org.jasen.interfaces
Interface HeuristicAnalyzer

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardHeuristicAnalyzer

public interface HeuristicAnalyzer

Analyses a JasenMessage looking for matches against a set of heuristic definitions.

NOTE: Implemenations MUST be thread safe

Author:

Jason Polites

Method Summary

int	analyze(javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage mm, JasenMessage message, HeuristicDefinitionSet definitions, int threshold) Analyzes the message looking for heuristic matches against patterns defined in the HeuristicDefinitionSet set provided

Method Detail

analyze

public int analyze(javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage mm,
                   JasenMessage message,
                   HeuristicDefinitionSet definitions,
                   int threshold)
            throws JasenException

Analyzes the message looking for heuristic matches against patterns defined in the HeuristicDefinitionSet set provided

Parameters:

mm - The raw MimeMessage

message - The message to analyze

definitions - The set of definitions to use

threshold - The number of matches above which analysis ceases. Use zero (0) for unlimited matches

Returns:

The number of matches found

Throws:

JasenException