Misc. documentation fixes by Simon Dick.

[squirrelmail.git] / doc / addressbook.txt

diff --git a/doc/addressbook.txt b/doc/addressbook.txt
index 29d87c1e76a7d2157020079760fa3ddd67f14543..4d1f7d8f82691df6a268d4717c7233fa41df562f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/addressbook.txt
+++ b/doc/addressbook.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SquirrelMail Addressbook Internals
 ==================================
 
 SquirrelMail Addressbook Internals
 ==================================
 

-This document describe how the SquirrelMail address book works. It is
+This document describes how the SquirrelMail address book works. It is

 primarily intended for developers.
 
 
 primarily intended for developers.
 
 


@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ To initialize the address book, the function addressbook_init() from
 functions/addressbook.php is called. This function will create an
 AddressBook object, add one backend for a personal address book (file
 based storage), and add the LDAP backends defined in the $ldap_server
 functions/addressbook.php is called. This function will create an
 AddressBook object, add one backend for a personal address book (file
 based storage), and add the LDAP backends defined in the $ldap_server

-configuration directive (is any).
+configuration directive (if any).

 
 An addressbook can also be initialized like this if you want to:
 
 
 An addressbook can also be initialized like this if you want to:
 


@@ -59,30 +59,31 @@ methods are provided:
    moment), or false if it failed.
 
 
    moment), or false if it failed.
 
 

-  search(QUERY, [BTYPE])
+  search(QUERY, [BNUM])

 
      QUERY - Something to search for. At the moment, only 
      a string is allowed here, but advanced expressions
      will be supported through an array of parameters.
 
 
      QUERY - Something to search for. At the moment, only 
      a string is allowed here, but advanced expressions
      will be supported through an array of parameters.
 

-     BTYPE - Optional backend type to search. Either "local"
-     or "remote".
+     BNUM  - Optional backend number to search.

 
    This method will return an array of result arrays (see below), an
    empty array if nothing was found, or false if the search failed.
 
 
 
    This method will return an array of result arrays (see below), an
    empty array if nothing was found, or false if the search failed.
 
 

-  s_search(QUERY, [BTYPE])
+  s_search(QUERY, [BNUM])

 
    The same as search(), but the result array is sorted by backend and
    fullname before it is returned.
 
 
 
    The same as search(), but the result array is sorted by backend and
    fullname before it is returned.
 
 

-  lookup(NICKNAME)  
+  lookup(NICKNAME, [BNUM])  

 
      NICKNAME - Return the user identified by NICKNAME in
      the addressbook.
 
 
      NICKNAME - Return the user identified by NICKNAME in
      the addressbook.
 

+     BNUM - ID of the backend to look in (optional).
+

    This method will return one result array (see below), an empty
    array if nothing was found, or false if the search failed. The
    lookup is only performed in "local" type backends.
    This method will return one result array (see below), an empty
    array if nothing was found, or false if the search failed. The
    lookup is only performed in "local" type backends.


@@ -108,6 +109,33 @@ methods are provided:
    was added, or false if it failed.
 
 
    was added, or false if it failed.
 
 

+  remove(NICKNAME, BNUM)
+
+     NICKNAME - Delete the user identified by NICKNAME in the
+     addressbook or, if NICKNAME is an array, all users indentified by
+     nthe nicknames in the array.
+
+     BNUM - ID of the backend, as returned by add_backend, to remove
+     the user(s) from.
+
+   This method will retrun true if the user(s) was removed, or false
+   if removal failed.
+
+
+  modify(NICKNAME, USERDATA, BNUM)
+
+     NICKNAME - Update the user identified by NICKNAME in the
+     addressbook.
+
+     USERDATA - Array with user data. The exisiting data for the user
+     will be replaced with this.
+
+     BNUM - ID of the backend, as returned by add_backend, to update
+     the user in.
+
+   This method will retrun true if the user was modified, or false if
+   something failed.
+

 
 If one of the above methods fail, an error message is available in the
 AddressBook->error variable. Feel free to ignore it.
 
 If one of the above methods fail, an error message is available in the
 AddressBook->error variable. Feel free to ignore it.


@@ -116,7 +144,7 @@ AddressBook->error variable. Feel free to ignore it.
 For the result of a search, lookup or list_addr, one or more result
 arrays are used. These arrays contain the following keys: 
 
 For the result of a search, lookup or list_addr, one or more result
 arrays are used. These arrays contain the following keys: 
 

-  nickname:  Unique identifier for this name in this backend. Onlu
+  nickname:  Unique identifier for this name in this backend. Only

              usable for the local_file backend, and possibly LDAP.
   name:      Person's full name.
   email:     Person's e-mail address.
              usable for the local_file backend, and possibly LDAP.
   name:      Person's full name.
   email:     Person's e-mail address.


@@ -134,3 +162,6 @@ In addition, the following keys may exist for some backends:
 ----------------------
 
 ... more later ...
 ----------------------
 
 ... more later ...

+
+Ask pallo@squirrelmail.org if you have any questions on how to build
+new address book backends.