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+/*
+ * XML Backend for the OPIE-Contact Database.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2002 by Stefan Eilers (Eilers.Stefan@epost.de)
+ *
+ * =====================================================================
+         *This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+         *modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ *      License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ *      version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * =====================================================================
+ * ToDo: XML-Backend: Automatic reload if something was changed...
+ *
+ *
+ * =====================================================================
+ * Version: $Id$
+ * =====================================================================
+ * History:
+ * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.1  2003/02/09 15:05:01  eilers
+ * Nothing happened.. Just some cleanup before I will start..
+ *
+ * Revision 1.12  2003/01/03 16:58:03  eilers
+ * Reenable debug output
+ *
+ * Revision 1.11  2003/01/03 12:31:28  eilers
+ * Bugfix for calculating data diffs..
+ *
+ * Revision 1.10  2003/01/02 14:27:12  eilers
+ * Improved query by example: Search by date is possible.. First step
+ * for a today plugin for birthdays..
+ *
+ * Revision 1.9  2002/12/08 12:48:57  eilers
+ * Moved journal-enum from ocontact into i the xml-backend..
+ *
+ * Revision 1.8  2002/11/14 17:04:24  eilers
+ * Sorting will now work if fullname is identical on some entries
+ *
+ * Revision 1.7  2002/11/13 15:02:46  eilers
+ * Small Bug in sorted fixed
+ *
+ * Revision 1.6  2002/11/13 14:14:51  eilers
+ * Added sorted for Contacts..
+ *
+ * Revision 1.5  2002/11/01 15:10:42  eilers
+ * Added regExp-search in database for all fields in a contact.
+ *
+ * Revision 1.4  2002/10/16 10:52:40  eilers
+ * Added some docu to the interface and now using the cache infrastucture by zecke.. :)
+ *
+ * Revision 1.3  2002/10/14 16:21:54  eilers
+ * Some minor interface updates
+ *
+ * Revision 1.2  2002/10/07 17:34:24  eilers
+ * added OBackendFactory for advanced backend access
+ *
+ * Revision 1.1  2002/09/27 17:11:44  eilers
+ * Added API for accessing the Contact-Database ! It is compiling, but
+ * please do not expect that anything is working !
+ * I will debug that stuff in the next time ..
+ * Please read README_COMPILE for compiling !
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "ocontactaccessbackend_xml.h"
+
+#include <qasciidict.h>
+#include <qdatetime.h>
+#include <qfile.h>
+#include <qfileinfo.h>
+#include <qregexp.h>
+#include <qarray.h>
+#include <qmap.h>
+#include <qdatetime.h> 
+
+#include <qpe/global.h>
+
+#include <opie/xmltree.h>
+#include "ocontactaccessbackend.h"
+#include "ocontactaccess.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+using namespace Opie;
+
+
+OContactAccessBackend_XML::OContactAccessBackend_XML ( QString appname, QString filename = 0l ):
+        m_changed( false )
+{
+        m_appName = appname;
+        
+        /* Set journalfile name ... */
+        m_journalName = getenv("HOME");
+        m_journalName +="/.abjournal" + appname;
+        
+        /* Expecting to access the default filename if nothing else is set */
+        if ( filename.isEmpty() ){
+                m_fileName = Global::applicationFileName( "addressbook","addressbook.xml" );
+        } else
+                m_fileName = filename;
+        
+        /* Load Database now */
+        load ();
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::save() 
+{
+        
+        if ( !m_changed )
+                return true;
+        
+        QString strNewFile = m_fileName + ".new";
+        QFile f( strNewFile );
+        if ( !f.open( IO_WriteOnly|IO_Raw ) )
+                return false;
+        
+        int total_written;
+        QString out;
+        out = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><!DOCTYPE Addressbook ><AddressBook>\n"
+                " <Groups>\n"
+                " </Groups>\n"
+                " <Contacts>\n";
+        //QValueList<Contact>::iterator it;
+        QValueListConstIterator<OContact> it;
+        for ( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ) {
+                out += "<Contact ";
+                (*it).save( out );
+                out += "/>\n";
+                QCString cstr = out.utf8();
+                total_written = f.writeBlock( cstr.data(), cstr.length() );
+                if ( total_written != int(cstr.length()) ) {
+                        f.close();
+                        QFile::remove( strNewFile );
+                        return false;
+                }
+                out = "";
+        }
+        out += " </Contacts>\n</AddressBook>\n";
+        
+        QCString cstr = out.utf8();
+        total_written = f.writeBlock( cstr.data(), cstr.length() );
+        if ( total_written != int( cstr.length() ) ) {
+                f.close();
+                QFile::remove( strNewFile );
+                return false;
+        }
+        f.close();
+        
+        // move the file over, I'm just going to use the system call
+        // because, I don't feel like using QDir.
+        if ( ::rename( strNewFile.latin1(), m_fileName.latin1() ) < 0 ) {
+                qWarning( "problem renaming file %s to %s, errno: %d",
+                          strNewFile.latin1(), m_journalName.latin1(), errno );
+                // remove the tmp file...
+                QFile::remove( strNewFile );
+        }
+        
+        /* The journalfile should be removed now... */
+        removeJournal();
+        
+        m_changed = false;
+        return true;
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::load () 
+{
+        m_contactList.clear();
+        
+        /* Load XML-File and journal if it exists */
+        if ( !load ( m_fileName, false ) )
+                return false;
+        /* The returncode of the journalfile is ignored due to the
+         * fact that it does not exist when this class is instantiated !
+         * But there may such a file exist, if the application crashed.
+         * Therefore we try to load it to get the changes before the #
+         * crash happened...
+         */
+        load (m_journalName, true);
+        
+        return true;
+}
+
+void OContactAccessBackend_XML::clear () 
+{
+        m_contactList.clear();
+        m_changed = false;
+        
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::wasChangedExternally()
+{
+        QFileInfo fi( m_fileName );
+        
+        QDateTime lastmod = fi.lastModified ();
+        
+        return (lastmod != m_readtime);
+}
+
+QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_XML::allRecords() const 
+{
+        QArray<int> uid_list( m_contactList.count() );
+        
+        uint counter = 0; 
+        QValueListConstIterator<OContact> it;
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                uid_list[counter++] = (*it).uid();
+        }
+        
+        return ( uid_list );
+}
+
+OContact OContactAccessBackend_XML::find ( int uid ) const
+{
+        bool found = false;
+        OContact foundContact; //Create empty contact
+        
+        QValueListConstIterator<OContact> it;
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                if ((*it).uid() == uid){
+                        found = true;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        if ( found ){
+                foundContact = *it;
+        }
+        
+        return ( foundContact );
+}
+
+QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_XML::queryByExample ( const OContact &query, int settings )
+{
+        
+        QArray<int> m_currentQuery( m_contactList.count() );
+        QValueListConstIterator<OContact> it;
+        uint arraycounter = 0;
+        
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                /* Search all fields and compare them with query object. Store them into list
+                 * if all fields matches.
+                 */
+                QDate* queryDate = 0l;
+                QDate* checkDate = 0l;
+                bool allcorrect = true;
+                for ( int i = 0; i < Qtopia::Groups; i++ ) {
+                        // Birthday and anniversary are special nonstring fields and should
+                        // be handled specially
+                        switch ( i ){
+                        case Qtopia::Birthday:
+                                queryDate = new QDate( query.birthday() );
+                                checkDate = new QDate( (*it).birthday() );
+                        case Qtopia::Anniversary:
+                                if ( queryDate == 0l ){
+                                        queryDate = new QDate( query.anniversary() );
+                                        checkDate = new QDate( (*it).anniversary() );
+                                }
+                                
+                                if ( queryDate->isValid() ){
+                                        if(  checkDate->isValid() ){
+                                                if ( settings & OContactAccess::DateYear ){
+                                                        if ( queryDate->year() != checkDate->year() )
+                                                                allcorrect = false;
+                                                } 
+                                                if ( settings & OContactAccess::DateMonth ){
+                                                        if ( queryDate->month() != checkDate->month() )
+                                                                allcorrect = false;
+                                                } 
+                                                if ( settings & OContactAccess::DateDay ){
+                                                        if ( queryDate->day() != checkDate->day() )
+                                                                allcorrect = false;
+                                                } 
+                                                if ( settings & OContactAccess::DateDiff ) {
+                                                        QDate current = QDate::currentDate();
+                                                        // We have to equalize the year, otherwise
+                                                        // the search will fail..
+                                                        checkDate->setYMD( current.year(), 
+                                                                           checkDate->month(), 
+                                                                           checkDate->day() );
+                                                        if ( *checkDate < current )
+                                                                checkDate->setYMD( current.year()+1, 
+                                                                                   checkDate->month(), 
+                                                                                   checkDate->day() );
+                                                        qWarning("Checking if %s is between %s and %s ! ", 
+                                                                 checkDate->toString().latin1(),
+                                                                 current.toString().latin1(), 
+                                                                 queryDate->toString().latin1() );
+                                                        if ( current.daysTo( *queryDate ) > 0 ){
+                                                                if ( !( ( *checkDate >= current ) && 
+                                                                        ( *checkDate <= *queryDate ) ) ){
+                                                                        allcorrect = false;
+                                                                        qWarning (" Nope!..");
+                                                                }
+                                                        }
+                                                }
+                                        } else{
+                                                // checkDate is invalid. Therfore this entry is always rejected
+                                                allcorrect = false;
+                                        }
+                                }
+                                
+                                delete queryDate;
+                                queryDate = 0l;
+                                delete checkDate;
+                                checkDate = 0l;
+                                break;
+                        default:
+                                /* Just compare fields which are not empty in the query object */
+                                if ( !query.field(i).isEmpty() ){
+                                        switch ( settings & ~( OContactAccess::IgnoreCase
+                                                               | OContactAccess::DateDiff
+                                                               | OContactAccess::DateYear
+                                                               | OContactAccess::DateMonth
+                                                               | OContactAccess::DateDay
+                                                               | OContactAccess::MatchOne 
+                                                               ) ){
+                                                
+                                        case OContactAccess::RegExp:{
+                                                QRegExp expr ( query.field(i),
+                                                               !(settings & OContactAccess::IgnoreCase),
+                                                               false );
+                                                if ( expr.find ( (*it).field(i), 0 ) == -1 )
+                                                        allcorrect = false;
+                                        }
+                                                break;
+                                        case OContactAccess::WildCards:{
+                                                QRegExp expr ( query.field(i),
+                                                               !(settings & OContactAccess::IgnoreCase),
+                                                               true );
+                                                if ( expr.find ( (*it).field(i), 0 ) == -1 )
+                                                        allcorrect = false;
+                                        }
+                                                break;
+                                        case OContactAccess::ExactMatch:{
+                                                if (settings & OContactAccess::IgnoreCase){
+                                                        if ( query.field(i).upper() !=
+                                                             (*it).field(i).upper() )
+                                                                allcorrect = false;
+                                                }else{
+                                                        if ( query.field(i) != (*it).field(i) )
+                                                                allcorrect = false;
+                                                }
+                                        }
+                                                break;
+                                        }
+                                }
+                        }
+                }
+                if ( allcorrect ){
+                        m_currentQuery[arraycounter++] = (*it).uid();
+                }
+        }
+        
+        // Shrink to fit..
+        m_currentQuery.resize(arraycounter);
+        
+        return m_currentQuery;
+}
+
+QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_XML::matchRegexp(  const QRegExp &r ) const
+{
+        QArray<int> m_currentQuery( m_contactList.count() );
+        QValueListConstIterator<OContact> it;
+        uint arraycounter = 0;
+        
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                if ( (*it).match( r ) ){
+                        m_currentQuery[arraycounter++] = (*it).uid();
+                }
+                
+        }
+        // Shrink to fit..
+        m_currentQuery.resize(arraycounter);
+        
+        return m_currentQuery;
+}
+
+const uint OContactAccessBackend_XML::querySettings()
+{
+        return ( OContactAccess::WildCards
+                 | OContactAccess::IgnoreCase
+                 | OContactAccess::RegExp
+                 | OContactAccess::ExactMatch 
+                 | OContactAccess::DateDiff
+                 | OContactAccess::DateYear
+                 | OContactAccess::DateMonth
+                 | OContactAccess::DateDay
+                 );
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::hasQuerySettings (uint querySettings) const
+{
+        /* OContactAccess::IgnoreCase, DateDiff, DateYear, DateMonth, DateDay 
+         * may be added with any of the other settings. IgnoreCase should never used alone.
+         * Wildcards, RegExp, ExactMatch should never used at the same time...
+         */
+        
+        if ( querySettings == OContactAccess::IgnoreCase ) 
+                return false;
+        
+        switch ( querySettings & ~( OContactAccess::IgnoreCase
+                                    | OContactAccess::DateDiff
+                                    | OContactAccess::DateYear
+                                    | OContactAccess::DateMonth
+                                    | OContactAccess::DateDay
+                                    ) 
+                 ){
+        case OContactAccess::RegExp:
+                return ( true );
+        case OContactAccess::WildCards:
+                return ( true );
+        case OContactAccess::ExactMatch:
+                return ( true );
+        default:
+                return ( false );
+        }
+}
+
+// Currently only asc implemented.. 
+QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_XML::sorted( bool asc,  int , int ,  int ) 
+{
+        QMap<QString, int> nameToUid;
+        QStringList names;
+        QArray<int> m_currentQuery( m_contactList.count() );
+        
+        // First fill map and StringList with all Names 
+        // Afterwards sort namelist and use map to fill array to return..
+        QValueListConstIterator<OContact> it;
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                names.append( (*it).fileAs() + QString::number( (*it).uid() ) );
+                nameToUid.insert( (*it).fileAs() + QString::number( (*it).uid() ), (*it).uid() );
+        }
+        names.sort();
+        
+        int i = 0;
+        if ( asc ){
+                for ( QStringList::Iterator it = names.begin(); it != names.end(); ++it )
+                        m_currentQuery[i++] = nameToUid[ (*it) ];
+        }else{
+                for ( QStringList::Iterator it = names.end(); it != names.begin(); --it )
+                        m_currentQuery[i++] = nameToUid[ (*it) ];
+        }
+        
+        return m_currentQuery;
+        
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::add ( const OContact &newcontact )
+{
+        //qWarning("odefaultbackend: ACTION::ADD");
+        updateJournal (newcontact, ACTION_ADD);
+        addContact_p( newcontact );
+        
+        m_changed = true;
+        
+        return true;
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::replace ( const OContact &contact )
+{
+        m_changed = true;
+        
+        bool found = false;
+        
+        QValueListIterator<OContact> it;
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                if ( (*it).uid() == contact.uid() ){
+                        found = true;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        if (found) {
+                updateJournal (contact, ACTION_REPLACE);
+                m_contactList.remove (it);
+                m_contactList.append (contact);
+                return true;
+        } else
+                return false;
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::remove ( int uid )
+{
+        m_changed = true;
+        
+        bool found = false;
+        QValueListIterator<OContact> it;
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                if ((*it).uid() == uid){
+                        found = true;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        if (found) {
+                updateJournal ( *it, ACTION_REMOVE);
+                m_contactList.remove (it);
+                return true;
+        } else
+                return false;
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::reload(){
+        /* Reload is the same as load in this implementation */
+        return ( load() );
+}
+
+void OContactAccessBackend_XML::addContact_p( const OContact &newcontact )
+{
+        m_contactList.append (newcontact);
+}
+
+/* This function loads the xml-database and the journalfile */
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::load( const QString filename, bool isJournal ) 
+{
+        
+        /* We use the time of the last read to check if the file was
+         * changed externally.
+         */
+        if ( !isJournal ){
+                QFileInfo fi( filename );
+                m_readtime = fi.lastModified ();
+        }
+        
+        const int JOURNALACTION = Qtopia::Notes + 1;
+        const int JOURNALROW = JOURNALACTION + 1;
+        
+        bool foundAction = false;
+        journal_action action = ACTION_ADD;
+        int journalKey = 0;
+        QMap<int, QString> contactMap;
+        QMap<QString, QString> customMap;
+        QMap<QString, QString>::Iterator customIt;
+        QAsciiDict<int> dict( 47 );
+        
+        dict.setAutoDelete( TRUE );
+        dict.insert( "Uid", new int(Qtopia::AddressUid) );
+        dict.insert( "Title", new int(Qtopia::Title) );
+        dict.insert( "FirstName", new int(Qtopia::FirstName) );
+        dict.insert( "MiddleName", new int(Qtopia::MiddleName) );
+        dict.insert( "LastName", new int(Qtopia::LastName) );
+        dict.insert( "Suffix", new int(Qtopia::Suffix) );
+        dict.insert( "FileAs", new int(Qtopia::FileAs) );
+        dict.insert( "Categories", new int(Qtopia::AddressCategory) );
+        dict.insert( "DefaultEmail", new int(Qtopia::DefaultEmail) );
+        dict.insert( "Emails", new int(Qtopia::Emails) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeStreet", new int(Qtopia::HomeStreet) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeCity", new int(Qtopia::HomeCity) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeState", new int(Qtopia::HomeState) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeZip", new int(Qtopia::HomeZip) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeCountry", new int(Qtopia::HomeCountry) );
+        dict.insert( "HomePhone", new int(Qtopia::HomePhone) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeFax", new int(Qtopia::HomeFax) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeMobile", new int(Qtopia::HomeMobile) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeWebPage", new int(Qtopia::HomeWebPage) );
+        dict.insert( "Company", new int(Qtopia::Company) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessStreet", new int(Qtopia::BusinessStreet) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessCity", new int(Qtopia::BusinessCity) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessState", new int(Qtopia::BusinessState) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessZip", new int(Qtopia::BusinessZip) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessCountry", new int(Qtopia::BusinessCountry) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessWebPage", new int(Qtopia::BusinessWebPage) );
+        dict.insert( "JobTitle", new int(Qtopia::JobTitle) );
+        dict.insert( "Department", new int(Qtopia::Department) );
+        dict.insert( "Office", new int(Qtopia::Office) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessPhone", new int(Qtopia::BusinessPhone) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessFax", new int(Qtopia::BusinessFax) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessMobile", new int(Qtopia::BusinessMobile) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessPager", new int(Qtopia::BusinessPager) );
+        dict.insert( "Profession", new int(Qtopia::Profession) );
+        dict.insert( "Assistant", new int(Qtopia::Assistant) );
+        dict.insert( "Manager", new int(Qtopia::Manager) );
+        dict.insert( "Spouse", new int(Qtopia::Spouse) );
+        dict.insert( "Children", new int(Qtopia::Children) );
+        dict.insert( "Gender", new int(Qtopia::Gender) );
+        dict.insert( "Birthday", new int(Qtopia::Birthday) );
+        dict.insert( "Anniversary", new int(Qtopia::Anniversary) );
+        dict.insert( "Nickname", new int(Qtopia::Nickname) );
+        dict.insert( "Notes", new int(Qtopia::Notes) );
+        dict.insert( "action", new int(JOURNALACTION) );
+        dict.insert( "actionrow", new int(JOURNALROW) );
+        
+        //qWarning( "OContactDefaultBackEnd::loading %s", filename.latin1() );
+        
+        XMLElement *root = XMLElement::load( filename );
+        if(root != 0l ){ // start parsing
+                /* Parse all XML-Elements and put the data into the
+                 * Contact-Class
+                 */
+                XMLElement *element = root->firstChild();
+                //qWarning("OContactAccess::load tagName(): %s", root->tagName().latin1() );
+                element = element->firstChild();
+                
+                /* Search Tag "Contacts" which is the parent of all Contacts */
+                while( element && !isJournal ){
+                        if( element->tagName() != QString::fromLatin1("Contacts") ){
+                                //qWarning ("OContactDefBack::Searching for Tag \"Contacts\"! Found: %s",
+                                        //  element->tagName().latin1());
+                                element = element->nextChild();
+                        } else {
+                                element = element->firstChild();
+                                break;
+                        }
+                }
+                /* Parse all Contacts and ignore unknown tags */
+                while( element ){
+                        if( element->tagName() != QString::fromLatin1("Contact") ){
+                                //qWarning ("OContactDefBack::Searching for Tag \"Contact\"! Found: %s",
+                                        //  element->tagName().latin1());
+                                element = element->nextChild();
+                                continue;
+                        }
+                        /* Found alement with tagname "contact", now parse and store all
+                         * attributes contained
+                         */
+                        //qWarning("OContactDefBack::load element tagName() : %s",
+                                // element->tagName().latin1() );
+                        QString dummy;
+                        foundAction = false;
+                        
+                        XMLElement::AttributeMap aMap = element->attributes();
+                        XMLElement::AttributeMap::Iterator it;
+                        contactMap.clear();
+                        customMap.clear();
+                        for( it = aMap.begin(); it != aMap.end(); ++it ){
+                                // qWarning ("Read Attribute: %s=%s", it.key().latin1(),it.data().latin1());
+                                
+                                int *find = dict[ it.key() ];
+                                /* Unknown attributes will be stored as "Custom" elements */
+                                if ( !find ) {
+                                        qWarning("Attribute %s not known.", it.key().latin1());
+                                        //contact.setCustomField(it.key(), it.data());
+                                        customMap.insert( it.key(),  it.data() );
+                                        continue;
+                                }
+                                
+                                /* Check if special conversion is needed and add attribute
+                                 * into Contact class
+                                 */
+                                switch( *find ) {
+                                        /*
+                                          case Qtopia::AddressUid:
+                                          contact.setUid( it.data().toInt() );
+                                          break;
+                                          case Qtopia::AddressCategory:
+                                          contact.setCategories( Qtopia::Record::idsFromString( it.data( )));
+                                          break;
+                                        */
+                                case JOURNALACTION:
+                                        action = journal_action(it.data().toInt());
+                                        foundAction = true;
+                                        qWarning ("ODefBack(journal)::ACTION found: %d", action);
+                                        break;
+                                case JOURNALROW:
+                                        journalKey = it.data().toInt();
+                                        break;
+                                default: // no conversion needed add them to the map
+                                        contactMap.insert( *find, it.data() );
+                                        break;
+                                }
+                        }
+                        /* now generate the Contact contact */
+                        OContact contact( contactMap );
+                        
+                        for (customIt = customMap.begin(); customIt != customMap.end(); ++customIt ) {
+                                contact.setCustomField( customIt.key(),  customIt.data() );
+                        }
+                        
+                        if (foundAction){
+                                foundAction = false;
+                                switch ( action ) {
+                                case ACTION_ADD:
+                                        addContact_p (contact);
+                                        break;
+                                case ACTION_REMOVE:
+                                        if ( !remove (contact.uid()) )
+                                                qWarning ("ODefBack(journal)::Unable to remove uid: %d",
+                                                          contact.uid() );
+                                        break;
+                                case ACTION_REPLACE:
+                                        if ( !replace ( contact ) )
+                                                qWarning ("ODefBack(journal)::Unable to replace uid: %d",
+                                                          contact.uid() );
+                                        break;
+                                default:
+                                        qWarning ("Unknown action: ignored !");
+                                        break;
+                                }
+                        }else{
+                                /* Add contact to list */
+                                addContact_p (contact);
+                        }
+                        
+                        /* Move to next element */
+                        element = element->nextChild();
+                }
+        }else {
+                qWarning("ODefBack::could not load");
+        }
+        delete root;
+        qWarning("returning from loading" );
+        return true;
+}
+
+
+void OContactAccessBackend_XML::updateJournal( const OContact& cnt,
+                                               journal_action action ) 
+{
+        QFile f( m_journalName );
+        bool created = !f.exists();
+        if ( !f.open(IO_WriteOnly|IO_Append) )
+                return;
+        
+        QString buf;
+        QCString str;
+        
+        // if the file was created, we have to set the Tag "<CONTACTS>" to
+        // get a XML-File which is readable by our parser.
+        // This is just a cheat, but better than rewrite the parser.
+        if ( created ){
+                buf = "<Contacts>";
+                QCString cstr = buf.utf8();
+                f.writeBlock( cstr.data(), cstr.length() );
+        }
+        
+        buf = "<Contact ";
+        cnt.save( buf );
+        buf += " action=\"" + QString::number( (int)action ) + "\" ";
+        buf += "/>\n";
+        QCString cstr = buf.utf8();
+        f.writeBlock( cstr.data(), cstr.length() );
+}
+
+void OContactAccessBackend_XML::removeJournal()
+{
+        QFile f ( m_journalName );
+        if ( f.exists() )
+                f.remove();
+}
+
diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.cpp b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2df6757
--- a/dev/null
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,739 @@
+/*
+ * XML Backend for the OPIE-Contact Database.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2002 by Stefan Eilers (Eilers.Stefan@epost.de)
+ *
+ * =====================================================================
+         *This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+         *modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ *      License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ *      version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * =====================================================================
+ * ToDo: XML-Backend: Automatic reload if something was changed...
+ *
+ *
+ * =====================================================================
+ * Version: $Id$
+ * =====================================================================
+ * History:
+ * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.1  2003/02/09 15:05:01  eilers
+ * Nothing happened.. Just some cleanup before I will start..
+ *
+ * Revision 1.12  2003/01/03 16:58:03  eilers
+ * Reenable debug output
+ *
+ * Revision 1.11  2003/01/03 12:31:28  eilers
+ * Bugfix for calculating data diffs..
+ *
+ * Revision 1.10  2003/01/02 14:27:12  eilers
+ * Improved query by example: Search by date is possible.. First step
+ * for a today plugin for birthdays..
+ *
+ * Revision 1.9  2002/12/08 12:48:57  eilers
+ * Moved journal-enum from ocontact into i the xml-backend..
+ *
+ * Revision 1.8  2002/11/14 17:04:24  eilers
+ * Sorting will now work if fullname is identical on some entries
+ *
+ * Revision 1.7  2002/11/13 15:02:46  eilers
+ * Small Bug in sorted fixed
+ *
+ * Revision 1.6  2002/11/13 14:14:51  eilers
+ * Added sorted for Contacts..
+ *
+ * Revision 1.5  2002/11/01 15:10:42  eilers
+ * Added regExp-search in database for all fields in a contact.
+ *
+ * Revision 1.4  2002/10/16 10:52:40  eilers
+ * Added some docu to the interface and now using the cache infrastucture by zecke.. :)
+ *
+ * Revision 1.3  2002/10/14 16:21:54  eilers
+ * Some minor interface updates
+ *
+ * Revision 1.2  2002/10/07 17:34:24  eilers
+ * added OBackendFactory for advanced backend access
+ *
+ * Revision 1.1  2002/09/27 17:11:44  eilers
+ * Added API for accessing the Contact-Database ! It is compiling, but
+ * please do not expect that anything is working !
+ * I will debug that stuff in the next time ..
+ * Please read README_COMPILE for compiling !
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "ocontactaccessbackend_xml.h"
+
+#include <qasciidict.h>
+#include <qdatetime.h>
+#include <qfile.h>
+#include <qfileinfo.h>
+#include <qregexp.h>
+#include <qarray.h>
+#include <qmap.h>
+#include <qdatetime.h> 
+
+#include <qpe/global.h>
+
+#include <opie/xmltree.h>
+#include "ocontactaccessbackend.h"
+#include "ocontactaccess.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+using namespace Opie;
+
+
+OContactAccessBackend_XML::OContactAccessBackend_XML ( QString appname, QString filename = 0l ):
+        m_changed( false )
+{
+        m_appName = appname;
+        
+        /* Set journalfile name ... */
+        m_journalName = getenv("HOME");
+        m_journalName +="/.abjournal" + appname;
+        
+        /* Expecting to access the default filename if nothing else is set */
+        if ( filename.isEmpty() ){
+                m_fileName = Global::applicationFileName( "addressbook","addressbook.xml" );
+        } else
+                m_fileName = filename;
+        
+        /* Load Database now */
+        load ();
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::save() 
+{
+        
+        if ( !m_changed )
+                return true;
+        
+        QString strNewFile = m_fileName + ".new";
+        QFile f( strNewFile );
+        if ( !f.open( IO_WriteOnly|IO_Raw ) )
+                return false;
+        
+        int total_written;
+        QString out;
+        out = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><!DOCTYPE Addressbook ><AddressBook>\n"
+                " <Groups>\n"
+                " </Groups>\n"
+                " <Contacts>\n";
+        //QValueList<Contact>::iterator it;
+        QValueListConstIterator<OContact> it;
+        for ( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ) {
+                out += "<Contact ";
+                (*it).save( out );
+                out += "/>\n";
+                QCString cstr = out.utf8();
+                total_written = f.writeBlock( cstr.data(), cstr.length() );
+                if ( total_written != int(cstr.length()) ) {
+                        f.close();
+                        QFile::remove( strNewFile );
+                        return false;
+                }
+                out = "";
+        }
+        out += " </Contacts>\n</AddressBook>\n";
+        
+        QCString cstr = out.utf8();
+        total_written = f.writeBlock( cstr.data(), cstr.length() );
+        if ( total_written != int( cstr.length() ) ) {
+                f.close();
+                QFile::remove( strNewFile );
+                return false;
+        }
+        f.close();
+        
+        // move the file over, I'm just going to use the system call
+        // because, I don't feel like using QDir.
+        if ( ::rename( strNewFile.latin1(), m_fileName.latin1() ) < 0 ) {
+                qWarning( "problem renaming file %s to %s, errno: %d",
+                          strNewFile.latin1(), m_journalName.latin1(), errno );
+                // remove the tmp file...
+                QFile::remove( strNewFile );
+        }
+        
+        /* The journalfile should be removed now... */
+        removeJournal();
+        
+        m_changed = false;
+        return true;
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::load () 
+{
+        m_contactList.clear();
+        
+        /* Load XML-File and journal if it exists */
+        if ( !load ( m_fileName, false ) )
+                return false;
+        /* The returncode of the journalfile is ignored due to the
+         * fact that it does not exist when this class is instantiated !
+         * But there may such a file exist, if the application crashed.
+         * Therefore we try to load it to get the changes before the #
+         * crash happened...
+         */
+        load (m_journalName, true);
+        
+        return true;
+}
+
+void OContactAccessBackend_XML::clear () 
+{
+        m_contactList.clear();
+        m_changed = false;
+        
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::wasChangedExternally()
+{
+        QFileInfo fi( m_fileName );
+        
+        QDateTime lastmod = fi.lastModified ();
+        
+        return (lastmod != m_readtime);
+}
+
+QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_XML::allRecords() const 
+{
+        QArray<int> uid_list( m_contactList.count() );
+        
+        uint counter = 0; 
+        QValueListConstIterator<OContact> it;
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                uid_list[counter++] = (*it).uid();
+        }
+        
+        return ( uid_list );
+}
+
+OContact OContactAccessBackend_XML::find ( int uid ) const
+{
+        bool found = false;
+        OContact foundContact; //Create empty contact
+        
+        QValueListConstIterator<OContact> it;
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                if ((*it).uid() == uid){
+                        found = true;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        if ( found ){
+                foundContact = *it;
+        }
+        
+        return ( foundContact );
+}
+
+QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_XML::queryByExample ( const OContact &query, int settings )
+{
+        
+        QArray<int> m_currentQuery( m_contactList.count() );
+        QValueListConstIterator<OContact> it;
+        uint arraycounter = 0;
+        
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                /* Search all fields and compare them with query object. Store them into list
+                 * if all fields matches.
+                 */
+                QDate* queryDate = 0l;
+                QDate* checkDate = 0l;
+                bool allcorrect = true;
+                for ( int i = 0; i < Qtopia::Groups; i++ ) {
+                        // Birthday and anniversary are special nonstring fields and should
+                        // be handled specially
+                        switch ( i ){
+                        case Qtopia::Birthday:
+                                queryDate = new QDate( query.birthday() );
+                                checkDate = new QDate( (*it).birthday() );
+                        case Qtopia::Anniversary:
+                                if ( queryDate == 0l ){
+                                        queryDate = new QDate( query.anniversary() );
+                                        checkDate = new QDate( (*it).anniversary() );
+                                }
+                                
+                                if ( queryDate->isValid() ){
+                                        if(  checkDate->isValid() ){
+                                                if ( settings & OContactAccess::DateYear ){
+                                                        if ( queryDate->year() != checkDate->year() )
+                                                                allcorrect = false;
+                                                } 
+                                                if ( settings & OContactAccess::DateMonth ){
+                                                        if ( queryDate->month() != checkDate->month() )
+                                                                allcorrect = false;
+                                                } 
+                                                if ( settings & OContactAccess::DateDay ){
+                                                        if ( queryDate->day() != checkDate->day() )
+                                                                allcorrect = false;
+                                                } 
+                                                if ( settings & OContactAccess::DateDiff ) {
+                                                        QDate current = QDate::currentDate();
+                                                        // We have to equalize the year, otherwise
+                                                        // the search will fail..
+                                                        checkDate->setYMD( current.year(), 
+                                                                           checkDate->month(), 
+                                                                           checkDate->day() );
+                                                        if ( *checkDate < current )
+                                                                checkDate->setYMD( current.year()+1, 
+                                                                                   checkDate->month(), 
+                                                                                   checkDate->day() );
+                                                        qWarning("Checking if %s is between %s and %s ! ", 
+                                                                 checkDate->toString().latin1(),
+                                                                 current.toString().latin1(), 
+                                                                 queryDate->toString().latin1() );
+                                                        if ( current.daysTo( *queryDate ) > 0 ){
+                                                                if ( !( ( *checkDate >= current ) && 
+                                                                        ( *checkDate <= *queryDate ) ) ){
+                                                                        allcorrect = false;
+                                                                        qWarning (" Nope!..");
+                                                                }
+                                                        }
+                                                }
+                                        } else{
+                                                // checkDate is invalid. Therfore this entry is always rejected
+                                                allcorrect = false;
+                                        }
+                                }
+                                
+                                delete queryDate;
+                                queryDate = 0l;
+                                delete checkDate;
+                                checkDate = 0l;
+                                break;
+                        default:
+                                /* Just compare fields which are not empty in the query object */
+                                if ( !query.field(i).isEmpty() ){
+                                        switch ( settings & ~( OContactAccess::IgnoreCase
+                                                               | OContactAccess::DateDiff
+                                                               | OContactAccess::DateYear
+                                                               | OContactAccess::DateMonth
+                                                               | OContactAccess::DateDay
+                                                               | OContactAccess::MatchOne 
+                                                               ) ){
+                                                
+                                        case OContactAccess::RegExp:{
+                                                QRegExp expr ( query.field(i),
+                                                               !(settings & OContactAccess::IgnoreCase),
+                                                               false );
+                                                if ( expr.find ( (*it).field(i), 0 ) == -1 )
+                                                        allcorrect = false;
+                                        }
+                                                break;
+                                        case OContactAccess::WildCards:{
+                                                QRegExp expr ( query.field(i),
+                                                               !(settings & OContactAccess::IgnoreCase),
+                                                               true );
+                                                if ( expr.find ( (*it).field(i), 0 ) == -1 )
+                                                        allcorrect = false;
+                                        }
+                                                break;
+                                        case OContactAccess::ExactMatch:{
+                                                if (settings & OContactAccess::IgnoreCase){
+                                                        if ( query.field(i).upper() !=
+                                                             (*it).field(i).upper() )
+                                                                allcorrect = false;
+                                                }else{
+                                                        if ( query.field(i) != (*it).field(i) )
+                                                                allcorrect = false;
+                                                }
+                                        }
+                                                break;
+                                        }
+                                }
+                        }
+                }
+                if ( allcorrect ){
+                        m_currentQuery[arraycounter++] = (*it).uid();
+                }
+        }
+        
+        // Shrink to fit..
+        m_currentQuery.resize(arraycounter);
+        
+        return m_currentQuery;
+}
+
+QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_XML::matchRegexp(  const QRegExp &r ) const
+{
+        QArray<int> m_currentQuery( m_contactList.count() );
+        QValueListConstIterator<OContact> it;
+        uint arraycounter = 0;
+        
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                if ( (*it).match( r ) ){
+                        m_currentQuery[arraycounter++] = (*it).uid();
+                }
+                
+        }
+        // Shrink to fit..
+        m_currentQuery.resize(arraycounter);
+        
+        return m_currentQuery;
+}
+
+const uint OContactAccessBackend_XML::querySettings()
+{
+        return ( OContactAccess::WildCards
+                 | OContactAccess::IgnoreCase
+                 | OContactAccess::RegExp
+                 | OContactAccess::ExactMatch 
+                 | OContactAccess::DateDiff
+                 | OContactAccess::DateYear
+                 | OContactAccess::DateMonth
+                 | OContactAccess::DateDay
+                 );
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::hasQuerySettings (uint querySettings) const
+{
+        /* OContactAccess::IgnoreCase, DateDiff, DateYear, DateMonth, DateDay 
+         * may be added with any of the other settings. IgnoreCase should never used alone.
+         * Wildcards, RegExp, ExactMatch should never used at the same time...
+         */
+        
+        if ( querySettings == OContactAccess::IgnoreCase ) 
+                return false;
+        
+        switch ( querySettings & ~( OContactAccess::IgnoreCase
+                                    | OContactAccess::DateDiff
+                                    | OContactAccess::DateYear
+                                    | OContactAccess::DateMonth
+                                    | OContactAccess::DateDay
+                                    ) 
+                 ){
+        case OContactAccess::RegExp:
+                return ( true );
+        case OContactAccess::WildCards:
+                return ( true );
+        case OContactAccess::ExactMatch:
+                return ( true );
+        default:
+                return ( false );
+        }
+}
+
+// Currently only asc implemented.. 
+QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_XML::sorted( bool asc,  int , int ,  int ) 
+{
+        QMap<QString, int> nameToUid;
+        QStringList names;
+        QArray<int> m_currentQuery( m_contactList.count() );
+        
+        // First fill map and StringList with all Names 
+        // Afterwards sort namelist and use map to fill array to return..
+        QValueListConstIterator<OContact> it;
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                names.append( (*it).fileAs() + QString::number( (*it).uid() ) );
+                nameToUid.insert( (*it).fileAs() + QString::number( (*it).uid() ), (*it).uid() );
+        }
+        names.sort();
+        
+        int i = 0;
+        if ( asc ){
+                for ( QStringList::Iterator it = names.begin(); it != names.end(); ++it )
+                        m_currentQuery[i++] = nameToUid[ (*it) ];
+        }else{
+                for ( QStringList::Iterator it = names.end(); it != names.begin(); --it )
+                        m_currentQuery[i++] = nameToUid[ (*it) ];
+        }
+        
+        return m_currentQuery;
+        
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::add ( const OContact &newcontact )
+{
+        //qWarning("odefaultbackend: ACTION::ADD");
+        updateJournal (newcontact, ACTION_ADD);
+        addContact_p( newcontact );
+        
+        m_changed = true;
+        
+        return true;
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::replace ( const OContact &contact )
+{
+        m_changed = true;
+        
+        bool found = false;
+        
+        QValueListIterator<OContact> it;
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                if ( (*it).uid() == contact.uid() ){
+                        found = true;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        if (found) {
+                updateJournal (contact, ACTION_REPLACE);
+                m_contactList.remove (it);
+                m_contactList.append (contact);
+                return true;
+        } else
+                return false;
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::remove ( int uid )
+{
+        m_changed = true;
+        
+        bool found = false;
+        QValueListIterator<OContact> it;
+        for( it = m_contactList.begin(); it != m_contactList.end(); ++it ){
+                if ((*it).uid() == uid){
+                        found = true;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        if (found) {
+                updateJournal ( *it, ACTION_REMOVE);
+                m_contactList.remove (it);
+                return true;
+        } else
+                return false;
+}
+
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::reload(){
+        /* Reload is the same as load in this implementation */
+        return ( load() );
+}
+
+void OContactAccessBackend_XML::addContact_p( const OContact &newcontact )
+{
+        m_contactList.append (newcontact);
+}
+
+/* This function loads the xml-database and the journalfile */
+bool OContactAccessBackend_XML::load( const QString filename, bool isJournal ) 
+{
+        
+        /* We use the time of the last read to check if the file was
+         * changed externally.
+         */
+        if ( !isJournal ){
+                QFileInfo fi( filename );
+                m_readtime = fi.lastModified ();
+        }
+        
+        const int JOURNALACTION = Qtopia::Notes + 1;
+        const int JOURNALROW = JOURNALACTION + 1;
+        
+        bool foundAction = false;
+        journal_action action = ACTION_ADD;
+        int journalKey = 0;
+        QMap<int, QString> contactMap;
+        QMap<QString, QString> customMap;
+        QMap<QString, QString>::Iterator customIt;
+        QAsciiDict<int> dict( 47 );
+        
+        dict.setAutoDelete( TRUE );
+        dict.insert( "Uid", new int(Qtopia::AddressUid) );
+        dict.insert( "Title", new int(Qtopia::Title) );
+        dict.insert( "FirstName", new int(Qtopia::FirstName) );
+        dict.insert( "MiddleName", new int(Qtopia::MiddleName) );
+        dict.insert( "LastName", new int(Qtopia::LastName) );
+        dict.insert( "Suffix", new int(Qtopia::Suffix) );
+        dict.insert( "FileAs", new int(Qtopia::FileAs) );
+        dict.insert( "Categories", new int(Qtopia::AddressCategory) );
+        dict.insert( "DefaultEmail", new int(Qtopia::DefaultEmail) );
+        dict.insert( "Emails", new int(Qtopia::Emails) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeStreet", new int(Qtopia::HomeStreet) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeCity", new int(Qtopia::HomeCity) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeState", new int(Qtopia::HomeState) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeZip", new int(Qtopia::HomeZip) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeCountry", new int(Qtopia::HomeCountry) );
+        dict.insert( "HomePhone", new int(Qtopia::HomePhone) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeFax", new int(Qtopia::HomeFax) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeMobile", new int(Qtopia::HomeMobile) );
+        dict.insert( "HomeWebPage", new int(Qtopia::HomeWebPage) );
+        dict.insert( "Company", new int(Qtopia::Company) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessStreet", new int(Qtopia::BusinessStreet) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessCity", new int(Qtopia::BusinessCity) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessState", new int(Qtopia::BusinessState) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessZip", new int(Qtopia::BusinessZip) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessCountry", new int(Qtopia::BusinessCountry) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessWebPage", new int(Qtopia::BusinessWebPage) );
+        dict.insert( "JobTitle", new int(Qtopia::JobTitle) );
+        dict.insert( "Department", new int(Qtopia::Department) );
+        dict.insert( "Office", new int(Qtopia::Office) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessPhone", new int(Qtopia::BusinessPhone) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessFax", new int(Qtopia::BusinessFax) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessMobile", new int(Qtopia::BusinessMobile) );
+        dict.insert( "BusinessPager", new int(Qtopia::BusinessPager) );
+        dict.insert( "Profession", new int(Qtopia::Profession) );
+        dict.insert( "Assistant", new int(Qtopia::Assistant) );
+        dict.insert( "Manager", new int(Qtopia::Manager) );
+        dict.insert( "Spouse", new int(Qtopia::Spouse) );
+        dict.insert( "Children", new int(Qtopia::Children) );
+        dict.insert( "Gender", new int(Qtopia::Gender) );
+        dict.insert( "Birthday", new int(Qtopia::Birthday) );
+        dict.insert( "Anniversary", new int(Qtopia::Anniversary) );
+        dict.insert( "Nickname", new int(Qtopia::Nickname) );
+        dict.insert( "Notes", new int(Qtopia::Notes) );
+        dict.insert( "action", new int(JOURNALACTION) );
+        dict.insert( "actionrow", new int(JOURNALROW) );
+        
+        //qWarning( "OContactDefaultBackEnd::loading %s", filename.latin1() );
+        
+        XMLElement *root = XMLElement::load( filename );
+        if(root != 0l ){ // start parsing
+                /* Parse all XML-Elements and put the data into the
+                 * Contact-Class
+                 */
+                XMLElement *element = root->firstChild();
+                //qWarning("OContactAccess::load tagName(): %s", root->tagName().latin1() );
+                element = element->firstChild();
+                
+                /* Search Tag "Contacts" which is the parent of all Contacts */
+                while( element && !isJournal ){
+                        if( element->tagName() != QString::fromLatin1("Contacts") ){
+                                //qWarning ("OContactDefBack::Searching for Tag \"Contacts\"! Found: %s",
+                                        //  element->tagName().latin1());
+                                element = element->nextChild();
+                        } else {
+                                element = element->firstChild();
+                                break;
+                        }
+                }
+                /* Parse all Contacts and ignore unknown tags */
+                while( element ){
+                        if( element->tagName() != QString::fromLatin1("Contact") ){
+                                //qWarning ("OContactDefBack::Searching for Tag \"Contact\"! Found: %s",
+                                        //  element->tagName().latin1());
+                                element = element->nextChild();
+                                continue;
+                        }
+                        /* Found alement with tagname "contact", now parse and store all
+                         * attributes contained
+                         */
+                        //qWarning("OContactDefBack::load element tagName() : %s",
+                                // element->tagName().latin1() );
+                        QString dummy;
+                        foundAction = false;
+                        
+                        XMLElement::AttributeMap aMap = element->attributes();
+                        XMLElement::AttributeMap::Iterator it;
+                        contactMap.clear();
+                        customMap.clear();
+                        for( it = aMap.begin(); it != aMap.end(); ++it ){
+                                // qWarning ("Read Attribute: %s=%s", it.key().latin1(),it.data().latin1());
+                                
+                                int *find = dict[ it.key() ];
+                                /* Unknown attributes will be stored as "Custom" elements */
+                                if ( !find ) {
+                                        qWarning("Attribute %s not known.", it.key().latin1());
+                                        //contact.setCustomField(it.key(), it.data());
+                                        customMap.insert( it.key(),  it.data() );
+                                        continue;
+                                }
+                                
+                                /* Check if special conversion is needed and add attribute
+                                 * into Contact class
+                                 */
+                                switch( *find ) {
+                                        /*
+                                          case Qtopia::AddressUid:
+                                          contact.setUid( it.data().toInt() );
+                                          break;
+                                          case Qtopia::AddressCategory:
+                                          contact.setCategories( Qtopia::Record::idsFromString( it.data( )));
+                                          break;
+                                        */
+                                case JOURNALACTION:
+                                        action = journal_action(it.data().toInt());
+                                        foundAction = true;
+                                        qWarning ("ODefBack(journal)::ACTION found: %d", action);
+                                        break;
+                                case JOURNALROW:
+                                        journalKey = it.data().toInt();
+                                        break;
+                                default: // no conversion needed add them to the map
+                                        contactMap.insert( *find, it.data() );
+                                        break;
+                                }
+                        }
+                        /* now generate the Contact contact */
+                        OContact contact( contactMap );
+                        
+                        for (customIt = customMap.begin(); customIt != customMap.end(); ++customIt ) {
+                                contact.setCustomField( customIt.key(),  customIt.data() );
+                        }
+                        
+                        if (foundAction){
+                                foundAction = false;
+                                switch ( action ) {
+                                case ACTION_ADD:
+                                        addContact_p (contact);
+                                        break;
+                                case ACTION_REMOVE:
+                                        if ( !remove (contact.uid()) )
+                                                qWarning ("ODefBack(journal)::Unable to remove uid: %d",
+                                                          contact.uid() );
+                                        break;
+                                case ACTION_REPLACE:
+                                        if ( !replace ( contact ) )
+                                                qWarning ("ODefBack(journal)::Unable to replace uid: %d",
+                                                          contact.uid() );
+                                        break;
+                                default:
+                                        qWarning ("Unknown action: ignored !");
+                                        break;
+                                }
+                        }else{
+                                /* Add contact to list */
+                                addContact_p (contact);
+                        }
+                        
+                        /* Move to next element */
+                        element = element->nextChild();
+                }
+        }else {
+                qWarning("ODefBack::could not load");
+        }
+        delete root;
+        qWarning("returning from loading" );
+        return true;
+}
+
+
+void OContactAccessBackend_XML::updateJournal( const OContact& cnt,
+                                               journal_action action ) 
+{
+        QFile f( m_journalName );
+        bool created = !f.exists();
+        if ( !f.open(IO_WriteOnly|IO_Append) )
+                return;
+        
+        QString buf;
+        QCString str;
+        
+        // if the file was created, we have to set the Tag "<CONTACTS>" to
+        // get a XML-File which is readable by our parser.
+        // This is just a cheat, but better than rewrite the parser.
+        if ( created ){
+                buf = "<Contacts>";
+                QCString cstr = buf.utf8();
+                f.writeBlock( cstr.data(), cstr.length() );
+        }
+        
+        buf = "<Contact ";
+        cnt.save( buf );
+        buf += " action=\"" + QString::number( (int)action ) + "\" ";
+        buf += "/>\n";
+        QCString cstr = buf.utf8();
+        f.writeBlock( cstr.data(), cstr.length() );
+}
+
+void OContactAccessBackend_XML::removeJournal()
+{
+        QFile f ( m_journalName );
+        if ( f.exists() )
+                f.remove();
+}
+