source: contrib/MailArchiver/sources/vendor/mime4j/custom/dom/src/main/java/org/apache/james/mime4j/dom/field/ParsedField.java @ 6785

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package org.apache.james.mime4j.dom.field;


public interface ParsedField extends Field {

    /**
     * Returns <code>true</code> if this field is valid, i.e. no errors were
     * encountered while parsing the field value.
     * 
     * @return <code>true</code> if this field is valid, <code>false</code>
     *         otherwise.
     * @see #getParseException()
     */
    boolean isValidField();

    /**
     * Returns the exception that was thrown by the field parser while parsing
     * the field value. The result is <code>null</code> if the field is valid
     * and no errors were encountered.
     * 
     * @return the exception that was thrown by the field parser or
     *         <code>null</code> if the field is valid.
     */
    ParseException getParseException();

}