OlderTerm (Jakarta Mail API 1.6.7 API)

java.lang.Object
- javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
- - com.sun.mail.imap.OlderTerm

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable
```
public final class OlderTerm
extends SearchTerm
```
Find messages that are older than a given interval (in seconds). Relies on the server implementing the WITHIN search extension (RFC 5032).

Since:

JavaMail 1.5.1

Author:

Bill Shannon

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

OlderTerm(int interval)
Constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object obj)`	Equality comparison.
`int`	`getInterval()`	Return the interval.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Compute a hashCode for this object.
`boolean`	`match(Message msg)`	The match method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - OlderTerm
```
public OlderTerm(int interval)
```
    Constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    interval - number of seconds older
- Method Detail
  - getInterval
```
public int getInterval()
```
    Return the interval.
    
    Returns:
    
    the interval
  - match
```
public boolean match(Message msg)
```
    The match method.
    
    Specified by:
    
    match in class SearchTerm
    
    Parameters:
    
    msg - the date comparator is applied to this Message's received date
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the comparison succeeds, otherwise false
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
```
    Equality comparison.
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Compute a hashCode for this object.
    
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class java.lang.Object