Address (Jakarta Mail API documentation)

java.lang.Object
- jakarta.mail.Address

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

InternetAddress, NewsAddress
```
public abstract class Address
extends java.lang.Object
implements 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, Bill Shannon

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Address()
Creates a default Address.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object address)`	The equality operator.
`abstract java.lang.String`	`getType()`	Return a type string that identifies this address type.
`abstract java.lang.String`	`toString()`	Return a String representation of this address object.

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

- Constructor Detail
  - Address
```
public Address()
```
    Creates a default Address.
- Method Detail
  - getType
```
public abstract java.lang.String getType()
```
    Return a type string that identifies this address type.
    
    Returns:
    
    address type
    
    See Also:
    
    InternetAddress
  - toString
```
public abstract java.lang.String toString()
```
    Return a String representation of this address object.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
    
    Returns:
    
    string representation of this address
  - equals
```
public abstract boolean equals(java.lang.Object address)
```
    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 hashCode method that preserves the general contract of equals and hashCode - objects that compare as equal must have the same hashCode.
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object
    
    Parameters:
    
    address - Address object