Package com.oroinc.net.nntp

Class NewsgroupInfo

java.lang.Object

com.oroinc.net.nntp.NewsgroupInfo

public final class NewsgroupInfo
extends java.lang.Object

NewsgroupInfo stores information pertaining to a newsgroup returned by the NNTP GROUP, LIST, and NEWGROUPS commands, implemented by selectNewsgroup , listNewsgroups , and listNewNewsgroups respectively.

Author:

Daniel F. Savarese

See Also:

NNTPClient

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static int	MODERATED_POSTING_PERMISSION	A constant indicating that a newsgroup is moderated.
static int	PERMITTED_POSTING_PERMISSION	A constant indicating that a newsgroup is public and unmoderated.
static int	PROHIBITED_POSTING_PERMISSION	A constant indicating that a newsgroup is closed for general posting.
static int	UNKNOWN_POSTING_PERMISSION	A constant indicating that the posting permission of a newsgroup is unknown.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NewsgroupInfo()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getArticleCount()	Get the estimated number of articles in the newsgroup.
int	getFirstArticle()	Get the number of the first article in the newsgroup.
int	getLastArticle()	Get the number of the last article in the newsgroup.
java.lang.String	getNewsgroup()	Get the newsgroup name.
int	getPostingPermission()	Get the posting permission of the newsgroup.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

UNKNOWN_POSTING_PERMISSION

public static final int UNKNOWN_POSTING_PERMISSION

A constant indicating that the posting permission of a newsgroup is unknown. For example, the NNTP GROUP command does not return posting information, so NewsgroupInfo instances obtained from that command willhave an UNKNOWN_POSTING_PERMISSION.

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Constant Field Values

MODERATED_POSTING_PERMISSION

public static final int MODERATED_POSTING_PERMISSION

A constant indicating that a newsgroup is moderated.

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Constant Field Values

PERMITTED_POSTING_PERMISSION

public static final int PERMITTED_POSTING_PERMISSION

A constant indicating that a newsgroup is public and unmoderated.

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Constant Field Values

PROHIBITED_POSTING_PERMISSION

public static final int PROHIBITED_POSTING_PERMISSION

A constant indicating that a newsgroup is closed for general posting.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

NewsgroupInfo

public NewsgroupInfo()

Method Detail

getNewsgroup

public java.lang.String getNewsgroup()

Get the newsgroup name.

Returns:

The name of the newsgroup.

getArticleCount

public int getArticleCount()

Get the estimated number of articles in the newsgroup. The accuracy of this value will depend on the server implementation.

Returns:

The estimated number of articles in the newsgroup.

getFirstArticle

public int getFirstArticle()

Get the number of the first article in the newsgroup.

Returns:

The number of the first article in the newsgroup.

getLastArticle

public int getLastArticle()

Get the number of the last article in the newsgroup.

Returns:

The number of the last article in the newsgroup.

getPostingPermission

public int getPostingPermission()

Get the posting permission of the newsgroup. This will be one of the POSTING_PERMISSION constants.

Returns:

The posting permission status of the newsgroup.