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InternetAddress.javaAPI DocGlassfish v2 API33428Mon May 14 15:28:50 BST 2007javax.mail.internet

InternetAddress

public class InternetAddress extends Address implements Cloneable
This class represents an Internet email address using the syntax of RFC822. Typical address syntax is of the form "user@host.domain" or "Personal Name ".
author
Bill Shannon
author
John Mani

Fields Summary
protected String
address
protected String
personal
The personal name.
protected String
encodedPersonal
The RFC 2047 encoded version of the personal name.

This field and the personal field track each other, so if a subclass sets one of these fields directly, it should set the other to null, so that it is suitably recomputed.

private static final long
serialVersionUID
private static final String
rfc822phrase
private static final String
specialsNoDotNoAt
private static final String
specialsNoDot
Constructors Summary
public InternetAddress()
Default constructor.


           
       
public InternetAddress(String address)
Constructor.

Parse the given string and create an InternetAddress. See the parse method for details of the parsing. The address is parsed using "strict" parsing. This constructor does not perform the additional syntax checks that the InternetAddress(String address, boolean strict) constructor does when strict is true. This constructor is equivalent to InternetAddress(address, false).

param
address the address in RFC822 format
exception
AddressException if the parse failed

	// use our address parsing utility routine to parse the string
	InternetAddress a[] = parse(address, true);
	// if we got back anything other than a single address, it's an error
	if (a.length != 1)
	    throw new AddressException("Illegal address", address);

	/*
	 * Now copy the contents of the single address we parsed
	 * into the current object, which will be returned from the
	 * constructor.
	 * XXX - this sure is a round-about way of getting this done.
	 */
	this.address = a[0].address;
	this.personal = a[0].personal;
	this.encodedPersonal = a[0].encodedPersonal;
    
public InternetAddress(String address, boolean strict)
Parse the given string and create an InternetAddress. If strict is false, the detailed syntax of the address isn't checked.

param
address the address in RFC822 format
param
strict enforce RFC822 syntax
exception
AddressException if the parse failed
since
JavaMail 1.3

	this(address);
	if (strict)
	    checkAddress(this.address, true, true);
    
public InternetAddress(String address, String personal)
Construct an InternetAddress given the address and personal name. The address is assumed to be a syntactically valid RFC822 address.

param
address the address in RFC822 format
param
personal the personal name

	this(address, personal, null);
    
public InternetAddress(String address, String personal, String charset)
Construct an InternetAddress given the address and personal name. The address is assumed to be a syntactically valid RFC822 address.

param
address the address in RFC822 format
param
personal the personal name
param
charset the MIME charset for the name

	this.address = address;
	setPersonal(personal, charset);
    
Methods Summary
private static voidcheckAddress(java.lang.String addr, boolean routeAddr, boolean validate)
Check that the address is a valid "mailbox" per RFC822. (We also allow simple names.) XXX - much more to check XXX - doesn't handle domain-literals properly (but no one uses them)


                                         
        
				   
				  
	int i, start = 0;
	if (addr.indexOf('"") >= 0)
	    return;			// quote in address, too hard to check
	if (routeAddr) {
	    /*
	     * Check for a legal "route-addr":
	     *		[@domain[,@domain ...]:]local@domain
	     */
	    for (start = 0; (i = indexOfAny(addr, ",:", start)) >= 0;
		    start = i+1) {
		if (addr.charAt(start) != '@")
		    throw new AddressException("Illegal route-addr", addr);
		if (addr.charAt(i) == ':") {
		    // end of route-addr
		    start = i + 1;
		    break;
		}
	    }
	}
	/*
	 * The rest should be "local@domain", but we allow simply "local"
	 * unless called from validate.
	 */
	String local;
	String domain;
	if ((i = addr.indexOf('@", start)) >= 0) {
	    if (i == start)
		throw new AddressException("Missing local name", addr);
	    if (i == addr.length() - 1)
		throw new AddressException("Missing domain", addr);
	    local = addr.substring(start, i);
	    domain = addr.substring(i + 1);
	} else {
	    /*
	     * Note that the MimeMessage class doesn't remember addresses
	     * as separate objects; it writes them out as headers and then
	     * parses the headers when the addresses are requested.
	     * In order to support the case where a "simple" address is used,
	     * but the address also has a personal name and thus looks like
	     * it should be a valid RFC822 address when parsed, we only check
	     * this if we're explicitly called from the validate method.
	     */
	    if (validate)
		throw new AddressException("Missing final '@domain'", addr);

	    /*
	     * No '@' so it's not *really* an RFC822 address, but still
	     * we allow some simple forms.
	     */
	    local = addr;
	    domain = null;
	}
	// there better not be any whitespace in it
	if (indexOfAny(addr, " \t\n\r") >= 0)
	    throw new AddressException("Illegal whitespace in address", addr);
	// local-part must follow RFC822, no specials except '.'
	if (indexOfAny(local, specialsNoDot) >= 0)
	    throw new AddressException("Illegal character in local name", addr);
	// check for illegal chars in the domain, but ignore domain literals
	if (domain != null && domain.indexOf('[") < 0) {
	    if (indexOfAny(domain, specialsNoDot) >= 0)
		throw new AddressException("Illegal character in domain", addr);
	}
    
public java.lang.Objectclone()
Return a copy of this InternetAddress object.

since
JavaMail 1.2

	InternetAddress a = null;
	try {
	    a = (InternetAddress)super.clone();
	} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {} // Won't happen
	return a;
    
public booleanequals(java.lang.Object a)
The equality operator.

	if (!(a instanceof InternetAddress))
	    return false;

	String s = ((InternetAddress)a).getAddress();
	if (s == address)
	    return true;
	if (address != null && address.equalsIgnoreCase(s))
	    return true;

	return false;
    
public java.lang.StringgetAddress()
Get the email address.

return
email address

	return address;
    
public javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[]getGroup(boolean strict)
Return the members of a group address. A group may have zero, one, or more members. If this address is not a group, null is returned. The strict parameter controls whether the group list is parsed using strict RFC 822 rules or not. The parsing is done using the parseHeader method.

return
array of InternetAddress objects, or null
exception
AddressException if the group list can't be parsed
since
JavaMail 1.3

	Vector groups = null;
	String addr = getAddress();
	// groups are of the form "name:addr,addr,...;"
	if (!addr.endsWith(";"))
	    return null;
	int ix = addr.indexOf(':");
	if (ix < 0)
	    return null;
	// extract the list
	String list = addr.substring(ix + 1, addr.length() - 1);
	// parse it and return the individual addresses
	return InternetAddress.parseHeader(list, strict);
    
public static javax.mail.internet.InternetAddressgetLocalAddress(javax.mail.Session session)
Return an InternetAddress object representing the current user. The entire email address may be specified in the "mail.from" property. If not set, the "mail.user" and "mail.host" properties are tried. If those are not set, the "user.name" property and InetAddress.getLocalHost method are tried. Security exceptions that may occur while accessing this information are ignored. If it is not possible to determine an email address, null is returned.

param
session Session object used for property lookup
return
current user's email address

	String user=null, host=null, address=null;
	try {
	    if (session == null) {
		user = System.getProperty("user.name");
		host = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
	    } else {
		address = session.getProperty("mail.from");
		if (address == null) {
		    user = session.getProperty("mail.user");
		    if (user == null || user.length() == 0)
			user = session.getProperty("user.name");
		    if (user == null || user.length() == 0)
			user = System.getProperty("user.name");
		    host = session.getProperty("mail.host");
		    if (host == null || host.length() == 0) {
			InetAddress me = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
			if (me != null)
			    host = me.getHostName();
		    }
		}
	    }

	    if (address == null && user != null && user.length() != 0 &&
		    host != null && host.length() != 0)
		address = user + "@" + host;

	    if (address != null)
		return new InternetAddress(address);
	} catch (SecurityException sex) {	// ignore it
	} catch (AddressException ex) {		// ignore it
	} catch (UnknownHostException ex) { }	// ignore it
	return null;
    
public java.lang.StringgetPersonal()
Get the personal name. If the name is encoded as per RFC 2047, it is decoded and converted into Unicode. If the decoding or conversion fails, the raw data is returned as is.

return
personal name

	if (personal != null)
	    return personal;
	
	if (encodedPersonal != null) {
	    try {
		personal = MimeUtility.decodeText(encodedPersonal);
		return personal;
	    } catch (Exception ex) {
		// 1. ParseException: either its an unencoded string or
		//	it can't be parsed
		// 2. UnsupportedEncodingException: can't decode it.
		return encodedPersonal;
	    }
	}
	// No personal or encodedPersonal, return null
	return null;
    
public java.lang.StringgetType()
Return the type of this address. The type of an InternetAddress is "rfc822".

	return "rfc822";
    
public inthashCode()
Compute a hash code for the address.

	if (address == null)
	    return 0;
	else
	    return address.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).hashCode();
    
private static intindexOfAny(java.lang.String s, java.lang.String any)
Return the first index of any of the characters in "any" in "s", or -1 if none are found. This should be a method on String.

	return indexOfAny(s, any, 0);
    
private static intindexOfAny(java.lang.String s, java.lang.String any, int start)

	try {
	    int len = s.length();
	    for (int i = start; i < len; i++) {
		if (any.indexOf(s.charAt(i)) >= 0)
		    return i;
	    }
	    return -1;
	} catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
	    return -1;
	}
    
public booleanisGroup()
Indicates whether this address is an RFC 822 group address. Note that a group address is different than the mailing list addresses supported by most mail servers. Group addresses are rarely used; see RFC 822 for details.

return
true if this address represents a group
since
JavaMail 1.3

	// quick and dirty check
	return address != null &&
	    address.endsWith(";") && address.indexOf(':") > 0;
    
private booleanisSimple()
Is this a "simple" address? Simple addresses don't contain quotes or any RFC822 special characters other than '@' and '.'.

	return address == null || indexOfAny(address, specialsNoDotNoAt) < 0;
    
private static intlengthOfFirstSegment(java.lang.String s)

	int pos;
	if ((pos = s.indexOf("\r\n")) != -1)
	    return pos;
	else
	    return s.length();
    
private static intlengthOfLastSegment(java.lang.String s, int used)

	int pos;
	if ((pos = s.lastIndexOf("\r\n")) != -1)
	    return s.length() - pos - 2;
	else 
	    return s.length() + used;
    
public static javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[]parse(java.lang.String addresslist)
Parse the given comma separated sequence of addresses into InternetAddress objects. Addresses must follow RFC822 syntax.

param
addresslist comma separated address strings
return
array of InternetAddress objects
exception
AddressException if the parse failed

	return parse(addresslist, true);
    
public static javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[]parse(java.lang.String addresslist, boolean strict)
Parse the given sequence of addresses into InternetAddress objects. If strict is false, simple email addresses separated by spaces are also allowed. If strict is true, many (but not all) of the RFC822 syntax rules are enforced. In particular, even if strict is true, addresses composed of simple names (with no "@domain" part) are allowed. Such "illegal" addresses are not uncommon in real messages.

Non-strict parsing is typically used when parsing a list of mail addresses entered by a human. Strict parsing is typically used when parsing address headers in mail messages.

param
addresslist comma separated address strings
param
strict enforce RFC822 syntax
return
array of InternetAddress objects
exception
AddressException if the parse failed

	return parse(addresslist, strict, false);
    
private static javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[]parse(java.lang.String s, boolean strict, boolean parseHdr)

	int start, end, index, nesting;
	int start_personal = -1, end_personal = -1;
	int length = s.length();
	boolean in_group = false;	// we're processing a group term
	boolean route_addr = false;	// address came from route-addr term
	boolean rfc822 = false;		// looks like an RFC822 address
	char c;
	Vector v = new Vector();
	InternetAddress ma;

	for (start = end = -1, index = 0; index < length; index++) {
    	    c = s.charAt(index);

	    switch (c) {
	    case '(": // We are parsing a Comment. Ignore everything inside.
		// XXX - comment fields should be parsed as whitespace,
		//	 more than one allowed per address
		rfc822 = true;
		if (start >= 0 && end == -1)
		    end = index;
		if (start_personal == -1)
		    start_personal = index + 1;
		for (index++, nesting = 1; index < length && nesting > 0;
		  index++) {
		    c = s.charAt(index);
		    switch (c) {
		    case '\\":
			index++; // skip both '\' and the escaped char
			break;
		    case '(":
			nesting++;
			break;
		    case ')":
			nesting--;
			break;
		    default:
			break;
		    }
		}
		if (nesting > 0)
		    throw new AddressException("Missing ')'", s, index);
		index--;	// point to closing paren
		if (end_personal == -1)
		    end_personal = index;
		break;

	    case ')":
		throw new AddressException("Missing '('", s, index);

	    case '<":
		rfc822 = true;
		if (route_addr)
		    throw new AddressException("Extra route-addr", s, index);
		if (!in_group) {
		    start_personal = start;
		    if (start_personal >= 0)
			end_personal = index;
		    start = index + 1;
		}

		boolean inquote = false;
	      outf:
		for (index++; index < length; index++) {
		    c = s.charAt(index);
		    switch (c) {
		    case '\\":	// XXX - is this needed?
			index++; // skip both '\' and the escaped char
			break;
		    case '"":
			inquote = !inquote;
			break;
		    case '>":
			if (inquote)
			    continue;
			break outf; // out of for loop
		    default:
			break;
		    }
		}
		if (index >= length) {
		    if (inquote)
			throw new AddressException("Missing '\"'", s, index);
		    else
			throw new AddressException("Missing '>'", s, index);
		}
		route_addr = true;
		end = index;
		break;
	    case '>":
		throw new AddressException("Missing '<'", s, index);

	    case '"":	// parse quoted string
		rfc822 = true;
		if (start == -1)
		    start = index;
	      outq:
		for (index++; index < length; index++) {
		    c = s.charAt(index);
		    switch (c) {
		    case '\\":
			index++; // skip both '\' and the escaped char
			break;
		    case '"":
			break outq; // out of for loop
		    default:
			break;
		    }
		}
		if (index >= length)
		    throw new AddressException("Missing '\"'", s, index);
		break;

	    case '[":	// a domain-literal, probably
		rfc822 = true;
	      outb:
		for (index++; index < length; index++) {
		    c = s.charAt(index);
		    switch (c) {
		    case '\\":
			index++; // skip both '\' and the escaped char
			break;
		    case ']":
			break outb; // out of for loop
		    default:
			break;
		    }
		}
		if (index >= length)
		    throw new AddressException("Missing ']'", s, index);
		break;

	    case ',":	// end of an address, probably
		if (start == -1) {
		    route_addr = false;
		    rfc822 = false;
		    start = end = -1;
		    break;	// nope, nothing there
		}
		if (in_group) {
		    route_addr = false;
		    break;
		}
		// got a token, add this to our InternetAddress vector
		if (end == -1)
		    end = index;
		String addr = s.substring(start, end).trim();
		if (rfc822 || strict || parseHdr) {
		    if (strict || !parseHdr)
			checkAddress(addr, route_addr, false);
		    ma = new InternetAddress();
		    ma.setAddress(addr);
		    if (start_personal >= 0) {
			ma.encodedPersonal = unquote(
			    s.substring(start_personal, end_personal).trim());
			start_personal = end_personal = -1;
		    }
		    v.addElement(ma);
		} else {
		    // maybe we passed over more than one space-separated addr
		    StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(addr);
		    while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
			String a = st.nextToken();
			checkAddress(a, false, false);
			ma = new InternetAddress();
			ma.setAddress(a);
			v.addElement(ma);
		    }
		}

		route_addr = false;
		rfc822 = false;
		start = end = -1;
		break;

	    case ':":
		rfc822 = true;
		if (in_group)
		    throw new AddressException("Nested group", s, index);
		in_group = true;
		if (start == -1)
		    start = index;
		break;

	    case ';":
		if (start == -1)
		    start = index;
		if (!in_group)
		    throw new AddressException(
			    "Illegal semicolon, not in group", s, index);
		in_group = false;
		if (start == -1)
		    start = index;
		ma = new InternetAddress();
		end = index + 1;
		ma.setAddress(s.substring(start, end).trim());
		v.addElement(ma);

		route_addr = false;
		start = end = -1;
		break;

	    // Ignore whitespace
	    case ' ":
	    case '\t":
	    case '\r":
	    case '\n":
		break;

	    default:
		if (start == -1)
		    start = index;
		break;
	     }
	}

	if (start >= 0) {
	    /*
	     * The last token, add this to our InternetAddress vector.
	     * Note that this block of code should be identical to the
	     * block above for "case ','".
	     */
	    if (end == -1)
		end = index;
	    String addr = s.substring(start, end).trim();
	    if (rfc822 || strict || parseHdr) {
		if (strict || !parseHdr)
		    checkAddress(addr, route_addr, false);
		ma = new InternetAddress();
		ma.setAddress(addr);
		if (start_personal >= 0) {
		    ma.encodedPersonal = unquote(
			    s.substring(start_personal, end_personal).trim());
		}
		v.addElement(ma);
	    } else {
		// maybe we passed over more than one space-separated addr
		StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(addr);
		while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
		    String a = st.nextToken();
		    checkAddress(a, false, false);
		    ma = new InternetAddress();
		    ma.setAddress(a);
		    v.addElement(ma);
		}
	    }
	}

	InternetAddress[] a = new InternetAddress[v.size()];
	v.copyInto(a);
	return a;
    
public static javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress[]parseHeader(java.lang.String addresslist, boolean strict)
Parse the given sequence of addresses into InternetAddress objects. If strict is false, the full syntax rules for individual addresses are not enforced. If strict is true, many (but not all) of the RFC822 syntax rules are enforced.

To better support the range of "invalid" addresses seen in real messages, this method enforces fewer syntax rules than the parse method when the strict flag is false and enforces more rules when the strict flag is true. If the strict flag is false and the parse is successful in separating out an email address or addresses, the syntax of the addresses themselves is not checked.

param
addresslist comma separated address strings
param
strict enforce RFC822 syntax
return
array of InternetAddress objects
exception
AddressException if the parse failed
since
JavaMail 1.3

	return parse(addresslist, strict, true);
    
private static java.lang.StringquotePhrase(java.lang.String phrase)


         
        int len = phrase.length();
        boolean needQuoting = false;

        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            char c = phrase.charAt(i);
            if (c == '"" || c == '\\") { 
                // need to escape them and then quote the whole string
                StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(len + 3);
                sb.append('"");
                for (int j = 0; j < len; j++) {
                    char cc = phrase.charAt(j);
                    if (cc == '"" || cc == '\\")
                        // Escape the character
                        sb.append('\\");
                    sb.append(cc);
                }
                sb.append('"");
                return sb.toString();
            } else if ((c < 040 && c != '\r" && c != '\n" && c != '\t") || 
			c >= 0177 || rfc822phrase.indexOf(c) >= 0)
               // These characters cause the string to be quoted
                needQuoting = true;
        }

        if (needQuoting) {
            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(len + 2);
            sb.append('"").append(phrase).append('"");
            return sb.toString();
        } else
            return phrase;
    
public voidsetAddress(java.lang.String address)
Set the email address.

param
address email address

	this.address = address;
    
public voidsetPersonal(java.lang.String name)
Set the personal name. If the name contains non US-ASCII characters, then the name will be encoded using the platform's default charset. If the name contains only US-ASCII characters, no encoding is done and the name is used as is.

param
name personal name
see
#setPersonal(String name, String charset)
exception
UnsupportedEncodingException if the charset encoding fails.

	personal = name;
	if (name != null)
	    encodedPersonal = MimeUtility.encodeWord(name);
	else
	    encodedPersonal = null;
    
public voidsetPersonal(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String charset)
Set the personal name. If the name contains non US-ASCII characters, then the name will be encoded using the specified charset as per RFC 2047. If the name contains only US-ASCII characters, no encoding is done and the name is used as is.

param
name personal name
param
charset MIME charset to be used to encode the name as per RFC 2047
see
#setPersonal(String)
exception
UnsupportedEncodingException if the charset encoding fails.

	personal = name;
	if (name != null)
	    encodedPersonal = MimeUtility.encodeWord(name, charset, null);
	else
	    encodedPersonal = null;
    
public java.lang.StringtoString()
Convert this address into a RFC 822 / RFC 2047 encoded address. The resulting string contains only US-ASCII characters, and hence is mail-safe.

return
possibly encoded address string

	if (encodedPersonal == null && personal != null)
	    try {
		encodedPersonal = MimeUtility.encodeWord(personal);
	    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) { }
	
	if (encodedPersonal != null)
	    return quotePhrase(encodedPersonal) + " <" + address + ">";
	else if (isGroup() || isSimple())
	    return address;
	else
	    return "<" + address + ">";
    
public static java.lang.StringtoString(javax.mail.Address[] addresses)
Convert the given array of InternetAddress objects into a comma separated sequence of address strings. The resulting string contains only US-ASCII characters, and hence is mail-safe.

param
addresses array of InternetAddress objects
exception
ClassCastException, if any address object in the given array is not an InternetAddress object. Note that this is a RuntimeException.
return
comma separated string of addresses

	return toString(addresses, 0);
    
public static java.lang.StringtoString(javax.mail.Address[] addresses, int used)
Convert the given array of InternetAddress objects into a comma separated sequence of address strings. The resulting string contains only US-ASCII characters, and hence is mail-safe.

The 'used' parameter specifies the number of character positions already taken up in the field into which the resulting address sequence string is to be inserted. It is used to determine the line-break positions in the resulting address sequence string.

param
addresses array of InternetAddress objects
param
used number of character positions already used, in the field into which the address string is to be inserted.
exception
ClassCastException, if any address object in the given array is not an InternetAddress object. Note that this is a RuntimeException.
return
comma separated string of addresses

	if (addresses == null || addresses.length == 0)
	    return null;

	StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

	for (int i = 0; i < addresses.length; i++) {
	    if (i != 0) { // need to append comma
		sb.append(", ");
		used += 2;
	    }

	    String s = addresses[i].toString();
	    int len = lengthOfFirstSegment(s); // length till CRLF
	    if (used + len > 76) { // overflows ...
		sb.append("\r\n\t"); // .. start new continuation line
		used = 8; // account for the starting <tab> char
	    }
	    sb.append(s);
	    used = lengthOfLastSegment(s, used);
	}

	return sb.toString();
    
public java.lang.StringtoUnicodeString()
Returns a properly formatted address (RFC 822 syntax) of Unicode characters.

return
Unicode address string
since
JavaMail 1.2

	String p = getPersonal();
        if (p != null)
            return quotePhrase(p) + " <" + address + ">";
        else if (isGroup() || isSimple())
            return address;
        else
            return "<" + address + ">";
    
private static java.lang.Stringunquote(java.lang.String s)

	if (s.startsWith("\"") && s.endsWith("\"")) {
	    s = s.substring(1, s.length() - 1);
	    // check for any escaped characters
	    if (s.indexOf('\\") >= 0) {
		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(s.length());	// approx
		for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
		    char c = s.charAt(i);
		    if (c == '\\" && i < s.length() - 1)
			c = s.charAt(++i);
		    sb.append(c);
		}
		s = sb.toString();
	    }
	}
	return s;
    
public voidvalidate()
Validate that this address conforms to the syntax rules of RFC 822. The current implementation checks many, but not all, syntax rules. Note that even though the syntax of the address may be correct, there's no guarantee that a mailbox of that name exists.

exception
AddressException if the address isn't valid.
since
JavaMail 1.3

	checkAddress(getAddress(), true, true);