001    /*
002     * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
003     * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
004     * distributed with this work for additional information
005     * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
006     * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
007     * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
008     * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
009     *
010     *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
011     *
012     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
013     * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
014     * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
015     * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
016     * specific language governing permissions and limitations
017     * under the License.
018     */
019    
020    package javax.mail.search;
021    
022    import javax.mail.Address;
023    
024    /**
025     * A Term that compares two Addresses as Strings.
026     *
027     * @version $Rev: 920714 $ $Date: 2010-03-09 01:55:49 -0500 (Tue, 09 Mar 2010) $
028     */
029    public abstract class AddressStringTerm extends StringTerm {
030            
031            private static final long serialVersionUID = 3086821234204980368L;
032            
033        /**
034         * Constructor.
035         * @param pattern the pattern to be compared
036         */
037        protected AddressStringTerm(String pattern) {
038            super(pattern);
039        }
040    
041        /**
042         * Tests if the patterm associated with this Term is a substring of
043         * the address in the supplied object.
044         *
045         * @param address
046         * @return
047         */
048        protected boolean match(Address address) {
049            return match(address.toString());
050        }
051    }