## javax.mail.search
Class AddressStringTerm

    java.lang.Object
      javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
          javax.mail.search.StringTerm
              javax.mail.search.AddressStringTerm

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:
  FromStringTerm, RecipientStringTerm

    public abstract class AddressStringTerm

extends StringTerm

This abstract class implements string comparisons for Message addresses.

Note that this class differs from the `AddressTerm` class in that this class does comparisons on address strings rather than Address objects.

Since:
  JavaMail 1.1
See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.mail.search.StringTerm
`ignoreCase, pattern`

Constructor Summary
`protected` `AddressStringTerm(java.lang.String pattern)` Constructor.

Method Summary
`boolean` `equals(java.lang.Object obj)` Equality comparison.
`protected boolean` `match(Address a)` Check whether the address pattern specified in the constructor is a substring of the string representation of the given Address object.

Methods inherited from class javax.mail.search.StringTerm
`getIgnoreCase, getPattern, hashCode, match`

Methods inherited from class javax.mail.search.SearchTerm
`match`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### AddressStringTerm

    protected AddressStringTerm(java.lang.String pattern)

  Constructor.

  Parameters:
    `pattern` - the address pattern to be compared.

Method Detail

### match

    protected boolean match(Address a)

  Check whether the address pattern specified in the constructor is a substring of the string representation of the given Address object.

  Note that if the string representation of the given Address object contains charset or transfer encodings, the encodings must be accounted for, during the match process.

  Parameters:
    `a` - The comparison is applied to this Address object.
  Returns:
    true if the match succeeds, otherwise false.

### equals

    public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

  Equality comparison.

  Overrides:
    `equals` in class `StringTerm`