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diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend.h b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend.h
index 821f5bf..ebeb42d 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend.h
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend.h
@@ -20,4 +20,9 @@
* History:
* $Log$
+ * Revision 1.5 2003/04/13 18:07:10 zecke
+ * More API doc
+ * QString -> const QString&
+ * QString = 0l -> QString::null
+ *
* Revision 1.4 2002/11/13 14:14:51 eilers
* Added sorted for Contacts..
@@ -45,6 +50,16 @@
#include "opimaccessbackend.h"
-#include "qregexp.h"
+#include <qregexp.h>
+/**
+ * This class represents the interface of all Contact Backends.
+ * Derivates of this class will be used to access the contacts.
+ * As implementation currently XML and vCard exist. This class needs to be implemented
+ * if you want to provide your own storage.
+ * In all queries a list of uids is passed on instead of loading the actual record!
+ *
+ * @see OContactAccessBackend_VCard
+ * @see OContactAccessBackend_XML
+ */
class OContactAccessBackend: public OPimAccessBackend<OContact> {
public:
@@ -53,5 +68,6 @@ class OContactAccessBackend: public OPimAccessBackend<OContact> {
- /** Return if database was changed externally.
+ /**
+ * Return if database was changed externally.
* This may just make sense on file based databases like a XML-File.
* It is used to prevent to overwrite the current database content
@@ -69,5 +85,6 @@ class OContactAccessBackend: public OPimAccessBackend<OContact> {
virtual QArray<int> matchRegexp( const QRegExp &r ) const = 0;
- /** Return all possible settings.
+ /**
+ * Return all possible settings.
* @return All settings provided by the current backend
* (i.e.: query_WildCards & query_IgnoreCase)
@@ -75,9 +92,14 @@ class OContactAccessBackend: public OPimAccessBackend<OContact> {
virtual const uint querySettings() = 0;
- /** Check whether settings are correct.
+ /**
+ * Check whether settings are correct.
* @return <i>true</i> if the given settings are correct and possible.
*/
virtual bool hasQuerySettings (uint querySettings) const = 0;
+ /**
+ * FIXME!!!
+ * Returns a sorted list of records either ascendinf or descending for a giving criteria and category
+ */
virtual QArray<int> sorted( bool ascending, int sortOrder, int sortFilter, int cat ) = 0;