Package javax.mail

Class Flags.Flag

java.lang.Object

javax.mail.Flags.Flag

Enclosing class:

Flags

public static final class Flags.Flag
extends Object

This inner class represents an individual system flag. A set of standard system flag objects are predefined here.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final Flags.Flag	ANSWERED	This message has been answered.
static final Flags.Flag	DELETED	This message is marked deleted.
static final Flags.Flag	DRAFT	This message is a draft.
static final Flags.Flag	FLAGGED	This message is flagged.
static final Flags.Flag	RECENT	This message is recent.
static final Flags.Flag	SEEN	This message is seen.
static final Flags.Flag	USER	A special flag that indicates that this folder supports user defined flags.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

ANSWERED

public static final Flags.Flag ANSWERED

This message has been answered. This flag is set by clients to indicate that this message has been answered to.

DELETED

public static final Flags.Flag DELETED

This message is marked deleted. Clients set this flag to mark a message as deleted. The expunge operation on a folder removes all messages in that folder that are marked for deletion.

DRAFT

public static final Flags.Flag DRAFT

This message is a draft. This flag is set by clients to indicate that the message is a draft message.

FLAGGED

public static final Flags.Flag FLAGGED

This message is flagged. No semantic is defined for this flag. Clients alter this flag.

RECENT

public static final Flags.Flag RECENT

This message is recent. Folder implementations set this flag to indicate that this message is new to this folder, that is, it has arrived since the last time this folder was opened.

Clients cannot alter this flag.

SEEN

public static final Flags.Flag SEEN

This message is seen. This flag is implicitly set by the implementation when this Message's content is returned to the client in some form. The getInputStream and getContent methods on Message cause this flag to be set.

Clients can alter this flag.

USER

public static final Flags.Flag USER

A special flag that indicates that this folder supports user defined flags.

The implementation sets this flag. Clients cannot alter this flag but can use it to determine if a folder supports user defined flags by using folder.getPermanentFlags().contains(Flags.Flag.USER).