ass or interface in java.io" class="externalLink">Serializable</a></code></dd>
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<dt>Direct Known Subclasses:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="DateTerm.html" title="class in jakarta.mail.search">DateTerm</a></code>, <code><a href="IntegerComparisonTerm.html" title="class in jakarta.mail.search">IntegerComparisonTerm</a></code></dd>
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<pre>public abstract class <span class="typeNameLabel">ComparisonTerm</span>
extends <a href="SearchTerm.html" title="class in jakarta.mail.search">SearchTerm</a></pre