Java EE 5 SDK

javax.mail
Class Flags.Flag

java.lang.Object
  extended by javax.mail.Flags.Flag
Enclosing class:
Flags

public static final class Flags.Flag
extends Object

This inner class represents an individual system flag. A set of standard system flag objects are predefined here.


Field Summary
static Flags.Flag ANSWERED
          This message has been answered.
static Flags.Flag DELETED
          This message is marked deleted.
static Flags.Flag DRAFT
          This message is a draft.
static Flags.Flag FLAGGED
          This message is flagged.
static Flags.Flag RECENT
          This message is recent.
static Flags.Flag SEEN
          This message is seen.
static Flags.Flag USER
          A special flag that indicates that this folder supports user defined flags.
 
Method Summary
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

ANSWERED

public static final Flags.Flag ANSWERED
This message has been answered. This flag is set by clients to indicate that this message has been answered to.


DELETED

public static final Flags.Flag DELETED
This message is marked deleted. Clients set this flag to mark a message as deleted. The expunge operation on a folder removes all messages in that folder that are marked for deletion.


DRAFT

public static final Flags.Flag DRAFT
This message is a draft. This flag is set by clients to indicate that the message is a draft message.


FLAGGED

public static final Flags.Flag FLAGGED
This message is flagged. No semantic is defined for this flag. Clients alter this flag.


RECENT

public static final Flags.Flag RECENT
This message is recent. Folder implementations set this flag to indicate that this message is new to this folder, that is, it has arrived since the last time this folder was opened.

Clients cannot alter this flag.


SEEN

public static final Flags.Flag SEEN
This message is seen. This flag is implicitly set by the implementation when the this Message's content is returned to the client in some form. The getInputStream and getContent methods on Message cause this flag to be set.

Clients can alter this flag.


USER

public static final Flags.Flag USER
A special flag that indicates that this folder supports user defined flags.

The implementation sets this flag. Clients cannot alter this flag but can use it to determine if a folder supports user defined flags by using folder.getPermanentFlags().contains(Flags.Flag.USER).


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