javax.mail.internet
Class NewsAddress

java.lang.Object
  javax.mail.Address
      javax.mail.internet.NewsAddress

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class NewsAddress
extends Address

This class models an RFC1036 newsgroup address.

Author:

Bill Shannon, John Mani

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected String	host
protected String	newsgroup

Constructor Summary

NewsAddress()
Default constructor.

NewsAddress(String newsgroup)
Construct a NewsAddress with the given newsgroup.

NewsAddress(String newsgroup, String host)
Construct a NewsAddress with the given newsgroup and host.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object a) The equality operator.
String	getHost() Get the host.
String	getNewsgroup() Get the newsgroup.
String	getType() Return the type of this address.
int	hashCode() Compute a hash code for the address.
static NewsAddress[]	parse(String newsgroups) Parse the given comma separated sequence of newsgroup into NewsAddress objects.
void	setHost(String host) Set the host.
void	setNewsgroup(String newsgroup) Set the newsgroup.
String	toString() Convert this address into a RFC 1036 address.
static String	toString(Address[] addresses) Convert the given array of NewsAddress objects into a comma separated sequence of address strings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

newsgroup

protected String newsgroup

host

protected String host

Constructor Detail

NewsAddress

public NewsAddress()

Default constructor.

NewsAddress

public NewsAddress(String newsgroup)

Construct a NewsAddress with the given newsgroup.

Parameters:

newsgroup - the newsgroup

NewsAddress

public NewsAddress(String newsgroup,
                   String host)

Construct a NewsAddress with the given newsgroup and host.

Parameters:

newsgroup - the newsgroup

host - the host

Method Detail

getType

public String getType()

Return the type of this address. The type of a NewsAddress is "news".

Specified by:

getType in class Address

Returns:

address type

See Also:

InternetAddress

setNewsgroup

public void setNewsgroup(String newsgroup)

Set the newsgroup.

Parameters:

newsgroup - the newsgroup

getNewsgroup

public String getNewsgroup()

Get the newsgroup.

Returns:

newsgroup

setHost

public void setHost(String host)

Set the host.

Parameters:

host - the host

getHost

public String getHost()

Get the host.

Returns:

host

toString

public String toString()

Convert this address into a RFC 1036 address.

Specified by:

toString in class Address

Returns:

newsgroup

equals

public boolean equals(Object a)

The equality operator.

Specified by:

equals in class Address

Parameters:

a - Address object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Compute a hash code for the address.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public static String toString(Address[] addresses)

Convert the given array of NewsAddress objects into a comma separated sequence of address strings. The resulting string contains only US-ASCII characters, and hence is mail-safe.

Parameters:

addresses - array of NewsAddress objects

Returns:

comma separated address strings

Throws:

ClassCastException, - if any address object in the given array is not a NewsAddress objects. Note that this is a RuntimeException.

parse

public static NewsAddress[] parse(String newsgroups)
                           throws AddressException

Parse the given comma separated sequence of newsgroup into NewsAddress objects.

Parameters:

newsgroups - comma separated newsgroup string

Returns:

array of NewsAddress objects

Throws:

AddressException - if the parse failed