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diff --git a/camel/README b/camel/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..44f93fa6d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/camel/README @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ + + CAMEL + + + A generic Messaging Library + + + ---- + + +Introduction: +------------- + +Camel will be a generic messaging library. It will evntually support +the standard messaging system for receiving and sending messages. +It aims at being the backend for the future gnome-mailer system. + +The name "camel" stands for ... nothing. Open area of developpement there. +You know, that "bazaar" thing. Maybe could we organize a big contest on +gnome-list to find the best signification :) + +Camel draws heacily from JavaMail and the IMAP4rev1 RFC. +people wanting to hack on a provider are recommended to read the JavaMail +API specification but CMC and MAPI are of interest too. + +Please, before starting anything, wait for me to finish the abstract classes. +Some parts are not definitive yet. + + +Organization: +------------- + +The library is roughly a set of abstract classes, some kind of generic +"interfaces" (idl interfaces, not java interfaces ). + +Particular implementations are called providers. + +Here are the basic objects: + +* CamelService : an abstract class representing an access to a server. +Handles the connection and authentication to any server. + +* CamelStore (CamelService): A hierarchy of folders on a server. + +* CamelFolder : An object containing messages. A folder is always associated +to a store. + +* CamelMessage : An object contained in folders. Is defined by a set of +attribute and a content. (Attributes are generally: The date it was received, +the sender address, .....) + +* CamelTransport (CamelService): A way to send messages. + +.... +... + + |