javax.mail
Class Address

java.lang.Object
  javax.mail.Address

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

InternetAddress, NewsAddress

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

This abstract class models the addresses in a message. Subclasses provide specific implementations. Subclasses will typically be serializable so that (for example) the use of Address objects in search terms can be serialized along with the search terms.

Author:

John Mani, Bill Shannon

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Address()

Method Summary

abstract boolean	equals(java.lang.Object address) The equality operator.
abstract java.lang.String	getType() Return a type string that identifies this address type.
abstract java.lang.String	toString() Return a String representation of this address object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Address

public Address()

Method Detail

getType

public abstract java.lang.String getType()

Return a type string that identifies this address type.

Returns:

address type

See Also:

InternetAddress

toString

public abstract java.lang.String toString()

Return a String representation of this address object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

string representation of this address

equals

public abstract boolean equals(java.lang.Object address)

The equality operator. Subclasses should provide an implementation of this method that supports value equality (do the two Address objects represent the same destination?), not object reference equality. A subclass must also provide a corresponding implementation of the hashCode method that preserves the general contract of equals and hashCode - objects that compare as equal must have the same hashCode.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

address - Address object