Module jakarta.mail

Class AddressStringTerm

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable
    Direct Known Subclasses:
    FromStringTerm, RecipientStringTerm

    public abstract class AddressStringTerm
    extends StringTerm
    This abstract class implements string comparisons for Message addresses.

    Note that this class differs from the AddressTerm class in that this class does comparisons on address strings rather than Address objects.

    Since:
    JavaMail 1.1
    See Also:
    Serialized Form
    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Modifier Constructor Description
      protected AddressStringTerm​(java.lang.String pattern)
      Constructor.
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      boolean equals​(java.lang.Object obj)
      Equality comparison.
      protected boolean match​(Address a)
      Check whether the address pattern specified in the constructor is a substring of the string representation of the given Address object.
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
    • Constructor Detail

      • AddressStringTerm

        protected AddressStringTerm​(java.lang.String pattern)
        Constructor.
        Parameters:
        pattern - the address pattern to be compared.
    • Method Detail

      • match

        protected boolean match​(Address a)
        Check whether the address pattern specified in the constructor is a substring of the string representation of the given Address object.

        Note that if the string representation of the given Address object contains charset or transfer encodings, the encodings must be accounted for, during the match process.

        Parameters:
        a - The comparison is applied to this Address object.
        Returns:
        true if the match succeeds, otherwise false.
      • equals

        public boolean equals​(java.lang.Object obj)
        Equality comparison.
        Overrides:
        equals in class StringTerm