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.chilkat2.Email;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Demonstrates the RemovePlainTextAlternative method, which removes the plain-text body
        // from the email (if one exists).  Other body representations, attachments, and related
        // items remain.

        Email email = new Email();
        email.setSubject("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.getNumAlternatives());
        System.out.println("HasPlainTextBody before: " + email.hasPlainTextBody());

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