AddressStringTerm (JavaMail API documentation)
Date: 2018-05-06

javax.mail.search

## Class AddressStringTerm

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
  - - javax.mail.search.StringTerm
    - - javax.mail.search.AddressStringTerm

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    FromStringTerm, RecipientStringTerm

      public abstract class AddressStringTerm
      extends StringTerm

  This abstract class implements string comparisons for Message addresses.

  Note that this class differs from the `AddressTerm` class in that this class does comparisons on address strings rather than Address objects.

  Since:
    JavaMail 1.1
  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class javax.mail.search.StringTerm

      `ignoreCase, pattern`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier | Constructor and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected` | `AddressStringTerm(java.lang.String pattern)` Constructor.

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `boolean` | `equals(java.lang.Object obj)` Equality comparison.
    `protected boolean` | `match(Address a)` Check whether the address pattern specified in the constructor is a substring of the string representation of the given Address object.

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.mail.search.StringTerm

      `getIgnoreCase, getPattern, hashCode, match`

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.mail.search.SearchTerm

      `match`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### AddressStringTerm

          protected AddressStringTerm(java.lang.String pattern)

      Constructor.
      Parameters:
        `pattern` - the address pattern to be compared.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### match

          protected boolean match(Address a)

      Check whether the address pattern specified in the constructor is a substring of the string representation of the given Address object.

      Note that if the string representation of the given Address object contains charset or transfer encodings, the encodings must be accounted for, during the match process.

      Parameters:
        `a` - The comparison is applied to this Address object.
      Returns:
        true if the match succeeds, otherwise false.

    - #### equals

          public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

      Equality comparison.
      Overrides:
        `equals` in class `StringTerm`

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