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Interface UIDFolder

public interfaceUIDFolder

TheUIDFolder interface is implemented by Folders that can support the "disconnected" mode of operation, by providing unique-ids for messages in the folder. This interface is based on the IMAP model for supporting disconnected operation.

A Unique identifier (UID) is a positive long value, assigned to each message in a specific folder. Unique identifiers are assigned in a strictlyascending fashion in the mailbox. i.e, as each message is added to the mailbox it is assigned a higher UID than the message(s) which were added previously. Unique identifiers persist across sessions. This permits a client to resynchronize its state from a previous session with the server.

Associated with every mailbox is a unique identifier validity value. If unique identifiers from an earlier session fail to persist to this session, the unique identifier validity valuemust be greater than the one used in the earlier session.

Refer RFC 2060(http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2060.txt) for more information.

LASTUID

public static final longLASTUID

This is a special value that can be used as theend parameter ingetMessages(start, end), to denote the last UID in this folder.

See Also:

getMessagesByUID(long, long)

getUIDValidity

public longgetUIDValidity()                    throwsMessagingException

Returns the UIDValidity value associated with this folder.

Clients typically compare this value against a UIDValidity value saved from a previous session to insure that any cached UIDs not stale.

Returns:

UIDValidity

getMessageByUID

publicMessagegetMessageByUID(long uid)                        throwsMessagingException

Get the Message corresponding to the given UID. If no such message exists,null is returned.

Parameters:

uid - UID for the desired message

Returns:

the Message object.null is returnedif no message corresponding to this UID is obtained.

Throws:

MessagingException -  

getMessagesByUID

publicMessage[]getMessagesByUID(long start,                                  long end)                           throwsMessagingException

Get the Messages specified by the given range. The special value LASTUID can be used for theend parameter to indicate the last available UID.

Parameters:

start - start UID

end - end UID

Returns:

array of Message objects

Throws:

MessagingException -  

See Also:

LASTUID

getMessagesByUID

publicMessage[]getMessagesByUID(long[] uids)                           throwsMessagingException

Get the Messages specified by the given array of UIDs. If any UID is invalid,null is returned for that entry.

Note that the returned array will be of the same size as the specified array of UIDs, andnull entries may be present in the array to indicate invalid UIDs.

Parameters:

uids - array of UIDs

Returns:

array of Message objects

Throws:

MessagingException -  

getUID

public longgetUID(Message message)            throwsMessagingException

Get the UID for the specified message. Note that the messagemust belong to this folder. Else the java.util.NoSuchElementException is thrown.

Parameters:

message - Message from this folder

Returns:

UID for this message

Throws:

java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the given Messageis not in this Folder.