javax.mail.search

Class FromStringTerm

java.lang.Object
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+--javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
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   +--javax.mail.search.StringTerm
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      +--javax.mail.search.AddressStringTerm
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         +--javax.mail.search.FromStringTerm

public final class FromStringTerm
extends AddressStringTerm

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.

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Constructor Summary

FromStringTerm(String pattern)

Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean

equals(Object other)

Equality comparison.

boolean

match(Message msg)

Check whether the address string specified in the constructor is a substring of the From address of this Message.

Constructor Details

FromStringTerm

public FromStringTerm(String pattern)

pattern - the address pattern to be compared.

Method Details

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Equality comparison.

other

match

public boolean match(Message msg)

Check whether the address string specified in the constructor is a substring of the From address of this Message.

Parameters:

msg - The comparison is applied to this Message's From address.

Returns:

true if the match succeeds, otherwise false.