1 /**
2 *
3 * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
4 *
5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
7 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
8 *
9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10 *
11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15 * limitations under the License.
16 */
17
18 package javax.mail.search;
19
20 import javax.mail.Address;
21
22 /**
23 * A Term that compares two Addresses as Strings.
24 *
25 * @version $Rev: 125583 $ $Date: 2005-01-18 19:44:27 -0800 (Tue, 18 Jan 2005) $
26 */
27 public abstract class AddressStringTerm extends StringTerm {
28 /**
29 * Constructor.
30 * @param pattern the pattern to be compared
31 */
32 protected AddressStringTerm(String pattern) {
33 super(pattern);
34 }
35
36 /**
37 * Tests if the patterm associated with this Term is a substring of
38 * the address in the supplied object.
39 *
40 * @param address
41 * @return
42 */
43 protected boolean match(Address address) {
44 return match(address.toString());
45 }
46 }