documentation cleanup

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Linas Vepstas 1998-10-04 02:08:30 +00:00
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@ -57,20 +57,22 @@ typedef struct _transaction Transaction;
/** PROTOTYPES ******************************************************/
/*
* The xaccTransSetDate() method will modify the date of the
* transaction. It will also make sure that the transaction
* is stored in proper date order in the accounts.
*/
* The xaccMallocTransaction() will malloc memory and initilize it.
* Once created, it is usually unsafe to merely "free" this memory;
* the xaccTransDestroy() method should be called.
*
* The xaccInitTransaction() method will initialize the indicated memory
* area. Handy for on-stack trasnactions.
*/
Transaction * xaccMallocTransaction (void);
void xaccInitTransaction (Transaction *);
Transaction * xaccMallocTransaction (void); /* mallocs and inits */
void xaccInitTransaction (Transaction *);/* clears a trans struct */
/* The xaccTransactionDestroy() method will remove all
/* The xaccTransDestroy() method will remove all
* of the splits from each of thier accounts, free the memory
* associated with them. This routine must be followed by either
* an xaccTransCommitEdit(), in which case the transaction
* memory will be freed, or by xaccTransRollbackEdit(), in which
* case nothing at all is freed, and averything is put back into
* case nothing at all is freed, and everything is put back into
* original order.
*/
void xaccTransDestroy (Transaction *);
@ -101,12 +103,26 @@ void xaccTransBeginEdit (Transaction *, int defer);
void xaccTransCommitEdit (Transaction *);
void xaccTransRollbackEdit (Transaction *);
/*
* The xaccTransSetDateSecs() method will modify the posted date
* of the transaction. (Footnote: this shouldn't matter to a user,
* but anyone modifying the engine should understand that when
* xaccTransCommitEdit() is called, the date order of each of the
* component splits will be checked, and will be resotred in
* ascending date order.)
*
* The xaccTransSetDate() method does the same thing as
* xaccTransSetDateSecs(), but takes a convenient day-month-year format.
*
* The xaccTransSetDateToday() method does the same thing as
* xaccTransSetDateSecs(), but sets the date to the current system
* date/time.
*/
void xaccTransSetDate (Transaction *, int day, int mon, int year);
void xaccTransSetDateSecs (Transaction *, time_t);
/* set the transaction date to the current system time. */
void xaccTransSetDateToday (Transaction *);
/* set the Num and Description fields ... */
void xaccTransSetNum (Transaction *, const char *);
void xaccTransSetDescription (Transaction *, const char *);
@ -308,20 +324,20 @@ int xaccCountTransactions (Transaction **tarray);
int xaccCountSplits (Split **sarray);
/*
* convenience routine that is essentially identical to
* xaccGetPeerrAccountFromName, except that it accepts the handy
* transaction as root.
* The xaccGetAccountByName() is a convenience routine that
* is essentially identical to xaccGetPeerAccountFromName(),
* except that it accepts the handy transaction as root.
*/
Account * xaccGetAccountByName (Transaction *, const char *);
/*
* The GetOtherSplit() is a convenience routine that returns
* The xaccGetOtherSplit() is a convenience routine that returns
* the other of a pair of splits. If there are more than two
* splits, it returns NULL.
*/
Split * xaccGetOtherSplit (Split *);
/* The IsPeerSplit() is a convenience routine that returns
/* The xaccIsPeerSplit() is a convenience routine that returns
* a non-zero value if the two splits share a common
* parent transaction, else it returns zero.
*/