bindings/python: Implement Message().get_filenames()

Message().get_filenames() will return a generator that allows to
iterator over the recorded filenames for a certain Message. Do ntoe that
as all generators, these are one-time use only. You will have to reget
them to perform various actions. So this works::

  len(Message().get_filenames())
  list(Message().get_filenames())
  for n in Message().get_filenames():
    print n

But this won't::

  names = Message().get_filenames()
  len(names) #uses up the iterator
  list(names) #outch, already used up...

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>

1 files changed, 108 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/filename.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/filename.py
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+"""
+This file is part of notmuch.
+
+Notmuch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+Notmuch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with notmuch.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Copyright 2010 Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>'
+"""
+from ctypes import c_char_p
+from notmuch.globals import nmlib, STATUS, NotmuchError
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class Filenames(object):
+    """Represents a list of filenames as returned by notmuch
+
+    This object contains the Filenames iterator. The main function is as_generator() which will return a generator so we can do a Filenamesth an iterator over a list of notmuch filenames. Do
+    note that the underlying library only provides a one-time iterator
+    (it cannot reset the iterator to the start). Thus iterating over
+    the function will "exhaust" the list of tags, and a subsequent
+    iteration attempt will raise a :exc:`NotmuchError`
+    STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED. Also note, that any function that uses
+    iteration (nearly all) will also exhaust the tags. So both::
+
+      for name in filenames: print name 
+
+    as well as::
+
+       number_of_names = len(names)
+
+    and even a simple::
+
+       #str() iterates over all tags to construct a space separated list
+       print(str(filenames))
+
+    will "exhaust" the Filenames. However, you can use
+    :meth:`Message.get_filenames` repeatedly to get fresh Filenames
+    objects to perform various actions on filenames.
+    """
+
+    #notmuch_filenames_get
+    _get = nmlib.notmuch_filenames_get
+    _get.restype = c_char_p
+
+    def __init__(self, files_p, parent):
+        """
+        :param files_p: A pointer to an underlying *notmuch_tags_t*
+             structure. These are not publically exposed, so a user
+             will almost never instantiate a :class:`Tags` object
+             herself. They are usually handed back as a result,
+             e.g. in :meth:`Database.get_all_tags`.  *tags_p* must be
+             valid, we will raise an :exc:`NotmuchError`
+             (STATUS.NULL_POINTER) if it is `None`.
+        :type files_p: :class:`ctypes.c_void_p`
+        :param parent: The parent object (ie :class:`Message` these
+             filenames are derived from, and saves a
+             reference to it, so we can automatically delete the db object
+             once all derived objects are dead.
+        """
+        if files_p is None:
+            NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
+
+        self._files = files_p
+        #save reference to parent object so we keep it alive
+        self._parent = parent
+
+    def as_generator(self):
+        """Return generator of Filenames
+
+        This is the main function that will usually be used by the
+        user."""
+        if self._files is None:
+            raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED)
+
+        if not nmlib.notmuch_filenames_valid(self._files):
+            self._files = None
+            return
+
+        file = Filenames._get (self._files)
+        nmlib.notmuch_filenames_move_to_next(self._files)
+        yield file
+        
+    def __str__(self):
+        """Represent Filenames() as newline-separated list of full paths
+
+        .. note:: As this iterates over the filenames, we will not be
+               able to iterate over them again (as in retrieve them)! If
+               the tags have been exhausted already, this will raise a
+               :exc:`NotmuchError` STATUS.NOT_INITIALIZED on subsequent
+               attempts. However, you can use
+               :meth:`Message.get_filenames` repeatedly to perform
+               various actions on filenames.
+        """
+        return "\n".join(self)
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        """Close and free the notmuch filenames"""
+        if self._files is not None:
+            nmlib.notmuch_filenames_destroy (self._files)