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authorbertrand <Bertrand.Guiheneuf@aful.org>1999-09-08 18:11:54 +0800
committerBertrand Guiheneuf <bertrand@src.gnome.org>1999-09-08 18:11:54 +0800
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Documented UIDs.
1999-09-08 bertrand <Bertrand.Guiheneuf@aful.org> * camel/camel-folder.c (camel_folder_has_uid_capability): (camel_folder_get_message_uid): (camel_folder_get_message_uid_by_number): (camel_folder_get_message_by_uid): (camel_folder_get_uid_list): Documented UID methods. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1193
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diff --git a/camel/camel-folder.c b/camel/camel-folder.c
index a21ce9a236..652306c740 100644
--- a/camel/camel-folder.c
+++ b/camel/camel-folder.c
@@ -1008,6 +1008,16 @@ camel_folder_get_summary (CamelFolder *folder)
/* UIDs stuff */
+/**
+ * camel_folder_has_uid_capability: detect if the folder support UIDs
+ * @folder: Folder object
+ *
+ * Detects if a folder supports UID operations, that is
+ * reference messages by a Unique IDentifier instead
+ * of by message number.
+ *
+ * Return value: TRUE if the folder supports UIDs
+ **/
gboolean
camel_folder_has_uid_capability (CamelFolder *folder)
{
@@ -1015,12 +1025,25 @@ camel_folder_has_uid_capability (CamelFolder *folder)
}
+
static gchar *
_get_message_uid (CamelFolder *folder, CamelMimeMessage *message)
{
return NULL;
}
+/**
+ * camel_folder_get_message_uid: get the UID of a message in a folder
+ * @folder: Folder in which the UID must refer to
+ * @message: Message object
+ *
+ * Return the UID of a message relatively to a folder.
+ * A message can have different UID, each one corresponding
+ * to a different folder, if the message is referenced in
+ * several folders.
+ *
+ * Return value: The UID of the message in the folder
+ **/
gchar *
camel_folder_get_message_uid (CamelFolder *folder, CamelMimeMessage *message)
{
@@ -1035,6 +1058,18 @@ _get_message_uid_by_number (CamelFolder *folder, gint message_number)
return NULL;
}
+/**
+ * camel_folder_get_message_uid_by_number: get the UID corresponding to a message number
+ * @folder: Folder object
+ * @message_number: Message number
+ *
+ * get the UID corresponding to a message number.
+ * Use of this routine should be avoiding, as on
+ * folders supporting UIDs, message numbers should
+ * not been used.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ **/
gchar *
camel_folder_get_message_uid_by_number (CamelFolder *folder, gint message_number)
{
@@ -1050,6 +1085,17 @@ _get_message_by_uid (CamelFolder *folder, gchar *uid)
}
+/**
+ * camel_folder_get_message_by_uid: Get a message by its UID in a folder
+ * @folder: the folder object
+ * @uid: the UID
+ *
+ * Get a message from its UID in the folder. Messages
+ * are cached within a folder, that is, asking twice
+ * for the same UID returns the same message object.
+ *
+ * Return value: Message corresponding to the UID
+ **/
CamelMimeMessage *
camel_folder_get_message_by_uid (CamelFolder *folder, gchar *uid)
{
@@ -1063,6 +1109,17 @@ _get_uid_list (CamelFolder *folder)
return NULL;
}
+/**
+ * camel_folder_get_uid_list: get the list of UID in a folder
+ * @folder: folder object
+ *
+ * get the list of UID available in a folder. This
+ * routine is usefull to know what messages are
+ * available when the folder does not support
+ * summaries.
+ *
+ * Return value: Glist of UID correspondind to the messages available in the folder.
+ **/
GList *
camel_folder_get_uid_list (CamelFolder *folder)
{