ts.mail
Interface FetchAgent

All Superinterfaces:

SafeTerminate

All Known Implementing Classes:

MboxAgent, Pop3Agent

public interface FetchAgent

extends SafeTerminate

This interface represent an abstract Mail Fetch Agent. A MFA is used for fetching mail messages. Implementors should implement the getMail method which will be the actual protocol used for fetching mail.

Version:

$Id: FetchAgent.java,v 1.5 1999/06/09 18:55:57 hauk Exp $

Author:

Jan-Henrik Haukeland <hauk@tildeslash.com>

See Also:

MboxAgent

Method Summary

java.util.Vector	getMail() Fetch mail messages using a certain protocol.
java.lang.String	getProtocol()
void	stopScan() Stop reading mail

Methods inherited from interface ts.biff.SafeTerminate

canTerminate

Method Detail

getMail

public java.util.Vector getMail()
                         throws GetMailException

Fetch mail messages using a certain protocol.

Returns:

A vector with MailModel objects

Throws:

GetMailException - Is thrown if mail for some reason could not be fetched

stopScan

public void stopScan()

Stop reading mail

getProtocol

public java.lang.String getProtocol()

Returns:

The protocol used