ts.mail
Class MailParser

java.lang.Object
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  +--ts.mail.MailParser

public final class MailParser

extends java.lang.Object

Utillity class for parsing Mail. The class scan and tokenize mail on the following format:

 From <text>
 <header-key>:<text>
 <newline>
 <mailbody>

 From <text>
 ... and so on
 

Here's an example of a recognizable mail:

 From hauk@tildeslash.com  Tus, Dec 28 12:04:16 1998
 Return-Path: 
 Received: from localhost (hauk@localhost [127.0.0.1])
      by tildeslash.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA24592
      for hauk; Tus, 28 Dec 1998 12:04:16 +0100
 Date: Tus, 28 Dec 1998 12:04:16 +0100
 From: Jan-Henrik Haukeland 
 Message-Id: <199812281204.NAA24592@tildeslash.com>
 To: hauk@tildeslash.com
 Subject: hello
  
 Hello there
 

Version:

$Id: MailParser.java,v 1.14 2000/03/24 17:18:24 hauk Exp $

Author:

Jan-Henrik Haukeland <hauk@tildeslash.com>

Method Summary

static java.util.Vector

parse(java.io.InputStream inputstream) Parse a mailbox and return a vector with MailModels

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

parse

public static java.util.Vector parse(java.io.InputStream inputstream)
                              throws GetMailException

Parse a mailbox and return a vector with MailModels

Parameters:

in - an InputStream opened against a mailbox source

Returns:

a vector with MailModels. Each model represent a mail-message from the mailbox

Throws:

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