Package javax.mail.search

Class SearchTerm

java.lang.Object

javax.mail.search.SearchTerm

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AddressTerm, AndTerm, ComparisonTerm, FlagTerm, NotTerm, OrTerm, StringTerm

public abstract class SearchTerm
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

A search expression is represented as a tree of search terms. All search terms derive from this class.

Version:

1.4

Author:

Chris Burdess

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SearchTerm()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract boolean	match(Message msg)	Indicates whether the given message matches this search term.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SearchTerm

public SearchTerm()

Method Detail

match

public abstract boolean match(Message msg)

Indicates whether the given message matches this search term.