## InternetAddress InternetAddress — Internet addresses |

## Synopsis

    struct              InternetAddress;
    const char *        internet_address_get_name           (InternetAddress *ia);
    void                internet_address_set_name           (InternetAddress *ia,
                                                             const char *name);
    char *              internet_address_to_string          (InternetAddress *ia,
                                                             gboolean encode);

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----InternetAddress
             +----InternetAddressGroup
             +----InternetAddressMailbox

## Description

An InternetAddress is the base class for InternetAddressGroup and InternetAddressMailbox.

## Details

### struct InternetAddress

    struct InternetAddress;

An RFC 2822 Address object.

### internet_address_get_name ()

    const char *        internet_address_get_name           (InternetAddress *ia);

Gets the display name of the InternetAddress.

`ia` : | a InternetAddress
Returns : | the name of the mailbox or group in a form suitable for display if available or `NULL` otherwise. If the name is available, the returned string will be in UTF-8.

### internet_address_set_name ()

    void                internet_address_set_name           (InternetAddress *ia,
                                                             const char *name);

Set the display name of the InternetAddress.

Note: The `name` string should be in UTF-8.

`ia` : | a InternetAddress
`name` : | the display name for the address group or mailbox

### internet_address_to_string ()

    char *              internet_address_to_string          (InternetAddress *ia,
                                                             gboolean encode);

Allocates a string containing the contents of the InternetAddress object.

`ia` : | Internet Address object
`encode` : | `TRUE` if the address should be rfc2047 encoded
Returns : | the InternetAddress object as an allocated string in rfc822 format.

## See Also

InternetAddressGroup, InternetAddressMailbox