Java EE 5 SDK

javax.mail.search
Class FromStringTerm

java.lang.Object
  extended by javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
      extended by javax.mail.search.StringTerm
          extended by javax.mail.search.AddressStringTerm
              extended by javax.mail.search.FromStringTerm
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public final class FromStringTerm
extends AddressStringTerm

This class implements string comparisons for the From Address header.

Note that this class differs from the FromTerm class in that this class does comparisons on address strings rather than Address objects. The string comparisons are case-insensitive.

Since:
JavaMail 1.1
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class javax.mail.search.StringTerm
ignoreCase, pattern
 
Constructor Summary
FromStringTerm(String pattern)
          Constructor.
 
Method Summary
 boolean equals(Object obj)
          Equality comparison.
 boolean match(Message msg)
          Check whether the address string specified in the constructor is a substring of the From address of this Message.
 
Methods inherited from class javax.mail.search.AddressStringTerm
match
 
Methods inherited from class javax.mail.search.StringTerm
getIgnoreCase, getPattern, hashCode, match
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

FromStringTerm

public FromStringTerm(String pattern)
Constructor.

Parameters:
pattern - the address pattern to be compared.
Method Detail

match

public boolean match(Message msg)
Check whether the address string specified in the constructor is a substring of the From address of this Message.

Specified by:
match in class SearchTerm
Parameters:
msg - The comparison is applied to this Message's From address.
Returns:
true if the match succeeds, otherwise false.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)
Equality comparison.

Overrides:
equals in class AddressStringTerm

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