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019
020 package org.apache.james.mime4j.dom.address;
021
022 import java.io.Serializable;
023 import java.util.List;
024
025 /**
026 * The abstract base for classes that represent RFC2822 addresses. This includes
027 * groups and mailboxes.
028 */
029 public abstract class Address implements Serializable {
030
031 private static final long serialVersionUID = 634090661990433426L;
032
033 /**
034 * Adds any mailboxes represented by this address into the given List. Note
035 * that this method has default (package) access, so a doAddMailboxesTo
036 * method is needed to allow the behavior to be overridden by subclasses.
037 */
038 final void addMailboxesTo(List<Mailbox> results) {
039 doAddMailboxesTo(results);
040 }
041
042 /**
043 * Adds any mailboxes represented by this address into the given List. Must
044 * be overridden by concrete subclasses.
045 */
046 protected abstract void doAddMailboxesTo(List<Mailbox> results);
047
048 }