javax.mail.search
Class SubjectTerm

java.lang.Object
  javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
      javax.mail.search.StringTerm
          javax.mail.search.SubjectTerm

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public final class SubjectTerm
extends StringTerm

This class implements comparisons for the message Subject header. The comparison is case-insensitive. The pattern is a simple string that must appear as a substring in the Subject.

Author:

Bill Shannon, John Mani

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.mail.search.StringTerm

ignoreCase, pattern

Constructor Summary

SubjectTerm(java.lang.String pattern)
Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Equality comparison.
boolean	match(Message msg) The match method.

Methods inherited from class javax.mail.search.StringTerm

getIgnoreCase, getPattern, hashCode, match

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SubjectTerm

public SubjectTerm(java.lang.String pattern)

Constructor.

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern to search for

Method Detail

match

public boolean match(Message msg)

The match method.

Specified by:

match in class SearchTerm

Parameters:

msg - the pattern match is applied to this Message's subject header

Returns:

true if the pattern match succeeds, otherwise false

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Equality comparison.

Overrides:

equals in class StringTerm