[Rmrf-commit] [SCM] rmrf - read mail really fast branch, master, updated. 2d8797de257f4dceb5d2834a82fd00f30513b132

[Patrick Schoenfeld]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 2d8797de257f4dceb5d2834a82fd00f30513b132
Author: Patrick Schoenfeld <schoenfeld at debian.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 27 12:44:57 2009 +0200

    Add Server and MessageSource foo

diff --git a/doc/concept/CORE b/doc/concept/CORE
index 4b01edc..071e668 100644
--- a/doc/concept/CORE
+++ b/doc/concept/CORE
@@ -55,3 +55,33 @@ Generic account class that stores informations like
 
 Each account gets associated to a message source or an outgoing message
 handler.
+
+Server
+-----
+Generic server class that will be the (indirect?) inheritance source for
+message sources and outgoing message handlers. One could say
+that this defines the API for these plugins.
+
+Values to store:
+- server/host
+- port
+- associated account object
+- protocol (because one plugin might handle several protocols,
+  for example an IMAP plugin handles IMAP and IMAPS)
+- internal_settings:
+  A Dict to store all settings that are specific to the plugin
+  and can't get defined in an API. For example what authentication
+  type shall be used, etc.
+
+MessageSource
+-------------
+Inherits from Server and most logically is the direct source for message
+source plugins.
+
+Methods:
+- connect
+- register_observer
+- notify_about_new_mails
+- list_messages
+- get_message
+- ...

-- 
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