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Get an Alternative Body by Content-Type

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetAlternativeBodyByContentType method, which returns an alternative body selected by its Content-Type — such as text/plain, text/html, or text/xml — instead of by numeric index. This example retrieves both the plain-text and HTML alternatives by content type.

Background: Selecting by Content-Type is often more convenient than by index, because you usually know which representation you want (the HTML, say) but not its position in the alternative list. This mirrors how a mail client works — it looks up the best matching type to display — and avoids assumptions about ordering, which can vary between messages.

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use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# Demonstrates the GetAlternativeBodyByContentType method, which returns an alternative
# body selected by its Content-Type (such as text/plain, text/html, or text/xml) rather
# than by index.

my $email = Chilkat2::Email->new;

# Create an email with plain-text and HTML alternatives.
$email->SetTextBody('This is the plain-text alternative.', 'text/plain');
$email->AddHtmlAlternativeBody('<html><body>This is the HTML alternative.</body></html>');

# Get the plain-text alternative by its content type.
my $plain = $email->GetAlternativeBodyByContentType('text/plain');
print 'text/plain body: ', $plain, "\n";

# Get the HTML alternative by its content type.
my $htmlBody = $email->GetAlternativeBodyByContentType('text/html');
print 'text/html body: ', $htmlBody, "\n";