DateTerm (Jakarta EE Platform API)

java.lang.Object
- jakarta.mail.search.SearchTerm
- - jakarta.mail.search.ComparisonTerm
  - - jakarta.mail.search.DateTerm

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ReceivedDateTerm, SentDateTerm
```
public abstract class DateTerm
extends ComparisonTerm
```
This class implements comparisons for Dates

Author:

Bill Shannon, John Mani

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected Date date
The date.
- Fields inherited from class jakarta.mail.search.ComparisonTerm
  comparison, EQ, GE, GT, LE, LT, NE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected DateTerm(int comparison, Date date)
Constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Equality comparison.
`int`	`getComparison()`	Return the type of comparison.
`Date`	`getDate()`	Return the Date to compare with.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Compute a hashCode for this object.
`protected boolean`	`match(Date d)`	The date comparison method.

Methods inherited from class jakarta.mail.search.SearchTerm
match

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - date
```
protected Date date
```
    The date.
- Constructor Detail
  - DateTerm
```
protected DateTerm(int comparison,
                   Date date)
```
    Constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    comparison - the comparison type
    
    date - The Date to be compared against
- Method Detail
  - getDate
```
public Date getDate()
```
    Return the Date to compare with.
    
    Returns:
    
    the date
  - getComparison
```
public int getComparison()
```
    Return the type of comparison.
    
    Returns:
    
    the comparison type
  - match
```
protected boolean match(Date d)
```
    The date comparison method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    d - the date in the constructor is compared with this date
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the dates match, otherwise false
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(Object obj)
```
    Equality comparison.
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class ComparisonTerm
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Compute a hashCode for this object.
    
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class ComparisonTerm