javax.mail.internet
Class NewsAddress

java.lang.Object
  extended by javax.mail.Address
      extended by 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


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