Module jakarta.mail

Package jakarta.mail.search

Class HeaderTerm

java.lang.Object

jakarta.mail.search.SearchTerm

jakarta.mail.search.StringTerm

jakarta.mail.search.HeaderTerm

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class HeaderTerm
extends StringTerm

This class implements comparisons for Message headers. The comparison is case-insensitive.

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class jakarta.mail.search.StringTerm

ignoreCase, pattern

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HeaderTerm(String headerName, String pattern)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)	Equality comparison.
String	getHeaderName()	Return the name of the header to compare with.
int	hashCode()	Compute a hashCode for this object.
boolean	match(Message msg)	The header match method.

Methods inherited from class jakarta.mail.search.StringTerm

getIgnoreCase, getPattern, match

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

HeaderTerm

public HeaderTerm(String headerName,
 String pattern)

Constructor.

Parameters:

headerName - The name of the header

pattern - The pattern to search for

Method Details

getHeaderName

public String getHeaderName()

Return the name of the header to compare with.

Returns:

the name of the header

match

public boolean match(Message msg)

The header match method.

Specified by:

match in class SearchTerm

Parameters:

msg - The match is applied to this Message's header

Returns:

true if the match succeeds, otherwise false

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Equality comparison.

Overrides:

equals in class StringTerm

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Compute a hashCode for this object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class StringTerm