Package javax.mail

Class FetchProfile

  • public class FetchProfile
extends java.lang.Object
    Clients use a FetchProfile to list the Message attributes that it wishes to prefetch from the server for a range of messages.

    Messages obtained from a Folder are light-weight objects that typically start off as empty references to the actual messages. Such a Message object is filled in "on-demand" when the appropriate get*() methods are invoked on that particular Message. Certain server-based message access protocols (Ex: IMAP) allow batch fetching of message attributes for a range of messages in a single request. Clients that want to use message attributes for a range of Messages (Example: to display the top-level headers in a headerlist) might want to use the optimization provided by such servers. The FetchProfile allows the client to indicate this desire to the server.

    Note that implementations are not obligated to support FetchProfiles, since there might be cases where the backend service does not allow easy, efficient fetching of such profiles.

    Sample code that illustrates the use of a FetchProfile is given below: 

    
  Message[] msgs = folder.getMessages();

  FetchProfile fp = new FetchProfile();
  fp.add(FetchProfile.Item.ENVELOPE);
  fp.add("X-mailer");
  folder.fetch(msgs, fp);

    See Also:
    Folder.fetch(javax.mail.Message[], javax.mail.FetchProfile)

    • Nested Class Summary

      Nested Classes 
      Modifier and Type Class Description
      static class  FetchProfile.Item
      This inner class is the base class of all items that can be requested in a FetchProfile.

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      FetchProfile()
      Create an empty FetchProfile.

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      void add​(java.lang.String headerName)
      Add the specified header-field to the list of attributes to be prefetched.
      void add​(FetchProfile.Item item)
      Add the given special item as one of the attributes to be prefetched.
      boolean contains​(java.lang.String headerName)
      Returns true if the fetch profile contains the given header name.
      boolean contains​(FetchProfile.Item item)
      Returns true if the fetch profile contains the given special item.
      java.lang.String[] getHeaderNames()
      Get the names of the header-fields set in this profile.
      FetchProfile.Item[] getItems()
      Get the items set in this profile.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

    • Constructor Detail

      • FetchProfile

        public FetchProfile()
        Create an empty FetchProfile.

    • Method Detail

      • add

        public void add​(java.lang.String headerName)
        Add the specified header-field to the list of attributes to be prefetched.
        Parameters:
        headerName - header to be prefetched

      • contains

        public boolean contains​(FetchProfile.Item item)
        Returns true if the fetch profile contains the given special item.
        Parameters:
        item - the Item to test
        Returns:
        true if the fetch profile contains the given special item

      • contains

        public boolean contains​(java.lang.String headerName)
        Returns true if the fetch profile contains the given header name.
        Parameters:
        headerName - the header to test
        Returns:
        true if the fetch profile contains the given header name

      • getItems

        public FetchProfile.Item[] getItems()
        Get the items set in this profile.
        Returns:
        items set in this profile

      • getHeaderNames

        public java.lang.String[] getHeaderNames()
        Get the names of the header-fields set in this profile.
        Returns:
        headers set in this profile