com.ibm.di.connector
Class MailboxConnector

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.di.connector.Connector
      com.ibm.di.connector.MailboxConnector

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConnectorInterface, VersionInfoInterface, EventListener, javax.mail.event.MessageCountListener

public class MailboxConnector
extends Connector
implements ConnectorInterface, javax.mail.event.MessageCountListener

Simple access to POP/IMAP based mailboxes.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.ibm.di.connector.Connector

ALL_MODES, myLog, PROPERTY_MESSAGE, PROPERTY_READER, PROPERTY_WRITER

Constructor Summary

MailboxConnector()
Constructor for the MailboxConnector object

Method Summary

void	deleteEntry(Entry aEntry, SearchCriteria aSearch) Deletes an existing entry.
Entry	findEntry(SearchCriteria aSearch) Finds an existing entry.
Entry	getNextEntry() Gets the next message from an open MailboxConnector object
String	getVersion() Version information.
void	initialize(Object aObj) Reads connector parameter's values and initialize the Connector.
void	messagesAdded(javax.mail.event.MessageCountEvent aMce) Gets notification for added message
void	messagesRemoved(javax.mail.event.MessageCountEvent aMce) Gets notification for removed message
void	modEntry(Entry entry, SearchCriteria search, Entry old) Modifies an existing entry.
void	putEntry(Entry entry) Adds a new entry to the data source
void	selectEntries() Prepare the Connector for sequential read
void	terminate() Terminate the connector.

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.di.connector.Connector

addFindEntry, allModes, clearFindEntries, debug, debugMode, findEntry, getBoolean, getClassInstance, getConfiguration, getContext, getFindEntryCount, getFirstFindEntry, getLog, getMaxDuplicateEntries, getModes, getModes, getName, getNextClient, getNextFindEntry, getParam, getParser, getProperty, getPushbackEntry, getRawConnectorConfiguration, getRSInterface, getUI, hasConfigValue, hasParser, initParser, isDeltaSupported, isExceptionFatal, isIOException, logError, logmsg, modEntry, pushback, queryOperations, queryReply, querySchema, queryTables, reconnect, reconnect, registerScriptBeans, replyEntry, setConfiguration, setContext, setCurrent, setDebugMode, setLog, setMaxDuplicateEntries, setModes, setModes, setName, setParam, setParser, setProperty, setRSInterface, terminateServer

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.di.connector.ConnectorInterface

getConfiguration, getContext, getFindEntryCount, getFirstFindEntry, getMaxDuplicateEntries, getName, getNextClient, getNextFindEntry, getParam, getPushbackEntry, getRawConnectorConfiguration, isDeltaSupported, isExceptionFatal, isIOException, modEntry, pushback, queryOperations, queryReply, querySchema, reconnect, registerScriptBeans, replyEntry, setConfiguration, setContext, setCurrent, setLog, setMaxDuplicateEntries, setName, setParam, setRSInterface, terminateServer

Constructor Detail

MailboxConnector

public MailboxConnector()

Constructor for the MailboxConnector object

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(Object aObj)
                throws Exception

Reads connector parameter's values and initialize the Connector.

Specified by:

initialize in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

initialize in class Connector

Parameters:

aObj - Null, Socket or ConnectorMode class

Throws:

Exception - If invalid Connector parameter values are supplied.

getNextEntry

public Entry getNextEntry()
                   throws Exception

Gets the next message from an open MailboxConnector object

Specified by:

getNextEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

getNextEntry in class Connector

Returns:

The next Entry

Throws:

Exception - If retrieving the next Entry fails.

See Also:

ConnectorInterface.selectEntries()

messagesAdded

public void messagesAdded(javax.mail.event.MessageCountEvent aMce)

Gets notification for added message

Specified by:

messagesAdded in interface javax.mail.event.MessageCountListener

Parameters:

aMce - MessageCountEvent

messagesRemoved

public void messagesRemoved(javax.mail.event.MessageCountEvent aMce)

Gets notification for removed message

Specified by:

messagesRemoved in interface javax.mail.event.MessageCountListener

Parameters:

aMce - MessageCountEvent

selectEntries

public void selectEntries()
                   throws Exception

Prepare the Connector for sequential read

Specified by:

selectEntries in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

selectEntries in class Connector

Throws:

Exception - - never

findEntry

public Entry findEntry(SearchCriteria aSearch)
                throws Exception

Finds an existing entry. The search criteria specifies which entry to locate

Specified by:

findEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

findEntry in class Connector

Parameters:

aSearch - The search criteria used to locate the entry to be modified, search criteria can be /mail.messagenumber, mail.from, mail.to, mail.cc, mail.subject, mail.messageid

Returns:

The entry found, or null if no or multiple entries found

Throws:

Exception - Any exceptions thrown by the connector's underlying classes

deleteEntry

public void deleteEntry(Entry aEntry,
                        SearchCriteria aSearch)
                 throws Exception

Deletes an existing entry. The search criteria specifies which entry to modify.

Specified by:

deleteEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

deleteEntry in class Connector

Parameters:

aEntry - The entry data

aSearch - The search criteria used to locate the entry to be deleted

Throws:

Exception - Any exceptions thrown by the connector's underlying classes

terminate

public void terminate()
               throws Exception

Terminate the connector. This function closes all connection and releases all resources used by the connector. This function also calls the parser's closeParser() method if a parser is active.

Specified by:

terminate in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

terminate in class Connector

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

putEntry

public void putEntry(Entry entry)
              throws Exception

Adds a new entry to the data source

Specified by:

putEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

putEntry in class Connector

Parameters:

entry - The entry data to add

Throws:

Exception - Any exceptions thrown when trying to add entry in update mode or when the appending of the message fails.

modEntry

public void modEntry(Entry entry,
                     SearchCriteria search,
                     Entry old)
              throws Exception

Modifies an existing entry. The new entry data is given by the entry parameter and the search criteria specifies which entry to modify.

Specified by:

modEntry in interface ConnectorInterface

Overrides:

modEntry in class Connector

Parameters:

entry - The entry data

search - The search criteria used to locate the entry to be modified

old - The old entry found by the search criteria

Throws:

Exception - Any exceptions thrown when updating the flags of a message

getVersion

public String getVersion()

Version information.

Specified by:

getVersion in interface VersionInfoInterface

Returns:

the version information