gecko-dev/grendel/view/ViewedMessage.java

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/* -*- Mode: java; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
* Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
* compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
* http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
*
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
* basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
* the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
* under the License.
*
* The Original Code is the Grendel mail/news client.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape Communications
* Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are Copyright (C) 1997
* Netscape Communications Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Created: Terry Weissman <terry@netscape.com>, 25 Aug 1997.
*/
package grendel.view;
import javax.mail.Message;
/** This is a message in a MessageSetView. It represents a message, and also
knows where it is in relationship with other messages in the same view. */
public interface ViewedMessage {
/** Gets the view that this message is a part of. */
public MessageSetView getView();
/** Gets the message itself. You need to go through this to find out
stuff about the message (like its subject, author, etc.). */
public Message getMessage();
/** Returns the parent of this message. (This is always null unless
threading is turned on in the view.) */
public ViewedMessage getParent();
/** Returns the first child of this message. (This is always null unless
threading is turned on in the view.) */
public ViewedMessage getChild();
/** Returns the next message. This is the next message that has the same
parent as this message.*/
public ViewedMessage getNext();
/** This should return true of dummy messages, false otherwise.
It is legal to pass dummy messages in with the list returned by
elements(); the isDummy() method is the mechanism by which they are
noted and ignored.
*/
boolean isDummy();
/** Debugging hack. Dumps this message (and messages in its tree) out
to System.out. */
public void dump();
}