Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Ekiga address book searching by URI

[Julien Puydt <jpuydt free fr>]

Le 16/11/2010 12:59, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> On 16/11/10 08:13, Julien Puydt wrote:
> > Le 15/11/2010 21:33, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> > > On 15/11/10 21:32, Julien Puydt wrote:
> > > > Le 15/11/2010 21:25, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> > > > > On 15/11/10 21:15, Julien Puydt wrote:
> > > > > > What about only the has_uri... and the UI code does the looping [and
> > > > > > hence may stop at any point] ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Hmm, I would rather say let's have a function get_contact_by_uri which
> > > > > does the loop; the has_uri is optional (it can be or not).
> > > >
> > > > What do you do in your loop without the has_uri ?
> > >
> > > Well, check if it has an URI directly, without using a has_uri function.
> > > But maybe this cannot be done, you know better than me.
> >
> > Let's create an imaginary but realistic addressbook.
> >
> > - First contact : (that one has many uris)
> > Name : Eugen Dedu
> > E-mail (this is an uri) : eugen dedu org
> > E-mail (this is an uri) : eugen dedu dedu org
> > E-mail (this is an uri) : eugen dedu ekiga net
> > E-mail (this is an uri) : eugen dedu hotmail com
> > E-mail (this is an uri) : dedu gmail com
> > SIP (this is an uri) : eugen dedu ekiga net
> > SIP (this is an uri) : eugen dedu dedu org
> > SIP (this is an uri) : eugen dedu org
> > XMPP (this is an uri) : eugen dedu org
> > XMPP (this is an uri) : dedu jabber org
> > XMPP (this is an uri) : dedu jabber fr
> > Adress : somewhere in France
> >
> > - Second contact (she's 107 years old, never seen a computer, but reads
> > her snail mail just fine -- not a single uri) :
> > Name : Cassandra North
> > Address : somewhere in Canada -- of course in the north!
> >
> > - Third contact : (shared uri)
> > Name : Felicia Fish
> > SIP : family fish bowl com
> >
> > - Fourth contact : (shared uri)
> > Name : James Fish
> > SIP : family fish bowl com
> >
> > Now we see something like :
> > const std::string get_uri () const;
> > doesn't fly : sometimes we have many to return, and sometimes none.
>
> Only this one seems the best for me, since it so simple... If no match,
> return "", elsewhere return the contact (if only 1) or one of them (the
> first found for ex.) There is no problem if Felicia Fish and James Fish
> cannot be distinguished.

Could you tell me which uri your simple get_uri method would return for 
the first contact?

Snark