- java.lang.Object
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- javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
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- javax.mail.search.StringTerm
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- javax.mail.search.AddressStringTerm
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- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Serializable
- Direct Known Subclasses:
- FromStringTerm, RecipientStringTerm
public abstract class AddressStringTerm extends StringTerm
This abstract class implements string comparisons for Message addresses.Note that this class differs from the
AddressTerm
class in that this class does comparisons on address strings rather than Address objects.- Since:
- JavaMail 1.1
- See Also:
- Serialized Form
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Field Summary
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Fields inherited from class javax.mail.search.StringTerm
ignoreCase, pattern
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Modifier Constructor and Description protected
AddressStringTerm(String pattern)
Constructor.
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description boolean
equals(Object obj)
Equality comparison.protected boolean
match(Address a)
Check whether the address pattern specified in the constructor is a substring of the string representation of the given Address object.-
Methods inherited from class javax.mail.search.StringTerm
getIgnoreCase, getPattern, hashCode, match
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Methods inherited from class javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
match
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Constructor Detail
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AddressStringTerm
protected AddressStringTerm(String pattern)
Constructor.- Parameters:
pattern
- the address pattern to be compared.
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Method Detail
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match
protected boolean match(Address a)
Check whether the address pattern specified in the constructor is a substring of the string representation of the given Address object.Note that if the string representation of the given Address object contains charset or transfer encodings, the encodings must be accounted for, during the match process.
- Parameters:
a
- The comparison is applied to this Address object.- Returns:
- true if the match succeeds, otherwise false.
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equals
public boolean equals(Object obj)
Equality comparison.- Overrides:
equals
in classStringTerm
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Document created the 11/06/2005, last modified the 18/08/2025
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