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/*
 * Address.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
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * GNU JavaMail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
 * produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
 * resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
 * This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
 * executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
 */

package javax.mail;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * This abstract class models the addresses in a message.
 * Subclasses provide specific implementations.
 * Subclasses will typically be serializable so that (for example)
 * the use of Address objects in search terms can be serialized 
 * along with the search terms.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dog@gnu.org">Chris Burdess</a>
 * @version 1.3
 */
public abstract class Address
  implements Serializable
{

  /**
   * Return a type string that identifies this address type.
   */
  public abstract String getType();

  /**
   * Return a String representation of this address object.
   */
  public abstract String toString();

  /**
   * The equality operator.
   */
  public abstract boolean equals(Object obj);

}