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class ISearchableIMAPMailbox(Interface): (source)

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Method search Search for messages that meet the given query criteria.
def search(query, uid): (source)

Search for messages that meet the given query criteria.

If this interface is not implemented by the mailbox, IMailboxIMAP.fetch and various methods of IMessageIMAP will be used instead.

Implementations which wish to offer better performance than the default implementation should implement this interface.

Parameters
query:listThe search criteria
uid:boolIf true, the IDs specified in the query are UIDs; otherwise they are message sequence IDs.
Returns
list or DeferredA list of message sequence numbers or message UIDs which match the search criteria or a Deferred whose callback will be invoked with such a list.
Raises
IllegalQueryErrorRaised when query is not valid.