/*
 * AddressTerm.java
 * Copyright (C) 2002 The Free Software Foundation
 * 
 * This file is part of GNU JavaMail, a library.
 * 
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 */

package javax.mail.search;

import javax.mail.Address;

/**
 * This class implements Message Address comparisons.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dog@gnu.org">Chris Burdess</a>
 * @version 1.3
 */
public abstract class AddressTerm
  extends SearchTerm
{

  /**
   * The address.
   */
  protected Address address;

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

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

  /**
   * Match against the argument Address.
   */
  protected boolean match(Address address)
  {
    return address.equals(this.address);
  }

  /**
   * Equality comparison.
   */
  public boolean equals(Object other)
  {
    return ((other instanceof AddressTerm) && 
        ((AddressTerm)other).address.equals(address));
  }

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