ComparisonTerm (Jakarta Mail API documentation)

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DateTerm, IntegerComparisonTerm
```
public abstract class ComparisonTerm
extends SearchTerm
```
This class models the comparison operator. This is an abstract class; subclasses implement comparisons for different datatypes.

Author:

Bill Shannon, John Mani

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected int`	`comparison`	The comparison.
`static int`	`EQ`	Equal to, "`=`", comparison.
`static int`	`GE`	Greater than or equal to, "`>=`", comparison.
`static int`	`GT`	Greater than, "`>`", comparison.
`static int`	`LE`	Less than or equal to, "`<=`", comparison.
`static int`	`LT`	Less than, "`<`", comparison.
`static int`	`NE`	Not equal to, "`!=`", comparison.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ComparisonTerm()
Creates a default ComparisonTerm.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object obj)`	Equality comparison.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Compute a hashCode for this object.

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
  - LE
```
public static final int LE
```
    Less than or equal to, "<=", comparison.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - LT
```
public static final int LT
```
    Less than, "<", comparison.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - EQ
```
public static final int EQ
```
    Equal to, "=", comparison.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - NE
```
public static final int NE
```
    Not equal to, "!=", comparison.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - GT
```
public static final int GT
```
    Greater than, ">", comparison.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - GE
```
public static final int GE
```
    Greater than or equal to, ">=", comparison.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - comparison
```
protected int comparison
```
    The comparison.
- Constructor Detail
  - ComparisonTerm
```
public ComparisonTerm()
```
    Creates a default ComparisonTerm.
    
    See Also:
    
    comparison
- Method Detail
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
```
    Equality comparison.
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Compute a hashCode for this object.
    
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class java.lang.Object