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+/* dbmsgreader.m - this file is part of SOGo
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Inverse inc
+ *
+ * Author: Wolfgang Sourdeau <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
+ *
+ * This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+/* A format-agnostic property list readerer.
+   Usage: dbmsgreader [username] [filename] */
+
+#import <Foundation/NSArray.h>
+#import <Foundation/NSBundle.h>
+#import <Foundation/NSAutoreleasePool.h>
+#import <Foundation/NSProcessInfo.h>
+#import <Foundation/NSUserDefaults.h>
+#import <NGExtensions/NGBase64Coding.h>
+#import <NGObjWeb/SoProductRegistry.h>
+#import <SOGo/SOGoProductLoader.h>
+#import <SOGo/SOGoSystemDefaults.h>
+
+#import "MAPIStoreUserContext.h"
+#import "SOGoMAPIDBObject.h"
+
+#import "NSObject+PropertyList.m"
+
+Class MAPIStoreUserContextK, SOGoMAPIDBObjectK;
+
+static void
+DbDumpObject (NSString *username, NSString *path)
+{
+  id ctx;
+  NSData *content;
+  id dbobject;
+  NSDictionary *record;
+
+  ctx = [MAPIStoreUserContextK userContextWithUsername: username
+                                        andTDBIndexing: NULL];
+  dbobject = [SOGoMAPIDBObjectK new];
+  [dbobject setTableUrl: [ctx folderTableURL]];
+  record = [dbobject lookupRecord: path newerThanVersion: -1];
+  if (record)
+    {
+      content = [[record objectForKey: @"c_content"] dataByDecodingBase64];
+      OCDumpPListData (content);
+    }
+  else
+    NSLog (@"record not found");
+
+  [dbobject release];
+}
+
+int main (int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
+{
+  NSAutoreleasePool *pool;
+  SOGoProductLoader *loader;
+  NSUserDefaults *ud;
+  SoProductRegistry *registry;
+  NSArray *arguments;
+
+  /* Here we work around a bug in GNUstep which decodes XML user
+     defaults using the system encoding rather than honouring
+     the encoding specified in the file. */
+  putenv ("GNUSTEP_STRING_ENCODING=NSUTF8StringEncoding");
+
+  pool = [NSAutoreleasePool new];
+
+  [SOGoSystemDefaults sharedSystemDefaults];
+
+  /* We force the plugin to base its configuration on the SOGo tree. */
+  ud = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
+  [ud registerDefaults: [ud persistentDomainForName: @"sogod"]];
+
+  [NSProcessInfo initializeWithArguments: argv
+                                   count: argc
+                             environment: envp];
+
+  registry = [SoProductRegistry sharedProductRegistry];
+  [registry scanForProductsInDirectory: SOGO_BUNDLES_DIR];
+
+  loader = [SOGoProductLoader productLoader];
+  [loader loadProducts: [NSArray arrayWithObject: BACKEND_BUNDLE_NAME]];
+
+  MAPIStoreUserContextK = NSClassFromString (@"MAPIStoreUserContext");
+  SOGoMAPIDBObjectK = NSClassFromString (@"SOGoMAPIDBObject");
+
+  arguments = [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] arguments];
+  if ([arguments count] > 2)
+    DbDumpObject ([arguments objectAtIndex: 1],
+                  [arguments objectAtIndex: 2]);
+
+  [pool release];
+
+  return 0;
+}