javax.mail.internet
Class NewsAddress

java.lang.Object
  javax.mail.Address
      javax.mail.internet.NewsAddress

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class NewsAddress
extends Address

An RFC 1036 newsgroup address.

Version:

1.4

Author:

Chris Burdess

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected String	host The hostname of the news server.
protected String	newsgroup The name of the newsgroup.

Constructor Summary

NewsAddress()
Constructor for an empty news address.

NewsAddress(String newsgroup)
Constructor with the given newsgroup.

NewsAddress(String newsgroup, String host)
Constructor with the given newsgroup and host.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object a)
String	getHost() Returns the hostname of the news server.
String	getNewsgroup() Returns the newsgroup.
String	getType() Returns the type of this address.
int	hashCode()
static NewsAddress[]	parse(String newsgroups) Parses the given comma-separated sequence of newsgroups into NewsAddresses.
void	setHost(String host) Sets the hostname of the news server.
void	setNewsgroup(String newsgroup) Sets the newsgroup.
String	toString() Returns an RFC 1036 string representation of this address.
static String	toString(Address[] addresses) Converts the given array of NewsAddresses into a comma-separated sequence of address strings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

newsgroup

protected String newsgroup

The name of the newsgroup.

host

protected String host

The hostname of the news server.

Constructor Detail

NewsAddress

public NewsAddress()

Constructor for an empty news address.

NewsAddress

public NewsAddress(String newsgroup)

Constructor with the given newsgroup.

Parameters:

newsgroup - the newsgroup

NewsAddress

public NewsAddress(String newsgroup,
                   String host)

Constructor with the given newsgroup and host.

Parameters:

newsgroup - the newsgroup

host - the host

Method Detail

getType

public String getType()

Returns the type of this address. The type of a NewsAddress is "news".

Specified by:

getType in class Address

setNewsgroup

public void setNewsgroup(String newsgroup)

Sets the newsgroup.

Parameters:

newsgroup - the newsgroup

getNewsgroup

public String getNewsgroup()

Returns the newsgroup.

setHost

public void setHost(String host)

Sets the hostname of the news server.

Parameters:

host - the host name

getHost

public String getHost()

Returns the hostname of the news server.

toString

public String toString()

Returns an RFC 1036 string representation of this address.

Specified by:

toString in class Address

equals

public boolean equals(Object a)

Specified by:

equals in class Address

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public static String toString(Address[] addresses)

Converts the given array of NewsAddresses into a comma-separated sequence of address strings. The resulting string contains only US-ASCII characters, and is therefore mail-safe.

Parameters:

addresses - the NewsAddress objects

Throws:

ClassCastException - if any of the specified addresses is not a NewsAddress

parse

public static NewsAddress[] parse(String newsgroups)
                           throws AddressException

Parses the given comma-separated sequence of newsgroups into NewsAddresses.

Parameters:

newsgroups - a comma-separated newsgroup string

Throws:

AddressException - if the parse failed