Java

Set a MIME Body, Preserving Content Headers

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.SetBody method, which sets the current part's body while preserving the existing content headers (Content-Type, charset, Content-Transfer-Encoding). The only argument is the body text; it is a void method.

Background: Unlike the SetBodyFrom... methods, which set both the content and the headers that describe it, SetBody replaces only the body text and leaves the existing Content-Type and encoding in place. That is what you want when the media type is already correct and you simply need to swap in new content — updating a templated part, for instance — without re-declaring its type.

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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[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the Mime.SetBody method, which sets the current part's body while preserving the
    //  existing content headers (Content-Type, charset, Content-Transfer-Encoding).  The only argument
    //  is the body text.  It is a void method.

    CkMime mime = new CkMime();

    //  Establish the content headers first.
    success = mime.SetBodyFromPlainText("initial");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(mime.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Replace just the body text, keeping the existing Content-Type and encoding.
    mime.SetBody("This is the replacement body text.");

    String mimeText = mime.getMime();
    if (mime.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(mime.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println(mimeText);
  }
}