MailerFeature.java

package net.sourceforge.cardme.vcard.features;

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/**
 * 
 * @author George El-Haddad
 * <br/>
 * Feb 4, 2010
 * 
 * <p><b>RFC 2426</b><br/>
 * <b>3.3.3 MAILER Type Definition</b>
 * <ul>
 * 	<li><b>Type name:</b> MAILER</li>
 * 	<li><b>Type purpose:</b> To specify the type of electronic mail software that is used by the individual associated with the vCard.</li>
 * 	<li><b>Type encoding:</b> 8bit</li>
 * 	<li><b>Type value:</b> A single text value.</li>
 * 	<li><b>Type special note:</b> This information can provide assistance to a correspondent regarding the type of data representation which can be used, and how they can be packaged. This property is based on the private MIME type X-Mailer that is generally implemented by MIME user agent products.</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 */
public interface MailerFeature extends TypeTools {
	
	/**
	 * <p>Returns the mailer.</p>
	 *
	 * @return {@link String}
	 */
	public String getMailer();
	
	/**
	 * <p>Sets the mailer.</p>
	 *
	 * @param mailer
	 */
	public void setMailer(String mailer);
	
	/**
	 * <p>Clears the mailer.</p>
	 */
	public void clearMailer();
	
	/**
	 * <p>Returns true if the mailer exists.</p>
	 */
	public boolean hasMailer();
	
	/**
	 * <p>Returns a full copy of this object.</p>
	 *
	 * @return {@link MailerFeature}
	 */
	public MailerFeature clone();
}