javax.mail

## Class Address

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.mail.Address

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    InternetAddress, NewsAddress

      public abstract class Address
      extends Object
      implements Serializable

  This abstract class models the addresses in a message. Subclasses provide specific implementations. Subclasses will typically be serializable so that (for example) the use of Address objects in search terms can be serialized along with the search terms.
  Author:
    John Mani, Bill Shannon
  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `Address()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `abstract boolean` | `equals(Object address)` The equality operator.
    `abstract String` | `getType()` Return a type string that identifies this address type.
    `abstract String` | `toString()` Return a String representation of this address object.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### Address

          public Address()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getType

          public abstract String getType()

      Return a type string that identifies this address type.
      Returns:
        address type
      See Also:
        `InternetAddress`

    - #### toString

          public abstract String toString()

      Return a String representation of this address object.
      Overrides:
        `toString` in class `Object`
      Returns:
        string representation of this address

    - #### equals

          public abstract boolean equals(Object address)

      The equality operator. Subclasses should provide an implementation of this method that supports value equality (do the two Address objects represent the same destination?), not object reference equality. A subclass must also provide a corresponding implementation of the `hashCode` method that preserves the general contract of `equals` and `hashCode` - objects that compare as equal must have the same hashCode.
      Overrides:
        `equals` in class `Object`
      Parameters:
        `address` - Address object

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