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package javax.mail.search;

import javax.mail.Address;

This class implements Message Address comparisons.
Author:
Bill Shannon, John Mani/**
 * This class implements Message Address comparisons.
 *
 * @author Bill Shannon
 * @author John Mani
 */

public abstract class AddressTerm extends SearchTerm {
    
The address.
@serial
/**
     * The address.
     *
     * @serial
     */
    protected Address address;

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2005405551929769980L;

    protected AddressTerm(Address address) {
	this.address = address;
    }

    
Return the address to match with.
Returns:
	the adddress/**
     * Return the address to match with.
     *
     * @return	the adddress
     */
    public Address getAddress() {
	return address;
    }

    
Match against the argument Address.
Params:
a – 	the address to match
Returns:
	true if it matches/**
     * Match against the argument Address.
     *
     * @param	a	the address to match
     * @return	true if it matches
     */
    protected boolean match(Address a) {
	return (a.equals(address));
    }

    
Equality comparison.
/**
     * Equality comparison.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
	if (!(obj instanceof AddressTerm))
	    return false;
	AddressTerm at = (AddressTerm)obj;
	return at.address.equals(this.address);
    }

    
Compute a hashCode for this object.
/**
     * Compute a hashCode for this object.
     */
    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
	return address.hashCode();
    }
}