/*
 * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package javax.mail.search;

import javax.mail.Message;

/**
 * This class implements comparisons for the Message Subject header.
 * The comparison is case-insensitive.
 *
 * @author Bill Shannon
 * @author John Mani
 */
public final class SubjectTerm extends StringTerm {

    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * @param pattern  the pattern to search for
     */
    public SubjectTerm(String pattern) {
	// Note: comparison is case-insensitive
	super(pattern);
    }

    /**
     * The match method.
     *
     * @param msg	the pattern match is applied to this Message's 
     *			subject header
     * @return		true if the pattern match succeeds, otherwise false
     */
    public boolean match(Message msg) {
	String subj;

	try {
	    subj = msg.getSubject();
	} catch (Exception e) {
	    return false;
	}

	if (subj == null)
	    return false;

	return super.match(subj);
    }

    /**
     * Equality comparison.
     */
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
	if (!(obj instanceof SubjectTerm))
	    return false;
	return super.equals(obj);
    }
}