* Make improved query by example accessable via frontend

	* Some API improvement

4 files changed, 74 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/ChangeLog b/libopie2/opiepim/ChangeLog
index dd57259..564e92a 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/ChangeLog
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/ChangeLog
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
+2004-12-28  Stefan Eilers <stefan@eilers-online.net>
+        * Make improved query by example accessable via frontend
+        * Some API improvement
 2004-11-23  Stefan Eilers <stefan@eilers-online.net>
         * Implement fast and full featured version of sorted() for addressbook
         * Implement generic queryByExample for all Addressboook backends. It allows incremental search.
         * Update of API Documentation
 2004-11-18  Holger Freyther  <freyther@handhelds.org>
         * Every Access can give a set of Occurrences for a period or a datetime
         * QueryByExample, Find, Sort can be generically accessed by OPimBase 
           pointer interface
         * OPimBackendOccurrence gets split up to OPimOccurrences by 
           OPimTemplateBase
         * Add safeCast to various OPimRecords
         * Kill memleak in OPimTodo
diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/core/ocontactaccess.h b/libopie2/opiepim/core/ocontactaccess.h
index bd85b4e..5051321 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/core/ocontactaccess.h
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/core/ocontactaccess.h
@@ -111,25 +111,25 @@ class OPimContactAccess: public QObject, public OPimAccessTemplate<OPimContact>
          * to react itself, it should be disabled by setting it to <b>false</b>
          * @see OPimContactAccessBackend
          */
         OPimContactAccess (const QString appname, const QString filename = 0l,
                            OPimContactAccessBackend* backend = 0l, bool handlesync = true);
         ~OPimContactAccess ();
 
 
         /** 
          * Return all possible settings for queryByExample().
          *  @return All settings provided by the current backend
          * (i.e.: WildCards & IgnoreCase)
-         * @see QuerySettings in OPimBase for details of the parameter
+         * @see QuerySettings in OPimBase for details of the parameter, queryByExample()
          */
         const uint querySettings();
 
         /** 
          * Check whether settings are correct for queryByExample().
          * @return <i>true</i> if the given settings are correct and possible.
          * @see QuerySettings in OPimBase for details of the parameter
          */
         bool hasQuerySettings ( int querySettings ) const;
 
         /**
          * if the resource was changed externally.
diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/core/opimaccesstemplate.h b/libopie2/opiepim/core/opimaccesstemplate.h
index 073d5f9..3875f09 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/core/opimaccesstemplate.h
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/core/opimaccesstemplate.h
@@ -77,25 +77,65 @@ public:
     bool load();
     virtual bool reload();
     bool save();
     void clear() ;
     //@}
 
 
     bool wasChangedExternally()const;
 
     //@{
     virtual List allRecords()const;
     virtual List matchRegexp(  const QRegExp &r ) const;
-    virtual List queryByExample( const T& t, int querySettings, const QDateTime& d = QDateTime() );
+
+    /**
+     * Query by example search interface. 
+     * "Query by Example" provides a very powerful search engine. Use the query object 
+     * (this may be a contact, a todo or databook event) 
+     * as a search mask which is converted into a query regarding the querySettings. If a time period is needed 
+     * (as for OpimBase::DateDiff), you have to use the date/time in the query object and the endperiod (the last parameter).
+     * @see QuerySettings in class OPimBase 
+     * @param query The object which contains the query set
+     * @param querySettings This parameter defines what should be searched and how the query should be interpreted
+     * @param endperiod Defines the end of a period for some special queries.    
+     */
+    virtual List queryByExample( const T& query, int querySettings, const QDateTime& endperiod = QDateTime() );
+
+    /**
+     * Generic query by example search interface. This is a special version which handles generic OPimRecord types. They are converted 
+     * automatically into the right datatype.
+     * "Query by Example" provides a very powerful search engine. Use the query object (this may be a contact, a todo or databook event) 
+     * as a search mask which is converted into a query regarding the querySettings. If a time period is needed 
+     * (as for OpimBase::DateDiff), you have to use the date/time in the query object and the endperiod (the last parameter).
+     * @see QuerySettings in class OPimBase 
+     * @param query The object which contains the query set
+     * @param querySettings This parameter defines what should be searched and how the query should be interpreted
+     * @param endperiod Defines the end of a period for some special queries.    
+     */
+    virtual List queryByExample( const OPimRecord* query, int querySettings, const QDateTime& endperiod = QDateTime() );
+    /**
+     * Incremental query by example search interface. Providing incremental search, this one provides the feature 
+     * to search in a list of records which may be returned by an other search.
+     * "Query by Example" provides a very powerful search engine. Use the query object (this may be a contact, a todo or databook event) 
+     * as a search mask which is converted into a query regarding the querySettings. If a time period is needed 
+     * (as for OpimBase::DateDiff), you have to use the date/time in the query object and the endperiod (the last parameter).
+     * @see QuerySettings in class OPimBase 
+     * @param uidlist List of uid's which should be incorporated into the next search 
+     * @param query The object which contains the query set
+     * @param querySettings This parameter defines what should be searched and how the query should be interpreted
+     * @param endperiod Defines the end of a period for some special queries.    
+     */
+    virtual List queryByExample( const OPimAccessTemplate::List& uidlist, const T& query, int querySettings, 
+                                 const QDateTime& endperiod = QDateTime() );
+
     virtual T find( UID uid )const;
     virtual T find( UID uid, const QArray<int>&,
                     uint current, typename OTemplateBase<T>::CacheDirection dir = OTemplateBase<T>::Forward )const;
     //@}
 
     /** 
      * Get sorted lists..
      * @see OPimContactAccess, OPimTodoAccess and ODateBookAccess regarding more info for the following params:
      * @param list of UID's received by allRecords() or others...
      * @param sortOrder Setting the sort order defined by enum SortOrder
      * @param ascending Sort in ascending order if true, otherwise descending
      * @param sortFilter Setting the sort filter defined by enum SortFilter
@@ -260,38 +300,60 @@ typename OPimAccessTemplate<T>::List OPimAccessTemplate<T>::matchRegexp( const Q
     return lis;
 }
 
 /**
  * find the OPimRecord uid
  */
 template <class T>
 QArray<int> OPimAccessTemplate<T>::records()const {
     return m_backEnd->allRecords();
 }
 
 
-/**
- * queryByExample.
- * @see otodoaccess, ocontactaccess
- */
 template <class T>
 typename OPimAccessTemplate<T>::List
 OPimAccessTemplate<T>::queryByExample( const T& t, int settings, const QDateTime& d ) {
     QArray<int> ints = m_backEnd->queryByExample( t, settings, d );
 
-    List lis(ints, this );
-    return lis;
+    List list(ints, this );
+    return list;
 }
 
 template <class T>
+typename OPimAccessTemplate<T>::List
+OPimAccessTemplate<T>::queryByExample( const OPimRecord* t, int settings, const QDateTime& d ) {
+    T tempInstance;
+
+    if ( t->rtti() == tempInstance.rtti() ) {
+            QArray<int> ints = m_backEnd->queryByExample( t, settings, d );
+            List list( ints, this );
+            return list;
+    } else {
+        owarn << "Query not possible: Objecttype mismatch" << oendl;
+    } 
+
+    return List();
+}
+
+template <class T>
+typename OPimAccessTemplate<T>::List
+OPimAccessTemplate<T>::queryByExample( const OPimAccessTemplate::List& uidlist, const T& t, int settings, const QDateTime& d ) {
+    QArray<int> ints = m_backEnd->queryByExample( uidlist.uids(), t, settings, d );
+
+    List list( ints, this );
+    return list;
+}
+
+
+template <class T>
 T OPimAccessTemplate<T>::find( UID uid ) const{
     // First search in cache..
     if ( m_cache.contains( uid ) )
             return m_cache.find( uid );
 
     T t = m_backEnd->find( uid );
     cache( t );
 
     return t;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/core/opimtemplatebase.h b/libopie2/opiepim/core/opimtemplatebase.h
index c8abab4..075e573 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/core/opimtemplatebase.h
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/core/opimtemplatebase.h
@@ -125,25 +125,25 @@ struct OPimBase {
         /** make this enum 16bit large */
         LastSortOrderBase = 0xffff 
     };
 
     /**
      * Sort a list of Items with the help of the sorted() function.
      * The Item you provide in SortOrder will be used
      * for sorting.
      *
      * @see OPimAccessTemplate<>::sorted()
      */
     enum SortFilterBase {
-            /** Do not filter anything. */
+        /** Do not filter anything. */
         FilterOff = 0,
         /** Use given Categories for filter */
         FilterCategory = 1,
         /** The first available custom filter defined in the specialized frontends */
         FilterCustom = 1024, 
         LastSortFilterBase = 0xffffffff
     };
 
     virtual UIDArray matchRegexpSimple( const QRegExp& r )const = 0;
     virtual UIDArray queryByExampleSimple( const OPimRecord*, int settings,
                                            const QDateTime& d = QDateTime() )const  = 0;
     virtual UIDArray sortedSimple( const UIDArray& uid, bool ascending,