javamail, getSubject, and if()

[hardcorebadger]

Hey, im new to java but have coded in multiple other languages including objective-c. I'm currently working on a program that gets mail from an smpt server and scans the messages for ones with a certain subject:"Tester" So far, I have the program retrieving the messages and I have a message with the Subject:"Tester", but when I use an if statement to check if the subject is "Tester" it returns false. My code is below. I am wondering if there is any special format for subjects or something?

 
public void getRecieptMessage() throws Exception {
        Message m = null;
        
        try {
        	
            for (int i = 1; i <= getMessageCount(); i++) {
            	m = folder.getMessage(i);
	            System.out.println(m.getSubject());
            	if (m.getSubject() == "Tester"){
    	            System.out.println("found");
    	            printMessage(i);
            	}
            }
        } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException iex) {
            System.out.println("Message number out of range");
        }
    }

I have other voids to retrieve certain information ie:getMessageCount()
but the focus is on the if statement, it just won't return true.

[baloda]

write your if statement like.

if(message.getSubject().equals("Tester"))

{
System.out.println("found");
printMessage(i);
}

good luck!!!

[user0]

When checking for equality of String objects, always use the .equals methods.

Best,

[hardcorebadger]

Thanks guys so much! Iv'e seen then before in a few hey0 plugins for minecraft and totally forgot about it.

[hardcorebadger]

One other thing. Say next I want to test the from address. I want to see if its from "usr@email.com" how would i go about doing this? I know there is a class:"Address[]" but im not sure how to set it to a certain email adress. I'm hoping the code will look something like this:

Address[] address = "usr@email.com"; //thats the part i need help with
if(m.getAddress().equals(address)){
	            System.out.println("found");
	            printMessage(i);
	            }

[baloda]

you can use

InternetAddress[] add = InternetAddress.parse("xyz@mail.com");

add1=(InternetAddress[]) message.getFrom();

for(InternetAddress a:add)
{
for(InternetAddress b:add1)
{
if(a.equals(b))
{
System.out.println("found");
printMessage(i);
}
}
}

good luck!!!