mail::account::process
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## Name

mail::account::process — Process pending events

## Synopsis

#include <libmail/mail.H>
class myCallback : public mail::callback {
public:
void success(std::string msg);
void fail(std::string msg);
};

#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
mail::account::function( `parameter list`,
myCallback &`callback`)
for (;;)
{
std::vector<mail::pollfd> pollfds;
int timeout;
timeout=15 * 60 * 60 * 1000;

`mail::account::process(` |  | pollfds,
|  | timeout`)`;

if (myCallback.completed())
break;
if (mail::account::poll(pollfds, timeout) < 0 && errno != EINTR)
{
error();
}
}

## USAGE

This function processes all pending events for all opened mail accounts. Most mail requests are not immediately processed (some are, but most aren't). A mail request usually includes a mail::callback-derived object as one of its arguments. When the mail request completes the `success` or `fail` method (some mail::callback subclasses use additional or alternative methods) is invoked. If the mail request cannot be completed immediately, ``mail::account::function`` still returns right away. `mail::account::process` handles any pending events for all outstanding mail requests. The `success` or `fail` method will be invoked for all completed requests.

The mail::pollfd structure is a C++ wrapper for the “struct pollfd” that's used by the poll(2) system call. `mail::account::process` receives a reference to a vector of mail::pollfd objects. After `mail::account::process` handles any pending events, the function initializes the vector with all open file descriptors on which activity is expected before `mail::account::process` expects any more events to occur.

Any existing contents of the mail::pollfd vector will be destroyed. On the other hand, `timeout` must be initialized prior to invoking `mail::account::process`. `timeout` contains a time interval, in milliseconds, before the calling application expects to process any regularly-scheduled event. If `mail::account::process` expects any regularly-scheduled event to occur earlier, it will replace `timeout` with the smaller timeout interval.

The expectation is that the application's main loops alternatively invokes `mail::account::process` and poll(2). poll(2) waits for some I/O occur, or a timeout expiring; `mail::account::process` processes any resulting events, then the cycle repeats.

The application may add its own file descriptors to the mail::pollfd vector, before calling poll(2). The application is reponsible for handling any I/O activity from its own file descriptors.

## Return Codes

`mail::account::process` always returns succesfully.

### Note

The application should not invoke `mail::account::process` again until it either invokes poll(2) (directly or via mail::account::poll(3x)), or until the application calls another LibMAIL function.

## SEE ALSO

mail::account::open(3x), mail::account::poll(3x), mail::account::resume(3x).

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