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Get an Alternative Body by Content-Type

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetAlternativeBodyByContentType method, which returns an alternative body selected by its Content-Type — such as text/plain, text/html, or text/xml — instead of by numeric index. This example retrieves both the plain-text and HTML alternatives by content type.

Background: Selecting by Content-Type is often more convenient than by index, because you usually know which representation you want (the HTML, say) but not its position in the alternative list. This mirrors how a mail client works — it looks up the best matching type to display — and avoids assumptions about ordering, which can vary between messages.

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import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // Demonstrates the GetAlternativeBodyByContentType method, which returns an alternative
  // body selected by its Content-Type (such as text/plain, text/html, or text/xml) rather
  // than by index.

  final email = CkEmail();

  // Create an email with plain-text and HTML alternatives.
  email.setTextBody('This is the plain-text alternative.', 'text/plain');
  email.addHtmlAlternativeBody('<html><body>This is the HTML alternative.</body></html>');

  // Get the plain-text alternative by its content type.
  final plain = email.getAlternativeBodyByContentType('text/plain');
  print('text/plain body: $plain');

  // Get the HTML alternative by its content type.
  final htmlBody = email.getAlternativeBodyByContentType('text/html');
  print('text/html body: $htmlBody');
}