javax.mail.search
Class FromStringTerm

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.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(java.lang.String pattern)
Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.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(java.lang.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(java.lang.Object obj)

Equality comparison.

Overrides:

equals in class AddressStringTerm