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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected boolean	ignoreCase Ignore case when comparing?
protected String	pattern The pattern.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	StringTerm(String pattern)
protected	StringTerm(String pattern, boolean ignoreCase)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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?

Constructor Detail

StringTerm

protected StringTerm(String pattern)

StringTerm

protected StringTerm(String pattern,
          boolean ignoreCase)

Method Detail

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