Field Detail

• dh

  protected DataHandler dh

  The DataHandler object representing this Message's content.

• content

  protected byte[] content

  Byte array that holds the bytes of this Message's content.

• contentStream

  protected java.io.InputStream contentStream

  If the data for this message was supplied by an InputStream that implements the SharedInputStream interface, contentStream is another such stream representing the content of this message. In this case, content will be null.

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.2

• headers

  protected InternetHeaders headers

  The InternetHeaders object that stores the header of this message.

• flags

  protected Flags flags

  The Flags for this message.

• modified

  protected boolean modified

  A flag indicating whether the message has been modified. If the message has not been modified, any data in the content array is assumed to be valid and is used directly in the writeTo method. This flag is set to true when an empty message is created or when the saveChanges method is called.

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.2

• saved

  protected boolean saved

  Does the saveChanges method need to be called on this 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. This avoids the common mistake of forgetting to call the saveChanges method on a newly constructed message.

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.2

• cachedContent

  protected java.lang.Object cachedContent

  If our content is a Multipart or Message object, we save it the first time it's created by parsing a stream so that changes to the contained objects will not be lost.

  If this field is not null, it's return by the getContent() method. The getContent() method sets this field if it would return a Multipart or MimeMessage object. This field is is cleared by the setDataHandler(javax.activation.DataHandler) method.

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.5

Constructor Detail

• MimeMessage

  public MimeMessage(Session session)

  Default constructor. An empty message object is created. The headers field is set to an empty InternetHeaders object. The flags field is set to an empty Flags object. The modified flag is set to true.

  Parameters:

  session - the Sesssion

• MimeMessage

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

  Constructs a MimeMessage by reading and parsing the data from the specified MIME InputStream. The InputStream will be left positioned at the end of the data for the message. Note that the input stream parse is done within this constructor itself.

  The input stream contains an entire MIME formatted message with headers and data.

  Parameters:

  session - Session object for this message

  is - the message input stream

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• MimeMessage

  public MimeMessage(MimeMessage source)
              throws MessagingException

  Constructs a new MimeMessage with content initialized from the source MimeMessage. The new message is independent of the original.

  Note: The current implementation is rather inefficient, copying the data more times than strictly necessary.

  Parameters:

  source - the message to copy content from

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.2

• MimeMessage

  protected MimeMessage(Folder folder,
                        int msgnum)

  Constructs an empty MimeMessage object with the given Folder and message number.

  This method is for providers subclassing MimeMessage.

  Parameters:

  folder - the Folder this message is from

  msgnum - the number of this message

• MimeMessage

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

  Constructs a MimeMessage by reading and parsing the data from the specified MIME InputStream. The InputStream will be left positioned at the end of the data for the message. Note that the input stream parse is done within this constructor itself.

  This method is for providers subclassing MimeMessage.

  Parameters:

  folder - The containing folder.

  is - the message input stream

  msgnum - Message number of this message within its folder

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• MimeMessage

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

  Constructs a MimeMessage from the given InternetHeaders object and content. This method is for providers subclassing MimeMessage.

  Parameters:

  folder - The containing folder.

  headers - The headers

  content - The message content

  msgnum - Message number of this message within its folder

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

Method Detail

• parse

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

  Parse the InputStream setting the headers and content fields appropriately. Also resets the modified flag.

  This method is intended for use by subclasses that need to control when the InputStream is parsed.

  Parameters:

  is - The message input stream

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• getFrom

  public Address[] getFrom()
                    throws MessagingException

  Returns the value of the RFC 822 "From" header fields. If this header field is absent, the "Sender" header field is used. If the "Sender" header field is also absent, null is returned.

  This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Specified by:

  getFrom in class Message

  Returns:

  Address object

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  See Also:

  headers

• setFrom

  public void setFrom(Address address)
               throws MessagingException

  Set the RFC 822 "From" header field. Any existing values are replaced with the given address. If address is null, this header is removed.

  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 - for other failures

• setFrom

  public void setFrom(java.lang.String address)
               throws MessagingException

  Set the RFC 822 "From" header field. Any existing values are replaced with the given addresses. If address is null, this header is removed.

  Parameters:

  address - the sender(s) 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 - for other failures

  Since:

  JvaMail 1.5

• setFrom

  public void setFrom()
               throws MessagingException

  Set 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 - for other failures

• addFrom

  public void addFrom(Address[] addresses)
               throws MessagingException

  Add the specified addresses to the existing "From" field. If the "From" field does not already exist, it is created.

  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 - for other failures

• getSender

  public Address getSender()
                    throws MessagingException

  Returns the value of the RFC 822 "Sender" header field. If the "Sender" header field is absent, null is returned.

  This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Returns:

  Address object

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.3

  See Also:

  headers

• setSender

  public void setSender(Address address)
                 throws MessagingException

  Set the RFC 822 "Sender" header field. Any existing values are replaced with the given address. If address is null, this header is removed.

  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 - for other failures

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.3

• getRecipients

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

  Returns the recepients specified by the type. The mapping between the type and the corresponding RFC 822 header is as follows:

                  Message.RecipientType.TO                "To"
                  Message.RecipientType.CC                "Cc"
                  Message.RecipientType.BCC               "Bcc"
                  MimeMessage.RecipientType.NEWSGROUPS    "Newsgroups"
   

  
  Returns null if the header specified by the type is not found or if its value is empty.

  This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Specified by:

  getRecipients in class Message

  Parameters:

  type - Type of recepient

  Returns:

  array of Address objects

  Throws:

  MessagingException - if header could not be retrieved

  AddressException - if the header is misformatted

  See Also:

  headers, Message.RecipientType.TO, Message.RecipientType.CC, Message.RecipientType.BCC, MimeMessage.RecipientType.NEWSGROUPS

• getAllRecipients

  public Address[] getAllRecipients()
                             throws MessagingException

  Get all the recipient addresses for the message. Extracts the TO, CC, BCC, and NEWSGROUPS recipients.

  Overrides:

  getAllRecipients in class Message

  Returns:

  array of Address objects

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  See Also:

  Message.RecipientType.TO, Message.RecipientType.CC, Message.RecipientType.BCC, MimeMessage.RecipientType.NEWSGROUPS

• setRecipients

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

  Set the specified recipient type to the given addresses. If the address parameter is null, the corresponding recipient field is removed.

  Specified by:

  setRecipients in class Message

  Parameters:

  type - Recipient type

  addresses - 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 - for other failures

  See Also:

  getRecipients(javax.mail.Message.RecipientType)

• setRecipients

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

  Set the specified recipient type to the given addresses. If the address parameter is null, the corresponding recipient field is removed.

  Parameters:

  type - Recipient type

  addresses - Addresses

  Throws:

  AddressException - if the attempt to parse the addresses String fails

  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 - for other failures

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.2

  See Also:

  getRecipients(javax.mail.Message.RecipientType)

• addRecipients

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

  Add the given addresses to the specified recipient type.

  Specified by:

  addRecipients in class Message

  Parameters:

  type - Recipient type

  addresses - 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 - for other failures

• addRecipients

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

  Add the given addresses to the specified recipient type.

  Parameters:

  type - Recipient type

  addresses - Addresses

  Throws:

  AddressException - if the attempt to parse the addresses String fails

  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 - for other failures

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.2

• getReplyTo

  public Address[] getReplyTo()
                       throws MessagingException

  Return the value of the RFC 822 "Reply-To" header field. If this header is unavailable or its value is absent, then the getFrom method is called and its value is returned. This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Overrides:

  getReplyTo in class Message

  Returns:

  addresses to which replies should be directed

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  See Also:

  headers

• setReplyTo

  public void setReplyTo(Address[] addresses)
                  throws MessagingException

  Set the RFC 822 "Reply-To" header field. If the address parameter is null, this header is removed.

  Overrides:

  setReplyTo in class Message

  Parameters:

  addresses - addresses to which replies should be directed

  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 - for other failures

• getSubject

  public java.lang.String getSubject()
                              throws MessagingException

  Returns the value of the "Subject" header field. Returns null if the subject field is unavailable or its value is absent.

  If the subject is encoded as per RFC 2047, it is decoded and converted into Unicode. If the decoding or conversion fails, the raw data is returned as is.

  This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Specified by:

  getSubject in class Message

  Returns:

  Subject

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  See Also:

  headers

• setSubject

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

  Set the "Subject" header field. If the subject contains non US-ASCII characters, it will be encoded using the platform's default charset. If the subject contains only US-ASCII characters, no encoding is done and it is used as-is. If the subject is null, the existing "Subject" field is removed.

  The application must ensure that the subject does not contain any line breaks.

  Note that if the charset encoding process fails, a MessagingException is thrown, and an UnsupportedEncodingException is included in the chain of nested exceptions within the MessagingException.

  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 - for other failures

• setSubject

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

  Set the "Subject" header field. If the subject contains non US-ASCII characters, it will be encoded using the specified charset. If the subject contains only US-ASCII characters, no encoding is done and it is used as-is. If the subject is null, the existing "Subject" header field is removed.

  The application must ensure that the subject does not contain any line breaks.

  Note that if the charset encoding process fails, a MessagingException is thrown, and an UnsupportedEncodingException is included in the chain of nested exceptions within the MessagingException.

  Parameters:

  subject - The subject

  charset - The charset

  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 - for other failures

• 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. Returns null if this field is unavailable or its value is absent.

  This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Specified by:

  getSentDate in class Message

  Returns:

  The sent Date

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• setSentDate

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

  Set the RFC 822 "Date" header field. This is the date on which the creator of the message indicates that the message is complete and ready for delivery. If the date parameter is null, the existing "Date" field is removed.

  Specified by:

  setSentDate in class Message

  Parameters:

  d - the sent date of this message

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

• getReceivedDate

  public java.util.Date getReceivedDate()
                                 throws MessagingException

  Returns the Date on this message was received. Returns null if this date cannot be obtained.

  Note that RFC 822 does not define a field for the received date. Hence only implementations that can provide this date need return a valid value.

  This implementation returns null.

  Specified by:

  getReceivedDate in class Message

  Returns:

  the date this message was received

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• getSize

  public int getSize()
              throws MessagingException

  Return the size of the content of this message in bytes. Return -1 if the size cannot be determined.

  Note that this number may not be an exact measure of the content size and may or may not account for any transfer encoding of the content.

  This implementation returns the size of the content array (if not null), or, if contentStream is not null, and the available method returns a positive number, it returns that number as the size. Otherwise, it returns -1.

  Specified by:

  getSize in interface Part

  Returns:

  size of content in bytes

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• getLineCount

  public int getLineCount()
                   throws MessagingException

  Return the number of lines for the content of this message. Return -1 if this number cannot be determined.

  Note that this number may not be an exact measure of the content length and may or may not account for any transfer encoding of the content.

  This implementation returns -1.

  Specified by:

  getLineCount in interface Part

  Returns:

  number of lines in the content.

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• getContentType

  public java.lang.String getContentType()
                                  throws MessagingException

  Returns the value of the RFC 822 "Content-Type" header field. This represents the content-type of the content of this message. This value must not be null. If this field is unavailable, "text/plain" should be returned.

  This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Specified by:

  getContentType in interface Part

  Returns:

  The ContentType of this part

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  See Also:

  DataHandler

• isMimeType

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

  Is this Part of the specified MIME type? This method compares only the primaryType and subType. The parameters of the content types are ignored.

  For example, this method will return true when comparing a Part of content type "text/plain" with "text/plain; charset=foobar".

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

  Specified by:

  isMimeType in interface Part

  Parameters:

  mimeType - the MIME type to check

  Returns:

  true if it matches the MIME type

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• getDisposition

  public java.lang.String getDisposition()
                                  throws MessagingException

  Returns the disposition from the "Content-Disposition" header field. This represents the disposition of this part. The disposition describes how the part should be presented to the user.

  If the Content-Disposition field is unavailable, null is returned.

  This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Specified by:

  getDisposition in interface Part

  Returns:

  disposition of this part, or null if unknown

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  See Also:

  Part.ATTACHMENT, Part.INLINE, Part.getFileName()

• setDisposition

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

  Set the disposition in the "Content-Disposition" header field of this body part. If the disposition is null, any existing "Content-Disposition" header field is removed.

  Specified by:

  setDisposition in interface Part

  Parameters:

  disposition - disposition of this part

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

  See Also:

  Part.ATTACHMENT, Part.INLINE, Part.setFileName(java.lang.String)

• getEncoding

  public java.lang.String getEncoding()
                               throws MessagingException

  Returns the content transfer encoding from the "Content-Transfer-Encoding" header field. Returns null if the header is unavailable or its value is absent.

  This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Specified by:

  getEncoding in interface MimePart

  Returns:

  content-transfer-encoding

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• getContentID

  public java.lang.String getContentID()
                                throws MessagingException

  Returns the value of the "Content-ID" header field. Returns null if the field is unavailable or its value is absent.

  This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Specified by:

  getContentID in interface MimePart

  Returns:

  content-ID

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• setContentID

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

  Set the "Content-ID" header field of this Message. If the cid parameter is null, any existing "Content-ID" is removed.

  Parameters:

  cid - the content ID

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

• getContentMD5

  public java.lang.String getContentMD5()
                                 throws MessagingException

  Return the value of the "Content-MD5" header field. Returns null if this field is unavailable or its value is absent.

  This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Specified by:

  getContentMD5 in interface MimePart

  Returns:

  content-MD5

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• setContentMD5

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

  Set the "Content-MD5" header field of this Message.

  Specified by:

  setContentMD5 in interface MimePart

  Parameters:

  md5 - the MD5 value

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

• getDescription

  public java.lang.String getDescription()
                                  throws MessagingException

  Returns the "Content-Description" header field of this Message. This typically associates some descriptive information with this part. Returns null if this field is unavailable or its value is absent.

  If the Content-Description field is encoded as per RFC 2047, it is decoded and converted into Unicode. If the decoding or conversion fails, the raw data is returned as-is

  This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Specified by:

  getDescription in interface Part

  Returns:

  content-description

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• setDescription

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

  Set the "Content-Description" header field for this Message. If the description parameter is null, then any existing "Content-Description" fields are removed.

  If the description contains non US-ASCII characters, it will be encoded using the platform's default charset. If the description contains only US-ASCII characters, no encoding is done and it is used as-is.

  Note that if the charset encoding process fails, a MessagingException is thrown, and an UnsupportedEncodingException is included in the chain of nested exceptions within the MessagingException.

  Specified by:

  setDescription in interface Part

  Parameters:

  description - content-description

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - An UnsupportedEncodingException may be included in the exception chain if the charset conversion fails.

• setDescription

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

  Set the "Content-Description" header field for this Message. If the description parameter is null, then any existing "Content-Description" fields are removed.

  If the description contains non US-ASCII characters, it will be encoded using the specified charset. If the description contains only US-ASCII characters, no encoding is done and it is used as-is.

  Note that if the charset encoding process fails, a MessagingException is thrown, and an UnsupportedEncodingException is included in the chain of nested exceptions within the MessagingException.

  Parameters:

  description - Description

  charset - Charset for encoding

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - An UnsupportedEncodingException may be included in the exception chain if the charset conversion fails.

• getContentLanguage

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

  Get the languages specified in the "Content-Language" header field of this message. The Content-Language header is defined by RFC 1766. Returns null if this field is unavailable or its value is absent.

  This implementation uses the getHeader method to obtain the requisite header field.

  Specified by:

  getContentLanguage in interface MimePart

  Returns:

  value of content-language header.

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• setContentLanguage

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

  Set the "Content-Language" header of this MimePart. The Content-Language header is defined by RFC 1766.

  Specified by:

  setContentLanguage in interface MimePart

  Parameters:

  languages - array of language tags

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

• getMessageID

  public java.lang.String getMessageID()
                                throws MessagingException

  Returns the value of the "Message-ID" header field. Returns null if this field is unavailable or its value is absent.

  The default implementation provided here uses the getHeader method to return the value of the "Message-ID" field.

  Returns:

  Message-ID

  Throws:

  MessagingException - if the retrieval of this field causes any exception.

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.1

  See Also:

  MessageIDTerm

• getFileName

  public java.lang.String getFileName()
                               throws MessagingException

  Get the filename associated with this Message.

  Returns the value of the "filename" parameter from the "Content-Disposition" header field of this message. If it's not available, returns the value of the "name" parameter from the "Content-Type" header field of this BodyPart. Returns null if both are absent.

  If the mail.mime.encodefilename System property is set to true, the MimeUtility.decodeText method will be used to decode the filename. While such encoding is not supported by the MIME spec, many mailers use this technique to support non-ASCII characters in filenames. The default value of this property is false.

  Specified by:

  getFileName in interface Part

  Returns:

  filename

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• setFileName

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

  Set the filename associated with this part, if possible.

  Sets the "filename" parameter of the "Content-Disposition" header field of this message.

  If the mail.mime.encodefilename System property is set to true, the MimeUtility.encodeText method will be used to encode the filename. While such encoding is not supported by the MIME spec, many mailers use this technique to support non-ASCII characters in filenames. The default value of this property is false.

  Specified by:

  setFileName in interface Part

  Parameters:

  filename - Filename to associate with this part

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

• getInputStream

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

  Return a decoded input stream for this Message's "content".

  This implementation obtains the input stream from the DataHandler, that is, it invokes getDataHandler().getInputStream().

  Specified by:

  getInputStream in interface Part

  Returns:

  an InputStream

  Throws:

  java.io.IOException - this is typically thrown by the DataHandler. Refer to the documentation for javax.activation.DataHandler for more details.

  MessagingException - for other failures

  See Also:

  getContentStream(), DataHandler.getInputStream()

• getContentStream

  protected java.io.InputStream getContentStream()
                                          throws MessagingException

  Produce the raw bytes of the content. This method is used during parsing, to create a DataHandler object for the content. Subclasses that can provide a separate input stream for just the message content might want to override this method.

  This implementation returns a SharedInputStream, if contentStream is not null. Otherwise, it returns a ByteArrayInputStream constructed out of the content byte array.

  Returns:

  an InputStream containing the raw bytes

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  See Also:

  content

• getRawInputStream

  public java.io.InputStream getRawInputStream()
                                        throws MessagingException

  Return an InputStream to the raw data with any Content-Transfer-Encoding intact. This method is useful if the "Content-Transfer-Encoding" header is incorrect or corrupt, which would prevent the getInputStream method or getContent method from returning the correct data. In such a case the application may use this method and attempt to decode the raw data itself.

  This implementation simply calls the getContentStream method.

  Returns:

  an InputStream containing the raw bytes

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.2

  See Also:

  getInputStream(), getContentStream()

• getDataHandler

  public DataHandler getDataHandler()
                             throws MessagingException

  Return a DataHandler for this Message's content.

  The implementation provided here works approximately as follows. Note the use of the getContentStream method to generate the byte stream for the content. Also note that any transfer-decoding is done automatically within this method.

    getDataHandler() {
        if (dh == null) {
            dh = new DataHandler(new MimePartDataSource(this));
        }
        return dh;
    }
  
    class MimePartDataSource implements DataSource {
        public getInputStream() {
            return MimeUtility.decode(
                       getContentStream(), getEncoding());
        }
          
                  .... <other DataSource methods>
    }
   

  Specified by:

  getDataHandler in interface Part

  Returns:

  DataHandler for the content

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• getContent

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

  Return the content as a Java object. The type of this object is dependent on the content itself. For example, the native format of a "text/plain" content is usually a String object. The native format for a "multipart" message is always a Multipart subclass. For content types that are unknown to the DataHandler system, an input stream is returned as the content.

  This implementation obtains the content from the DataHandler, that is, it invokes getDataHandler().getContent(). If the content is a Multipart or Message object and was created by parsing a stream, the object is cached and returned in subsequent calls so that modifications to the content will not be lost.

  Specified by:

  getContent in interface Part

  Returns:

  Object

  Throws:

  java.io.IOException - this is typically thrown by the DataHandler. Refer to the documentation for javax.activation.DataHandler for more details.

  MessagingException - for other failures

  See Also:

  Part, DataHandler.getContent()

• setDataHandler

  public void setDataHandler(DataHandler dh)
                      throws MessagingException

  This method provides the mechanism to set this part's content. The given DataHandler object should wrap the actual content.

  Specified by:

  setDataHandler in interface Part

  Parameters:

  dh - The DataHandler for the content.

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

• setContent

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

  A convenience method for setting this Message's content.

  The content is wrapped in a DataHandler object. Note that a DataContentHandler class for the specified type should be available to the JavaMail implementation for this to work right. i.e., to do setContent(foobar, "application/x-foobar"), a DataContentHandler for "application/x-foobar" should be installed. Refer to the Java Activation Framework for more information.

  Specified by:

  setContent in interface Part

  Parameters:

  o - the content object

  type - 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 - for other failures

• setText

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

  Convenience method that sets the given String as this part's content, with a MIME type of "text/plain". If the string contains non US-ASCII characters. it will be encoded using the platform's default charset. The charset is also used to set the "charset" parameter.

  Note that there may be a performance penalty if text is large, since this method may have to scan all the characters to determine what charset to use.

  If the charset is already known, use the setText method that takes the charset parameter.

  Specified by:

  setText in interface MimePart

  Specified by:

  setText in interface Part

  Parameters:

  text - the text content to set

  Throws:

  MessagingException - if an error occurs

  See Also:

  setText(String text, String charset)

• setText

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

  Convenience method that sets the given String as this part's content, with a MIME type of "text/plain" and the specified charset. The given Unicode string will be charset-encoded using the specified charset. The charset is also used to set the "charset" parameter.

  Specified by:

  setText in interface MimePart

  Parameters:

  text - the text content to set

  charset - the charset to use for the text

  Throws:

  MessagingException - if an error occurs

• setText

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

  Convenience method that sets the given String as this part's content, with a primary MIME type of "text" and the specified MIME subtype. The given Unicode string will be charset-encoded using the specified charset. The charset is also used to set the "charset" parameter.

  Specified by:

  setText in interface MimePart

  Parameters:

  text - the text content to set

  charset - the charset to use for the text

  subtype - the MIME subtype to use (e.g., "html")

  Throws:

  MessagingException - if an error occurs

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.4

• setContent

  public void setContent(Multipart mp)
                  throws MessagingException

  This method sets the Message's content to a Multipart object.

  Specified by:

  setContent in interface Part

  Parameters:

  mp - The multipart object that is the Message's 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 - for other failures

• reply

  public Message reply(boolean replyToAll)
                throws MessagingException

  Get a new Message suitable for a reply to this message. The new Message will have its attributes and headers set up appropriately. Note that this new message object will be empty, i.e., it will not have a "content". These will have to be suitably filled in by the client.

  If replyToAll is set, the new Message will be addressed to all recipients of this message. Otherwise, the reply will be addressed to only the sender of this message (using the value of the getReplyTo method).

  The "Subject" field is filled in with the original subject prefixed with "Re:" (unless it already starts with "Re:"). The "In-Reply-To" header is set in the new message if this message has a "Message-Id" header. The ANSWERED flag is set in this message. The current implementation also sets the "References" header in the new message to include the contents of the "References" header (or, if missing, the "In-Reply-To" header) in this message, plus the contents of the "Message-Id" header of this message, as described in RFC 2822.

  Specified by:

  reply in class Message

  Parameters:

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

  Returns:

  the reply Message

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• reply

  public Message reply(boolean replyToAll,
                       boolean setAnswered)
                throws MessagingException

  Get a new Message suitable for a reply to this message. The new Message will have its attributes and headers set up appropriately. Note that this new message object will be empty, i.e., it will not have a "content". These will have to be suitably filled in by the client.

  If replyToAll is set, the new Message will be addressed to all recipients of this message. Otherwise, the reply will be addressed to only the sender of this message (using the value of the getReplyTo method).

  If setAnswered is set, the ANSWERED flag is set in this message.

  The "Subject" field is filled in with the original subject prefixed with "Re:" (unless it already starts with "Re:"). The "In-Reply-To" header is set in the new message if this message has a "Message-Id" header. The current implementation also sets the "References" header in the new message to include the contents of the "References" header (or, if missing, the "In-Reply-To" header) in this message, plus the contents of the "Message-Id" header of this message, as described in RFC 2822.

  Parameters:

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

  setAnswered - set the ANSWERED flag in this message?

  Returns:

  the reply Message

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.5

• writeTo

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

  Output the message as an RFC 822 format stream.

  Note that, depending on how the messag was constructed, it may use a variety of line termination conventions. Generally the output should be sent through an appropriate FilterOutputStream that converts the line terminators to the desired form, either CRLF for MIME compatibility and for use in Internet protocols, or the local platform's line terminator for storage in a local text file.

  This implementation calls the writeTo(OutputStream, String[]) method with a null ignore list.

  Specified by:

  writeTo in interface Part

  Parameters:

  os - the stream to write to

  Throws:

  java.io.IOException - if an error occurs writing to the stream or if an error is generated by the javax.activation layer.

  MessagingException - for other failures

  See Also:

  DataHandler.writeTo(java.io.OutputStream)

• writeTo

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

  Output the message as an RFC 822 format stream, without specified headers. If the saved flag is not set, the saveChanges method is called. If the modified flag is not set and the content array is not null, the content array is written directly, after writing the appropriate message headers.

  Parameters:

  os - the stream to write to

  ignoreList - the headers to not include in the output

  Throws:

  java.io.IOException - if an error occurs writing to the stream or if an error is generated by the javax.activation layer.

  MessagingException - for other failures

  See Also:

  DataHandler.writeTo(java.io.OutputStream)

• getHeader

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

  Get all the headers for this header_name. Note that certain headers may be encoded as per RFC 2047 if they contain non US-ASCII characters and these should be decoded.

  This implementation obtains the headers from the headers InternetHeaders object.

  Specified by:

  getHeader in interface Part

  Parameters:

  name - name of header

  Returns:

  array of headers

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  See Also:

  MimeUtility

• getHeader

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

  Get all the headers for this header name, returned as a single String, with headers separated by the delimiter. If the delimiter is null, only the first header is returned.

  Specified by:

  getHeader in interface MimePart

  Parameters:

  name - the name of this header

  delimiter - separator between values

  Returns:

  the value fields for all headers with this name

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• setHeader

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

  Set the value for this header_name. Replaces all existing header values with this new value. Note that RFC 822 headers must contain only US-ASCII characters, so a header that contains non US-ASCII characters must have been encoded by the caller as per the rules of RFC 2047.

  Specified by:

  setHeader in interface Part

  Parameters:

  name - header name

  value - header value

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

  See Also:

  MimeUtility

• addHeader

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

  Add this value to the existing values for this header_name. Note that RFC 822 headers must contain only US-ASCII characters, so a header that contains non US-ASCII characters must have been encoded as per the rules of RFC 2047.

  Specified by:

  addHeader in interface Part

  Parameters:

  name - header name

  value - header value

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

  See Also:

  MimeUtility

• removeHeader

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

  Remove all headers with this name.

  Specified by:

  removeHeader in interface Part

  Parameters:

  name - the name of this header

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

• getAllHeaders

  public java.util.Enumeration<Header> getAllHeaders()
                                              throws MessagingException

  Return all the headers from this Message as an enumeration of Header objects.

  Note that certain headers may be encoded as per RFC 2047 if they contain non US-ASCII characters and these should be decoded.

  This implementation obtains the headers from the headers InternetHeaders object.

  Specified by:

  getAllHeaders in interface Part

  Returns:

  array of header objects

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  See Also:

  MimeUtility

• getMatchingHeaders

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

  Return matching headers from this Message as an Enumeration of Header objects. This implementation obtains the headers from the headers InternetHeaders object.

  Specified by:

  getMatchingHeaders in interface Part

  Parameters:

  names - the headers to match

  Returns:

  enumeration of Header objects

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• getNonMatchingHeaders

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

  Return non-matching headers from this Message as an Enumeration of Header objects. This implementation obtains the header from the headers InternetHeaders object.

  Specified by:

  getNonMatchingHeaders in interface Part

  Parameters:

  names - the headers to not match

  Returns:

  enumeration of Header objects

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• addHeaderLine

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

  Add a raw RFC 822 header-line.

  Specified by:

  addHeaderLine in interface MimePart

  Parameters:

  line - the line to add

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

• getAllHeaderLines

  public java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String> getAllHeaderLines()
                                                            throws MessagingException

  Get all header lines as an Enumeration of Strings. A Header line is a raw RFC 822 header-line, containing both the "name" and "value" field.

  Specified by:

  getAllHeaderLines in interface MimePart

  Returns:

  an Enumeration of Strings

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• getMatchingHeaderLines

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

  Get matching header lines as an Enumeration of Strings. A Header line is a raw RFC 822 header-line, containing both the "name" and "value" field.

  Specified by:

  getMatchingHeaderLines in interface MimePart

  Parameters:

  names - the headers to return

  Returns:

  an Enumeration of Strings

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• getNonMatchingHeaderLines

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

  Get non-matching header lines as an Enumeration of Strings. A Header line is a raw RFC 822 header-line, containing both the "name" and "value" field.

  Specified by:

  getNonMatchingHeaderLines in interface MimePart

  Parameters:

  names - the headers to not return

  Returns:

  an Enumeration of Strings

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

• getFlags

  public Flags getFlags()
                 throws MessagingException

  Return a Flags object containing the flags for this message.

  Note that a clone of the internal Flags object is returned, so modifying the returned Flags object will not affect the flags of this message.

  Specified by:

  getFlags in class Message

  Returns:

  Flags object containing the flags for this message

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  See Also:

  Flags

• isSet

  public boolean isSet(Flags.Flag flag)
                throws MessagingException

  Check whether the flag specified in the flag argument is set in this message.

  This implementation checks this message's internal flags object.

  Overrides:

  isSet in class Message

  Parameters:

  flag - the flag

  Returns:

  value of the specified flag for this message

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  See Also:

  Flags.Flag, Flags.Flag.ANSWERED, Flags.Flag.DELETED, Flags.Flag.DRAFT, Flags.Flag.FLAGGED, Flags.Flag.RECENT, Flags.Flag.SEEN

• setFlags

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

  Set the flags for this message.

  This implementation modifies the flags field.

  Specified by:

  setFlags in class Message

  Parameters:

  flag - Flags object containing the flags to be set

  set - the value to be set

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

  See Also:

  MessageChangedEvent

• saveChanges

  public void saveChanges()
                   throws MessagingException

  Updates the appropriate header fields of this message to be consistent with the message's contents. If this message is contained in a Folder, any changes made to this message are committed to the containing folder.

  If any part of a message's headers or contents are changed, saveChanges must be called to ensure that those changes are permanent. Otherwise, any such modifications may or may not be saved, depending on the folder implementation.

  Messages obtained from folders opened READ_ONLY should not be modified and saveChanges should not be called on such messages.

  This method sets the modified flag to true, the save flag to true, and then calls the updateHeaders method.

  Specified by:

  saveChanges in class Message

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

• updateMessageID

  protected void updateMessageID()
                          throws MessagingException

  Update the Message-ID header. This method is called by the updateHeaders and allows a subclass to override only the algorithm for choosing a Message-ID.

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.4

• updateHeaders

  protected void updateHeaders()
                        throws MessagingException

  Called by the saveChanges method to actually update the MIME headers. The implementation here sets the Content-Transfer-Encoding header (if needed and not already set), the Date header (if not already set), the MIME-Version header and the Message-ID header. Also, if the content of this message is a MimeMultipart, its updateHeaders method is called.

  If the cachedContent field is not null (that is, it references a Multipart or Message object), then that object is used to set a new DataHandler, any stream data used to create this object is discarded, and the cachedContent field is cleared.

  Throws:

  IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification

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

  MessagingException - for other failures

• createInternetHeaders

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

  Create and return an InternetHeaders object that loads the headers from the given InputStream. Subclasses can override this method to return a subclass of InternetHeaders, if necessary. This implementation simply constructs and returns an InternetHeaders object.

  Parameters:

  is - the InputStream to read the headers from

  Returns:

  an InternetHeaders object

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.2

• createMimeMessage

  protected MimeMessage createMimeMessage(Session session)
                                   throws MessagingException

  Create and return a MimeMessage object. The reply method uses this method to create the MimeMessage object that it will return. Subclasses can override this method to return a subclass of MimeMessage. This implementation simply constructs and returns a MimeMessage object using the supplied Session.

  Parameters:

  session - the Session to use for the new message

  Returns:

  the new MimeMessage object

  Throws:

  MessagingException - for failures

  Since:

  JavaMail 1.4