dom/src/main/java/org/apache/james/mime4j/dom/Message.java

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package org.apache.james.mime4j.dom;

import java.util.Date;

import org.apache.james.mime4j.dom.address.AddressList;
import org.apache.james.mime4j.dom.address.Mailbox;
import org.apache.james.mime4j.dom.address.MailboxList;

/**
 * An MIME message (as defined in RFC 2045).
 */
public interface Message extends Entity, Body {

    /**
     * Returns the value of the <i>Message-ID</i> header field of this message
     * or <code>null</code> if it is not present.
     *
     * @return the identifier of this message.
     */
    String getMessageId();

    /**
     * Returns the (decoded) value of the <i>Subject</i> header field of this
     * message or <code>null</code> if it is not present.
     *
     * @return the subject of this message.
     */
    String getSubject();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the <i>Date</i> header field of this message as
     * <code>Date</code> object or <code>null</code> if it is not present.
     *
     * @return the date of this message.
     */
    Date getDate();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the <i>Sender</i> header field of this message as
     * <code>Mailbox</code> object or <code>null</code> if it is not
     * present.
     *
     * @return the sender of this message.
     */
    Mailbox getSender();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the <i>From</i> header field of this message as
     * <code>MailboxList</code> object or <code>null</code> if it is not
     * present.
     *
     * @return value of the from field of this message.
     */
    MailboxList getFrom();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the <i>To</i> header field of this message as
     * <code>AddressList</code> object or <code>null</code> if it is not
     * present.
     *
     * @return value of the to field of this message.
     */
    AddressList getTo();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the <i>Cc</i> header field of this message as
     * <code>AddressList</code> object or <code>null</code> if it is not
     * present.
     *
     * @return value of the cc field of this message.
     */
    AddressList getCc();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the <i>Bcc</i> header field of this message as
     * <code>AddressList</code> object or <code>null</code> if it is not
     * present.
     *
     * @return value of the bcc field of this message.
     */
    AddressList getBcc();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the <i>Reply-To</i> header field of this message as
     * <code>AddressList</code> object or <code>null</code> if it is not
     * present.
     *
     * @return value of the reply to field of this message.
     */
    AddressList getReplyTo();

}