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package jakarta.mail.search;

/**
 * This class models the comparison operator. This is an abstract
 * class; subclasses implement comparisons for different datatypes.
 *
 * @author Bill Shannon
 * @author John Mani
 */
public abstract class ComparisonTerm extends SearchTerm {
    public static final int LE = 1;
    public static final int LT = 2;
    public static final int EQ = 3;
    public static final int NE = 4;
    public static final int GT = 5;
    public static final int GE = 6;

    /**
     * The comparison.
     *
     * @serial
     */
    protected int comparison;

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1456646953666474308L;

    /**
     * Equality comparison.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
	if (!(obj instanceof ComparisonTerm))
	    return false;
	ComparisonTerm ct = (ComparisonTerm)obj;
	return ct.comparison == this.comparison;
    }

    /**
     * Compute a hashCode for this object.
     */
    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
	return comparison;
    }
}
