javax.mail.search
Class StringTerm

java.lang.Object
  extended by javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
      extended by 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
protected  boolean ignoreCase
          Ignore case when comparing?
protected  String pattern
          The pattern.
 
Constructor Summary
protected StringTerm(String pattern)
           
protected StringTerm(String pattern, boolean ignoreCase)
           
 
Method Summary
 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


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