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package javax.mail.search;

This class implements the match method for Strings. The current implementation provides only for substring matching. We could add comparisons (like strcmp ...).
Author:Bill Shannon, John Mani
/** * This class implements the match method for Strings. The current * implementation provides only for substring matching. We * could add comparisons (like strcmp ...). * * @author Bill Shannon * @author John Mani */
public abstract class StringTerm extends SearchTerm {
The pattern.
@serial
/** * The pattern. * * @serial */
protected String pattern;
Ignore case when comparing?
@serial
/** * Ignore case when comparing? * * @serial */
protected boolean ignoreCase; private static final long serialVersionUID = 1274042129007696269L;
Construct a StringTerm with the given pattern. Case will be ignored.
Params:
  • pattern – the pattern
/** * Construct a StringTerm with the given pattern. * Case will be ignored. * * @param pattern the pattern */
protected StringTerm(String pattern) { this.pattern = pattern; ignoreCase = true; }
Construct a StringTerm with the given pattern and ignoreCase flag.
Params:
  • pattern – the pattern
  • ignoreCase – should we ignore case?
/** * Construct a StringTerm with the given pattern and ignoreCase flag. * * @param pattern the pattern * @param ignoreCase should we ignore case? */
protected StringTerm(String pattern, boolean ignoreCase) { this.pattern = pattern; this.ignoreCase = ignoreCase; }
Return the string to match with.
Returns: the string to match
/** * Return the string to match with. * * @return the string to match */
public String getPattern() { return pattern; }
Return true if we should ignore case when matching.
Returns: true if we should ignore case
/** * Return true if we should ignore case when matching. * * @return true if we should ignore case */
public boolean getIgnoreCase() { return ignoreCase; } protected boolean match(String s) { int len = s.length() - pattern.length(); for (int i=0; i <= len; i++) { if (s.regionMatches(ignoreCase, i, pattern, 0, pattern.length())) return true; } return false; }
Equality comparison.
/** * Equality comparison. */
@Override public boolean equals(Object obj) { if (!(obj instanceof StringTerm)) return false; StringTerm st = (StringTerm)obj; if (ignoreCase) return st.pattern.equalsIgnoreCase(this.pattern) && st.ignoreCase == this.ignoreCase; else return st.pattern.equals(this.pattern) && st.ignoreCase == this.ignoreCase; }
Compute a hashCode for this object.
/** * Compute a hashCode for this object. */
@Override public int hashCode() { return ignoreCase ? pattern.hashCode() : ~pattern.hashCode(); } }