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

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

On 16/11/10 21:00, Julien Puydt wrote:
> 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?

I think there is a misunderstanding here: it's not get_uri which is 
needed, but get_name (uri).  Grigory wants to show the name of the 
contact instead of its SIP address (=uri) in the calling "window".

get_name (dedu jabber org) -> Eugen Dedu
get_name (family fish bowl com) -> Felicia Fish

--
Eugen