Before writing a new class to support address parsing, can't you extend the
javax.mail.InternetAddress class and ass the functionality?
Sincerely,
Anthony Eden
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>From: "Roberto Lo Giacco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Java Apache Mail Server" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: New mailet API proposed
>Date: Thu, Aug 31, 2000, 1:27 PM
>
>> Roberto Lo Giacco wrote:
>> > 5. Suppress the MailetUtils class which actual functionalities could be
>> > obtained using the Address class which will have static methods to parse a
>> > String returning the host part or the user part.
>>
>> Ugh... I'm spending too much javadoc writing without writing enough
>> code. Neither Address nor InternetAddress support separating the
>> username from the hostname in an email address. Address is pretty much
>> worthless and InternetAddress only separates personal name from email
>> (e.g., "Serge Knystautas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>). So, returning the
>> spec to use String instead of InternetAddress, and recreating
>> MailetUtils.
>
> I knew those two classes were not accomplishing our needs, that's why I
> proposed the "intoroduction" ( I mean write it from scratch ) of the Address
> (may be MailAddress is a better name) class:
>
> public class MailAddress {
> protected String personalName;
> protected String user;
> protected String host;
>
> public MailAddress(final String mailAddress)
> throws MalformedAddressException {
> new MailAddress(mailAddress,mailAddress);
> }
>
> public MailAddress(final String personalName, final String mailAddress)
> throws MalformedAddressException {
> if ((int atIndex = mailAddress.indexOf('@')) < 0) {
> throw new MalformedAddressException();
> }
> this.personalName = personalName;
> this.user = mailAddress.substring(0,atIndex);
> this.host = mailAddress.substring(atIndex + 1);
> }
>
> public String getHost(final String mailAddress)
> throws MalformedAddressException {
> return this.host;
> }
>
> public String getUser(final String mailAddress)
> throws MalformedAddressException {
> return this.user;
> }
>
> public static String getHost(final String mailAddress)
> throws MalformedAddressException {
> return new MailAddress(mailAddress).getHost();
> }
>
> public static String getUser(final String mailAddress)
> throws MalformedAddressException {
> return new MailAddress(mailAddress).getUser();
> }
> }
>
> To improve performances we have to make as much as possible final, but I don't
> know what we wish make final and what not: may be we can finalize everything
> but this whould deny further improvements and this is not a good API approach
> IMO.
>
> Roberto
>
>
>
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