Java EE 5 SDK

javax.mail
Class Provider

java.lang.Object
  extended by javax.mail.Provider

public class Provider
extends Object

The Provider is a class that describes a protocol implementation. The values typically come from the javamail.providers and javamail.default.providers resource files. An application may also create and register a Provider object to dynamically add support for a new provider.

Version:
1.10, 05/08/29
Author:
Max Spivak, Bill Shannon

Nested Class Summary
static class Provider.Type
          This inner class defines the Provider type.
 
Constructor Summary
Provider(Provider.Type type, String protocol, String classname, String vendor, String version)
          Create a new provider of the specified type for the specified protocol.
 
Method Summary
 String getClassName()
          Returns name of the class that implements the protocol
 String getProtocol()
          Returns the protocol supported by this Provider
 Provider.Type getType()
          Returns the type of this Provider
 String getVendor()
          Returns name of vendor associated with this implementation or null
 String getVersion()
          Returns version of this implementation or null if no version
 String toString()
          Overrides Object.toString()
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Provider

public Provider(Provider.Type type,
                String protocol,
                String classname,
                String vendor,
                String version)
Create a new provider of the specified type for the specified protocol. The specified class implements the provider.

Parameters:
type - Type.STORE or Type.TRANSPORT
protocol - valid protocol for the type
classname - class name that implements this protocol
vendor - optional string identifying the vendor (may be null)
version - optional implementation version string (may be null)
Since:
JavaMail 1.4
Method Detail

getType

public Provider.Type getType()
Returns the type of this Provider


getProtocol

public String getProtocol()
Returns the protocol supported by this Provider


getClassName

public String getClassName()
Returns name of the class that implements the protocol


getVendor

public String getVendor()
Returns name of vendor associated with this implementation or null


getVersion

public String getVersion()
Returns version of this implementation or null if no version


toString

public String toString()
Overrides Object.toString()

Overrides:
toString in class Object

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