Java

Make a Copy of an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.MakeCopy method, which copies the entire state of this email into another Email object — message content, recipients, headers, body representations, attachments, and related items. This example copies an email and reads a couple of fields from the copy.

Background: A deep copy gives you an independent duplicate: changes to one object do not affect the other. This is handy for template-and-tweak workflows — build a base message once, copy it per recipient, then vary only the recipient or a few fields — without risk of one send's edits bleeding into the next.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Email;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Demonstrates the MakeCopy method, which copies the entire state of this email into
        // another Email object -- message content, recipients, headers, bodies, attachments, and
        // related items.

        Email email = new Email();
        email.setSubject("Original");
        email.setFrom("alice@example.com");
        email.addTo("Bob", "bob@example.com");
        email.setBody("Original body.");

        // Copy the entire email into a new Email object.
        Email copy = new Email();

        try {
            email.makeCopy(copy);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Copy subject: " + copy.getSubject());
        System.out.println("Copy NumTo: " + copy.getNumTo());
    }
}