Package jakarta.mail.event

Class FolderEvent

java.lang.Object

java.util.EventObject

jakarta.mail.event.MailEvent

jakarta.mail.event.FolderEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class FolderEvent
extends MailEvent

This class models Folder existence events. FolderEvents are delivered to FolderListeners registered on the affected Folder as well as the containing Store.

Service providers vary widely in their ability to notify clients of these events. At a minimum, service providers must notify listeners registered on the same Store or Folder object on which the operation occurs. Service providers may also notify listeners when changes are made through operations on other objects in the same virtual machine, or by other clients in the same or other hosts. Such notifications are not required and are typically not supported by mail protocols (including IMAP).

Author:

John Mani, Bill Shannon

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final int	CREATED	The folder was created.
static final int	DELETED	The folder was deleted.
protected Folder	folder	The folder the event occurred on.
protected Folder	newFolder	The folder that represents the new name, in case of a RENAMED event.
static final int	RENAMED	The folder was renamed.
protected int	type	The event type.

Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject

source

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FolderEvent(Object source, Folder folder, int type)	Constructor.
FolderEvent(Object source, Folder oldFolder, Folder newFolder, int type)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	dispatch(Object listener)	Invokes the appropriate FolderListener method
Folder	getFolder()	Return the affected folder.
Folder	getNewFolder()	If this event indicates that a folder is renamed, (i.e, the event type is RENAMED), then this method returns the Folder object representing the new name.
int	getType()	Return the type of this event.

Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject

getSource, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

CREATED

public static final int CREATED

The folder was created.

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• Constant Field Values

DELETED

public static final int DELETED

The folder was deleted.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

RENAMED

public static final int RENAMED

The folder was renamed.

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• Constant Field Values

type

protected int type

The event type.

folder

protected transient Folder folder

The folder the event occurred on.

newFolder

protected transient Folder newFolder

The folder that represents the new name, in case of a RENAMED event.

Since:

JavaMail 1.1

Constructor Details

FolderEvent

public FolderEvent(Object source,
 Folder folder,
 int type)

Constructor.

Parameters:

source - The source of the event

folder - The affected folder

type - The event type

FolderEvent

public FolderEvent(Object source,
 Folder oldFolder,
 Folder newFolder,
 int type)

Constructor. Use for RENAMED events.

Parameters:

source - The source of the event

oldFolder - The folder that is renamed

newFolder - The folder that represents the new name

type - The event type

Since:

JavaMail 1.1

Method Details

getType

public int getType()

Return the type of this event.

Returns:

type

getFolder

public Folder getFolder()

Return the affected folder.

Returns:

the affected folder

See Also:

• getNewFolder()

getNewFolder

public Folder getNewFolder()

If this event indicates that a folder is renamed, (i.e, the event type is RENAMED), then this method returns the Folder object representing the new name.

The getFolder() method returns the folder that is renamed.

Returns:

Folder representing the new name.

Since:

JavaMail 1.1

See Also:

• getFolder()

dispatch

public void dispatch(Object listener)

Invokes the appropriate FolderListener method

Specified by:

dispatch in class MailEvent

Parameters:

listener - the listener to invoke on