All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

InternetAddress, NewsAddress

public abstract class Address
extends Object
implements Serializable 

Author:

John Mani, Bill Shannon

See Also:

Serialized Form

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor and Description
  Address ()

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  abstract boolean	equals (Object address) The equality operator.
  abstract String	getType () Return a type string that identifies this address type.
  abstract 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()

• Method Detail

  • getType

    public abstract String getType()

    Return a type string that identifies this address type.

    Returns:

    address type

    See Also:

    InternetAddress

  • toString

    public abstract String toString()

    Return a String representation of this address object.

    Overrides:

    toString in class Object

    Returns:

    string representation of this address

  • equals

    public abstract boolean equals(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 Object

    Parameters:

    address - Address object