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/*!

\page organizersync.html

\title Qt Organizer Synchronous API

\tableofcontents

The Qt Organizer Synchronous API provides the simplest way to access or modify
the organizer item information managed by a particular backend. It has the
disadvantage that calls block the current thread of execution until completion
and is therefore most suitable only for applications which interact with
local, high-speed datastores, or for applications which do not require a
responsive user interface.

Most operations which may be performed using the synchronous API may also be
performed using the asynchronous API.  It is recommended for most
applications that the asynchronous API be used where possible.


The synchronous API offered by the Organizer Items module is available through the QOrganizerManager
class. It has the following main use cases:
\list
  \li Manipulating Organizer Items
  \li Manipulating Item Collections
\endlist



\section1 Manipulating Organizer Items

The most common type of operation that clients perform involves retrieval
or modification of organizer items.  For in-depth information about item
manipulation, see \l{Qt Organizer C++ API}.

The QOrganizerManager class provides API for accessing the IDs of items which are stored in the manager:
\list
  \li QOrganizerManager::itemIds()
\endlist

The synchronous, singular item manipulation functions offered by the QOrganizerManager class are:
\list
  \li QOrganizerManager::item()
  \li QOrganizerManager::saveItem()
  \li QOrganizerManager::removeItem()
\endlist

The synchronous, batch item manipulation functions offered by the QOrganizerManager class are:
\list
  \li QOrganizerManager::items() which returns persistent and generated items within a given time period
  \li QOrganizerManager::itemsForExport() which returns only persistent items
  \li QOrganizerManager::itemOccurrences() which returns the occurrences of a specific recurring item
  \li QOrganizerManager::saveItems() which may be used to update a recurring item, or save an exceptional occurrence
  \li QOrganizerManager::removeItems() which may be used to remove a recurring item or exceptional occurrence
\endlist


\section1 Manipulating Item Collections

Every item is saved in a collection in a manager.  Each collection has various
properties which, if the manager supports such operations, may be modified
by clients.  For in-depth information about collections, see
\l{Qt Organizer C++ API}.

The synchronous API offers the following functions to manipulate collections:
\list
  \li QOrganizerManager::defaultCollection() returns the default collection of the manager
  \li QOrganizerManager::collections() returns all collections in the manager
  \li QOrganizerManager::saveCollection() updates an existing collection or adds a new collection
  \li QOrganizerManager::removeCollection() removes an existing collection (and deletes any items it contains)
\endlist

It also offers a convenience function which returns a collection with a given collection id.

\section1 Reporting Errors

When a synchronous operation fails, clients need to be able to retrieve error
information associated with that synchronous operation.  You can call the
QOrganizerManager::error() function directly after a failing synchronous
operation to determine why it failed.

For some synchronous operations (for example, batch save or remove operations) it is possible that
multiple errors may occur during the operation.  In those cases, clients can call QOrganizerManager::errorMap()
to retrieve a map of input index to error, which will be filled by the function as required.
The QOrganizerManager::error() function will report the overall operation error.

*/

