Non-unique email addresses are now allowed in the Gmail contacts manager http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2009/03/non-unique-email-addresses-now-allowed.html
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Jesse Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: > You are right, I tried it and it failed but that is weird because in the > Contacts > API 2.0 Migration > Guide<http://code.google.com/apis/contacts/docs/2.0/migration_guide.html> it > states: > >> More than one contact can now have the same email address, so Google no >> longer returns a 409 Conflict status code if you try to create a new >> contact with the same email address as another contact. Thus, if your client >> relies on this behavior, you may need to change your client to check for >> existing contacts with the given address before creating a new one. > > > Does that mean Google is not yet running v2.0? They use the new 2.0 > groups.... > > -Jesse > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:27 PM, ravi181229 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi Jesse, >> >> No, it's not allowed. >> You can just go to your Gmail Contacts and try adding a contact with >> existing email address. >> It will display a message as I mentioned before and when we do with >> Programming it throws 409 'Conflict' >> >> Thanks, >> Ravi >> >> On Feb 10, 2:03 am, Jesse Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I thought duplicate emails were allowed now? >> > -Jesse >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:59 PM, ravi181229 <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > Hi Faisal, >> > >> > > Version Conflict exception occurs when you are trying to add/update a >> > > contact with the email address which Gmail already has (Cannot have >> > > more than one contact with same email address). >> > >> > > You can either first check if this email address already exists or >> > > just throw your custom exception. >> > >> > > I am trying to fetch the Status Code for each exception/ success but >> > > not able to get how to do. >> > > If we get Status Code, we can display the message according to that. >> > >> > > Regards, >> > > Ravi >> > >> > > [email protected] wrote: >> > > > Hi i am getting this exception.... >> > >> > > > Can not update the contact: >> > > > com.google.gdata.util.VersionConflictException: Conflict >> > > > <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><entry xmlns=' >> http://www.w3.org/ >> > > > 2005/Atom' xmlns:gContact='http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008' >> > > > xmlns:batch=' >> http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch'xmlns:gd='http:// >> > > > schemas.google.com/g/2005'><id> >> http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/ >> > > > matthias.hirschfeld%40googlemail.com/base/1f68ced8851eb52</ >> > > > id><updated>2009-01-29T13:34:51.756Z</updated><category >> scheme='http:// >> > > > schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind' term='http://schemas.google.com/ >> > > > contact/2008#contact'/><title type='text'>Buschner, Michael</ >> > > > title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#edit- >> > > > photo' type='image/*' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/photos/ >> > > > media/matthias.hirschfeld%40googlemail.com/ >> > > > 1f68ced8851eb52/1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg'/><link rel='self' >> > > > type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/ >> > > > contacts/matthias.hirschfeld% >> 40googlemail.com/full/1f68ced8851eb52'/ >> > > > ><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http:// >> > >> > >www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/matthias.hirschfeld%40googlemail.com. >> .. >> > > ><gd:email >> > > > rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#other' >> > > > address='[email protected]' primary='true'/></entry> >> > > > 2009-02-05 20:05:22,692 >> > >> > > > The code responsible is the following: >> > >> > > > this.contacts = GoogleContactUtils.findContacts(conService,this); >> > >> > > > public static List<ContactEntry> findContacts(ContactsService >> > > > service,SessionInfo sessionInfo) >> > > > throws RepositoryException{ >> > >> > > > try{ >> > > > String userId=sessionInfo.getUserID(); >> > >> > > > URL feedUrl = new URL(" >> > >http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/ >> > > > contacts/"+userId+"/full"); >> > > > ContactQuery query = new >> ContactQuery(feedUrl); >> > > > query.setStartIndex(1); >> > > > query.setMaxResults(10000); >> > >> > > > ContactFeed contactResult = >> service.getFeed(query, >> > > > ContactFeed.class); >> > > > List<ContactEntry> contacts=new >> > > ArrayList<ContactEntry>(); >> > > > contacts.addAll(contactResult.getEntries()); >> > > > return contacts; >> > > > }catch (Exception e){ >> > > > throw new RepositoryException("An exception >> has >> > > occured while >> > > > finding contacts from Google" + e.toString()); >> > > > } >> > >> > > > } >> > > > GoogleContactUtils.setContactUniqueName(this.contacts); >> > >> > > > public static void setContactUniqueName(List<ContactEntry> contacts) >> > > > throws RepositoryException{ >> > > > for(ContactEntry oldContact:contacts){ >> > > > ContactEntry contact = null; >> > > > try{ >> > > > contact=oldContact.getSelf(); >> > > > }catch(Exception e){ >> > > > throw new RepositoryException("Can not >> > > update the contact: >> > > > "+e.toString()); >> > > > } >> > > > List<ExtendedProperty> properties = >> > > contact.getExtendedProperties >> > > > (); >> > > > if(properties.size()==0){ >> > > > ExtendedProperty property = new >> > > ExtendedProperty(); >> > > > property.setName("syncId"); >> > >> > > property.setValue(contact.getId().substring(7).replaceAll("/", >> > > > "^")); >> > > > contact.addExtendedProperty(property); >> > > > try{ >> > > > contact.update(); >> > > > }catch(Exception e){ >> > > > throw new >> RepositoryException("Can >> > > not update the contact: >> > > > "+e.toString()); >> > > > } >> > > > } >> > >> > > > } >> > > > } >> > >> > > > First all contacts are fetched and then an extended property is >> added >> > > > in each contact and then it is updated. At this point when >> > > > contact.update is called then exception VersionConflictException >> > > > occurs. >> > >> > > > Please help me. Any idea why this occurs? >> > >> > > > Faisal >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Contacts API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-contacts-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
