Lua

Load an Email from a Chilkat XML String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.LoadXmlString method, which loads an email from a Chilkat XML representation held in a string, typically obtained from GetXml. On success, the loaded message replaces the entire current email. This example serializes one email to XML, then reconstructs it in a second object.

Background: This is the in-memory (string) counterpart to LoadXml, which reads from a file. Pairing GetXml with LoadXmlString lets you store an email's full state as text in a database column, cache, or message queue, then rebuild the Email object later — without touching the filesystem.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Demonstrates the LoadXmlString method, which loads an email from a Chilkat XML string
-- (typically obtained from GetXml).  On success, the loaded message replaces the entire
-- current email.

-- Create an email and serialize it to Chilkat XML (as GetXml would produce).
local source = chilkat.Email.new()
source.subject = "Saved email"
source.from = "alice@example.com"
source.body = "Hello!"
local xmlStr = source:get_xml()

-- Load a new email object from the XML string.
local email = chilkat.Email.new()
local success = email:load_xml_string(xmlStr)
if not success then
    print(email.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Loaded subject: " .. email.subject)