imag/lib/domain/libimagcontact
2018-05-09 11:39:33 +02:00
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src Refactor libimagcontact to fit new store iterator interface 2018-05-01 17:44:00 +02:00
Cargo.toml Update version string: 0.8.0 -> 0.9.0 2018-05-09 11:39:33 +02:00
README.md Add basic documentation on how the lib works 2017-10-31 19:09:43 +01:00

libimagcontacts

The contact library basically only creates references to the actual vcard files, though it also can parse (via the vobject crate) the information and return it from an entry directly.

The architecture of indirections is as follows:


+--------------------------------+
|                                |
|     Store, as ContactStore     |
|                                |
+----------------+---------------+
                 |
                 | Provides access to
                 |
+----------------v---------------+
|                                |
|   (FileLock)Entry as Contact   |
|                                |
|      which is actually a:      |
|                                |
|     (FileLock)Entry as Ref     |
|                                |
+----------------+---------------+
                 |
                 | refers to
                 |
+----------------v---------------+
|                                |
|   vcard file (outside store)   |
|                                |
+----------------+---------------+
                 |
                 | contains
                 |
+----------------v---------------+
|                                |
|            vcard data          |
|                                |
+--------------------------------+

As the library is build upon libimagentryref, it does not create a new subcollection in the store /contacts, but uses the infrastructure of libimagentryref which automatically puts all references in /ref.