/*
 * FromStringTerm.java
 * Copyright (C) 2002 The Free Software Foundation
 * 
 * This file is part of GNU JavaMail, a library.
 * 
 * GNU JavaMail is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 * 
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 *
 * As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
 * produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
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 */

package javax.mail.search;

import javax.mail.Address;
import javax.mail.Message;

/**
 * A string comparison of the <i>From</i> address header.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dog@gnu.org">Chris Burdess</a>
 * @version 1.3
 */
public final class FromStringTerm
  extends AddressStringTerm
{

  /**
   * Constructor.
   * @param address the address pattern for comparison
   */
  public FromStringTerm(String pattern)
  {
    super(pattern);
  }

  /**
   * Indicates whether the address pattern specified in the constructor is a
   * substring of the string representation of the From address in the given
   * message.
   * @param msg the message
   */
  public boolean match(Message msg)
  {
    try
      {
        Address[] addresses = msg.getFrom();
        if (addresses != null)
          {
            for (int i = 0; i < addresses.length; i++)
              {
                if (super.match(addresses[i]))
                  {
                    return true;
                  }
              }
          }
      }
    catch (Exception e)
      {
      }
    return false;
  }

  public boolean equals(Object other)
  {
    return (other instanceof FromStringTerm && super.equals(other));
  }

}

