javax.mail.search
Class HeaderTerm

java.lang.Object
  extended by javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
      extended by javax.mail.search.StringTerm
          extended by javax.mail.search.HeaderTerm
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public final class HeaderTerm
extends StringTerm

This class implements comparisons for Message headers. The comparison is case-insensitive.

Author:
Bill Shannon, John Mani
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
protected  String headerName
          The name of the header.
 
Fields inherited from class javax.mail.search.StringTerm
ignoreCase, pattern
 
Constructor Summary
HeaderTerm(String headerName, String pattern)
          Constructor.
 
Method Summary
 boolean equals(Object obj)
          Equality comparison.
 String getHeaderName()
          Return the name of the header to compare with.
 int hashCode()
          Compute a hashCode for this object.
 boolean match(Message msg)
          The header match method.
 
Methods inherited from class javax.mail.search.StringTerm
getIgnoreCase, getPattern, match
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

headerName

protected String headerName
The name of the header.

Constructor Detail

HeaderTerm

public HeaderTerm(String headerName,
                  String pattern)
Constructor.

Parameters:
headerName - The name of the header
pattern - The pattern to search for
Method Detail

getHeaderName

public String getHeaderName()
Return the name of the header to compare with.


match

public boolean match(Message msg)
The header match method.

Specified by:
match in class SearchTerm
Parameters:
msg - The match is applied to this Message's header
Returns:
true if the match succeeds, otherwise false

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)
Equality comparison.

Overrides:
equals in class StringTerm

hashCode

public int hashCode()
Compute a hashCode for this object.

Overrides:
hashCode in class StringTerm


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