javax.mail.internet
Class NewsAddress

java.lang.Object
  javax.mail.Address
      javax.mail.internet.NewsAddress

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class NewsAddress
extends Address

A representation of an RFC1036 Internet newsgroup address.

Version:

$Rev: 467553 $ $Date: 2006-10-25 00:01:51 -0400 (Wed, 25 Oct 2006) $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected String	host The host for this newsgroup
protected String	newsgroup The name of this newsgroup

Constructor Summary

NewsAddress()

NewsAddress(String newsgroup)

NewsAddress(String newsgroup, String host)

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o) Subclasses must provide a suitable implementation of equals().
String	getHost()
String	getNewsgroup()
String	getType() The type of this address; always "news".
int	hashCode()
static NewsAddress[]	parse(String addresses) Parse a comma-spearated list of addresses.
void	setHost(String host)
void	setNewsgroup(String newsgroup)
String	toString() Subclasses must provide a suitable representation of their address.
static String	toString(Address[] addresses) Convert the supplied addresses to a comma-separated String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

host

protected String host

The host for this newsgroup

newsgroup

protected String newsgroup

The name of this newsgroup

Constructor Detail

NewsAddress

public NewsAddress()

NewsAddress

public NewsAddress(String newsgroup)

NewsAddress

public NewsAddress(String newsgroup,
                   String host)

Method Detail

getType

public String getType()

The type of this address; always "news".

Specified by:

getType in class Address

Returns:

"news"

setNewsgroup

public void setNewsgroup(String newsgroup)

getNewsgroup

public String getNewsgroup()

setHost

public void setHost(String host)

getHost

public String getHost()

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: Address

Subclasses must provide a suitable representation of their address.

Specified by:

toString in class Address

Returns:

a representation of an Address as a String

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Description copied from class: Address

Subclasses must provide a suitable implementation of equals().

Specified by:

equals in class Address

Parameters:

o - the object to compare t

Returns:

true if the subclass determines the other object is equal to this Address

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

parse

public static NewsAddress[] parse(String addresses)
                           throws AddressException

Parse a comma-spearated list of addresses.

Parameters:

addresses - the list to parse

Returns:

the array of extracted addresses

Throws:

AddressException - if one of the addresses is invalid

toString

public static String toString(Address[] addresses)

Convert the supplied addresses to a comma-separated String. If addresses is null, returns null; if empty, returns an empty string.

Parameters:

addresses - the addresses to convert

Returns:

a comma-separated list of addresses