/* * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER. * * Copyright 1997-2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. * * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common Development * and Distribution License("CDDL") (collectively, the "License").  You * may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain * a copy of the License at https://glassfish.dev.java.net/public/CDDL+GPL.html * or glassfish/bootstrap/legal/LICENSE.txt.  See the License for the specific * language governing permissions and limitations under the License. * * When distributing the software, include this License Header Notice in each * file and include the License file at glassfish/bootstrap/legal/LICENSE.txt. * Sun designates this particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception * as provided by Sun in the GPL Version 2 section of the License file that * accompanied this code.  If applicable, add the following below the License * Header, with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by your own * identifying information: "Portions Copyrighted [year] * [name of copyright owner]" * * Contributor(s): * * If you wish your version of this file to be governed by only the CDDL or * only the GPL Version 2, indicate your decision by adding "[Contributor] * elects to include this software in this distribution under the [CDDL or GPL * Version 2] license."  If you don't indicate a single choice of license, a * recipient has the option to distribute your version of this file under * either the CDDL, the GPL Version 2 or to extend the choice of license to * its licensees as provided above.  However, if you add GPL Version 2 code * and therefore, elected the GPL Version 2 license, then the option applies * only if the new code is made subject to such option by the copyright * holder. *//* * @(#)Address.java	1.10 07/05/04 */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 John Mani * @author Bill Shannon */public abstract class Address implements Serializable {    private static final long serialVersionUID = -5822459626751992278L;    /**     * Return a type string that identifies this address type.     *     * @return	address type     * @see	javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress     */    public abstract String getType();    /**     * Return a String representation of this address object.     *     * @return	string representation of this address     */    public abstract String toString();    /**     * The equality operator.  Subclasses should provide an     * implementation of this method that supports value equality     * (do the two Address objects represent the same destination?),     * not object reference equality.  A subclass must also provide     * a corresponding implementation of the <code>hashCode</code>     * method that preserves the general contract of     * <code>equals</code> and <code>hashCode</code> - objects that     * compare as equal must have the same hashCode.     *     * @param	address	Address object     */    public abstract boolean equals(Object address);}