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package javax.mail.search;

import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.Address;

This class implements string comparisons for the From Address header.

Note that this class differs from the FromTerm class in that this class does comparisons on address strings rather than Address objects. The string comparisons are case-insensitive.

Since: JavaMail 1.1
/** * This class implements string comparisons for the From Address * header. <p> * * Note that this class differs from the <code>FromTerm</code> class * in that this class does comparisons on address strings rather than Address * objects. The string comparisons are case-insensitive. * * @since JavaMail 1.1 */
public final class FromStringTerm extends AddressStringTerm { private static final long serialVersionUID = 5801127523826772788L;
Constructor.
Params:
  • pattern – the address pattern to be compared.
/** * Constructor. * * @param pattern the address pattern to be compared. */
public FromStringTerm(String pattern) { super(pattern); }
Check whether the address string specified in the constructor is a substring of the From address of this Message.
Params:
  • msg – The comparison is applied to this Message's From address.
Returns: true if the match succeeds, otherwise false.
/** * Check whether the address string specified in the constructor is * a substring of the From address of this Message. * * @param msg The comparison is applied to this Message's From * address. * @return true if the match succeeds, otherwise false. */
@Override public boolean match(Message msg) { Address[] from; try { from = msg.getFrom(); } catch (Exception e) { return false; } if (from == null) return false; for (int i=0; i < from.length; i++) if (super.match(from[i])) return true; return false; }
Equality comparison.
/** * Equality comparison. */
@Override public boolean equals(Object obj) { if (!(obj instanceof FromStringTerm)) return false; return super.equals(obj); } }