Interface MimePart

All Superinterfaces:
Part
All Known Implementing Classes:
MimeBodyPart, MimeMessage, PreencodedMimeBodyPart

public interface MimePart extends Part
The MimePart interface models an Entity as defined by MIME (RFC2045, Section 2.4).

MimePart extends the Part interface to add additional RFC822 and MIME specific semantics and attributes. It provides the base interface for the MimeMessage and MimeBodyPart classes


A note on RFC822 and MIME headers

RFC822 and MIME header fields must contain only US-ASCII characters. If a header contains non US-ASCII characters, it must be encoded as per the rules in RFC 2047. The MimeUtility class provided in this package can be used to to achieve this. Callers of the setHeader, addHeader, and addHeaderLine methods are responsible for enforcing the MIME requirements for the specified headers. In addition, these header fields must be folded (wrapped) before being sent if they exceed the line length limitation for the transport (1000 bytes for SMTP). Received headers may have been folded. The application is responsible for folding and unfolding headers as appropriate.

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  • Method Details

    • getHeader

      String getHeader(String name, String delimiter) throws MessagingException
      Get the values of all header fields available for this header, returned as a single String, with the values separated by the delimiter. If the delimiter is null, only the first value is returned.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of this header
      delimiter - delimiter between fields in returned string
      Returns:
      the value fields for all headers with this name
      Throws:
      MessagingException - for failures
    • addHeaderLine

      void addHeaderLine(String line) throws MessagingException
      Add a raw RFC822 header-line.
      Parameters:
      line - the line to add
      Throws:
      IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification
      IllegalStateException - if this Part is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder
      MessagingException - for other failures
    • getAllHeaderLines

      Enumeration<String> getAllHeaderLines() throws MessagingException
      Get all header lines as an Enumeration of Strings. A Header line is a raw RFC822 header-line, containing both the "name" and "value" field.
      Returns:
      an Enumeration of Strings
      Throws:
      MessagingException - for failures
    • getMatchingHeaderLines

      Enumeration<String> getMatchingHeaderLines(String[] names) throws MessagingException
      Get matching header lines as an Enumeration of Strings. A Header line is a raw RFC822 header-line, containing both the "name" and "value" field.
      Parameters:
      names - the headers to return
      Returns:
      an Enumeration of Strings
      Throws:
      MessagingException - for failures
    • getNonMatchingHeaderLines

      Enumeration<String> getNonMatchingHeaderLines(String[] names) throws MessagingException
      Get non-matching header lines as an Enumeration of Strings. A Header line is a raw RFC822 header-line, containing both the "name" and "value" field.
      Parameters:
      names - the headers to not return
      Returns:
      an Enumeration of Strings
      Throws:
      MessagingException - for failures
    • getEncoding

      String getEncoding() throws MessagingException
      Get the transfer encoding of this part.
      Returns:
      content-transfer-encoding
      Throws:
      MessagingException - for failures
    • getContentID

      String getContentID() throws MessagingException
      Get the Content-ID of this part. Returns null if none present.
      Returns:
      content-ID
      Throws:
      MessagingException - for failures
    • getContentMD5

      String getContentMD5() throws MessagingException
      Get the Content-MD5 digest of this part. Returns null if none present.
      Returns:
      content-MD5
      Throws:
      MessagingException - for failures
    • setContentMD5

      void setContentMD5(String md5) throws MessagingException
      Set the Content-MD5 of this part.
      Parameters:
      md5 - the MD5 value
      Throws:
      IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification
      IllegalStateException - if this Part is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder
      MessagingException
    • getContentLanguage

      String[] getContentLanguage() throws MessagingException
      Get the language tags specified in the Content-Language header of this MimePart. The Content-Language header is defined by RFC 1766. Returns null if this header is not available.
      Returns:
      array of content language strings
      Throws:
      MessagingException - for failures
    • setContentLanguage

      void setContentLanguage(String[] languages) throws MessagingException
      Set the Content-Language header of this MimePart. The Content-Language header is defined by RFC1766.
      Parameters:
      languages - array of language tags
      Throws:
      IllegalWriteException - if the underlying implementation does not support modification
      IllegalStateException - if this Part is obtained from a READ_ONLY folder
      MessagingException
    • setText

      void setText(String text) throws MessagingException
      Convenience method that sets the given String as this part's content, with a MIME type of "text/plain". If the string contains non US-ASCII characters. it will be encoded using the platform's default charset. The charset is also used to set the "charset" parameter.

      Note that there may be a performance penalty if text is large, since this method may have to scan all the characters to determine what charset to use.

      If the charset is already known, use the setText method that takes the charset parameter.

      Specified by:
      setText in interface Part
      Parameters:
      text - the text content to set
      Throws:
      MessagingException - if an error occurs
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    • setText

      void setText(String text, String charset) throws MessagingException
      Convenience method that sets the given String as this part's content, with a MIME type of "text/plain" and the specified charset. The given Unicode string will be charset-encoded using the specified charset. The charset is also used to set "charset" parameter.
      Parameters:
      text - the text content to set
      charset - the charset to use for the text
      Throws:
      MessagingException - if an error occurs
    • setText

      void setText(String text, String charset, String subtype) throws MessagingException
      Convenience method that sets the given String as this part's content, with a primary MIME type of "text" and the specified MIME subtype. The given Unicode string will be charset-encoded using the specified charset. The charset is also used to set the "charset" parameter.
      Parameters:
      text - the text content to set
      charset - the charset to use for the text
      subtype - the MIME subtype to use (e.g., "html")
      Throws:
      MessagingException - if an error occurs
      Since:
      JavaMail 1.4