Package jakarta.mail.search

Class NotTerm

java.lang.Object

jakarta.mail.search.SearchTerm

jakarta.mail.search.NotTerm

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class NotTerm
extends SearchTerm

This class implements the logical NEGATION operator.

Author:

Bill Shannon, John Mani

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NotTerm(SearchTerm t)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)	Equality comparison.
SearchTerm	getTerm()	Return the term to negate.
int	hashCode()	Compute a hashCode for this object.
boolean	match(Message msg)	This method applies a specific match criterion to the given message and returns the result.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

NotTerm

public NotTerm(SearchTerm t)

Constructor.

Parameters:

t - the term to negate.

Method Details

getTerm

public SearchTerm getTerm()

Return the term to negate.

Returns:

the Term

match

public boolean match(Message msg)

Description copied from class: SearchTerm

This method applies a specific match criterion to the given message and returns the result.

Specified by:

match in class SearchTerm

Parameters:

msg - The match criterion is applied on this message

Returns:

true, it the match succeeds, false if the match fails

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Equality comparison.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Compute a hashCode for this object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object