public class Provider
extends Object 

Author:

Max Spivak, Bill Shannon

• Nested Class Summary

  Nested Classes

  Modifier and Type	Class and Description
  static class	Provider.Type This inner class defines the Provider type.

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor and Description
  Provider (Provider.Type type, String protocol, String classname, String vendor, String version) Create a new provider of the specified type for the specified protocol.

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  String	getClassName () Returns name of the class that implements the protocol
  String	getProtocol () Returns the protocol supported by this Provider
  Provider.Type	getType () Returns the type of this Provider
  String	getVendor () Returns name of vendor associated with this implementation or null
  String	getVersion () Returns version of this implementation or null if no version
  String	toString () Overrides Object.toString()

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

• Constructor Detail

  • Provider

    public Provider(Provider.Type type,
     String protocol,
     String classname,
     String vendor,
     String version)

    Create a new provider of the specified type for the specified protocol. The specified class implements the provider.

    Parameters:

    type - Type.STORE or Type.TRANSPORT

    protocol - valid protocol for the type

    classname - class name that implements this protocol

    vendor - optional string identifying the vendor (may be null)

    version - optional implementation version string (may be null)

    Since:

    JavaMail 1.4

• Method Detail

  • getType

    public Provider.Type getType()

    Returns the type of this Provider

  • getProtocol

    public String getProtocol()

    Returns the protocol supported by this Provider

  • getClassName

    public String getClassName()

    Returns name of the class that implements the protocol

  • getVendor

    public String getVendor()

    Returns name of vendor associated with this implementation or null

  • getVersion

    public String getVersion()

    Returns version of this implementation or null if no version

  • toString

    public String toString()

    Overrides Object.toString()

    Overrides:

    toString in class Object