javax.mail.search
Class StringTerm

java.lang.Object
  javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
      javax.mail.search.StringTerm

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AddressStringTerm, BodyTerm, HeaderTerm, MessageIDTerm, SubjectTerm

public abstract class StringTerm
extends SearchTerm

This class implements the match method for Strings. The current implementation provides only for substring matching. We could add comparisons (like strcmp ...).

Author:

Bill Shannon, John Mani

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary
protected  boolean	ignoreCase           Ignore case when comparing?
protected  String	pattern           The pattern.

 

Constructor Summary
protected	StringTerm(String pattern)
protected	StringTerm(String pattern, boolean ignoreCase)

 

Method Summary
boolean	equals(Object obj)           Equality comparison.
boolean	getIgnoreCase()           Return true if we should ignore case when matching.
String	getPattern()           Return the string to match with.
int	hashCode()           Compute a hashCode for this object.
protected  boolean	match(String s)

 

Methods inherited from class javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
match

 

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

 

Field Detail

pattern

protected String pattern

The pattern.

ignoreCase

protected boolean ignoreCase

Ignore case when comparing?

StringTerm

protected StringTerm(String pattern)

StringTerm

protected StringTerm(String pattern,
                     boolean ignoreCase)

getPattern

public String getPattern()

Return the string to match with.

getIgnoreCase

public boolean getIgnoreCase()

Return true if we should ignore case when matching.

match

protected boolean match(String s)

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Equality comparison.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Compute a hashCode for this object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object