Get an Alternative Body by Content-Type

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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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    //  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.

    email := chilkat.NewEmail()

    //  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.
    plain := email.GetAlternativeBodyByContentType("text/plain")
    fmt.Println("text/plain body: ", *plain)

    //  Get the HTML alternative by its content type.
    htmlBody := email.GetAlternativeBodyByContentType("text/html")
    fmt.Println("text/html body: ", *htmlBody)

    email.DisposeEmail()