Package javax.mail

Class Message.RecipientType

java.lang.Object
javax.mail.Message.RecipientType
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
MimeMessage.RecipientType
Enclosing class:
Message

public static class Message.RecipientType extends Object implements Serializable
This inner class defines the types of recipients allowed by the Message class. The currently defined types are TO, CC and BCC. Note that this class only has a protected constructor, thereby restricting new Recipient types to either this class or subclasses. This effectively implements an enumeration of the allowed Recipient types. The following code sample shows how to use this class to obtain the "TO" recipients from a message.

 Message msg = folder.getMessages(1);
 Address[] a = m.getRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO);

 
See Also:
  • Field Details

    • TO

      public static final Message.RecipientType TO
      The "To" (primary) recipients.
    • CC

      public static final Message.RecipientType CC
      The "Cc" (carbon copy) recipients.
    • BCC

      public static final Message.RecipientType BCC
      The "Bcc" (blind carbon copy) recipients.
    • type

      protected String type
      The type of recipient, usually the name of a corresponding Internet standard header.
  • Constructor Details

    • RecipientType

      protected RecipientType(String type)
      Constructor for use by subclasses.
      Parameters:
      type - the recipient type
  • Method Details

    • readResolve

      protected Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException
      When deserializing a RecipientType, we need to make sure to return only one of the known static final instances defined in this class. Subclasses must implement their own readResolve method that checks for their known instances before calling this super method.
      Returns:
      the RecipientType object instance
      Throws:
      ObjectStreamException - for object stream errors
    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object