public abstract class

SearchTerm

extends Object
implements Serializable
java.lang.Object
   ↳ com.google.code.javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
Known Direct Subclasses
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

Search criteria are expressed as a tree of search-terms, forming a parse-tree for the search expression.

Search-terms are represented by this class. This is an abstract class; subclasses implement specific match methods.

Search terms are serializable, which allows storing a search term between sessions. Warning: Serialized objects of this class may not be compatible with future JavaMail API releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage.

Warning: Search terms that include references to objects of type Message.RecipientType will not be deserialized correctly on JDK 1.1 systems. While these objects will be deserialized without throwing any exceptions, the resulting objects violate the type-safe enum contract of the Message.RecipientType class. Proper deserialization of these objects depends on support for the readReplace method, added in JDK 1.2.

Summary

Constants
long serialVersionUID
Public Constructors
SearchTerm()
Public Methods
abstract boolean match(Message msg)
This method applies a specific match criterion to the given message and returns the result.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Constants

private static final long serialVersionUID

Constant Value: -6652358452205992789 (0xa3ae133bc1b1c4ab)

Public Constructors

public SearchTerm ()

Public Methods

public abstract boolean match (Message msg)

This method applies a specific match criterion to the given message and returns the result.

Parameters
msg The match criterion is applied on this message
Returns
  • true, it the match succeeds, false if the match fails