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.chilkat2.Email;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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.

        Email email = new Email();
        email.setSubject("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);
    }
}