001    /**
002     *
003     * Copyright 2003-2006 The Apache Software Foundation
004     *
005     *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006     *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
007     *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
008     *
009     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010     *
011     *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012     *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013     *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014     *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015     *  limitations under the License.
016     */
017    
018    package javax.mail.search;
019    
020    import javax.mail.Address;
021    
022    /**
023     * A Term that compares two Addresses as Strings.
024     *
025     * @version $Rev: 421852 $ $Date: 2006-07-14 03:02:19 -0700 (Fri, 14 Jul 2006) $
026     */
027    public abstract class AddressStringTerm extends StringTerm {
028        /**
029         * Constructor.
030         * @param pattern the pattern to be compared
031         */
032        protected AddressStringTerm(String pattern) {
033            super(pattern);
034        }
035    
036        /**
037         * Tests if the patterm associated with this Term is a substring of
038         * the address in the supplied object.
039         *
040         * @param address
041         * @return
042         */
043        protected boolean match(Address address) {
044            return match(address.toString());
045        }
046    }