[Kde-pim] kabc/distributionlist: Entry class returns references

[Tobias Koenig]

On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 08:55:10PM +0200, Kevin Krammer wrote:
> Hi Tobias,
Hi Kevin,

> > This format should support the following distribution list attributes:
> >
> >   - unique identifier
> >   - user visible i18n'ed name
> >   - list of entries
> >   - custom fields
> >
> > The entries should have the following attributes:
> >
> >   - type (contact, contact reference)
> >
> >   if it is from type contact, it provides
> >     - name
> >     - email address
> >     - custom fields
> >
> >   if it is from type contact reference, it contains
> >
> >     - contact uid
> >     - preferred email
> >     - custom fields
> 
> Are there other type of distribution lists than email? E.g. for snail mail or 
> shipment?
Well, that would be a distribution list with only contact references in
it. So any application can load such a list, find the contacts which are
referenced there, and extract the address or telephone field.

> > Distribution lists inside distribution lists are strange and I'd like to
> > avoid them. They make stuff unecessarily complex.
> 
> You're the expert :)
No, just a lazy developer ;)

Honestly, if you support nested groups, you somehow have to map it to
the different groupware systems, that makes writing agents too complex.

> > So we can retire KABC::DistributionListManager and let the single
> > KResources load/store the distribution lists.
> 
> Are we talking about a special KRES::Resource subclass or about an extension 
> to KABC::Resource?
An extension to KABC::Resource. All kabc resources should have the
possibility to provide distribution lists. So maybe we should create a
new subclass of ResourceFile then (e.g. ResourceStdFile), which loads the
contacts from $HOME/.kde/share/kabc/std.vcf and the distribution lists from
$HOME/.kde/share/kabc/distlists.

Ciao,
Tobias
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