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diff --git a/mimelib/doc/group.html b/mimelib/doc/group.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1d374d87 --- /dev/null +++ b/mimelib/doc/group.html @@ -0,0 +1,221 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> + <TITLE> DwGroup Man Page </TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> +<H2> + <FONT COLOR="navy"> NAME </FONT> +</H2> +<P> +DwGroup -- Class representing an RFC-822 address group +<H2> + <FONT COLOR="navy"> SYNOPSIS </FONT> +</H2> +<PRE>class DW_EXPORT DwGroup : public <A HREF="address.html">DwAddress</A> { + +public: + + <A HREF="group.html#DwGroup">DwGroup</A>(); + <A HREF="group.html#DwGroup">DwGroup</A>(const DwGroup& aGroup); + <A HREF="group.html#DwGroup">DwGroup</A>(const DwString& aStr, DwMessageComponent* aParent=0); + virtual ~DwGroup(); + const DwGroup& <A HREF="group.html#op_eq">operator =</A> (const DwGroup& aGroup); + virtual void <A HREF="group.html#Parse">Parse</A>(); + virtual void <A HREF="group.html#Assemble">Assemble</A>(); + virtual DwMessageComponent* <A HREF="group.html#Clone">Clone</A>() const; + const DwString& <A HREF="group.html#GroupName">GroupName</A>() const; + const DwString& <A HREF="group.html#Phrase">Phrase</A>() const; + void <A HREF="group.html#SetGroupName">SetGroupName</A>(const DwString& aName); + void <A HREF="group.html#SetPhrase">SetPhrase</A>(const DwString& aPhrase); + DwMailboxList& <A HREF="group.html#MailboxList">MailboxList</A>() const; + static DwGroup* <A HREF="group.html#NewGroup">NewGroup</A>(const DwString& aStr, + DwMessageComponent* aParent); + static DwGroup* (*<A HREF="group.html#sNewGroup">sNewGroup</A>)(const DwString&, DwMessageComponent*); + +protected: + + DwMailboxList* <A HREF="group.html#mMailboxList">mMailboxList</A>; + +public: + + virtual void <A HREF="group.html#PrintDebugInfo">PrintDebugInfo</A>(ostream& aStrm, int aDepth=0) const; + virtual void <A HREF="group.html#CheckInvariants">CheckInvariants</A>() const; + +protected: + + void _PrintDebugInfo(ostream& aStrm) const; +}; +</PRE> +<H2> + <FONT COLOR="navy"> DESCRIPTION </FONT> +</H2> +<P> +<B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> represents a <I>group</I> as described in RFC-822. +A group contains a group name and a (possibly empty) list of +<I>mailboxes</I>. In MIME++, a <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> object contains a +string for the group name and a +<B><TT><A HREF="mboxlist.html">DwMailboxList</A></TT></B> object for the +list of mailboxes. +<P> +In the tree (broken-down) representation of message, a +<B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> object may be only an intermediate node, having both +a parent and a single child node. Its parent node must be a +<B><TT><A HREF="field.html">DwField</A></TT></B> or a +<B><TT><A HREF="addrlist.html">DwAddressList</A></TT></B>. Its child is a +<B><TT>DwMailboxList</TT></B>. +<P> +A <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> is a +<B><TT><A HREF="address.html">DwAddress</A></TT></B>, and therefore it can +be included in a list of <B><TT>DwAddress</TT></B> objects. To get the next +<B><TT>DwAddress</TT></B> object in a list, use the inherited member function +<B><TT>DwAddress::Next()</TT></B>. +<H2> + <FONT COLOR="navy"> Public Member Functions </FONT> +</H2> +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> <A NAME="DwGroup">DwGroup</A>() <BR> +DwGroup(const DwGroup& aGroup) <BR> +DwGroup(const DwString& aStr, DwMessageComponent* aParent=0) </B></FONT> +<P> +The first constructor is the default constructor, which sets the +<B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> object's string representation to the empty string +and sets its parent to <B><TT>NULL</TT></B>. +<P> +The second constructor is the copy constructor, which performs a deep copy +of <B><TT>aGroup</TT></B>. The parent of the new <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> +object is set to <B><TT>NULL</TT></B>. +<P> +The third constructor copies <B><TT>aStr</TT></B> to the +<B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> object's string representation and sets +<B><TT>aParent</TT></B> as its parent. The virtual member function +<B><TT>Parse()</TT></B> should be called immediately after this constructor +in order to parse the string representation. Unless it is +<B><TT>NULL</TT></B>, <B><TT>aParent</TT></B> should point to an object of +a class derived from <B><TT>DwField</TT></B> or +<B><TT>DwAddressList</TT></B>. +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> const DwGroup& <A NAME="op_eq">operator =</A> +(const DwGroup& aGroup) </B></FONT> +<P> +This is the assignment operator, which performs a deep copy of +<B><TT>aGroup</TT></B>. The parent node of the <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> object +is not changed. +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> virtual void <A NAME="Parse">Parse</A>() </B></FONT> +<P> +This virtual function, inherited from <B><TT>DwMessageComponent</TT></B>, +executes the parse method for <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> objects. The parse +method creates or updates the broken-down representation from the string +representation. For <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> objects, the parse method parses +the string representation to extract the group name and to create a +<B><TT>DwMailboxList</TT></B> object from the list of mailboxes. This member +function also calls the <B><TT>Parse()</TT></B> member function of the +<B><TT>DwMailboxList</TT></B> object it creates. +<P> +You should call this member function after you set or modify the string +representation, and before you access the group name or the mailbox list. +<P> +This function clears the is-modified flag. +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> virtual void <A NAME="Assemble">Assemble</A>() +</B></FONT> +<P> +This virtual function, inherited from <B><TT>DwMessageComponent</TT></B>, +executes the assemble method for <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> objects. The assemble +method creates or updates the string representation from the broken-down +representation. That is, the assemble method builds the string representation +from its group name and mailbox list. Before it builds the string representation, +this function calls the <B><TT>Assemble()</TT></B> member function of its +contained <B><TT>DwMailboxList</TT></B> object. +<P> +You should call this member function after you set or modify either the group +name or the contained <B><TT>DwMailboxList</TT></B> object, and before you +retrieve the string representation. +<P> +This function clears the is-modified flag. +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> virtual DwMessageComponent* +<A NAME="Clone">Clone</A>() const </B></FONT> +<P> +This virtual function, inherited from <B><TT>DwMessageComponent</TT></B>, +creates a new <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> on the free store that has the same +value as this <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> object. The basic idea is that of a +virtual copy constructor. +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> const DwString& +<A NAME="GroupName">GroupName</A>() const </B></FONT> +<P> +Returns the name of the group. +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> const DwString& <A NAME="Phrase">Phrase</A>() +const </B></FONT> +<P> +Returns the name of the phrase part of a group as described in RFC-822. The +phrase is the same as the group name. +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> void <A NAME="SetGroupName">SetGroupName</A>(const +DwString& aName) </B></FONT> +<P> +Sets the name of the group. +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> void <A NAME="SetPhrase">SetPhrase</A>(const +DwString& aPhrase) </B></FONT> +<P> +Sets the name of the phrase part of a group as described in RFC-822. The +phrase is the same as the group name. +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> Dw<A NAME="MailboxList">MailboxList</A>& MailboxList() +const </B></FONT> +<P> +Provides access to the list of mailboxes that is part of a group as described +in RFC-822. +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> static DwGroup* <A NAME="NewGroup">NewGroup</A>(const +DwString& aStr, DwMessageComponent* aParent) </B></FONT> +<P> +Creates a new <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> object on the free store. If the static +data member <B><TT>sNewGroup</TT></B> is <B><TT>NULL</TT></B>, this member +function will create a new <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B> and return it. Otherwise, +<B><TT>NewGroup()</TT></B> will call the user-supplied function pointed to +by <B><TT>sNewGroup</TT></B>, which is assumed to return an object from a +class derived from <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B>, and return that object. +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> virtual void +<A NAME="PrintDebugInfo">PrintDebugInfo</A>(ostream& aStrm, int aDepth=0) +const </B></FONT> +<P> +This virtual function, inherited from <B><TT>DwMessageComponent</TT></B>, +prints debugging information about this object to <B><TT>aStrm</TT></B>. +It will also call <B><TT>PrintDebugInfo()</TT></B> for any of its child +components down to a level of <B><TT>aDepth</TT></B>. +<P> +This member function is available only in the debug version of the library. +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> virtual void +<A NAME="CheckInvariants">CheckInvariants</A>() const </B></FONT> +<P> +Aborts if one of the invariants of the object fails. Use this member function +to track down bugs. +<P> +This member function is available only in the debug version of the library. +<H2> + <FONT COLOR="navy"> Public Data Members </FONT> +</H2> +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> static DwGroup* +(*<A NAME="sNewGroup">sNewGroup</A>)(const DwString&, DwMessageComponent*) +</B></FONT> +<P> +If <B><TT>sNewGroup</TT></B> is not <B><TT>NULL</TT></B>, it is assumed to +point to a user-supplied function that returns an object from a class derived +from <B><TT>DwGroup</TT></B>. +<H2> + <FONT COLOR="navy"> Protected Data Members </FONT> +</H2> +<P> +<FONT COLOR="teal"><B> DwMailboxList* <A NAME="mMailboxList">mMailboxList</A> +</B></FONT> +<P> +Points to the <B><TT>DwMailboxList</TT></B> object. +<P> +</BODY></HTML> |