MessageSet Swift Reference Documentation
CkoMessageSet
Current Version: 11.5.0
Object Creation
let obj = CkoMessageSet()!
Properties
Count
Returns the number of unique message identifiers currently stored in the set. A newly created MessageSet has a count of 0.
The identifiers are maintained in ascending numeric order. They are interpreted as UIDs when HasUids is , or as sequence numbers when it is true.false
DebugLogFilePath
If set to a file path, this property logs the LastErrorText of each Chilkat method or property call to the specified file. This logging helps identify the context and history of Chilkat calls leading up to any crash or hang, aiding in debugging.
Enabling the VerboseLogging property provides more detailed information. This property is mainly used for debugging rare instances where a Chilkat method call causes a hang or crash, which should generally not happen.
Possible causes of hangs include:
- A timeout property set to 0, indicating an infinite timeout.
- A hang occurring within an event callback in the application code.
- An internal bug in the Chilkat code causing the hang.
HasUids
Indicates how the numeric identifiers in this message set are interpreted:
— the values are IMAP UIDs. This is the default.true— the values are mailbox-relative sequence numbers.false
Changing this property only changes how the existing numeric values are interpreted. It does not convert, validate, reorder, or clear the identifiers.
An IMAP UID is stable only within its mailbox and while that mailbox's UIDVALIDITY remains unchanged. Sequence numbers are temporary and can change when messages are added or expunged.
Set this property consistently before passing a manually constructed message set to an Imap method. The string formats produced by ToCommaSeparatedStr and ToCompactString contain only the numeric values and do not include this setting.
LastErrorHtml
Provides HTML-formatted information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.
topLastErrorText
Provides plain text information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.
LastErrorXml
Provides XML-formatted information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.
topLastMethodSuccess
Indicates the success or failure of the most recent method call: true means success, false means failure. This property remains unchanged by property setters or getters. This method is present to address challenges in checking for null or Nothing returns in certain programming languages. Note: This property does not apply to methods that return integer values or to boolean-returning methods where the boolean does not indicate success or failure.
VerboseLogging
If set to true, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is false. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.
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Methods
ContainsId
Returns if the raw numeric value in true is present in the message set; otherwise, returns .false
The comparison is numeric only. The HasUids setting does not participate in the comparison.
FromCompactString
Clears the identifiers currently stored in this object and loads the compact message-set representation in . The existing HasUids setting is preserved.
is parsed. If parsing fails, the message set remains empty.An empty string succeeds and leaves the set empty. Valid identifiers are unsigned 32-bit decimal values from 1 through 4294967295. The value 0 is not accepted. Values too large for an unsigned 32-bit integer cause the method to fail.
The syntax uses commas to separate values or ranges, and a colon to specify an inclusive ascending range. A single range may contain at most 500,001 identifiers; equivalently, the ending value minus the starting value cannot exceed 500000.
Whitespace is accepted around values, commas, and colons. This includes spaces, tabs, carriage returns, and line feeds. Empty comma-separated elements and unrecognized non-numeric elements are intentionally ignored. If is nonempty and no valid identifier is loaded, the method returns .false
Descending ranges, ranges containing 0, wildcard ranges such as 1:*, malformed range syntax, oversized ranges, and numeric overflow cause the method to return .false
On success, duplicate identifiers are removed and the resulting identifiers are stored in ascending numeric order. The serialized form contains only the numbers and does not indicate whether they are UIDs or sequence numbers.
Use ToCompactString to generate the canonical compact representation.
GetId
Returns the message identifier at the zero-based index specified by . Identifiers are returned in ascending numeric order.
If is negative or is greater than or equal to Count, this method returns 0xFFFFFFFF.
0xFFFFFFFF can also be stored in the set. Check against Count before calling this method when that value could be present.InsertId
Adds to the message set and maintains the identifiers in ascending numeric order.
- If
is already present, no duplicate is added. - If
is0, the set is unchanged. - The value
0xFFFFFFFFis accepted.
The HasUids setting determines whether the stored values are interpreted as UIDs or sequence numbers.
LoadTaskResult
Loads the MessageSet result produced by a completed asynchronous operation.
must be a completed Task returned by an asynchronous method whose result type is MessageSet. If is not a valid completed task of the required result type, this object remains unchanged.
Returns true for success, false for failure.
topRemoveId
Removes the identifier whose raw numeric value equals . If the value is not present, the set is unchanged.
The comparison is numeric only and does not depend on HasUids. The remaining identifiers stay in ascending numeric order.
Subtract
Removes from this message set every identifier whose raw numeric value is present in . Values not present in this set are ignored.
The comparison is numeric only; the HasUids values of the two objects are not compared. This object's HasUids value is preserved, and the remaining identifiers stay in ascending numeric order.
Passing the same object as clears the set. Passing an empty set leaves this set unchanged.
For meaningful IMAP results, both objects should represent identifiers of the same type and from the same mailbox.
ToCommaSeparatedStr
Returns the unique identifiers as a comma-separated string in ascending numeric order. An empty set returns an empty string.
For example, a set containing the identifiers 1 through 5 returns 1,2,3,4,5.
The returned string contains only the numeric values; it does not include the HasUids setting.
Returns nil on failure
ToCompactString
Returns the unique identifiers in ascending numeric order using compact IMAP message-set syntax. Consecutive identifiers are represented as an inclusive range. An empty set returns an empty string.
The returned string is canonical for the current set: identifiers are unique, sorted, and consecutive runs are compacted. It contains only the numeric values and does not include the HasUids setting.
Use FromCompactString to load this format.
Returns nil on failure