* Make improved query by example accessable via frontend

	* Some API improvement

4 files changed, 73 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/ChangeLog b/libopie2/opiepim/ChangeLog
index dd57259..564e92a 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/ChangeLog
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/ChangeLog
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
+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
 	* Add SortVector implementations for OPimTodo and OPimContact
 	
 2004-??-??	The Opie Team <opie@handhelds.org>
 	* Implemented some important modifications to allow to use OPimRecords as it is, without
 	  have to cast them. This makes it possible to write applications which handling pim
 	  data in a generic manner (see opimconvertion tool) (eilers)
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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
@@ -99,49 +99,49 @@ class OPimContactAccess: public QObject, public OPimAccessTemplate<OPimContact>
 
 	/**
          * Create Database with contacts (addressbook).
 	 * @param appname Name of application which wants access to the database
 	 * (i.e. "todolist")
 	 * @param filename The name of the database file. If not set, the default one
 	 * is used.
 	 * @param backend Pointer to an alternative Backend. If not set, we will use
 	 * the default backend.
 	 * @param handlesync If <b>true</b> the database stores the current state
 	 * automatically if it receives the signals <i>flush()</i> and <i>reload()</i>
 	 * which are used before and after synchronisation. If the application wants
 	 * 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.
 	 * You should use the signal instead of polling possible changes !
 	 */
 	bool wasChangedExternally()const;
 
 
 	/** Save contacts database.
 	 * Save is more a "commit". After calling this function, all changes are public available.
 	 * @return true if successful
 	 */
         bool save();
 
 	/**
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
@@ -65,49 +65,89 @@ public:
         SortedAccess
     };
     typedef OPimRecordList<T> List;
     typedef OPimAccessBackend<T> BackEnd;
     typedef OPimCache<T> Cache;
 
     //@{
     OPimAccessTemplate( BackEnd* end);
     virtual ~OPimAccessTemplate();
     //@}
 
     //@{
     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
      * @param cat number of category.
      */
     virtual List sorted( const List& list, bool ascending, int sortOrder,
 			 int sortFilter, int cat )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
@@ -248,62 +288,84 @@ typename OPimAccessTemplate<T>::List OPimAccessTemplate<T>::allRecords()const {
     List lis(ints, this );
     return lis;
 }
 
 /**
  * return a List of records
  * that match the regex
  */
 template <class T>
 typename OPimAccessTemplate<T>::List OPimAccessTemplate<T>::matchRegexp( const QRegExp &r )const {
     QArray<int> ints = m_backEnd->matchRegexp( r );
     List lis(ints, this );
     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;
 }
 
 
 /**
  * read ahead cache find method ;)
  */
 template <class T>
 T OPimAccessTemplate<T>::find( UID uid, const QArray<int>& ar,
                                uint current, typename OTemplateBase<T>::CacheDirection dir )const {
     /*
      * better do T.isEmpty()
      * after a find this way we would
      * avoid two finds in QCache...
      */
     if (m_cache.contains( uid ) )
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