Field Detail

• newsgroup

  protected java.lang.String newsgroup

• host

  protected java.lang.String host

Constructor Detail

• NewsAddress

  public NewsAddress()

  Default constructor.

• NewsAddress

  public NewsAddress(java.lang.String newsgroup)

  Construct a NewsAddress with the given newsgroup.

  Parameters:

  newsgroup - the newsgroup

• NewsAddress

  public NewsAddress(java.lang.String newsgroup,
                     java.lang.String host)

  Construct a NewsAddress with the given newsgroup and host.

  Parameters:

  newsgroup - the newsgroup

  host - the host

Method Detail

• getType

  public java.lang.String getType()

  Return the type of this address. The type of a NewsAddress is "news".

  Specified by:

  getType in class Address

  Returns:

  address type

  See Also:

  InternetAddress

• setNewsgroup

  public void setNewsgroup(java.lang.String newsgroup)

  Set the newsgroup.

  Parameters:

  newsgroup - the newsgroup

• getNewsgroup

  public java.lang.String getNewsgroup()

  Get the newsgroup.

  Returns:

  newsgroup

• setHost

  public void setHost(java.lang.String host)

  Set the host.

  Parameters:

  host - the host

• getHost

  public java.lang.String getHost()

  Get the host.

  Returns:

  host

• toString

  public java.lang.String toString()

  Convert this address into a RFC 1036 address.

  Specified by:

  toString in class Address

  Returns:

  newsgroup

• equals

  public boolean equals(java.lang.Object a)

  The equality operator.

  Specified by:

  equals in class Address

  Parameters:

  a - Address object

• hashCode

  public int hashCode()

  Compute a hash code for the address.

  Overrides:

  hashCode in class java.lang.Object

• toString

  public static java.lang.String toString(Address[] addresses)

  Convert the given array of NewsAddress objects into a comma separated sequence of address strings. The resulting string contains only US-ASCII characters, and hence is mail-safe.

  Parameters:

  addresses - array of NewsAddress objects

  Returns:

  comma separated address strings

  Throws:

  java.lang.ClassCastException - if any address object in the given array is not a NewsAddress objects. Note that this is a RuntimeException.

• parse

  public static NewsAddress[] parse(java.lang.String newsgroups)
                             throws AddressException

  Parse the given comma separated sequence of newsgroups into NewsAddress objects.

  Parameters:

  newsgroups - comma separated newsgroup string

  Returns:

  array of NewsAddress objects

  Throws:

  AddressException - if the parse failed