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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] common database interfaces
From:       Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-05-30 22:04:28
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On Friday 30 May 2003 19:36, weigelt@metux.de wrote:
>
> i'm currently thinking about an storage abstraction layer for the
> kpim an similar packages. we could write some libs which provide
> an framework for acessing things like address books, joblists,
> joblists, planner, etc. the application simply opens the db as
> specified in its profile and the storage details hidden behind
> this interface.

We already have this. The API is provided by libkabc for address books 
and libkcal for calendar/todo/journal data. The storage backend is 
provided by the KDE resource framework.

> i'd like to see it written in plain C, so we can use it in an
> wide range of other applications. (writing an C++ wrapper
> shouldn't be such an test)

For KDE native C++ libraries are much more preferable. That doesn't mean 
that we don't use C libraries if nothing else is available (e.g. 
libical).

> what we need before writing the first lines of code is an clear
> interface, which suits all needs, but is not too complex.

As said before, we already have this.

-- 
Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>
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