com.icegreen.greenmail.store
Interface Store

All Known Implementing Classes:

InMemoryStore

public interface Store

Represents the complete mail store for an IMAP server, providing access to and manipulation of all Mailboxes stored on this server.

Version:

$Revision: 109034 $

Author:

Darrell DeBoer

Method Summary

MailFolder	createMailbox(MailFolder parent, String mailboxName, boolean selectable) Creates a mailbox under the supplied parent with the given name.
void	deleteMailbox(MailFolder folder) Deletes the supplied mailbox from the store.
Collection	getChildren(MailFolder parent)
MailFolder	getMailbox(MailFolder parent, String mailboxName) Looks up a child mailbox of the supplied parent with the name given.
MailFolder	getMailbox(String qualifiedMailboxName) Retrieves a mailbox based on a fully qualified name.
Collection	listMailboxes(String searchPattern) Lists all of the mailboxes in the store which have a name matching the supplied search pattern.
void	renameMailbox(MailFolder existingFolder, String newName) Renames the mailbox with the new name.
MailFolder	setSelectable(MailFolder folder, boolean selectable) Tells the store to make the supplied mailbox selectable or not (able to store messages).

Method Detail

getMailbox

MailFolder getMailbox(String qualifiedMailboxName)

Retrieves a mailbox based on a fully qualified name.

Parameters:

qualifiedMailboxName -

Returns:

The mailbox if present, or null if not.

getMailbox

MailFolder getMailbox(MailFolder parent,
                      String mailboxName)

Looks up a child mailbox of the supplied parent with the name given.

Parameters:

parent - The parent mailbox

mailboxName - The name of the child to lookup

Returns:

The child mailbox, or null if not found.

getChildren

Collection getChildren(MailFolder parent)

Parameters:

parent - A mailbox from this store.

Returns:

A read-only collection of MailFolder instances, which are the children of the supplied parent.

createMailbox

MailFolder createMailbox(MailFolder parent,
                         String mailboxName,
                         boolean selectable)
                         throws FolderException

Creates a mailbox under the supplied parent with the given name. If specified, the mailbox created will be made selectable (able to store messages).

Parameters:

parent - A mailbox from this store.

mailboxName - The name of the mailbox to create.

selectable - If true, the mailbox will be created to store messages.

Returns:

The created mailbox

Throws:

FolderException - If the mailbox couldn't be created.

setSelectable

MailFolder setSelectable(MailFolder folder,
                         boolean selectable)

Tells the store to make the supplied mailbox selectable or not (able to store messages). The returned mailbox may be a new instance, and the supplied mailbox may no longer be valid.

Parameters:

folder - The mailbox to modify.

selectable - Whether this mailbox should be able to store messages.

Returns:

The modified mailbox

deleteMailbox

void deleteMailbox(MailFolder folder)
                   throws FolderException

Deletes the supplied mailbox from the store. To be deleted, mailboxes must be empty of messages, and not have any children.

Parameters:

folder - A mailbox from this store.

Throws:

FolderException - If the mailbox couldn't be deleted.

renameMailbox

void renameMailbox(MailFolder existingFolder,
                   String newName)
                   throws FolderException

Renames the mailbox with the new name.

Parameters:

existingFolder - A mailbox from this store.

newName - The new name for the mailbox.

Throws:

FolderException - If the mailbox couldn't be renamed

listMailboxes

Collection listMailboxes(String searchPattern)
                         throws FolderException

Lists all of the mailboxes in the store which have a name matching the supplied search pattern.

 Valid wildcards are:
          '*' - matches any number of characters, including the hierarchy delimiter
          '%' - matches any number of characters, but not the hierarchy delimiter


Parameters:
searchPattern - The pattern to match mailboxes
Returns:
A read-only collection of mailboxes which match this pattern
Throws:
FolderException - If the list operation failed