/*
 * SentDateTerm.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 java.util.Date;
import javax.mail.Message;

/**
 * This class implements comparisons for the Message SentDate.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dog@gnu.org">Chris Burdess</a>
 * @version 1.3
 */
public final class SentDateTerm
  extends DateTerm
{

  /**
   * Constructor.
   * @param comparison the Comparison type
   * @param date the date to be compared
   */
  public SentDateTerm(int comparison, Date date)
  {
    super(comparison, date);
  }

  /**
   * The match method.
   * @param msg the date comparator is applied to this Message's sent date
   * @return true if the comparison succeeds, otherwise false
   */
  public boolean match(Message msg)
  {
    try
    {
      Date date = msg.getSentDate();
      if (date!=null)
        return super.match(date);
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
    }
    return false;
  }

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