Java

Remove the Plain-Text Body from an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.RemovePlainTextAlternative method, which removes the plain-text body from the email if one exists. Other body representations, attachments, and related items remain unchanged. This example builds a message with both plain-text and HTML alternatives, then removes the plain text.

Background: This is the counterpart to RemoveHtmlAlternative. Removing the plain-text alternative leaves an HTML-only message. Note that dropping the plain-text fallback is generally discouraged for real mail — it hurts accessibility and can raise spam scores — but it is occasionally needed when a downstream system expects a single HTML representation.

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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 RemovePlainTextAlternative method, which removes the plain-text body
    //  from the email (if one exists).  Other body representations, attachments, and related
    //  items remain.

    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();
    email.put_Subject("Remove plain-text alternative");

    //  Create an email with both plain-text and HTML alternatives.
    email.SetTextBody("This is the plain-text version.","text/plain");
    email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody("<html><body>This is the HTML version.</body></html>");
    System.out.println("NumAlternatives before = " + email.get_NumAlternatives());
    System.out.println("HasPlainTextBody before: " + email.HasPlainTextBody());

    //  Remove the plain-text body, leaving the HTML alternative.
    email.RemovePlainTextAlternative();
    System.out.println("NumAlternatives after = " + email.get_NumAlternatives());
    System.out.println("HasPlainTextBody after: " + email.HasPlainTextBody());
  }
}