Package javax.mail.search

Class StringTerm

java.lang.Object

javax.mail.search.SearchTerm

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 ...).

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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.

Methods inherited from class javax.mail.search.SearchTerm

match

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getPattern

public String getPattern()

Return the string to match with.

Returns:

the string to match

getIgnoreCase

public boolean getIgnoreCase()

Return true if we should ignore case when matching.

Returns:

true if we should ignore case

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