Java

Load an Email from MIME Text in a String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetFromMimeText method, which loads the email from MIME text (such as the contents of a .eml file) held in a string. On success, it replaces the entire current email. This example serializes one email to MIME with GetMime, then reconstructs it in a second object.

Background: This is the in-memory (string) counterpart to LoadEml, which reads MIME from a file. It is handy when the raw message text arrives from somewhere other than the filesystem — a database column, an HTTP response, or a message queue — letting you parse it straight into a fully populated Email object.

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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 SetFromMimeText method, which loads the email from MIME text (such as
        // the contents of a .eml file) held in a string.  On success, it replaces the entire
        // current email.

        // Build a source email and get its MIME text.
        Email source = new Email();
        source.setSubject("Source message");
        source.setFrom("alice@example.com");
        source.setBody("Hello from MIME text.");
        String mimeText = source.getMime();

        // Load a new email object from the MIME text.
        Email email = new Email();
        try {
            email.setFromMimeText(mimeText);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Loaded subject: " + email.getSubject());
    }
}