001 /**************************************************************** 002 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * 003 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * 004 * distributed with this work for additional information * 005 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * 006 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * 007 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * 008 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * 009 * * 010 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * 011 * * 012 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * 013 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * 014 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * 015 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * 016 * specific language governing permissions and limitations * 017 * under the License. * 018 ****************************************************************/ 019 020 package org.apache.james.mime4j.field; 021 022 import org.apache.james.mime4j.parser.Field; 023 024 public interface ParsedField extends Field { 025 026 /** 027 * Returns <code>true</code> if this field is valid, i.e. no errors were 028 * encountered while parsing the field value. 029 * 030 * @return <code>true</code> if this field is valid, <code>false</code> 031 * otherwise. 032 * @see #getParseException() 033 */ 034 boolean isValidField(); 035 036 /** 037 * Returns the exception that was thrown by the field parser while parsing 038 * the field value. The result is <code>null</code> if the field is valid 039 * and no errors were encountered. 040 * 041 * @return the exception that was thrown by the field parser or 042 * <code>null</code> if the field is valid. 043 */ 044 ParseException getParseException(); 045 046 }