Package javax.mail.internet

Class MimeMessage

java.lang.Object

javax.mail.Message

javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage

All Implemented Interfaces:

MimePart, Part

Direct Known Subclasses:

NNTPMessage, gnu.mail.providers.ReadOnlyMessage

public class MimeMessage
extends Message
implements MimePart

A MIME mail message. This may be a top-level part, or the content of a MIME body part with a "message/rfc822" Content-Type.

The string representation of RFC822 and MIME header fields must contain only US-ASCII characters. Non US-ASCII characters must be encoded as per the rules in RFC 2047. This class does not enforce those rules; the caller is expected to use MimeUtility to ensure that header values are correctly encoded.

Version:

1.4

Author:

Chris Burdess

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	MimeMessage.RecipientType	Additional recipient types specific to internet messages.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected byte[]	content	The bytes of the content of this message, if the message can be stored in memory.
protected java.io.InputStream	contentStream	A SharedInputStream containing the byte content of this message, if the message cannot be stored in memory.
protected javax.activation.DataHandler	dh	The data handler managing this message's content.
protected Flags	flags	The message flags.
protected InternetHeaders	headers	The message headers.
protected boolean	modified	Indicates whether the message has been modified.
protected boolean	saved	Indicates whether we do not need to call saveChanges on the message.

Fields inherited from class javax.mail.Message

expunged, folder, msgnum, session

Fields inherited from interface javax.mail.Part

ATTACHMENT, INLINE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	MimeMessage(Folder folder, int msgnum)	Constructor with a parent folder and message number.
protected	MimeMessage(Folder folder, java.io.InputStream is, int msgnum)	Constructor with a parent folder, message number, and RFC 822 input stream.
protected	MimeMessage(Folder folder, InternetHeaders headers, byte[] content, int msgnum)	Constructor with a parent folder, message number, headers and byte content.
	MimeMessage(MimeMessage source)	Constructor with an existing message.
	MimeMessage(Session session)	Constructor for an empty message.
	MimeMessage(Session session, java.io.InputStream is)	Constructor with an input stream contining an RFC 822 message.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addFrom(Address[] addresses)	Adds the specified addresses to From header field.
void	addHeader(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)	Adds the specified header.
void	addHeaderLine(java.lang.String line)	Adds an RFC 822 header-line to this message.
void	addRecipients(Message.RecipientType type, java.lang.String addresses)	Adds the given addresses to the recipients of the specified type.
void	addRecipients(Message.RecipientType type, Address[] addresses)	Adds the given addresses to the recipients of the specified type.
protected InternetHeaders	createInternetHeaders(java.io.InputStream is)	Creates the headers from the given input stream.
protected MimeMessage	createMimeMessage(Session session)	Creates a new MIME message.
java.util.Enumeration	getAllHeaderLines()	Returns all the header-lines.
java.util.Enumeration	getAllHeaders()	Returns all the headers.
Address[]	getAllRecipients()	Returns all the recipients.
java.lang.Object	getContent()	Returns this message's content as a Java object.
java.lang.String	getContentID()	Returns the value of the Content-ID header field.
java.lang.String[]	getContentLanguage()	Returns the languages specified in the Content-Language header field of this message, as defined by RFC 1766.
java.lang.String	getContentMD5()	Returns the value of the Content-MD5 header field.
protected java.io.InputStream	getContentStream()	Returns the unencoded bytes of the content.
java.lang.String	getContentType()	Returns the value of the RFC 822 Content-Type header field, or "text/plain" if the header is not available.
javax.activation.DataHandler	getDataHandler()	Returns a data handler for accessing this message's content.
java.lang.String	getDescription()	Returns the Content-Description header field of this message.
java.lang.String	getDisposition()	Returns the value of the RFC 822 Content-Disposition header field, or null if the header is not available.
java.lang.String	getEncoding()	Returns the value of the Content-Transfer-Encoding header field.
java.lang.String	getFileName()	Returns the filename associated with this message.
Flags	getFlags()	Returns the flags for this message.
Address[]	getFrom()	Returns the value of the RFC 822 From header field.
java.lang.String[]	getHeader(java.lang.String name)	Returns all the values for the specified header name.
java.lang.String	getHeader(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String delimiter)	Returns all the values for the specified header name as a single string, with headers separated by the given delimiter.
java.io.InputStream	getInputStream()	Returns a decoded input stream for this message's content.
int	getLineCount()	Returns the number of lines in the content of this message, or -1 if this number cannot be determined.
java.util.Enumeration	getMatchingHeaderLines(java.lang.String[] names)	Returns all the header-lines with any of the given names.
java.util.Enumeration	getMatchingHeaders(java.lang.String[] names)	Returns all the headers with any of the given names.
java.lang.String	getMessageID()	Returns the value of the Message-ID header field.
java.util.Enumeration	getNonMatchingHeaderLines(java.lang.String[] names)	Returns all the header-lines without any of the given names.
java.util.Enumeration	getNonMatchingHeaders(java.lang.String[] names)	Returns all the headers without any of the given names.
java.io.InputStream	getRawInputStream()	Returns the unencoded bytes of the content without applying any content transfer encoding.
java.util.Date	getReceivedDate()	Returns the date on which this message was received.
Address[]	getRecipients(Message.RecipientType type)	Returns the recipients of the given type.
Address[]	getReplyTo()	Returns the value of the RFC 822 Reply-To header field.
Address	getSender()	Returns the value of the RFC 822 Sender header field.
java.util.Date	getSentDate()	Returns the value of the RFC 822 Date field.
int	getSize()	Returns the size of the content of this message in bytes, or -1 if the size cannot be determined.
java.lang.String	getSubject()	Returns the value of the Subject header field.
boolean	isMimeType(java.lang.String mimeType)	Indicates whether this message is of the specified MIME type.
boolean	isSet(Flags.Flag flag)	Indicates whether the specified flag is set in this message.
protected void	parse(java.io.InputStream is)	Parses the given input stream, setting the headers and content fields appropriately.
void	removeHeader(java.lang.String name)	Removes all headers with the specified name.
Message	reply(boolean replyToAll)	Returns a new message suitable for a reply to this message.
void	saveChanges()	Saves any changes to this message.
void	setContent(java.lang.Object o, java.lang.String type)	Sets the content of this message using the specified Java object and MIME type.
void	setContent(Multipart mp)	Sets the content of this message to be the specified multipart.
void	setContentID(java.lang.String cid)	Sets the Content-ID header field of this message.
void	setContentLanguage(java.lang.String[] languages)	Sets the Content-Language header of this message.
void	setContentMD5(java.lang.String md5)	Sets the Content-MD5 header field of this message.
void	setDataHandler(javax.activation.DataHandler datahandler)	Sets the content of this part using the specified data handler.
void	setDescription(java.lang.String description)	Sets the Content-Description header field for this message.
void	setDescription(java.lang.String description, java.lang.String charset)	Sets the Content-Description header field for this message.
void	setDisposition(java.lang.String disposition)	Sets the Content-Disposition header field of this message.
void	setFileName(java.lang.String filename)	Sets the filename associated with this part.
void	setFlags(Flags flag, boolean set)	Sets the flags for this message.
void	setFrom()	Sets the RFC 822 From header field using the value of the InternetAddress.getLocalAddress method.
void	setFrom(Address address)	Sets the RFC 822 From header field.
void	setHeader(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)	Sets the specified header.
void	setRecipients(Message.RecipientType type, java.lang.String addresses)	Sets the recipients of the given type.
void	setRecipients(Message.RecipientType type, Address[] addresses)	Sets the recipients of the given type.
void	setReplyTo(Address[] addresses)	Sets the RFC 822 Reply-To header field.
void	setSender(Address address)	Sets the RFC 822 Sender header field.
void	setSentDate(java.util.Date date)	Sets the RFC 822 Date header field.
void	setSubject(java.lang.String subject)	Sets the Subject header field.
void	setSubject(java.lang.String subject, java.lang.String charset)	Sets the Subject header field.
void	setText(java.lang.String text)	Sets the content of this message using the specified text, and with a MIME type of "text/plain".
void	setText(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String charset)	Sets the content of this message using the specified text, and with a MIME type of "text/plain".
void	setText(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String charset, java.lang.String subtype)	Sets the content of this message using the specified text, and with a text MIME type of the specified subtype.
protected void	updateHeaders()	Updates the headers of this part, based on the content.
protected void	updateMessageId()	Updates the Message-ID header.
void	writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os)	Writes this message to the specified stream in RFC 822 format.
void	writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os, java.lang.String[] ignoreList)	Writes this message to the specified stream in RFC 822 format, without the specified headers.

Methods inherited from class javax.mail.Message

addRecipient, getFolder, getMessageNumber, isExpunged, match, setExpunged, setFlag, setMessageNumber, setRecipient

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

dh

protected javax.activation.DataHandler dh

The data handler managing this message's content.

content

protected byte[] content

The bytes of the content of this message, if the message can be stored in memory.

contentStream

protected java.io.InputStream contentStream

A SharedInputStream containing the byte content of this message, if the message cannot be stored in memory.

headers

protected InternetHeaders headers

The message headers.

flags

protected Flags flags

The message flags.

modified

protected boolean modified

Indicates whether the message has been modified. If false, any data in the content array is assumed to be valid and is used directly in the writeTo method. This field is set to true when an empty message is created or when the saveChanges method is called.

saved

protected boolean saved

Indicates whether we do not need to call saveChanges on the message. This flag is set to false by the public constructor and set to true by the saveChanges method. The writeTo method checks this flag and calls the saveChanges method as necessary.

Constructor Detail

MimeMessage

public MimeMessage(Session session)

Constructor for an empty message.

MimeMessage

public MimeMessage(Session session,
                   java.io.InputStream is)
            throws MessagingException

Constructor with an input stream contining an RFC 822 message. When this method returns, the stream will be positioned at the end of the data for the message.

Parameters:

session - the session context

is - the message input stream

Throws:

MessagingException

MimeMessage

public MimeMessage(MimeMessage source)
            throws MessagingException

Constructor with an existing message. This performs a deep copy of the target message.

Parameters:

source - the message to copy

Throws:

MessagingException

MimeMessage

protected MimeMessage(Folder folder,
                      int msgnum)

Constructor with a parent folder and message number.

Parameters:

folder - the parent folder

msgnum - the message number

MimeMessage

protected MimeMessage(Folder folder,
                      java.io.InputStream is,
                      int msgnum)
               throws MessagingException

Constructor with a parent folder, message number, and RFC 822 input stream. When this method returns, the stream will be positioned at the end of the data for the message.

Parameters:

folder - the parent folder

is - the message input stream

msgnum - the message number of this message within the folder

Throws:

MessagingException

MimeMessage

protected MimeMessage(Folder folder,
                      InternetHeaders headers,
                      byte[] content,
                      int msgnum)
               throws MessagingException

Constructor with a parent folder, message number, headers and byte content.

Parameters:

folder - the parent folder

headers - the headers

content - the content byte array

msgnum - the message number of this message within the folder

Throws:

MessagingException

Method Detail

parse

protected void parse(java.io.InputStream is)
              throws MessagingException

Parses the given input stream, setting the headers and content fields appropriately. This resets the modified flag.

Parameters:

is - the message input stream

Throws:

MessagingException

getFrom

public Address[] getFrom()
                  throws MessagingException

Returns the value of the RFC 822 From header field. If this header field is absent, the Sender header field is used instead.

Specified by:

getFrom in class Message

Throws:

MessagingException

setFrom

public void setFrom(Address address)
             throws MessagingException

Sets the RFC 822 From header field.

Specified by:

setFrom in class Message

Parameters:

address - the sender of this message

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

setFrom

public void setFrom()
             throws MessagingException

Sets the RFC 822 From header field using the value of the InternetAddress.getLocalAddress method.

Specified by:

setFrom in class Message

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

addFrom

public void addFrom(Address[] addresses)
             throws MessagingException

Adds the specified addresses to From header field.

Specified by:

addFrom in class Message

Parameters:

addresses - the senders of this message

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

getSender

public Address getSender()
                  throws MessagingException

Returns the value of the RFC 822 Sender header field.

Throws:

MessagingException

Since:

JavaMail 1.3

setSender

public void setSender(Address address)
               throws MessagingException

Sets the RFC 822 Sender header field.

Parameters:

address - the sender of this message

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

Since:

JavaMail 1.3

getRecipients

public Address[] getRecipients(Message.RecipientType type)
                        throws MessagingException

Returns the recipients of the given type.

Specified by:

getRecipients in class Message

Parameters:

type - the recipient type

Throws:

MessagingException

getAllRecipients

public Address[] getAllRecipients()
                           throws MessagingException

Returns all the recipients. This returns the TO, CC, BCC, and NEWSGROUPS recipients.

Overrides:

getAllRecipients in class Message

Throws:

MessagingException

setRecipients

public void setRecipients(Message.RecipientType type,
                          Address[] addresses)
                   throws MessagingException

Sets the recipients of the given type.

Specified by:

setRecipients in class Message

Parameters:

type - the recipient type

addresses - the addresses, or null to remove recipients of this type

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

setRecipients

public void setRecipients(Message.RecipientType type,
                          java.lang.String addresses)
                   throws MessagingException

Sets the recipients of the given type.

Parameters:

type - the recipient type

addresses - the addresses, or null to remove recpients of this type

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

addRecipients

public void addRecipients(Message.RecipientType type,
                          Address[] addresses)
                   throws MessagingException

Adds the given addresses to the recipients of the specified type.

Specified by:

addRecipients in class Message

Parameters:

type - the recipient type

addresses - the addresses

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

addRecipients

public void addRecipients(Message.RecipientType type,
                          java.lang.String addresses)
                   throws MessagingException

Adds the given addresses to the recipients of the specified type.

Parameters:

type - the recipient type

addresses - the addresses

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

getReplyTo

public Address[] getReplyTo()
                     throws MessagingException

Returns the value of the RFC 822 Reply-To header field. If the header is absent, the value of the getFrom method is returned.

Overrides:

getReplyTo in class Message

Throws:

MessagingException

setReplyTo

public void setReplyTo(Address[] addresses)
                throws MessagingException

Sets the RFC 822 Reply-To header field.

Overrides:

setReplyTo in class Message

Parameters:

addresses - the addresses, or null to remove this header

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

getSubject

public java.lang.String getSubject()
                            throws MessagingException

Returns the value of the Subject header field.

If the subject is encoded as per RFC 2047, it is decoded and converted into Unicode.

Specified by:

getSubject in class Message

Throws:

MessagingException

setSubject

public void setSubject(java.lang.String subject)
                throws MessagingException

Sets the Subject header field.

If the subject contains non US-ASCII characters, it will be encoded using the platform default charset.

Specified by:

setSubject in class Message

Parameters:

subject - the subject

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

setSubject

public void setSubject(java.lang.String subject,
                       java.lang.String charset)
                throws MessagingException

Sets the Subject header field.

If the subject contains non US-ASCII characters, it will be encoded using the specified charset.

Parameters:

subject - the subject

charset - the charset used for any encoding

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

getSentDate

public java.util.Date getSentDate()
                           throws MessagingException

Returns the value of the RFC 822 Date field. This is the date on which this message was sent.

Specified by:

getSentDate in class Message

Throws:

MessagingException

setSentDate

public void setSentDate(java.util.Date date)
                 throws MessagingException

Sets the RFC 822 Date header field.

Specified by:

setSentDate in class Message

Parameters:

date - the sent date, or null to remove this header

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

getReceivedDate

public java.util.Date getReceivedDate()
                               throws MessagingException

Returns the date on which this message was received. This returns null if the received date cannot be obtained.

Specified by:

getReceivedDate in class Message

Throws:

MessagingException

getSize

public int getSize()
            throws MessagingException

Returns the size of the content of this message in bytes, or -1 if the size cannot be determined.

Note that this number may not be an exact measure, but if not -1, it will be suitable for display to the user.

Specified by:

getSize in interface Part

Throws:

MessagingException

getLineCount

public int getLineCount()
                 throws MessagingException

Returns the number of lines in the content of this message, or -1 if this number cannot be determined.

Note that this number may not be an exact measure, but if not -1, it will be suitable for display to the user.

Specified by:

getLineCount in interface Part

Throws:

MessagingException

getContentType

public java.lang.String getContentType()
                                throws MessagingException

Returns the value of the RFC 822 Content-Type header field, or "text/plain" if the header is not available.

Specified by:

getContentType in interface Part

Throws:

MessagingException

isMimeType

public boolean isMimeType(java.lang.String mimeType)
                   throws MessagingException

Indicates whether this message is of the specified MIME type.

If the subtype of mimeType is the special character '*', the subtype is ignored during the comparison.

Specified by:

isMimeType in interface Part

Throws:

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.isMimeType(java.lang.String)

getDisposition

public java.lang.String getDisposition()
                                throws MessagingException

Returns the value of the RFC 822 Content-Disposition header field, or null if the header is not available.

Specified by:

getDisposition in interface Part

Throws:

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.getDisposition()

setDisposition

public void setDisposition(java.lang.String disposition)
                    throws MessagingException

Sets the Content-Disposition header field of this message.

Specified by:

setDisposition in interface Part

Parameters:

disposition - the disposition value to set, or null to remove

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.setDisposition(java.lang.String)

getEncoding

public java.lang.String getEncoding()
                             throws MessagingException

Returns the value of the Content-Transfer-Encoding header field.

Specified by:

getEncoding in interface MimePart

Throws:

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.getEncoding()

getContentID

public java.lang.String getContentID()
                              throws MessagingException

Returns the value of the Content-ID header field.

Specified by:

getContentID in interface MimePart

Throws:

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.getContentID()

setContentID

public void setContentID(java.lang.String cid)
                  throws MessagingException

Sets the Content-ID header field of this message.

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

getContentMD5

public java.lang.String getContentMD5()
                               throws MessagingException

Returns the value of the Content-MD5 header field.

Specified by:

getContentMD5 in interface MimePart

Throws:

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.getContentMD5()

setContentMD5

public void setContentMD5(java.lang.String md5)
                   throws MessagingException

Sets the Content-MD5 header field of this message.

Specified by:

setContentMD5 in interface MimePart

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.setContentMD5(java.lang.String)

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()
                                throws MessagingException

Returns the Content-Description header field of this message.

If the Content-Description field is encoded as per RFC 2047, it is decoded and converted into Unicode.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Part

Throws:

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.getDescription()

setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String description)
                    throws MessagingException

Sets the Content-Description header field for this message.

If the description contains non US-ASCII characters, it will be encoded using the platform default charset.

Specified by:

setDescription in interface Part

Parameters:

description - the content description

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.setDescription(java.lang.String)

setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String description,
                           java.lang.String charset)
                    throws MessagingException

Sets the Content-Description header field for this message.

If the description contains non US-ASCII characters, it will be encoded using the specified charset.

Parameters:

description - the content description

charset - the charset used for any encoding

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.setDescription(java.lang.String)

getContentLanguage

public java.lang.String[] getContentLanguage()
                                      throws MessagingException

Returns the languages specified in the Content-Language header field of this message, as defined by RFC 1766. This method returns null if this header is not available.

Specified by:

getContentLanguage in interface MimePart

Throws:

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.getContentLanguage()

setContentLanguage

public void setContentLanguage(java.lang.String[] languages)
                        throws MessagingException

Sets the Content-Language header of this message.

Specified by:

setContentLanguage in interface MimePart

Parameters:

languages - the array of language tags

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.setContentLanguage(java.lang.String[])

getMessageID

public java.lang.String getMessageID()
                              throws MessagingException

Returns the value of the Message-ID header field.

Throws:

MessagingException

getFileName

public java.lang.String getFileName()
                             throws MessagingException

Returns the filename associated with this message.

This method returns the value of the "filename" parameter from the Content-Disposition header field of this message. If the latter is not available, it returns the value of the "name" parameter from the Content-Type header field.

Specified by:

getFileName in interface Part

Throws:

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.getFileName()

setFileName

public void setFileName(java.lang.String filename)
                 throws MessagingException

Sets the filename associated with this part.

Specified by:

setFileName in interface Part

Parameters:

filename - the filename to associate with this part

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.setFileName(java.lang.String)

getInputStream

public java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
                                   throws java.io.IOException,
                                          MessagingException

Returns a decoded input stream for this message's content.

Specified by:

getInputStream in interface Part

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs in the data handler layer

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.getInputStream()

getContentStream

protected java.io.InputStream getContentStream()
                                        throws MessagingException

Returns the unencoded bytes of the content.

Throws:

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.getContentStream()

getRawInputStream

public java.io.InputStream getRawInputStream()
                                      throws MessagingException

Returns the unencoded bytes of the content without applying any content transfer encoding.

Throws:

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.getRawInputStream()

getDataHandler

public javax.activation.DataHandler getDataHandler()
                                            throws MessagingException

Returns a data handler for accessing this message's content.

Specified by:

getDataHandler in interface Part

Throws:

MessagingException

getContent

public java.lang.Object getContent()
                            throws java.io.IOException,
                                   MessagingException

Returns this message's content as a Java object.

Specified by:

getContent in interface Part

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurred in the data handler layer

MessagingException

setDataHandler

public void setDataHandler(javax.activation.DataHandler datahandler)
                    throws MessagingException

Sets the content of this part using the specified data handler.

Specified by:

setDataHandler in interface Part

Parameters:

datahandler - the data handler for the content

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.setDataHandler(javax.activation.DataHandler)

setContent

public void setContent(java.lang.Object o,
                       java.lang.String type)
                throws MessagingException

Sets the content of this message using the specified Java object and MIME type. Note that a data content handler for the MIME type must be installed and accept objects of the type given.

Specified by:

setContent in interface Part

Parameters:

o - the content object

type - the MIME type of the object

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.setContent(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)

setText

public void setText(java.lang.String text)
             throws MessagingException

Sets the content of this message using the specified text, and with a MIME type of "text/plain".

If the string contains non US-ASCII characters, it will be encoded using the platform default charset.

Specified by:

setText in interface MimePart

Specified by:

setText in interface Part

Parameters:

text - the text content

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.setText(String)

setText

public void setText(java.lang.String text,
                    java.lang.String charset)
             throws MessagingException

Sets the content of this message using the specified text, and with a MIME type of "text/plain".

If the string contains non US-ASCII characters, it will be encoded using the specified charset.

Specified by:

setText in interface MimePart

Parameters:

text - the text content

charset - the charset used for any encoding

Throws:

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.setText(String,String)

setText

public void setText(java.lang.String text,
                    java.lang.String charset,
                    java.lang.String subtype)
             throws MessagingException

Sets the content of this message using the specified text, and with a text MIME type of the specified subtype.

If the string contains non US-ASCII characters, it will be encoded using the specified charset.

Specified by:

setText in interface MimePart

Parameters:

text - the text content

charset - the charset used for any encoding

subtype - the MIME text subtype (e.g. "plain", "html")

Throws:

MessagingException

Since:

JavaMail 1.4

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.setText(String,String,String)

setContent

public void setContent(Multipart mp)
                throws MessagingException

Sets the content of this message to be the specified multipart.

Specified by:

setContent in interface Part

Parameters:

mp - the multipart content

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.setContent(Multipart)

reply

public Message reply(boolean replyToAll)
              throws MessagingException

Returns a new message suitable for a reply to this message. The new message will have its headers set appropriately for sending, but no content.

Specified by:

reply in class Message

Parameters:

replyToAll - the reply should be sent to all the recipients of this message

Throws:

MessagingException

writeTo

public void writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os)
             throws java.io.IOException,
                    MessagingException

Writes this message to the specified stream in RFC 822 format.

Specified by:

writeTo in interface Part

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs writing to the stream or in the data handler layer

MessagingException - if an error occurs fetching the data to be written

writeTo

public void writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os,
                    java.lang.String[] ignoreList)
             throws java.io.IOException,
                    MessagingException

Writes this message to the specified stream in RFC 822 format, without the specified headers.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs writing to the stream or in the data handler layer

MessagingException

getHeader

public java.lang.String[] getHeader(java.lang.String name)
                             throws MessagingException

Returns all the values for the specified header name. Note that headers may be encoded as per RFC 2047 if they contain non-US-ASCII characters: these should be decoded.

Specified by:

getHeader in interface Part

Parameters:

name - the header name

Throws:

MessagingException

getHeader

public java.lang.String getHeader(java.lang.String name,
                                  java.lang.String delimiter)
                           throws MessagingException

Returns all the values for the specified header name as a single string, with headers separated by the given delimiter. If the delimiter is null, only the first header is returned.

Specified by:

getHeader in interface MimePart

Parameters:

name - the header name

delimiter - the delimiter

Throws:

MessagingException

setHeader

public void setHeader(java.lang.String name,
                      java.lang.String value)
               throws MessagingException

Sets the specified header.

Specified by:

setHeader in interface Part

Parameters:

name - the header name

value - the header value

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

addHeader

public void addHeader(java.lang.String name,
                      java.lang.String value)
               throws MessagingException

Adds the specified header.

Specified by:

addHeader in interface Part

Parameters:

name - the header name

value - the header value

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

removeHeader

public void removeHeader(java.lang.String name)
                  throws MessagingException

Removes all headers with the specified name.

Specified by:

removeHeader in interface Part

Parameters:

name - the header name

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

getAllHeaders

public java.util.Enumeration getAllHeaders()
                                    throws MessagingException

Returns all the headers.

Specified by:

getAllHeaders in interface Part

Returns:

an Enumeration of Header objects

Throws:

MessagingException

getMatchingHeaders

public java.util.Enumeration getMatchingHeaders(java.lang.String[] names)
                                         throws MessagingException

Returns all the headers with any of the given names.

Specified by:

getMatchingHeaders in interface Part

Parameters:

names - the header names to match

Returns:

an Enumeration of Header objects

Throws:

MessagingException

getNonMatchingHeaders

public java.util.Enumeration getNonMatchingHeaders(java.lang.String[] names)
                                            throws MessagingException

Returns all the headers without any of the given names.

Specified by:

getNonMatchingHeaders in interface Part

Parameters:

names - the header names to ignore

Returns:

an Enumeration of Header objects

Throws:

MessagingException

addHeaderLine

public void addHeaderLine(java.lang.String line)
                   throws MessagingException

Adds an RFC 822 header-line to this message.

Specified by:

addHeaderLine in interface MimePart

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

getAllHeaderLines

public java.util.Enumeration getAllHeaderLines()
                                        throws MessagingException

Returns all the header-lines.

Specified by:

getAllHeaderLines in interface MimePart

Returns:

an Enumeration of Strings

Throws:

MessagingException

getMatchingHeaderLines

public java.util.Enumeration getMatchingHeaderLines(java.lang.String[] names)
                                             throws MessagingException

Returns all the header-lines with any of the given names.

Specified by:

getMatchingHeaderLines in interface MimePart

Returns:

an Enumeration of Strings

Throws:

MessagingException

getNonMatchingHeaderLines

public java.util.Enumeration getNonMatchingHeaderLines(java.lang.String[] names)
                                                throws MessagingException

Returns all the header-lines without any of the given names.

Specified by:

getNonMatchingHeaderLines in interface MimePart

Returns:

an Enumeration of Strings

Throws:

MessagingException

getFlags

public Flags getFlags()
               throws MessagingException

Returns the flags for this message.

Specified by:

getFlags in class Message

Throws:

MessagingException

isSet

public boolean isSet(Flags.Flag flag)
              throws MessagingException

Indicates whether the specified flag is set in this message.

Overrides:

isSet in class Message

Parameters:

flag - the flag

Throws:

MessagingException

setFlags

public void setFlags(Flags flag,
                     boolean set)
              throws MessagingException

Sets the flags for this message.

Specified by:

setFlags in class Message

Parameters:

flag - the flags to be set

set - the value to be set

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

saveChanges

public void saveChanges()
                 throws MessagingException

Saves any changes to this message. Header fields in the message are updated appropriately to be consistent with the message contents.

Specified by:

saveChanges in class Message

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

updateHeaders

protected void updateHeaders()
                      throws MessagingException

Updates the headers of this part, based on the content.

Throws:

IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification of existing values

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this message is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder

MessagingException

See Also:

MimeBodyPart.updateHeaders()

createInternetHeaders

protected InternetHeaders createInternetHeaders(java.io.InputStream is)
                                         throws MessagingException

Creates the headers from the given input stream.

Parameters:

is - the input stream to read the headers from

Throws:

MessagingException

updateMessageId

protected void updateMessageId()
                        throws MessagingException

Updates the Message-ID header. This method is called by updateHeaders, and should set the Message-Id header to a suitably unique value if overridden.

Throws:

MessagingException

Since:

JavaMail 1.4

createMimeMessage

protected MimeMessage createMimeMessage(Session session)
                                 throws MessagingException

Creates a new MIME message. Used by the reply method to determine the MimeMessage subclass, if any, to use.

Throws:

MessagingException

Since:

JavaMail 1.4