12 files changed, 138 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libopie/pim/ocontactaccess.cpp b/libopie/pim/ocontactaccess.cpp
index f868b53..9c9338e 100644
--- a/libopie/pim/ocontactaccess.cpp
+++ b/libopie/pim/ocontactaccess.cpp
@@ -1,55 +1,58 @@
 /*
  * Class to manage the Contacts.
  *
  * 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.
  * =====================================================================
  * Info: This class could just work with a change in the header-file
  *       of the Contact class ! Therefore our libopie only compiles
  *       with our version of libqpe
  * =====================================================================
  * ToDo: XML-Backend: Automatic reload if something was changed...
  *
  *
  * =====================================================================
  * Version: $Id$
  * =====================================================================
  * History:
  * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.7  2002/11/13 14:14:51  eilers
+ * Added sorted for Contacts..
+ *
  * Revision 1.6  2002/11/01 15:10:42  eilers
  * Added regExp-search in database for all fields in a contact.
  *
  * Revision 1.5  2002/10/16 10:52:40  eilers
  * Added some docu to the interface and now using the cache infrastucture by zecke.. :)
  *
  * Revision 1.4  2002/10/14 16:21:54  eilers
  * Some minor interface updates
  *
  * Revision 1.3  2002/10/07 17:34:24  eilers
  * added OBackendFactory for advanced backend access
  *
  * Revision 1.2  2002/10/02 16:18:11  eilers
  * debugged and seems to work almost perfectly ..
  *
  * 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 "ocontactaccess.h"
 #include "obackendfactory.h"
 
 #include <qasciidict.h>
 #include <qdatetime.h>
 #include <qfile.h>
 #include <qregexp.h>
 #include <qlist.h>
@@ -108,54 +111,59 @@ bool OContactAccess::save ()
 {
         /* If the database was changed externally, we could not save the
          * Data. This will remove added items which is unacceptable !
          * Therefore: Reload database and merge the data...
          */
         if ( OPimAccessTemplate<OContact>::wasChangedExternally() )
                 reload();
 
         bool status = OPimAccessTemplate<OContact>::save();
         if ( !status ) return false;
 
         /* Now tell everyone that new data is available.
          */
         QCopEnvelope e( "QPE/PIM", "addressbookUpdated()" );
 
         return true;
 }
 
 ORecordList<OContact> OContactAccess::matchRegexp(  const QRegExp &r ) const{
         QArray<int> matchingContacts = m_backEnd -> matchRegexp( r );
         return ( ORecordList<OContact>(matchingContacts, this) );
 }
 
 const uint OContactAccess::querySettings()
 {
         return ( m_backEnd->querySettings() );
 }
 
 bool OContactAccess::hasQuerySettings ( int querySettings ) const
 {
         return ( m_backEnd->hasQuerySettings ( querySettings ) );
 }
+ORecordList<OContact> OContactAccess::sorted( bool ascending, int sortOrder, int sortFilter, int cat ) const
+{
+        QArray<int> matchingContacts = m_backEnd -> sorted( ascending, sortOrder, sortFilter, cat );
+        return ( ORecordList<OContact>(matchingContacts, this) );
+}
 
 
 bool OContactAccess::wasChangedExternally()const
 {
         return ( m_backEnd->wasChangedExternally() );
 }
 
 
 void OContactAccess::copMessage( const QCString &msg, const QByteArray & )
 {
         if ( msg == "addressbookUpdated()" ){
                 qWarning ("OContactAccess: Received addressbokUpdated()");
                 emit signalChanged ( this );
         } else if ( msg == "flush()" ) {
                 qWarning ("OContactAccess: Received flush()");
                 save ();
         } else if ( msg == "reload()" ) {
                 qWarning ("OContactAccess: Received reload()");
                 reload ();
                 emit signalChanged ( this );
         }
 }
diff --git a/libopie/pim/ocontactaccess.h b/libopie/pim/ocontactaccess.h
index b4921d5..961968f 100644
--- a/libopie/pim/ocontactaccess.h
+++ b/libopie/pim/ocontactaccess.h
@@ -1,51 +1,54 @@
 /*
  * Class to manage the Contacts.
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2002 by Stefan Eilers (Eilers.Stefan@epost.de)
  * Copyright (c) 2002 by Holger Freyther (zecke@handhelds.org)
  *
  * =====================================================================
          *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: Define enum for query settings
  * =====================================================================
  * Version: $Id$
  * =====================================================================
  * History:
  * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.5  2002/11/13 14:14:51  eilers
+ * Added sorted for Contacts..
+ *
  * Revision 1.4  2002/11/01 15:10:42  eilers
  * Added regExp-search in database for all fields in a contact.
  *
  * Revision 1.3  2002/10/16 10:52:40  eilers
  * Added some docu to the interface and now using the cache infrastucture by zecke.. :)
  *
  * Revision 1.2  2002/10/14 16:21:54  eilers
  * Some minor interface updates
  *
  * 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 !
  *
  * =====================================================================
  */
 #ifndef _OCONTACTACCESS_H
 #define _OCONTACTACCESS_H
 
 #include <qobject.h>
 
 #include <qpe/qcopenvelope_qws.h>
 
 #include <qvaluelist.h>
 #include <qfileinfo.h>
 
 #include "ocontact.h"
 #include "ocontactaccessbackend.h"
 #include "opimaccesstemplate.h"
 
 /** Class to access the contacts database.
@@ -62,64 +65,72 @@ class OContactAccess: public QObject, public OPimAccessTemplate<OContact>
          * @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 OContactAccessBackend
          */
         OContactAccess (const QString appname, const QString filename = 0l,
                     OContactAccessBackend* backend = 0l, bool handlesync = true);
         ~OContactAccess ();
 
         /** Constants for query.
          * Use this constants to set the query parameters.
          * Note: <i>query_IgnoreCase</i> just make sense with one of the other attributes !
          * @see queryByExample()
          */
         enum QuerySettings {
                 WildCards  = 0x0001,
                 IgnoreCase = 0x0002,
                 RegExp     = 0x0004,
                 ExactMatch = 0x0008,
                 MatchOne   = 0x0010  // Only one Entry must match
         };
 
         
         ORecordList<OContact> matchRegexp(  const QRegExp &r )const;
 
+        /** Return all Contacts in a sorted manner.
+         *  @param ascending true: Sorted in acending order.
+         *  @param sortOrder Currently not implemented. Just defined to stay compatible to otodoaccess
+         *  @param sortFilter Currently not implemented. Just defined to stay compatible to otodoaccess
+         *  @param cat Currently not implemented. Just defined to stay compatible to otodoaccess
+         */
+        List sorted( bool ascending, int sortOrder, int sortFilter, int cat ) const;
+
         /** Return all possible settings.
          *  @return All settings provided by the current backend
          * (i.e.: query_WildCards & query_IgnoreCase)
          */
         const uint querySettings();
 
         /** Check whether settings are correct.
          * @return <i>true</i> if the given settings are correct and possible.
          */
         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();
 
  signals:
         /* Signal is emitted if the database was changed. Therefore
          * we may need to reload to stay consistent.
          * @param which Pointer to the database who created this event. This pointer
          * is useful if an application has to handle multiple databases at the same time.
          * @see reload()
          */
         void signalChanged ( const OContactAccess *which );
diff --git a/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend.h b/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend.h
index c898f61..821f5bf 100644
--- a/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend.h
+++ b/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend.h
@@ -1,81 +1,85 @@
 /**
  * The class responsible for managing a backend.
  * The implementation of this abstract class contains
  * the complete database handling.
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2002 by Stefan Eilers (Eilers.Stefan@epost.de)
  * Copyright (c) 2002 by Holger Freyther (zecke@handhelds.org)
  *
  * =====================================================================
          *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: Define enum for query settings
  * =====================================================================
  * Version: $Id$
  * =====================================================================
  * History:
  * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.4  2002/11/13 14:14:51  eilers
+ * Added sorted for Contacts..
+ *
  * Revision 1.3  2002/11/01 15:10:42  eilers
  * Added regExp-search in database for all fields in a contact.
  *
  * 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 !
  *
  * =====================================================================
  *
  */
 
 #ifndef _OCONTACTACCESSBACKEND_H_
 #define _OCONTACTACCESSBACKEND_H_
 
 #include "ocontact.h"
 #include "opimaccessbackend.h"
 
 #include "qregexp.h"
 
 class OContactAccessBackend: public OPimAccessBackend<OContact> {
  public:
         OContactAccessBackend() {}
         virtual ~OContactAccessBackend() {}
 
 
         /** 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
          * if the file was already changed by something else !
          * If this happens, we have to reload before save our data.
          * If we use real databases, this should be handled by the database
          * management system themselve, therefore this function should always return false in
          * this case. It is not our problem to handle this conflict ...
          * @return <i>true</i> if the database was changed and if save without reload will
          * be dangerous. <i>false</i> if the database was not changed or it is save to write
          * in this situation.
          */
         virtual bool wasChangedExternally() = 0;
 
         virtual QArray<int> matchRegexp(  const QRegExp &r ) const = 0;
 
         /** Return all possible settings.
          *  @return All settings provided by the current backend
          * (i.e.: query_WildCards & query_IgnoreCase)
          */
         virtual const uint querySettings() = 0;
 
         /** Check whether settings are correct.
          * @return <i>true</i> if the given settings are correct and possible.
          */
         virtual bool hasQuerySettings (uint querySettings) const = 0;
 
+        virtual QArray<int> sorted( bool ascending, int sortOrder, int sortFilter, int cat ) = 0;
 
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.cpp b/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.cpp
index faa72b4..09ae37b 100644
--- a/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.cpp
+++ b/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.cpp
@@ -1,51 +1,54 @@
 /*
  * VCard Backend for the OPIE-Contact Database.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2000 Trolltech AS.  All rights reserved.
  * 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:
  *
  * =====================================================================
  * Version: $Id$
  * =====================================================================
  * History:
  * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.4  2002/11/13 14:14:51  eilers
+ * Added sorted for Contacts..
+ *
  * Revision 1.3  2002/11/11 16:41:09  kergoth
  * no default arguments in implementation
  *
  * Revision 1.2  2002/11/10 15:41:53  eilers
  * Bugfixes..
  *
  * Revision 1.1  2002/11/09 14:34:52  eilers
  * Added VCard Backend.
  *
  */
 #include "ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.h"
 #include "../../library/backend/vobject_p.h"
 #include "../../library/backend/qfiledirect_p.h"
 
 #include <qpe/timeconversion.h>
 
 #include <qfile.h>
 
 OContactAccessBackend_VCard::OContactAccessBackend_VCard ( QString , QString filename ):
         m_dirty( false ),
         m_file( filename )
 {
         load();
 }
 
 
 bool OContactAccessBackend_VCard::load ()
 {   
         m_map.clear();
         m_dirty = false;
         
         VObject* obj = 0l;
@@ -149,64 +152,71 @@ QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_VCard::allRecords() const
         return ar;
 }
 
 // Not implemented
 QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_VCard::queryByExample ( const OContact&, int )
 {
         QArray<int> ar(0);
         return ar;
 }
 
 // Not implemented
 QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_VCard::matchRegexp(  const QRegExp&  ) const
 {
         QArray<int> ar(0);
         return ar;
 }
 
 const uint OContactAccessBackend_VCard::querySettings()
 {
         return 0; // No search possible
 }
 
 bool OContactAccessBackend_VCard::hasQuerySettings (uint ) const
 {
         return false; // No search possible, therefore all settings invalid ;)
 }
 
 bool OContactAccessBackend_VCard::wasChangedExternally()
 {
         return false; // Don't expect concurrent access
 }
 
+// Not implemented
+QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_VCard::sorted( bool , int, int, int )
+{
+        QArray<int> ar(0);
+        return ar;
+}
+
 // *** Private stuff ***
 
 
 OContact OContactAccessBackend_VCard::parseVObject( VObject *obj )
 {
         OContact c;
         
         VObjectIterator it;
         initPropIterator( &it, obj );
         while( moreIteration( &it ) ) {
                 VObject *o = nextVObject( &it );
                 QCString name = vObjectName( o );
                 QCString value = vObjectStringZValue( o );
                 if ( name == VCNameProp ) {
                         VObjectIterator nit;
                         initPropIterator( &nit, o );
                         while( moreIteration( &nit ) ) {
                                 VObject *o = nextVObject( &nit );
                                 QCString name = vObjectTypeInfo( o );
                                 QString value = vObjectStringZValue( o );
                                 if ( name == VCNamePrefixesProp )
                                         c.setTitle( value );
                                 else if ( name == VCNameSuffixesProp )
                                         c.setSuffix( value );
                                 else if ( name == VCFamilyNameProp )
                                         c.setLastName( value );
                                 else if ( name == VCGivenNameProp )
                                         c.setFirstName( value );
                                 else if ( name == VCAdditionalNamesProp )
                                         c.setMiddleName( value );
                         }
                 }
diff --git a/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.h b/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.h
index 177ec24..4437756 100644
--- a/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.h
+++ b/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.h
@@ -1,70 +1,74 @@
 /*
  * VCard Backend for the OPIE-Contact Database.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2000 Trolltech AS.  All rights reserved.
  * 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:
  *
  * =====================================================================
  * Version: $Id$
  * =====================================================================
  * History:
  * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.3  2002/11/13 14:14:51  eilers
+ * Added sorted for Contacts..
+ *
  * Revision 1.2  2002/11/10 15:41:53  eilers
  * Bugfixes..
  *
  * Revision 1.1  2002/11/09 14:34:52  eilers
  * Added VCard Backend.
  *
  */
 #ifndef __OCONTACTACCESSBACKEND_VCARD_H_
 #define __OCONTACTACCESSBACKEND_VCARD_H_
 
 #include <opie/ocontact.h>
 
 #include "ocontactaccessbackend.h"
 
 class VObject;
 
 class OContactAccessBackend_VCard : public OContactAccessBackend {
  public:
         OContactAccessBackend_VCard ( QString appname, QString filename = 0l );
 
         bool load ();
         bool reload();
         bool save();
         void clear ();
 
         bool add ( const OContact& newcontact );
         bool remove ( int uid );
         bool replace ( const OContact& contact );
         
         OContact find ( int uid ) const;
         QArray<int> allRecords() const;
         QArray<int> queryByExample ( const OContact &query, int settings );
         QArray<int> matchRegexp(  const QRegExp &r ) const;
 
         const uint querySettings();
         bool hasQuerySettings (uint querySettings) const;
+        QArray<int> sorted( bool ascending, int sortOrder, int sortFilter, int cat );
         bool wasChangedExternally();
         
 private:
         OContact parseVObject( VObject* obj );
         VObject* createVObject( const OContact& c );
         QDate convVCardDateToDate( const QString& datestr );
         VObject *safeAddPropValue( VObject *o, const char* prop, const QString& value );
         VObject *safeAddProp( VObject* o, const char* prop);
         
         bool m_dirty : 1;
         QString m_file;
         QMap<int, OContact> m_map;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.h b/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.h
index f7e8207..8b95102 100644
--- a/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.h
+++ b/libopie/pim/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.h
@@ -1,81 +1,85 @@
 /*
  * 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 1.6  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 !
  *
  *
  */
 
 #ifndef _OContactAccessBackend_XML_
 #define _OContactAccessBackend_XML_
 
 #include <qasciidict.h>
 #include <qdatetime.h>
 #include <qfile.h>
 #include <qfileinfo.h>
 #include <qregexp.h>
 #include <qarray.h>
+#include <qmap.h>
 
 #include <qpe/global.h>
 
 #include <opie/xmltree.h>
 #include "ocontactaccessbackend.h"
 #include "ocontactaccess.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 using namespace Opie;
 
 /* the default xml implementation */
 class OContactAccessBackend_XML : public OContactAccessBackend {
  public:
         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 ();
@@ -272,64 +276,92 @@ class OContactAccessBackend_XML : public OContactAccessBackend {
                 // Shrink to fit..
                 m_currentQuery.resize(arraycounter);
 
                 return m_currentQuery;
         }
         
         const uint querySettings()
                 {
                         return ( OContactAccess::WildCards
                                  & OContactAccess::IgnoreCase
                                  & OContactAccess::RegExp
                                  & OContactAccess::ExactMatch );
                 }
         
         bool hasQuerySettings (uint querySettings) const
                 {
                         /* OContactAccess::IgnoreCase may be added with one
                          * of the other settings, but never used alone.
                          * The other settings are just valid alone...
                          */
                         switch ( querySettings & ~OContactAccess::IgnoreCase ){
                         case OContactAccess::RegExp:
                                 return ( true );
                         case OContactAccess::WildCards:
                                 return ( true );
                         case OContactAccess::ExactMatch:
                                 return ( true );
                         default:
                                 return ( false );
                         }
                 }
         
+        // Currently only asc implemented.. 
+        QArray<int> 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 ( better LastNames ? )
+                        // 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).lastName() );
+                                nameToUid.insert( (*it).lastName(), (*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 add ( const OContact &newcontact )
                 {
                         //qWarning("odefaultbackend: ACTION::ADD");
                         updateJournal (newcontact, OContact::ACTION_ADD);
                         addContact_p( newcontact );
                         
                         m_changed = true;
 
                         return true;
                 }
         
         bool 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, OContact::ACTION_REPLACE);
                                 m_contactList.remove (it);
                                 m_contactList.append (contact);
                                 return true;
                         } else
                                 return false;
                 }
diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend.h b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend.h
index c898f61..821f5bf 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend.h
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend.h
@@ -1,81 +1,85 @@
 /**
  * The class responsible for managing a backend.
  * The implementation of this abstract class contains
  * the complete database handling.
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2002 by Stefan Eilers (Eilers.Stefan@epost.de)
  * Copyright (c) 2002 by Holger Freyther (zecke@handhelds.org)
  *
  * =====================================================================
          *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: Define enum for query settings
  * =====================================================================
  * Version: $Id$
  * =====================================================================
  * History:
  * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.4  2002/11/13 14:14:51  eilers
+ * Added sorted for Contacts..
+ *
  * Revision 1.3  2002/11/01 15:10:42  eilers
  * Added regExp-search in database for all fields in a contact.
  *
  * 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 !
  *
  * =====================================================================
  *
  */
 
 #ifndef _OCONTACTACCESSBACKEND_H_
 #define _OCONTACTACCESSBACKEND_H_
 
 #include "ocontact.h"
 #include "opimaccessbackend.h"
 
 #include "qregexp.h"
 
 class OContactAccessBackend: public OPimAccessBackend<OContact> {
  public:
         OContactAccessBackend() {}
         virtual ~OContactAccessBackend() {}
 
 
         /** 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
          * if the file was already changed by something else !
          * If this happens, we have to reload before save our data.
          * If we use real databases, this should be handled by the database
          * management system themselve, therefore this function should always return false in
          * this case. It is not our problem to handle this conflict ...
          * @return <i>true</i> if the database was changed and if save without reload will
          * be dangerous. <i>false</i> if the database was not changed or it is save to write
          * in this situation.
          */
         virtual bool wasChangedExternally() = 0;
 
         virtual QArray<int> matchRegexp(  const QRegExp &r ) const = 0;
 
         /** Return all possible settings.
          *  @return All settings provided by the current backend
          * (i.e.: query_WildCards & query_IgnoreCase)
          */
         virtual const uint querySettings() = 0;
 
         /** Check whether settings are correct.
          * @return <i>true</i> if the given settings are correct and possible.
          */
         virtual bool hasQuerySettings (uint querySettings) const = 0;
 
+        virtual QArray<int> sorted( bool ascending, int sortOrder, int sortFilter, int cat ) = 0;
 
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.cpp b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.cpp
index faa72b4..09ae37b 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.cpp
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.cpp
@@ -1,51 +1,54 @@
 /*
  * VCard Backend for the OPIE-Contact Database.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2000 Trolltech AS.  All rights reserved.
  * 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:
  *
  * =====================================================================
  * Version: $Id$
  * =====================================================================
  * History:
  * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.4  2002/11/13 14:14:51  eilers
+ * Added sorted for Contacts..
+ *
  * Revision 1.3  2002/11/11 16:41:09  kergoth
  * no default arguments in implementation
  *
  * Revision 1.2  2002/11/10 15:41:53  eilers
  * Bugfixes..
  *
  * Revision 1.1  2002/11/09 14:34:52  eilers
  * Added VCard Backend.
  *
  */
 #include "ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.h"
 #include "../../library/backend/vobject_p.h"
 #include "../../library/backend/qfiledirect_p.h"
 
 #include <qpe/timeconversion.h>
 
 #include <qfile.h>
 
 OContactAccessBackend_VCard::OContactAccessBackend_VCard ( QString , QString filename ):
         m_dirty( false ),
         m_file( filename )
 {
         load();
 }
 
 
 bool OContactAccessBackend_VCard::load ()
 {   
         m_map.clear();
         m_dirty = false;
         
         VObject* obj = 0l;
@@ -149,64 +152,71 @@ QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_VCard::allRecords() const
         return ar;
 }
 
 // Not implemented
 QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_VCard::queryByExample ( const OContact&, int )
 {
         QArray<int> ar(0);
         return ar;
 }
 
 // Not implemented
 QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_VCard::matchRegexp(  const QRegExp&  ) const
 {
         QArray<int> ar(0);
         return ar;
 }
 
 const uint OContactAccessBackend_VCard::querySettings()
 {
         return 0; // No search possible
 }
 
 bool OContactAccessBackend_VCard::hasQuerySettings (uint ) const
 {
         return false; // No search possible, therefore all settings invalid ;)
 }
 
 bool OContactAccessBackend_VCard::wasChangedExternally()
 {
         return false; // Don't expect concurrent access
 }
 
+// Not implemented
+QArray<int> OContactAccessBackend_VCard::sorted( bool , int, int, int )
+{
+        QArray<int> ar(0);
+        return ar;
+}
+
 // *** Private stuff ***
 
 
 OContact OContactAccessBackend_VCard::parseVObject( VObject *obj )
 {
         OContact c;
         
         VObjectIterator it;
         initPropIterator( &it, obj );
         while( moreIteration( &it ) ) {
                 VObject *o = nextVObject( &it );
                 QCString name = vObjectName( o );
                 QCString value = vObjectStringZValue( o );
                 if ( name == VCNameProp ) {
                         VObjectIterator nit;
                         initPropIterator( &nit, o );
                         while( moreIteration( &nit ) ) {
                                 VObject *o = nextVObject( &nit );
                                 QCString name = vObjectTypeInfo( o );
                                 QString value = vObjectStringZValue( o );
                                 if ( name == VCNamePrefixesProp )
                                         c.setTitle( value );
                                 else if ( name == VCNameSuffixesProp )
                                         c.setSuffix( value );
                                 else if ( name == VCFamilyNameProp )
                                         c.setLastName( value );
                                 else if ( name == VCGivenNameProp )
                                         c.setFirstName( value );
                                 else if ( name == VCAdditionalNamesProp )
                                         c.setMiddleName( value );
                         }
                 }
diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.h b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.h
index 177ec24..4437756 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.h
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_vcard.h
@@ -1,70 +1,74 @@
 /*
  * VCard Backend for the OPIE-Contact Database.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2000 Trolltech AS.  All rights reserved.
  * 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:
  *
  * =====================================================================
  * Version: $Id$
  * =====================================================================
  * History:
  * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.3  2002/11/13 14:14:51  eilers
+ * Added sorted for Contacts..
+ *
  * Revision 1.2  2002/11/10 15:41:53  eilers
  * Bugfixes..
  *
  * Revision 1.1  2002/11/09 14:34:52  eilers
  * Added VCard Backend.
  *
  */
 #ifndef __OCONTACTACCESSBACKEND_VCARD_H_
 #define __OCONTACTACCESSBACKEND_VCARD_H_
 
 #include <opie/ocontact.h>
 
 #include "ocontactaccessbackend.h"
 
 class VObject;
 
 class OContactAccessBackend_VCard : public OContactAccessBackend {
  public:
         OContactAccessBackend_VCard ( QString appname, QString filename = 0l );
 
         bool load ();
         bool reload();
         bool save();
         void clear ();
 
         bool add ( const OContact& newcontact );
         bool remove ( int uid );
         bool replace ( const OContact& contact );
         
         OContact find ( int uid ) const;
         QArray<int> allRecords() const;
         QArray<int> queryByExample ( const OContact &query, int settings );
         QArray<int> matchRegexp(  const QRegExp &r ) const;
 
         const uint querySettings();
         bool hasQuerySettings (uint querySettings) const;
+        QArray<int> sorted( bool ascending, int sortOrder, int sortFilter, int cat );
         bool wasChangedExternally();
         
 private:
         OContact parseVObject( VObject* obj );
         VObject* createVObject( const OContact& c );
         QDate convVCardDateToDate( const QString& datestr );
         VObject *safeAddPropValue( VObject *o, const char* prop, const QString& value );
         VObject *safeAddProp( VObject* o, const char* prop);
         
         bool m_dirty : 1;
         QString m_file;
         QMap<int, OContact> m_map;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.h b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.h
index f7e8207..8b95102 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.h
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.h
@@ -1,81 +1,85 @@
 /*
  * 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 1.6  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 !
  *
  *
  */
 
 #ifndef _OContactAccessBackend_XML_
 #define _OContactAccessBackend_XML_
 
 #include <qasciidict.h>
 #include <qdatetime.h>
 #include <qfile.h>
 #include <qfileinfo.h>
 #include <qregexp.h>
 #include <qarray.h>
+#include <qmap.h>
 
 #include <qpe/global.h>
 
 #include <opie/xmltree.h>
 #include "ocontactaccessbackend.h"
 #include "ocontactaccess.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 using namespace Opie;
 
 /* the default xml implementation */
 class OContactAccessBackend_XML : public OContactAccessBackend {
  public:
         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 ();
@@ -272,64 +276,92 @@ class OContactAccessBackend_XML : public OContactAccessBackend {
                 // Shrink to fit..
                 m_currentQuery.resize(arraycounter);
 
                 return m_currentQuery;
         }
         
         const uint querySettings()
                 {
                         return ( OContactAccess::WildCards
                                  & OContactAccess::IgnoreCase
                                  & OContactAccess::RegExp
                                  & OContactAccess::ExactMatch );
                 }
         
         bool hasQuerySettings (uint querySettings) const
                 {
                         /* OContactAccess::IgnoreCase may be added with one
                          * of the other settings, but never used alone.
                          * The other settings are just valid alone...
                          */
                         switch ( querySettings & ~OContactAccess::IgnoreCase ){
                         case OContactAccess::RegExp:
                                 return ( true );
                         case OContactAccess::WildCards:
                                 return ( true );
                         case OContactAccess::ExactMatch:
                                 return ( true );
                         default:
                                 return ( false );
                         }
                 }
         
+        // Currently only asc implemented.. 
+        QArray<int> 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 ( better LastNames ? )
+                        // 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).lastName() );
+                                nameToUid.insert( (*it).lastName(), (*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 add ( const OContact &newcontact )
                 {
                         //qWarning("odefaultbackend: ACTION::ADD");
                         updateJournal (newcontact, OContact::ACTION_ADD);
                         addContact_p( newcontact );
                         
                         m_changed = true;
 
                         return true;
                 }
         
         bool 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, OContact::ACTION_REPLACE);
                                 m_contactList.remove (it);
                                 m_contactList.append (contact);
                                 return true;
                         } else
                                 return false;
                 }
diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/core/ocontactaccess.cpp b/libopie2/opiepim/core/ocontactaccess.cpp
index f868b53..9c9338e 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/core/ocontactaccess.cpp
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/core/ocontactaccess.cpp
@@ -1,55 +1,58 @@
 /*
  * Class to manage the Contacts.
  *
  * 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.
  * =====================================================================
  * Info: This class could just work with a change in the header-file
  *       of the Contact class ! Therefore our libopie only compiles
  *       with our version of libqpe
  * =====================================================================
  * ToDo: XML-Backend: Automatic reload if something was changed...
  *
  *
  * =====================================================================
  * Version: $Id$
  * =====================================================================
  * History:
  * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.7  2002/11/13 14:14:51  eilers
+ * Added sorted for Contacts..
+ *
  * Revision 1.6  2002/11/01 15:10:42  eilers
  * Added regExp-search in database for all fields in a contact.
  *
  * Revision 1.5  2002/10/16 10:52:40  eilers
  * Added some docu to the interface and now using the cache infrastucture by zecke.. :)
  *
  * Revision 1.4  2002/10/14 16:21:54  eilers
  * Some minor interface updates
  *
  * Revision 1.3  2002/10/07 17:34:24  eilers
  * added OBackendFactory for advanced backend access
  *
  * Revision 1.2  2002/10/02 16:18:11  eilers
  * debugged and seems to work almost perfectly ..
  *
  * 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 "ocontactaccess.h"
 #include "obackendfactory.h"
 
 #include <qasciidict.h>
 #include <qdatetime.h>
 #include <qfile.h>
 #include <qregexp.h>
 #include <qlist.h>
@@ -108,54 +111,59 @@ bool OContactAccess::save ()
 {
         /* If the database was changed externally, we could not save the
          * Data. This will remove added items which is unacceptable !
          * Therefore: Reload database and merge the data...
          */
         if ( OPimAccessTemplate<OContact>::wasChangedExternally() )
                 reload();
 
         bool status = OPimAccessTemplate<OContact>::save();
         if ( !status ) return false;
 
         /* Now tell everyone that new data is available.
          */
         QCopEnvelope e( "QPE/PIM", "addressbookUpdated()" );
 
         return true;
 }
 
 ORecordList<OContact> OContactAccess::matchRegexp(  const QRegExp &r ) const{
         QArray<int> matchingContacts = m_backEnd -> matchRegexp( r );
         return ( ORecordList<OContact>(matchingContacts, this) );
 }
 
 const uint OContactAccess::querySettings()
 {
         return ( m_backEnd->querySettings() );
 }
 
 bool OContactAccess::hasQuerySettings ( int querySettings ) const
 {
         return ( m_backEnd->hasQuerySettings ( querySettings ) );
 }
+ORecordList<OContact> OContactAccess::sorted( bool ascending, int sortOrder, int sortFilter, int cat ) const
+{
+        QArray<int> matchingContacts = m_backEnd -> sorted( ascending, sortOrder, sortFilter, cat );
+        return ( ORecordList<OContact>(matchingContacts, this) );
+}
 
 
 bool OContactAccess::wasChangedExternally()const
 {
         return ( m_backEnd->wasChangedExternally() );
 }
 
 
 void OContactAccess::copMessage( const QCString &msg, const QByteArray & )
 {
         if ( msg == "addressbookUpdated()" ){
                 qWarning ("OContactAccess: Received addressbokUpdated()");
                 emit signalChanged ( this );
         } else if ( msg == "flush()" ) {
                 qWarning ("OContactAccess: Received flush()");
                 save ();
         } else if ( msg == "reload()" ) {
                 qWarning ("OContactAccess: Received reload()");
                 reload ();
                 emit signalChanged ( this );
         }
 }
diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/core/ocontactaccess.h b/libopie2/opiepim/core/ocontactaccess.h
index b4921d5..961968f 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/core/ocontactaccess.h
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/core/ocontactaccess.h
@@ -1,51 +1,54 @@
 /*
  * Class to manage the Contacts.
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2002 by Stefan Eilers (Eilers.Stefan@epost.de)
  * Copyright (c) 2002 by Holger Freyther (zecke@handhelds.org)
  *
  * =====================================================================
          *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: Define enum for query settings
  * =====================================================================
  * Version: $Id$
  * =====================================================================
  * History:
  * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.5  2002/11/13 14:14:51  eilers
+ * Added sorted for Contacts..
+ *
  * Revision 1.4  2002/11/01 15:10:42  eilers
  * Added regExp-search in database for all fields in a contact.
  *
  * Revision 1.3  2002/10/16 10:52:40  eilers
  * Added some docu to the interface and now using the cache infrastucture by zecke.. :)
  *
  * Revision 1.2  2002/10/14 16:21:54  eilers
  * Some minor interface updates
  *
  * 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 !
  *
  * =====================================================================
  */
 #ifndef _OCONTACTACCESS_H
 #define _OCONTACTACCESS_H
 
 #include <qobject.h>
 
 #include <qpe/qcopenvelope_qws.h>
 
 #include <qvaluelist.h>
 #include <qfileinfo.h>
 
 #include "ocontact.h"
 #include "ocontactaccessbackend.h"
 #include "opimaccesstemplate.h"
 
 /** Class to access the contacts database.
@@ -62,64 +65,72 @@ class OContactAccess: public QObject, public OPimAccessTemplate<OContact>
          * @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 OContactAccessBackend
          */
         OContactAccess (const QString appname, const QString filename = 0l,
                     OContactAccessBackend* backend = 0l, bool handlesync = true);
         ~OContactAccess ();
 
         /** Constants for query.
          * Use this constants to set the query parameters.
          * Note: <i>query_IgnoreCase</i> just make sense with one of the other attributes !
          * @see queryByExample()
          */
         enum QuerySettings {
                 WildCards  = 0x0001,
                 IgnoreCase = 0x0002,
                 RegExp     = 0x0004,
                 ExactMatch = 0x0008,
                 MatchOne   = 0x0010  // Only one Entry must match
         };
 
         
         ORecordList<OContact> matchRegexp(  const QRegExp &r )const;
 
+        /** Return all Contacts in a sorted manner.
+         *  @param ascending true: Sorted in acending order.
+         *  @param sortOrder Currently not implemented. Just defined to stay compatible to otodoaccess
+         *  @param sortFilter Currently not implemented. Just defined to stay compatible to otodoaccess
+         *  @param cat Currently not implemented. Just defined to stay compatible to otodoaccess
+         */
+        List sorted( bool ascending, int sortOrder, int sortFilter, int cat ) const;
+
         /** Return all possible settings.
          *  @return All settings provided by the current backend
          * (i.e.: query_WildCards & query_IgnoreCase)
          */
         const uint querySettings();
 
         /** Check whether settings are correct.
          * @return <i>true</i> if the given settings are correct and possible.
          */
         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();
 
  signals:
         /* Signal is emitted if the database was changed. Therefore
          * we may need to reload to stay consistent.
          * @param which Pointer to the database who created this event. This pointer
          * is useful if an application has to handle multiple databases at the same time.
          * @see reload()
          */
         void signalChanged ( const OContactAccess *which );