/*
* modest_platform_connect_and_wait:
* @parent_window: the parent #GtkWindow for any interactive or progress feedback UI.
+ * @account: The account to be used.
* @return value: Whether a connection was made.
*
* Attempts to make a connection, possibly showing interactive UI to achieve this.
* This will return TRUE immediately if a connection is already open.
* Otherwise, this function blocks until the connection attempt has either succeded or failed.
+ * This also sets the account to online, if it is a store account, in case it has been set to offline mode.
*/
-gboolean modest_platform_connect_and_wait (GtkWindow *parent_window);
+gboolean modest_platform_connect_and_wait (GtkWindow *parent_window, TnyAccount *account);
/*
gboolean modest_platform_connect_and_wait_if_network_folderstore (GtkWindow *parent_window, TnyFolderStore *folder_store);
/**
+ * modest_platform_is_network_folderstore:
+ * @folder_store: The folder store (folder or account) that needs to
+ * decide if need a connection in subsequent operations.
+ * @return value: Whether a connection is necessary for this folder_store.
+ */
+gboolean modest_platform_is_network_folderstore (TnyFolderStore *folder_store);
+
+/**
* modest_platform_set_update_interval:
* @minutes: The number of minutes between updates, or 0 for no updates.
*
modest_platform_animation_banner (GtkWidget *parent,
const gchar *annimation_name,
const gchar *text);
+
+/* TODO: This isn't platform-dependent, so this isn't the best place for this. */
+/* Return TRUE immediately if the account is already online,
+ * otherwise check every second for NUMBER_OF_TRIES seconds and return TRUE as
+ * soon as the account is online, or FALSE if the account does
+ * not become online in the NUMBER_OF_TRIES seconds.
+ * This is useful when the D-Bus method was run immediately after
+ * the application was started (when using D-Bus activation),
+ * because the account usually takes a short time to go online.
+ * The return value is maybe not very useful.
+ */
+gboolean modest_platform_check_and_wait_for_account_is_online(TnyAccount *account);
G_END_DECLS