IMAPFolder type issue

Chris Burdess <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.classpath.extensions.javamail
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Neil Campbell wrote:
> In IMAPFolder.getType(), as well as in IMAPFolder.getFolders(), the 
> type is
> assigned to be either HOLDS_MESSAGES or HOLDS_FOLDERS.  However, I 
> note that
> the Sun implementation differs, in that a folder can hold both 
> messages and
> folders.
>
> I'm not familiar enough with the IMAP protocol to know which is 
> correct, but I
> think your implementation can be made to behave the same way as Sun's 
> in this
> case by changing:
>
> type = entries[0].isNoinferiors() ?
>     Folder.HOLDS_MESSAGES :
>     Folder.HOLDS_FOLDERS;
>
> to something along the lines of
>
> type = 0;
>
> if(!entries[0].isNoinferiors()) {
>  type |= Folder.HOLDS_FOLDERS;
> }
> if(!entries[0].isNoselect()) {
>  type |= Folder.HOLDS_MESSAGES;
> }
>
> in both cases.  Similarly, I suppose that in create(int type) the line:
> if (type == HOLDS_FOLDERS)
>
> should be:
> if ((type & HOLDS_FOLDERS) != 0)
>
> Does this seem reasonable?

Absolutely. Patch applied.
-- 
Chris Burdess
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