javax.mail.internet
Class MimeMultipart

java.lang.Object
  javax.mail.Multipart
      javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart

public class MimeMultipart

extends Multipart

The MimeMultipart class is an implementation of the abstract Multipart class that uses MIME conventions for the multipart data.

A MimeMultipart is obtained from a MimePart whose primary type is "multipart" (by invoking the part's getContent() method) or it can be created by a client as part of creating a new MimeMessage.

The default multipart subtype is "mixed". The other multipart subtypes, such as "alternative", "related", and so on, can be implemented as subclasses of MimeMultipart with additional methods to implement the additional semantics of that type of multipart content. The intent is that service providers, mail JavaBean writers and mail clients will write many such subclasses and their Command Beans, and will install them into the JavaBeans Activation Framework, so that any JavaMail implementation and its clients can transparently find and use these classes. Thus, a MIME multipart handler is treated just like any other type handler, thereby decoupling the process of providing multipart handlers from the JavaMail API. Lacking these additional MimeMultipart subclasses, all subtypes of MIME multipart data appear as MimeMultipart objects.

An application can directly construct a MIME multipart object of any subtype by using the MimeMultipart(String subtype) constructor. For example, to create a "multipart/alternative" object, use new MimeMultipart("alternative").

Version:

1.26, 00/09/18

Author:

John Mani, Bill Shannon, Max Spivak

Constructor Summary

MimeMultipart()
Default constructor.

MimeMultipart(javax.activation.DataSource ds)
Constructs a MimeMultipart object and its bodyparts from the given DataSource.

MimeMultipart(java.lang.String subtype)
Construct a MimeMultipart object of the given subtype.

Method Summary

BodyPart	getBodyPart(int index) Get the specified BodyPart.
BodyPart	getBodyPart(java.lang.String CID) Get the MimeBodyPart referred to by the given ContentID (CID).
int	getCount() Return the number of enclosed BodyPart objects.
void	setSubType(java.lang.String subtype) Set the subtype.
void	writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os) Iterates through all the parts and outputs each Mime part separated by a boundary.

Methods inherited from class javax.mail.Multipart

addBodyPart, addBodyPart, getContentType, getParent, removeBodyPart, removeBodyPart, setParent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MimeMultipart

public MimeMultipart()

Default constructor. An empty MimeMultipart object is created. Its content type is set to "multipart/mixed". A unique boundary string is generated and this string is setup as the "boundary" parameter for the contentType field.

MimeBodyParts may be added later.

MimeMultipart

public MimeMultipart(java.lang.String subtype)

Construct a MimeMultipart object of the given subtype. A unique boundary string is generated and this string is setup as the "boundary" parameter for the contentType field.

MimeBodyParts may be added later.

MimeMultipart

public MimeMultipart(javax.activation.DataSource ds)
              throws MessagingException

Constructs a MimeMultipart object and its bodyparts from the given DataSource.

This constructor handles as a special case the situation where the given DataSource is a MultipartDataSource object. In this case, this method just invokes the superclass (i.e., Multipart) constructor that takes a MultipartDataSource object.

Otherwise, the DataSource is assumed to provide a MIME multipart byte stream. The parsed flag is set to false. When the data for the body parts are needed, the parser extracts the "boundary" parameter from the content type of this DataSource, skips the 'preamble' and reads bytes till the terminating boundary and creates MimeBodyParts for each part of the stream.

Parameters:

ds - DataSource, can be a MultipartDataSource

Method Detail

setSubType

public void setSubType(java.lang.String subtype)
                throws MessagingException

Set the subtype. This method should be invoked only on a new MimeMultipart object created by the client. The default subtype of such a multipart object is "mixed".

Parameters:

subtype - Subtype

Throws:

MessagingException

getCount

public int getCount()
             throws MessagingException

Return the number of enclosed BodyPart objects.

Overrides:

getCount in class Multipart

Returns:

number of parts

Throws:

MessagingException

See Also:

#parts

getBodyPart

public BodyPart getBodyPart(int index)
                     throws MessagingException

Get the specified BodyPart. BodyParts are numbered starting at 0.

Overrides:

getBodyPart in class Multipart

Parameters:

index - the index of the desired BodyPart

Returns:

the Part

Throws:

MessagingException - if no such BodyPart exists

getBodyPart

public BodyPart getBodyPart(java.lang.String CID)
                     throws MessagingException

Get the MimeBodyPart referred to by the given ContentID (CID). Returns null if the part is not found.

Parameters:

CID - the ContentID of the desired part

Returns:

the Part

Throws:

MessagingException

writeTo

public void writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os)
             throws java.io.IOException,
                    MessagingException

Iterates through all the parts and outputs each Mime part separated by a boundary.

Specified by:

writeTo in class Multipart

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an IO related exception occurs

MessagingException