Sorting Email

How to sort an email bundle.

Download Chilkat Java Library

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkImap imap = new CkImap();

    boolean success;

    // Anything unlocks the component and begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
    success = imap.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    success = imap.Connect("mail.chilkatsoft.com");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("admin@chilkatsoft.com","*myPassword5*");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    CkMessageSet messageSet;
    // We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    boolean fetchUids;
    fetchUids = true;

    // Pass any of the above strings here to test a search:
    messageSet = imap.Search("ALL",fetchUids);
    if (messageSet == null ) {
        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
    CkEmailBundle bundle;
    bundle = imap.FetchHeaders(messageSet);
    if (bundle == null ) {

        System.out.println(imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Sort the email bundle by date, recipient, sender, or subject:
    boolean ascending;
    ascending = boolean;
    bundle.SortByDate(ascending);

    // To sort by recipient, sender, or subject, call
    // SortBySender, SortByRecipient, or SortBySubject.

    // Display the Subject and From of each email.
    int i;
    for (i = 0; i <= bundle.get_MessageCount() - 1; i++) {
        CkEmail email;
        email = bundle.GetEmail(i);

        System.out.println(email.getHeaderField("Date"));
        System.out.println(email.subject());
        System.out.println(email.ck_from());
        System.out.println("--");

    }

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    imap.Disconnect();


  }
}