1 /**
2 *
3 * Copyright 2003-2006 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 java.io.Serializable;
21 import javax.mail.Message;
22
23 /**
24 * Base class for Terms in a parse tree used to represent a search condition.
25 *
26 * This class is Serializable to allow for the short term persistence of
27 * searches between Sessions; this is not intended for long-term persistence.
28 *
29 * @version $Rev: 421852 $ $Date: 2006-07-14 03:02:19 -0700 (Fri, 14 Jul 2006) $
30 */
31 public abstract class SearchTerm implements Serializable {
32 /**
33 * Checks a matching criteria defined by the concrete subclass of this Term.
34 *
35 * @param message the message to apply the matching criteria to
36 * @return true if the matching criteria is met
37 */
38 public abstract boolean match(Message message);
39 }