuch_database_mode_t; /** * Open an existing notmuch database located at 'path'. * * The database should have been created at some time in the past, * (not necessarily by this process), by calling * 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'. * * The caller should call notmuch_database_destroy when finished with * this database. * * 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_status_t notmuch_database_open (const char *path, notmuch_database_mode_t mode, notmuch_database_t **database); /** * Like notmuch_database_open, except optionally return an error * message. This message is allocated by malloc and should be freed by * the caller. */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_database_open_verbose (const char *path, notmuch_database_mode_t mode, notmuch_database_t **database, char **error_message); /** * Retrieve last status string for given database. * */ const char * notmuch_database_status_string (const notmuch_database_t *notmuch); /** * Commit changes and 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. * * For writable databases, notmuch_database_close commits all changes * to disk before closing the database. If the caller is currently in * an atomic section (there was a notmuch_database_begin_atomic * without a matching notmuch_database_end_atomic), this will discard * changes made in that atomic section (but still commit changes made * prior to entering the atomic section). * * Return value: * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Successfully closed the database. * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: A Xapian exception occurred; the * database has been closed but there are no guarantees the * changes to the database, if any, have been flushed to disk. */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_database_close (notmuch_database_t *database); /** * A callback invoked by notmuch_database_compact to notify the user * of the progress of the compaction process. */ typedef void (*notmuch_compact_status_cb_t)(const char *message, void *closure); /** * Compact a notmuch database, backing up the original database to the * given path. * * The database will be opened with NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE * during the compaction process to ensure no writes are made. * * If the optional callback function 'status_cb' is non-NULL, it will * be called with diagnostic and informational messages. The argument * 'closure' is passed verbatim to any callback invoked. */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_database_compact (const char* path, const char* backup_path, notmuch_compact_status_cb_t status_cb, void *closure); /** * Destroy the notmuch database, closing it if necessary and freeing * all associated resources. * * Return value as in notmuch_database_close if the database was open; * notmuch_database_destroy itself has no failure modes. */ notmuch_status_t 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 * modified nor freed by the caller. */ const char * notmuch_database_get_path (notmuch_database_t *database); /** * Return the database format version of the given database. */ unsigned int notmuch_database_get_version (notmuch_database_t *database); /** * Can the database be upgraded to a newer database version? * * If this function returns TRUE, then the caller may call * notmuch_database_upgrade to upgrade the database. If the caller * does not upgrade an out-of-date database, then some functions may * fail with NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED. This always returns * FALSE for a read-only database because there's no way to upgrade a * read-only database. */ notmuch_bool_t notmuch_database_needs_upgrade (notmuch_database_t *database); /** * Upgrade the current database to the latest supported version. * * This ensures that all current notmuch functionality will be * available on the database. After opening a database in read-write * mode, it is recommended that clients check if an upgrade is needed * (notmuch_database_needs_upgrade) and if so, upgrade with this * function before making any modifications. If * notmuch_database_needs_upgrade returns FALSE, this will be a no-op. * * 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. The argument 'closure' is passed verbatim to * any callback invoked. */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_database_upgrade (notmuch_database_t *database, void (*progress_notify) (void *closure, 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); /** * Return the committed database revision and UUID. * * The database revision number increases monotonically with each * commit to the database. Hence, all messages and message changes * committed to the database (that is, visible to readers) have a last * modification revision <= the committed database revision. Any * messages committed in the future will be assigned a modification * revision > the committed database revision. * * The UUID is a NUL-terminated opaque string that uniquely identifies * this database. Two revision numbers are only comparable if they * have the same database UUID. */ unsigned long notmuch_database_get_revision (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, const char **uuid); /** * 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'. * * If this directory object does not exist in the database, this * returns NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS and sets *directory to NULL. * * Otherwise the returned directory object is owned by the database * and as such, will only be valid until notmuch_database_destroy is * called. * * 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_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED: The caller must upgrade the * database to use this function. */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_database_get_directory (notmuch_database_t *database, const char *path, notmuch_directory_t **directory); /** * 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 * 'database' (see notmuch_database_get_path), or else should be an * absolute filename with initial components that match the path of * 'database'. * * The file should be a single mail message (not a multi-message mbox) * that is expected to remain at its current location, (since the * 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 * such as adding tags to the just-added message. The user should call * notmuch_message_destroy when done with the message. On any failure * '*message' will be set to NULL. * * Return value: * * 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. 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, * etc.). Nothing added to the database. * * 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_UPGRADE_REQUIRED: The caller must upgrade the * database to use this function. */ 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_UPGRADE_REQUIRED: The caller must upgrade the * database to use this function. */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_database_remove_message (notmuch_database_t *database, const char *filename); /** * Find a message with the given message_id. * * 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'. * * 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_status_t notmuch_database_find_message (notmuch_database_t *database, 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_UPGRADE_REQUIRED: The caller must upgrade the * database to use this function. */ 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'. * * Here, 'database' should be an open database, (see * notmuch_database_open and notmuch_database_create). * * For the query string, we'll document the syntax here more * completely in the future, but it's likely to be a specialized * version of the general Xapian query syntax: * * http://xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html * * 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. * 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. * * Will return NULL if insufficient memory is available. */ notmuch_query_t * notmuch_query_create (notmuch_database_t *database, const char *query_string); /** * Sort values for notmuch_query_set_sort. */ typedef enum { /** * Oldest first. */ NOTMUCH_SORT_OLDEST_FIRST, /** * Newest first. */ NOTMUCH_SORT_NEWEST_FIRST, /** * Sort by message-id. */ NOTMUCH_SORT_MESSAGE_ID, /** * Do not sort. */ NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED } notmuch_sort_t; /** * Return the query_string of this query. See notmuch_query_create. */ const char * notmuch_query_get_query_string (const notmuch_query_t *query); /** * Return the notmuch database of this query. See notmuch_query_create. */ notmuch_database_t * notmuch_query_get_database (const notmuch_query_t *query); /** * Exclude values for notmuch_query_set_omit_excluded. The strange * order is to maintain backward compatibility: the old FALSE/TRUE * options correspond to the new * NOTMUCH_EXCLUDE_FLAG/NOTMUCH_EXCLUDE_TRUE options. */ typedef enum { NOTMUCH_EXCLUDE_FLAG, NOTMUCH_EXCLUDE_TRUE, NOTMUCH_EXCLUDE_FALSE, NOTMUCH_EXCLUDE_ALL } notmuch_exclude_t; /** * Specify whether to omit excluded results or simply flag them. By * default, this is set to TRUE. * * If set to TRUE or ALL, notmuch_query_search_messages will omit excluded * messages from the results, and notmuch_query_search_threads will omit * threads that match only in excluded messages. If set to TRUE, * notmuch_query_search_threads will include all messages in threads that * match in at least one non-excluded message. Otherwise, if set to ALL, * notmuch_query_search_threads will omit excluded messages from all threads. * * If set to FALSE or FLAG then both notmuch_query_search_messages and * notmuch_query_search_threads will return all matching * messages/threads regardless of exclude status. If set to FLAG then * the exclude flag will be set for any excluded message that is * returned by notmuch_query_search_messages, and the thread counts * for threads returned by notmuch_query_search_threads will be the * number of non-excluded messages/matches. Otherwise, if set to * FALSE, then the exclude status is completely ignored. * * 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_exclude_t omit_excluded); /** * 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 (const 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. * * Typical usage might be: * * notmuch_query_t *query; * notmuch_threads_t *threads; * notmuch_thread_t *thread; * * query = notmuch_query_create (database, query_string); * * for (threads = notmuch_query_search_threads (query); * notmuch_threads_valid (threads); * notmuch_threads_move_to_next (threads)) * { * thread = notmuch_threads_get (threads); * .... * notmuch_thread_destroy (thread); * } * * notmuch_query_destroy (query); * * Note: If you are finished with a thread before its containing * query, you can call notmuch_thread_destroy to clean up some memory * sooner (as in the above example). Otherwise, if your thread objects * are long-lived, then you don't need to call notmuch_thread_destroy * and all the memory will still be reclaimed when the query is * destroyed. * * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the * 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). * * @since libnotmuch 4.2 (notmuch 0.20) */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_query_search_threads_st (notmuch_query_t *query, notmuch_threads_t **out); /** * Like notmuch_query_search_threads_st, but without a status return. * * If a Xapian exception occurs this function will return NULL. * * @deprecated Deprecated as of libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21). Please * use notmuch_query_search_threads_st instead. * */ NOTMUCH_DEPRECATED(4,3) notmuch_threads_t * 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. * * Typical usage might be: * * notmuch_query_t *query; * notmuch_messages_t *messages; * notmuch_message_t *message; * * query = notmuch_query_create (database, query_string); * * for (messages = notmuch_query_search_messages (query); * notmuch_messages_valid (messages); * notmuch_messages_move_to_next (messages)) * { * message = notmuch_messages_get (messages); * .... * notmuch_message_destroy (message); * } * * notmuch_query_destroy (query); * * Note: If you are finished with a message before its containing * query, you can call notmuch_message_destroy to clean up some memory * sooner (as in the above example). Otherwise, if your message * objects are long-lived, then you don't need to call * notmuch_message_destroy and all the memory will still be reclaimed * when the query is destroyed. * * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the * 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. * * @since libnotmuch 4.2 (notmuch 0.20) */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_query_search_messages_st (notmuch_query_t *query, notmuch_messages_t **out); /** * Like notmuch_query_search_messages, but without a status return. * * If a Xapian exception occurs this function will return NULL. * * @deprecated Deprecated as of libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21). Please use * notmuch_query_search_messages_st instead. * */ NOTMUCH_DEPRECATED(4,3) notmuch_messages_t * 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_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); /** * 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, * notmuch_threads_get will return NULL. * * If passed a NULL pointer, this function returns FALSE * * 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_valid (notmuch_threads_t *threads); /** * Get the current thread from 'threads' as a notmuch_thread_t. * * Note: The returned thread belongs to 'threads' and has a lifetime * identical to it (and the query to which it belongs). * * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_threads for example * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_threads_t object. * * If an out-of-memory situation occurs, this function will return * NULL. */ notmuch_thread_t * notmuch_threads_get (notmuch_threads_t *threads); /** * 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_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 * containing query object is destroyed. */ void notmuch_threads_destroy (notmuch_threads_t *threads); /** * Return the number of messages matching a search. * * This function performs a search and returns the number of matching * messages. * * @returns * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: query completed successfully. * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: a Xapian exception occured. The * value of *count is not defined. * * @since libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21) */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_query_count_messages_st (notmuch_query_t *query, unsigned int *count); /** * like notmuch_query_count_messages_st, but without a status return. * * May return 0 in the case of errors. * * @deprecated Deprecated since libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21). Please * use notmuch_query_count_messages_st instead. */ NOTMUCH_DEPRECATED(4,3) unsigned int 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{_st}(). * * @returns * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY: Memory allocation failed. The value * of *count is not defined * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: query completed successfully. * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: a Xapian exception occured. The * value of *count is not defined. * * @since libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21) */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_query_count_threads_st (notmuch_query_t *query, unsigned *count); /** * like notmuch_query_count_threads, but without a status return. * * May return 0 in case of errors. * * @deprecated Deprecated as of libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21). Please * use notmuch_query_count_threads_st instead. */ NOTMUCH_DEPRECATED(4,3) unsigned int 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 * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the * thread is valid, (which is until notmuch_thread_destroy or until * the query from which it derived is destroyed). */ const char * notmuch_thread_get_thread_id (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /** * Get the total number of messages in 'thread'. * * This count consists of all messages in the database belonging to * this thread. Contrast with notmuch_thread_get_matched_messages() . */ int notmuch_thread_get_total_messages (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /** * Get a notmuch_messages_t iterator for the top-level messages in * 'thread' in oldest-first order. * * This iterator will not necessarily iterate over all of the messages * in the thread. It will only iterate over the messages in the thread * which are not replies to other messages in the thread. * * The returned list will be destroyed when the thread is destroyed. */ notmuch_messages_t * notmuch_thread_get_toplevel_messages (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /** * Get a notmuch_thread_t iterator for all messages in 'thread' in * oldest-first order. * * The returned list will be destroyed when the thread is destroyed. */ notmuch_messages_t * notmuch_thread_get_messages (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /** * 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 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); /** * Get the authors of 'thread' as a UTF-8 string. * * The returned string is a comma-separated list of the names of the * authors of mail messages in the query results that belong to this * thread. * * The string contains authors of messages matching the query first, then * non-matched authors (with the two groups separated by '|'). Within * each group, authors are ordered by date. * * The returned string belongs to 'thread' and as such, should not be * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the * thread is valid, (which is until notmuch_thread_destroy or until * the query from which it derived is destroyed). */ const char * notmuch_thread_get_authors (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /** * Get the subject of 'thread' as a UTF-8 string. * * The subject is taken from the first message (according to the query * order---see notmuch_query_set_sort) in the query results that * belongs to this thread. * * The returned string belongs to 'thread' and as such, should not be * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the * thread is valid, (which is until notmuch_thread_destroy or until * the query from which it derived is destroyed). */ const char * notmuch_thread_get_subject (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /** * Get the date of the oldest message in 'thread' as a time_t value. */ time_t notmuch_thread_get_oldest_date (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /** * 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); /** * Get the tags for 'thread', returning a notmuch_tags_t object which * can be used to iterate over all tags. * * Note: In the Notmuch database, tags are stored on individual * messages, not on threads. So the tags returned here will be all * tags of the messages which matched the search and which belong to * this thread. * * The tags object is owned by the thread and as such, will only be * valid for as long as the thread is valid, (for example, until * notmuch_thread_destroy or until the query from which it derived is * destroyed). * * Typical usage might be: * * notmuch_thread_t *thread; * notmuch_tags_t *tags; * const char *tag; * * thread = notmuch_threads_get (threads); * * for (tags = notmuch_thread_get_tags (thread); * notmuch_tags_valid (tags); * notmuch_tags_move_to_next (tags)) * { * tag = notmuch_tags_get (tags); * .... * } * * notmuch_thread_destroy (thread); * * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the * notmuch_tags_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a * notmuch_tags_destroy function, but there's no good reason to call * it if the message is about to be destroyed). */ notmuch_tags_t * notmuch_thread_get_tags (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /** * Destroy a notmuch_thread_t object. */ void notmuch_thread_destroy (notmuch_thread_t *thread); /** * 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, * 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. */ notmuch_bool_t notmuch_messages_valid (notmuch_messages_t *messages); /** * Get the current message from 'messages' as a notmuch_message_t. * * Note: The returned message belongs to 'messages' and has a lifetime * identical to it (and the query to which it belongs). * * See the documentation of notmuch_query_search_messages for example * code showing how to iterate over a notmuch_messages_t object. * * If an out-of-memory situation occurs, this function will return * NULL. */ notmuch_message_t * notmuch_messages_get (notmuch_messages_t *messages); /** * 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_move_to_next (notmuch_messages_t *messages); /** * Destroy a notmuch_messages_t object. * * It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from * the notmuch_messages_t object will be reclaimed when the containing * query object is destroyed. */ 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 * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the * message is valid, (which is until the query from which it derived * is destroyed). * * This function will not return NULL since Notmuch ensures that every * message has a unique message ID, (Notmuch will generate an ID for a * message if the original file does not contain one). */ const char * notmuch_message_get_message_id (notmuch_message_t *message); /** * Get the thread ID of 'message'. * * The returned string belongs to 'message' and as such, should not be * modified by the caller and will only be valid for as long as the * message is valid, (for example, until the user calls * notmuch_message_destroy on 'message' or until a query from which it * derived is destroyed). * * This function will not return NULL since Notmuch ensures that every * message belongs to a single thread. */ const char * notmuch_message_get_thread_id (notmuch_message_t *message); /** * Get a notmuch_messages_t iterator for all of the replies to * 'message'. * * Note: This call only makes sense if 'message' was ultimately * obtained from a notmuch_thread_t object, (such as by coming * directly from the result of calling notmuch_thread_get_ * toplevel_messages or by any number of subsequent * calls to notmuch_message_get_replies). * * If 'message' was obtained through some non-thread means, (such as * by a call to notmuch_query_search_messages), then this function * will return NULL. * * If there are no replies to 'message', this function will return * 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 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). * * 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, /* This message is a "ghost message", meaning it has no filenames * or content, but we know it exists because it was referenced by * some other message. A ghost message has only a message ID and * thread ID. */ NOTMUCH_MESSAGE_FLAG_GHOST, } 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 call notmuch_message_get_header() with a header value of * "date". */ time_t notmuch_message_get_date (notmuch_message_t *message); /** * Get the value of the specified header from 'message' as a UTF-8 string. * * Common headers are stored in the database when the message is * indexed and will be returned from the database. Other headers will * be read from the actual message file. * * The header name is case insensitive. * * 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). * * Returns an empty string ("") if the message does not contain a * header line matching 'header'. Returns NULL if any error occurs. */ const char * notmuch_message_get_header (notmuch_message_t *message, const char *header); /** * Get the tags for 'message', returning a notmuch_tags_t object which * can be used to iterate over all tags. * * The tags object is owned by the message and as such, will only be * valid for as long as the message is valid, (which is until the * query from which it derived is destroyed). * * Typical usage might be: * * notmuch_message_t *message; * notmuch_tags_t *tags; * const char *tag; * * message = notmuch_database_find_message (database, message_id); * * for (tags = notmuch_message_get_tags (message); * notmuch_tags_valid (tags); * notmuch_tags_move_to_next (tags)) * { * tag = notmuch_tags_get (tags); * .... * } * * notmuch_message_destroy (message); * * Note that there's no explicit destructor needed for the * notmuch_tags_t object. (For consistency, we do provide a * notmuch_tags_destroy function, but there's no good reason to call * it if the message is about to be destroyed). */ notmuch_tags_t * notmuch_message_get_tags (notmuch_message_t *message); /** * The longest possible tag value. */ #define NOTMUCH_TAG_MAX 200 /** * Add a tag to the given message. * * Return value: * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Tag successfully added to message * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The 'tag' argument is NULL * * 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); /** * Remove a tag from the given message. * * Return value: * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Tag successfully removed from message * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER: The 'tag' argument is NULL * * 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); /** * Remove all tags from the given message. * * 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. */ 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_add_tag, notmuch_message_remove_tag, and * 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 will * "stack". That is there must be as many calls to thaw as to freeze * before a message is actually thawed. * * The ability to do freeze/thaw allows for safe transactions to * change tag values. For example, explicitly setting a message to * have a given set of tags might look like this: * * notmuch_message_freeze (message); * * notmuch_message_remove_all_tags (message); * * for (i = 0; i < NUM_TAGS; i++) * notmuch_message_add_tag (message, tags[i]); * * 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 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. */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_message_freeze (notmuch_message_t *message); /** * Thaw the current 'message', synchronizing any changes that may have * occurred while 'message' was frozen into the notmuch database. * * See notmuch_message_freeze for an example of how to use this * function to safely provide tag changes. * * Multiple calls to freeze/thaw are valid and these calls with * "stack". That is there must be as many calls to thaw as to freeze * before a message is actually thawed. * * Return value: * * NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS: Message successfully thawed, (or at least * its frozen count has successfully been reduced by 1). * * 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. */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_message_thaw (notmuch_message_t *message); /** * Destroy a notmuch_message_t object. * * It can be useful to call this function in the case of a single * query object with many messages in the result, (such as iterating * over the entire database). Otherwise, it's fine to never call this * function and there will still be no memory leaks. (The memory from * the messages get reclaimed when the containing query is destroyed.) */ void notmuch_message_destroy (notmuch_message_t *message); /** * 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, * 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. */ notmuch_bool_t notmuch_tags_valid (notmuch_tags_t *tags); /** * Get the current tag from 'tags' as a string. * * Note: The returned string belongs to 'tags' and has a lifetime * identical to it (and the query to which it ultimately belongs). * * See the documentation of notmuch_message_get_tags for example code * showing how to iterate over a notmuch_tags_t object. */ const char * notmuch_tags_get (notmuch_tags_t *tags); /** * 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_move_to_next (notmuch_tags_t *tags); /** * Destroy a notmuch_tags_t object. * * It's not strictly necessary to call this function. All memory from * the notmuch_tags_t object will be reclaimed when the containing * message or query objects are destroyed. */ 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_filenames_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); /** * Delete directory document from the database, and destroy the * notmuch_directory_t object. Assumes any child directories and files * have been deleted by the caller. * * @since libnotmuch 4.3 (notmuch 0.21) */ notmuch_status_t notmuch_directory_delete (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