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# mail::folder::getParentFolder

## Name

mail::folder::getParentFolder -- Find parent folder

## Synopsis

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

class myFolderCallback : public mail::callback::folderlist {
public:
void success(const std::vector<const mail::folder *> &folders);
};

mail::folder *folder;

``folder->`getParentFolder``(myFolderCallback &`folderCallback`, myCallback &`callback`);`

## USAGE

A mail account contains folders that are arranged in a tree-like hierarchy. `mail::folder::getParentFolder` creates a new folder object that refers to `folder`'s parent folder.

## 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.

NOTE: | The application must not destroy `folderCallback` until this request fails or succeeds. `folderCallback`'s `success` method is invoked just before the `callback`'s `success` method.

The `folderCallback.success` method receives a vector that contains exactly one pointer to a single `mail::folder` object, that refers to `folder`'s parent folder The vector will be empty if `folder`'s parent folder could not be determined.

NOTE: | `mail::folder`s are linked to their corresponding `mail::account`s. A `mail::folder` created by one `mail::account` may not be used with a different `mail::folder`. All `mail::folder`s created by a `mail::account` are invalidated when this `mail::account` object is destroyed. Note that the `mail::folder` objects are not automatically destroyed; the application is still responsible for destroying any remaining `mail::folder`s, after their a `mail::account` is destroyed.

NOTE: | The `folderCallback.success` method receives a (possibly empty) vector of pointers to `mail::folder` objects. These objects will be destroyed when `folderCallback.success` terminates. The application must use mail::folder::clone(3x) to create copies of `mail::folder` objects it wants to use later.

NOTE: | Both `folderCallback.success` and `myCallback.success` method will be invoked if this request succeeds. `folderCallback.success` will be invoked before `myCallback.success` (since by definition this indicates that the request has been completed).

`callback`'s `success` method is then invoked, after all `mail::folder` objects are destroyed.

## SEE ALSO

mail::account::readTopLevelFolders(3x), mail::folder::clone(3x), mail::folder::readSubFolders(3x).

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