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<title>Source Code</title>
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<section name="Get Source Code">
<subsection name="Anonymous Access">
<p>The source can be checked out anonymously from GIT with the following command.</p>
<p><code>$ git clone http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/james-project.git</code></p>
<p><code>$ cd protocols</code></p>
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<subsection name="Developer Access">
<p>Everyone can access the GIT repository via HTTP, but Committers must checkout the GIT repository via HTTPS.</p>
<p><code>$ git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/james-project.git</code></p>
<p><code>$ cd protocols</code></p>
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<section name="Build Source Code">
<p>You can read a tutorial on how to build Apache James Server on <a href="http://james.apache.org/server/dev-build.html">http://james.apache.org/server/dev-build.html</a>.</p>
<p>The GIT URLs and the project names must be adapted, but the requirements and process are the same and you can inspire
from the build the Apache James IMAP libraries.</p>
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<section name="Source Organization">
<subsection name="Modules">
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<img src="images/uml/org.apache.james.protocols-package.png"/>
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<subsection name="James Protocols API">
<p><code>apache-james-protocols-api</code> contains the interfaces, exceptions and Constants needed by the other projects.</p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="James Protocols Implementation">
<p><code>apache-james-protocols-impl</code> provides common services that can be used by any mail protocol.</p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="James Protocols SMTP">
<p><code>apache-james-protocols-smtp</code> implements the SMTP protocols with <a href="http://james.apache.org/server/dev-extend-smtp-hook.html">hooks</a> for extensions.</p>
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<section name="IMAP4 Source Code">
<subsection name="Modules">
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<img src="images/uml/org.apache.james.imap-withtest-package.png"/>
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<subsection name="Apache James IMAP API">
<p><code>apache-james-imap-api</code> contains the interfaces, exceptions and Constants needed by the other projects.</p>
<p>The following diagram represents some key (not all) interfaces of the IMAP API project.</p>
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<subsection name="Apache James IMAP Message">
<p><code>apache-james-imap-message</code> allows to encode, decode and structure the IMAP requests and responses.</p>
<p>It will provide among other the ImapRequestMessage and ImapResponseMessage implementation to be processed
by the apache-james-imap-processor project.</p>
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<subsection name="Apache James IMAP Processor">
<p><code>apache-james-imap-processor</code> implements the Chain Of Responsibility design pattern.</p>
<p>ImapRequestMessage and ImapResponder will be passed to the list of Processors that
will execute doProcess if applicable.</p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Apache James Integration Test">
<p>A <a href="https://github.com/apache/james-project/tree/master/mpt">specific integration project</a> is
responsible to test the IMAP protocol in conjunction with the <a href="http://james.apache.org/mailbox">Apache James mailbox</a> components.</p>
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