javax.mail
Class Flags.Flag

java.lang.Object
  javax.mail.Flags.Flag

Enclosing class:

Flags

public static final class Flags.Flag
extends java.lang.Object

This inner class represents an individual system flag. A set of standard system flag objects are predefined here.

Field Summary

static Flags.Flag	ANSWERED This message has been answered.
static Flags.Flag	DELETED This message is marked deleted.
static Flags.Flag	DRAFT This message is a draft.
static Flags.Flag	FLAGGED This message is flagged.
static Flags.Flag	RECENT This message is recent.
static Flags.Flag	SEEN This message is seen.
static Flags.Flag	USER A special flag that indicates that this folder supports user defined flags.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ANSWERED

public static final Flags.Flag ANSWERED

This message has been answered. This flag is set by clients to indicate that this message has been answered to.

DELETED

public static final Flags.Flag DELETED

This message is marked deleted. Clients set this flag to mark a message as deleted. The expunge operation on a folder removes all messages in that folder that are marked for deletion.

DRAFT

public static final Flags.Flag DRAFT

This message is a draft. This flag is set by clients to indicate that the message is a draft message.

FLAGGED

public static final Flags.Flag FLAGGED

This message is flagged. No semantic is defined for this flag. Clients alter this flag.

RECENT

public static final Flags.Flag RECENT

This message is recent. Folder implementations set this flag to indicate that this message is new to this folder, that is, it has arrived since the last time this folder was opened.

Clients cannot alter this flag.

SEEN

public static final Flags.Flag SEEN

This message is seen. This flag is implicitly set by the implementation when the this Message's content is returned to the client in some form. The getInputStream and getContent methods on Message cause this flag to be set.

Clients can alter this flag.

USER

public static final Flags.Flag USER

A special flag that indicates that this folder supports user defined flags.

The implementation sets this flag. Clients cannot alter this flag but can use it to determine if a folder supports user defined flags by using folder.getPermanentFlags().contains(Flags.Flag.USER).