## EBookBackendCache

EBookBackendCache — A utility for storing contact data and searching for contacts

## Functions

EBookBackendCache * | e_book_backend_cache_new ()
EContact * | e_book_backend_cache_get_contact ()
gboolean | e_book_backend_cache_add_contact ()
gboolean | e_book_backend_cache_remove_contact ()
gboolean | e_book_backend_cache_check_contact ()
GList * | e_book_backend_cache_get_contacts ()
void | e_book_backend_cache_set_populated ()
gboolean | e_book_backend_cache_is_populated ()
void | e_book_backend_cache_set_time ()
gchar * | e_book_backend_cache_get_time ()
GPtrArray * | e_book_backend_cache_search ()

## Types and Values

struct | EBookBackendCache
struct | EBookBackendCacheClass

## Object Hierarchy

        GObject
        ╰── EFileCache
            ╰── EBookBackendCache

## Includes

    #include <libedata-book/libedata-book.h>

## Description

The EBookBackendCache is deprecated, use EBookSqlite instead.

## Functions

### e_book_backend_cache_new ()

    EBookBackendCache *
    e_book_backend_cache_new (const gchar *filename);

`e_book_backend_cache_new` has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use EBookSqlite instead

Creates a new EBookBackendCache, which implements a local cache of EContact objects, useful for remote backends.

#### Parameters

filename | file to write cached data |

#### Returns

a new EBookBackendCache

### e_book_backend_cache_get_contact ()

    EContact *
    e_book_backend_cache_get_contact (EBookBackendCache *cache,
                                      const gchar *uid);

`e_book_backend_cache_get_contact` has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use EBookSqlite instead

Get a cached contact. Note that the returned EContact will be newly created, and must be unreffed by the caller when no longer needed.

#### Parameters

cache | an EBookBackendCache |
uid | a unique contact ID |

#### Returns

A cached EContact, or `NULL` if `uid` is not cached.

[transfer full][nullable]

### e_book_backend_cache_add_contact ()

    gboolean
    e_book_backend_cache_add_contact (EBookBackendCache *cache,
                                      EContact *contact);

`e_book_backend_cache_add_contact` has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use EBookSqlite instead

Adds `contact` to `cache` .

#### Parameters

cache | an EBookBackendCache |
contact | an EContact |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the contact was cached successfully, `FALSE` otherwise.

### e_book_backend_cache_remove_contact ()

    gboolean
    e_book_backend_cache_remove_contact (EBookBackendCache *cache,
                                         const gchar *uid);

`e_book_backend_cache_remove_contact` has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use EBookSqlite instead

Removes the contact identified by `uid` from `cache` .

#### Parameters

cache | an EBookBackendCache |
uid | a unique contact ID |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the contact was found and removed, `FALSE` otherwise.

### e_book_backend_cache_check_contact ()

    gboolean
    e_book_backend_cache_check_contact (EBookBackendCache *cache,
                                        const gchar *uid);

`e_book_backend_cache_check_contact` has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use EBookSqlite instead

Checks if the contact identified by `uid` exists in `cache` .

#### Parameters

cache | an EBookBackendCache |
uid | a unique contact ID |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the cache contains the contact, `FALSE` otherwise.

### e_book_backend_cache_get_contacts ()

    GList *
    e_book_backend_cache_get_contacts (EBookBackendCache *cache,
                                       const gchar *query);

`e_book_backend_cache_get_contacts` has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use EBookSqlite instead

Returns a list of EContact elements from `cache` matching `query` . When done with the list, the caller must unref the contacts and free the list.

#### Parameters

cache | an EBookBackendCache |
query | an s-expression |

#### Returns

A GList of pointers to EContact.

[transfer full][element-type EContact]

### e_book_backend_cache_set_populated ()

    void
    e_book_backend_cache_set_populated (EBookBackendCache *cache);

`e_book_backend_cache_set_populated` has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use EBookSqlite instead

Flags `cache` as being populated - that is, it is up-to-date on the contents of the book it's caching.

#### Parameters

cache | an EBookBackendCache |

### e_book_backend_cache_is_populated ()

    gboolean
    e_book_backend_cache_is_populated (EBookBackendCache *cache);

`e_book_backend_cache_is_populated` has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use EBookSqlite instead

Checks if `cache` is populated.

#### Parameters

cache | an EBookBackendCache |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if `cache` is populated, `FALSE` otherwise.

### e_book_backend_cache_set_time ()

    void
    e_book_backend_cache_set_time (EBookBackendCache *cache,
                                   const gchar *t);

`e_book_backend_cache_set_time` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

### e_book_backend_cache_get_time ()

    gchar *
    e_book_backend_cache_get_time (EBookBackendCache *cache);

`e_book_backend_cache_get_time` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

### e_book_backend_cache_search ()

    GPtrArray *
    e_book_backend_cache_search (EBookBackendCache *cache,
                                 const gchar *query);

`e_book_backend_cache_search` has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use EBookSqlite instead

Returns an array of pointers to unique contact ID strings for contacts in `cache` matching `query` . When done with the array, the caller must free the ID strings and the array.

#### Parameters

cache | an EBookBackendCache |
query | an s-expression |

#### Returns

A GPtrArray of pointers to contact ID strings.

[transfer full][element-type utf8]

## Types and Values

### struct EBookBackendCache

    struct EBookBackendCache;

`EBookBackendCache` has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use EBookSqlite instead

Contains only private data that should be read and manipulated using the functions below.

### struct EBookBackendCacheClass

    struct EBookBackendCacheClass {
    };

`EBookBackendCacheClass` has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use EBookSqlite instead

Class structure for the EBookBackendCache class.