/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2004 Matt Douhan SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later */ /** @file This file provides static methods for email address validation. @brief Email address validation methods. @author Matt Douhan \ */ #ifndef KCODECS_EMAILADDRESS_H #define KCODECS_EMAILADDRESS_H #include #include #include #include /** * @since 5.5.0 */ namespace KEmailAddress { /** @defgroup emailvalidation Email Validation Functions This collection of methods that can validate email addresses as supplied by the user (typically, user input from a text box). There are also functions for splitting an RFC2822 address into its component parts. @{ */ /** Email validation result. The only 'success' code in this enumeration is AddressOK; all the other values indicate some specific problem with the address which is being validated. Result type for splitAddress(), isValidAddress() and isValidSimpleAddress(). */ enum EmailParseResult { AddressOk, /**< Email is valid */ AddressEmpty, /**< The address is empty */ UnexpectedEnd, /**< Something is unbalanced */ UnbalancedParens, /**< Unbalanced ( ) */ MissingDomainPart, /**< No domain in address */ UnclosedAngleAddr, /**< \< with no matching \> */ UnopenedAngleAddr, /**< \> with no preceding \< */ TooManyAts, /**< More than one \@ in address */ UnexpectedComma, /**< Comma not allowed here */ TooFewAts, /**< Missing \@ in address */ MissingLocalPart, /**< No address specified, only domain */ UnbalancedQuote, /**< Quotes (single or double) not matched */ NoAddressSpec, DisallowedChar, /**< An invalid character detected in address */ InvalidDisplayName, /**< An invalid displayname detected in address */ TooFewDots, /**< Missing \. in address */ }; /** Split a comma separated list of email addresses. @param aStr a single string representing a list of addresses @return a list of strings, where each string is one address from the original list */ KCODECS_EXPORT QStringList splitAddressList(const QString &aStr); /** Splits the given address into display name, email address and comment. Returns AddressOk if no error was encountered. Otherwise an appropriate error code is returned. In case of an error the values of displayName, addrSpec and comment are undefined. @param address a single email address, example: Joe User (comment1) (comment2) @param displayName only out: the display-name of the email address, i.e. "Joe User" in the example; in case of an error the return value is undefined @param addrSpec only out: the addr-spec, i.e. "joe.user@example.org" in the example; in case of an error the return value is undefined @param comment only out: the space-separated comments, i.e. "comment1 comment2" in the example; in case of an error the return value is undefined @return AddressOk if no error was encountered. Otherwise an appropriate error code is returned. */ KCODECS_EXPORT EmailParseResult splitAddress(const QByteArray &address, QByteArray &displayName, QByteArray &addrSpec, QByteArray &comment); /** This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function. Splits the given address into display name, email address and comment. Returns AddressOk if no error was encountered. Otherwise an appropriate error code is returned. In case of an error the values of displayName, addrSpec and comment are undefined. @param address a single email address, example: Joe User (comment1) (comment2) @param displayName only out: the display-name of the email address, i.e. "Joe User" in the example; in case of an error the return value is undefined @param addrSpec only out: the addr-spec, i.e. "joe.user@example.org" in the example; in case of an error the return value is undefined @param comment only out: the space-separated comments, i.e. "comment1 comment2" in the example; in case of an error the return value is undefined @return AddressOk if no error was encountered. Otherwise an appropriate error code is returned. */ KCODECS_EXPORT EmailParseResult splitAddress(const QString &address, QString &displayName, QString &addrSpec, QString &comment); /** Validates an email address in the form of "Joe User" . Returns AddressOk if no error was encountered. Otherwise an appropriate error code is returned. @param aStr a single email address, example: Joe User (comment1) @return AddressOk if no error was encountered. Otherwise an appropriate error code is returned. */ KCODECS_EXPORT EmailParseResult isValidAddress(const QString &aStr); /** Validates a list of email addresses, and also allow aliases and distribution lists to be expanded before validation. @param aStr a string containing a list of email addresses. @param badAddr a string to hold the address that was faulty. @return AddressOk if no error was encountered. Otherwise an appropriate error code is returned. */ KCODECS_EXPORT EmailParseResult isValidAddressList(const QString &aStr, QString &badAddr); /** Translate the enum errorcodes from emailParseResult into i18n'd strings that can be used for msg boxes. @param errorCode an @em error code returned from one of the email validation functions. Do not pass AddressOk as a value, since that will yield a misleading error message @return human-readable and already translated message describing the validation error. */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString emailParseResultToString(EmailParseResult errorCode); /** Validates an email address in the form of joe@example.org. Returns true if no error was encountered. This method should be used when the input field should not allow a "full" email address with comments and other special cases that normally are valid in an email address. @param aStr a single email address, example: joe.user@example.org @return true if no error was encountered. @note This method differs from calling isValidAddress() and checking that that returns AddressOk in two ways: it is faster, and it does @em not allow fancy addresses. */ KCODECS_EXPORT bool isValidSimpleAddress(const QString &aStr); /** Returns a i18n string to be used in msgboxes. This allows for error messages to be the same across the board. @return An i18n ready string for use in msgboxes. */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString simpleEmailAddressErrorMsg(); /** @} */ /** @defgroup emailextraction Email Extraction Functions @{ */ /** Returns the pure email address (addr-spec in RFC2822) of the given address (mailbox in RFC2822). @param address an email address, e.g. "Joe User " @return the addr-spec of @a address, i.e. joe.user@example.org in the example */ KCODECS_EXPORT QByteArray extractEmailAddress(const QByteArray &address); /*KF6 merge with above*/ /** Returns the pure email address (addr-spec in RFC2822) of the given address (mailbox in RFC2822). @param address an email address, e.g. "Joe User " @param errorMessage return error message when we can't parse email @return the addr-spec of @a address, i.e. joe.user@example.org in the example @since 5.11.0 */ KCODECS_EXPORT QByteArray extractEmailAddress(const QByteArray &address, QString &errorMessage); /** This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function. Returns the pure email address (addr-spec in RFC2822) of the given address (mailbox in RFC2822). @param address an email address, e.g. "Joe User " @return the addr-spec of @a address, i.e. joe.user@example.org in the example */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString extractEmailAddress(const QString &address); /** Returns the pure email address (addr-spec in RFC2822) of the first email address of a list of addresses. @param addresses an email address, e.g. "Joe User " @param errorMessage return error message when we can't parse email @return the addr-spec of @a addresses, i.e. joe.user@example.org in the example @since 5.11 */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString extractEmailAddress(const QString &address, QString &errorMessage); /** Returns the pure email address (addr-spec in RFC2822) of the first email address of a list of addresses. @param addresses an email address, e.g. "Joe User " @return the addr-spec of @a addresses, i.e. joe.user@example.org in the example */ /*KF6 merge with above*/ KCODECS_EXPORT QByteArray firstEmailAddress(const QByteArray &addresses); /** Returns the pure email address (addr-spec in RFC2822) of the first email address of a list of addresses. @param addresses an email address, e.g. "Joe User " @param errorMessage return error message when we can't parse email @return the addr-spec of @a addresses, i.e. joe.user@example.org in the example @since 5.11.0 */ KCODECS_EXPORT QByteArray firstEmailAddress(const QByteArray &addresses, QString &errorMessage); /** This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function. Returns the pure email address (addr-spec in RFC2822) of the first email address of a list of addresses. @param addresses an email address, e.g. "Joe User " @return the addr-spec of @a addresses, i.e. joe.user@example.org in the example */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString firstEmailAddress(const QString &addresses); /** This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function. Returns the pure email address (addr-spec in RFC2822) of the first email address of a list of addresses. @param addresses an email address, e.g. "Joe User " @param errorMessage return error message when we can't parse email @return the addr-spec of @a addresses, i.e. joe.user@example.org in the example @since 5.11.0 */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString firstEmailAddress(const QString &addresses, QString &errorMessage); /** Return email address and name from string. Examples: "Stefan Taferner " returns "taferner@example.org" and "Stefan Taferner". "joe@example.com" returns "joe@example.com" and "". Note that this only returns the first address. Also note that the return value is true if both the name and the mail are not empty: this does NOT tell you if mail contains a valid email address or just some rubbish. @param aStr an email address, e.g "Joe User " @param name only out: returns the displayname, "Joe User" in the example @param mail only out: returns the email address "joe.user@example.org" in the example @return true if both name and email address are not empty */ KCODECS_EXPORT bool extractEmailAddressAndName(const QString &aStr, QString &mail, QString &name); /** Compare two email addresses. If matchName is false, it just checks the email address, and returns true if this matches. If matchName is true, both the name and the email must be the same. @param email1 the first email address to use for comparison @param email2 the second email address to use for comparison @param matchName if set to true email address and displayname must match @return true if the comparison matches true in all other cases */ KCODECS_EXPORT bool compareEmail(const QString &email1, const QString &email2, bool matchName); /** Returns a normalized address built from the given parts. The normalized address is of one the following forms: - displayName (comment) <addrSpec> - displayName <addrSpec> - comment <addrSpec> - addrSpec @param displayName the display name of the address @param addrSpec the actual email address (addr-spec in RFC 2822) @param comment a comment @return a normalized address built from the given parts */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString normalizedAddress(const QString &displayName, const QString &addrSpec, const QString &comment = QString()); /** @} */ /** @defgroup emailidn Email IDN (punycode) handling @{ */ /** Decodes the punycode domain part of the given addr-spec if it's an IDN. @param addrSpec a pure 7-bit email address (addr-spec in RFC2822) @return the email address with Unicode domain */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString fromIdn(const QString &addrSpec); /** Encodes the domain part of the given addr-spec in punycode if it's an IDN. @param addrSpec a pure email address with Unicode domain @return the email address with domain in punycode */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString toIdn(const QString &addrSpec); /** Normalizes all email addresses in the given list and decodes all IDNs. @param addresses a list of email addresses with punycoded IDNs @return the email addresses in normalized form with Unicode IDNs */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString normalizeAddressesAndDecodeIdn(const QString &addresses); /** Normalizes all email addresses in the given list and encodes all IDNs in punycode. @param str a list of email addresses @return the email addresses in normalized form */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString normalizeAddressesAndEncodeIdn(const QString &str); /** @} */ /** @ingroup emailextraction Add quote characters around the given string if it contains a character that makes that necessary, in an email name, such as ",". @param str a string that may need quoting @return the string quoted if necessary */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString quoteNameIfNecessary(const QString &str); /** * Creates a valid mailto: URL from the given mailbox. * @param mailbox The mailbox, which means the display name and the address specification, for * example "Thomas McGuire" . The display name is optional. * @return a valid mailto: URL for the given mailbox. */ KCODECS_EXPORT QUrl encodeMailtoUrl(const QString &mailbox); /** * Extracts the mailbox out of the mailto: URL. * @param mailtoUrl the URL with the mailto protocol, which contains the mailbox to be extracted * @return the mailbox, which means the display name and the address specification. */ KCODECS_EXPORT QString decodeMailtoUrl(const QUrl &mailtoUrl); } // namespace KEmailAddress #endif