javax.mail

Class Provider

java.lang.Object

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.

Author:

Max Spivak, Bill Shannon

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Provider.Type This inner class defines the Provider type.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
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

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getClassName() Returns the 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 the name of the vendor associated with this implementation or null.
String	getVersion() Returns the 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.

Returns:

the provider type

getProtocol

public String getProtocol()

Returns the protocol supported by this Provider.

Returns:

the protocol

getClassName

public String getClassName()

Returns the name of the class that implements the protocol.

Returns:

the class name

getVendor

public String getVendor()

Returns the name of the vendor associated with this implementation or null.

Returns:

the vendor

getVersion

public String getVersion()

Returns the version of this implementation or null if no version.

Returns:

the version

toString

public String toString()

Overrides Object.toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object