mail::folder::readFolderInfo
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## Name

mail::folder::readFolderInfo — Get folder status

## Synopsis

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

mail::folder *folder;
class myFolderInfoCallback : public mail::callback::folderInfo {
public:
void success()
{
displayFolderStatus(messageCount, unreadCount);
}
};

`folder->readFolderInfo(` | myFolderInfoCallback & | folderInfoCallback,
| myCallback & | callback`)`;

## USAGE

This function reads the current status of `folder`, which may refer to any folder in the mail account (not necessarily the currently open folder).

`folderInfoCallback`'s `success` method will be invoked when the folder's status is determined. The following variables will be initialized prior to invoking `success`:

messageCount

  Total number of messages in the folder.

unreadCount

  Total number of unread messages in the folder.

fastInfo

  This field should be initialized before calling this function. If set to `true` the message counts are returned only if they can be computed quickly. Otherwise `folderInfoCallback`'s `success` method will not be invoked at all, but `callback`'s `success` method will still be invoked.

  If this field is set to `false` (the default), the message counts are returned in all cases.

### Note

`folderInfoCallback`'s `success` method will be invoked just prior to `callback`'s `success` method (unless `fastInfo` is true and message counts cannot be computed cheaply). The application must still wait until `callback`'s `success`, or `fail` is invoked, and must not destroy the mail::callback::folderInfo object until either method has been invoked.

### Note

Message count computation is considered cheap with maildir-based and POP3-based accounts. Message count computation is considered expensive with mbox-based accounts, and with IMAP-based accounts.

## RETURN CODES AND CALLBACKS

The application must wait until `callback`'s `success` or `fail` method is invoked. The `success` method is invoked when this request is succesfully processed. The `fail` method is invoked if this request cannot be processed. The application must not destroy `callback` until either the `success` or `fail` method is invoked.

### Note

`callback`'s `fail` method may be invoked even after other callback methods were invoked. This indicates that the request was partially completed before the error was encountered.

## SEE ALSO

mail::account::checkNewMail(3x), mail::folder::open(3x).

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