Java

Get the Plain-Text Body of an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetPlainTextBody method, which returns the email body having the text/plain content type. It reads the plain-text representation already present in the email object rather than generating one from HTML. This example sets a plain-text body and reads it back.

Background: The plain-text body is the fallback representation of a message — the version shown when HTML can't or shouldn't be rendered, and the form usually preferred for search, indexing, and accessibility. GetPlainTextBody targets it specifically; if the message contains only HTML, this returns empty (check with HasPlainTextBody), so a robust extractor falls back to GetHtmlBody when needed.

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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[])
  {
    //  Demonstrates the GetPlainTextBody method, which returns the email body having the
    //  text/plain content type.  It reads the plain-text representation already present in the
    //  email object.

    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();
    email.put_Subject("GetPlainTextBody example");

    email.SetTextBody("Hello, this is the plain-text body.","text/plain");

    //  Retrieve the text/plain body.
    String plain = email.getPlainTextBody();
    System.out.println(plain);
  }
}