Package org.apache.commons.net.nntp

Class Threader

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.net.nntp.Threader

public class Threader
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Threader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Threadable	thread(java.lang.Iterable<? extends Threadable> messages)	The client passes in a list of Iterable objects, and the Threader constructs a connected 'graph' of messages
Threadable	thread(java.util.List<? extends Threadable> messages)	The client passes in a list of Threadable objects, and the Threader constructs a connected 'graph' of messages
Threadable	thread(Threadable[] messages)	Deprecated. (2.2) prefer thread(List)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Threader

public Threader()

Method Detail

thread

public Threadable thread(java.util.List<? extends Threadable> messages)

The client passes in a list of Threadable objects, and the Threader constructs a connected 'graph' of messages

Parameters:

messages - list of messages to thread, must not be empty

Returns:

null if messages == null or root.child == null or messages list is empty

Since:

2.2

thread

public Threadable thread(java.lang.Iterable<? extends Threadable> messages)

The client passes in a list of Iterable objects, and the Threader constructs a connected 'graph' of messages

Parameters:

messages - iterable of messages to thread, must not be empty

Returns:

null if messages == null or root.child == null or messages list is empty

Since:

3.0

thread

@Deprecated
public Threadable thread(Threadable[] messages)

Deprecated. (2.2) prefer thread(List)

The client passes in an array of Threadable objects, and the Threader constructs a connected 'graph' of messages

Parameters:

messages - array of messages to thread, must not be empty

Returns:

null if messages == null or root.child == null or messages array is empty