add explicit file-based entry point

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/trunk@1491 57a11ea4-9604-0410-9ed3-97b8803252fd

src/engine/Session.c

@@ -132,40 +132,67 @@ static char * searchpaths[] = {
 AccountGroup *
 xaccSessionBegin (Session *sess, char * sid)
 {
-   struct stat statbuf;
-   char pathbuf[PATH_MAX];
-   char * filefrag,  *path = NULL;
-   int namelen, len;
-   int i, rc;
+   AccountGroup *retval;
 
    if (!sess) return NULL;
 
    /* clear the error condition of previous errors */
    sess->errtype = 0;
 
-   /* seriously invalid */
-   if (!sid) {
-      sess->errtype = EINVAL;
-      return NULL;
-   }
-
    /* check to see if this session is already open */
    if (sess->sessionid) {
       sess->errtype = ETXTBSY;
       return NULL;
    }
 
+   /* seriously invalid */
+   if (!sid) {
+      sess->errtype = EINVAL;
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
    /* check to see if this is a type we know how to handle */
    if (strncmp (sid, "file:", 5)) {
       sess->errtype = ENOSYS;
       return NULL;
    }
 
+   /* add 5 to space past 'file:' */
+   retval = xaccSessionBeginFile (sess, sid+5);
+
+   return retval;
+}
+
+AccountGroup *
+xaccSessionBeginFile (Session *sess, char * filefrag)
+{
+   struct stat statbuf;
+   char pathbuf[PATH_MAX];
+   char *path = NULL;
+   int namelen, len;
+   int i, rc;
+
+   if (!sess) return NULL;
+
+   /* clear the error condition of previous errors */
+   sess->errtype = 0;
+
+   /* check to see if this session is already open */
+   if (sess->sessionid) {
+      sess->errtype = ETXTBSY;
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   /* seriously invalid */
+   if (!filefrag) {
+      sess->errtype = EINVAL;
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
    /* ---------------------------------------------------- */
    /* OK, now we try to find or build an absolute file path */
 
    /* check for an absolute file path */
-   filefrag = sess->sessionid + 5;  /* space past 'file:' */
    if ('/' == *filefrag) {
       sess->fullpath = strdup (filefrag);
    } else {
@@ -256,8 +283,10 @@ xaccSessionBegin (Session *sess, char * sid)
    }
    assert (sess->fullpath);  /* no one fucked with the code, yeah? */
       
-   /* OK, we've got a good string ... */
-   sess->sessionid = strdup (sid);
+   /* Store the sessionid URL also ... */
+   strcpy (pathbuf, "file:");
+   strcat (pathbuf, filefrag);
+   sess->sessionid = strdup (pathbuf);
 
    /* ---------------------------------------------------- */
    /* Yow! OK, after all of that, we've finnaly got a fully 

src/engine/Session.h

@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ void       xaccSessionDestroy (Session *);
  *    If the file is succesfully opened and read, then a lock will have been
  *    obtained, and all other access to the file will be denied.  This feature
  *    is intended to be a brute-force global lock to avoid multiple writers.
+ *
+ * The xaccSessionBeginFile() routine is identical to the xaccSessionBegin()
+ *    routine, except that the argument is a filename (i.e. the five
+ *    letters "file:" should not be prepended).
  * 
  * The xaccSessionGetError() routine can be used to obtain the reason for
  *    any failure. Standard errno values are used.  Calling this routine resets
@@ -131,13 +135,14 @@ void       xaccSessionDestroy (Session *);
  *
  */
 
-AccountGroup * xaccSessionBegin (Session *, char * sessionid);
-int            xaccSessionGetError (Session *);
-AccountGroup * xaccSessionGetGroup (Session *);
-void           xaccSessionSetGroup (Session *, AccountGroup *topgroup);
+AccountGroup * xaccSessionBegin     (Session *, char * sessionid);
+AccountGroup * xaccSessionBeginFile (Session *, char * filename);
+int            xaccSessionGetError  (Session *);
+AccountGroup * xaccSessionGetGroup  (Session *);
+void           xaccSessionSetGroup  (Session *, AccountGroup *topgroup);
 
 void           xaccSessionSave (Session *);
-void           xaccSessionEnd (Session *);
+void           xaccSessionEnd  (Session *);
 
 
 #endif /* __XACC_SESSION_H__ */