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package org.apache.commons.net.smtp;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

This class is used to construct a bare minimum acceptable header for an email message. To construct more complicated headers you should refer to RFC 5322. When the Java Mail API is finalized, you will be able to use it to compose fully compliant Internet text messages.

The main purpose of the class is to faciliatate the mail sending process, by relieving the programmer from having to explicitly format a simple message header. For example:

writer = client.sendMessageData();
if(writer == null) // failure
  return false;
header =
   new SimpleSMTPHeader("foobar@foo.com", "foo@bar.com" "Just testing");
header.addCC("bar@foo.com");
header.addHeaderField("Organization", "Foobar, Inc.");
writer.write(header.toString());
writer.write("This is just a test");
writer.close();
if(!client.completePendingCommand()) // failure
  return false;
See Also:
/*** * This class is used to construct a bare minimum * acceptable header for an email message. To construct more * complicated headers you should refer to RFC 5322. When the * Java Mail API is finalized, you will be * able to use it to compose fully compliant Internet text messages. * <p> * The main purpose of the class is to faciliatate the mail sending * process, by relieving the programmer from having to explicitly format * a simple message header. For example: * <pre> * writer = client.sendMessageData(); * if(writer == null) // failure * return false; * header = * new SimpleSMTPHeader("foobar@foo.com", "foo@bar.com" "Just testing"); * header.addCC("bar@foo.com"); * header.addHeaderField("Organization", "Foobar, Inc."); * writer.write(header.toString()); * writer.write("This is just a test"); * writer.close(); * if(!client.completePendingCommand()) // failure * return false; * </pre> * * @see SMTPClient ***/
public class SimpleSMTPHeader { private final String __subject; private final String __from; private final String __to; private final StringBuffer __headerFields; private boolean hasHeaderDate; private StringBuffer __cc;
Creates a new SimpleSMTPHeader instance initialized with the given from, to, and subject header field values.

Params:
  • from – The value of the From: header field. This should be the sender's email address. Must not be null.
  • to – The value of the To: header field. This should be the recipient's email address. May be null
  • subject – The value of the Subject: header field. This should be the subject of the message. May be null
/*** * Creates a new SimpleSMTPHeader instance initialized with the given * from, to, and subject header field values. * <p> * @param from The value of the <code>From:</code> header field. This * should be the sender's email address. * Must not be null. * @param to The value of the <code>To:</code> header field. This * should be the recipient's email address. * May be null * @param subject The value of the <code>Subject:</code> header field. * This should be the subject of the message. * May be null ***/
public SimpleSMTPHeader(String from, String to, String subject) { if (from == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("From cannot be null"); } __to = to; __from = from; __subject = subject; __headerFields = new StringBuffer(); __cc = null; }
Adds an arbitrary header field with the given value to the article header. These headers will be written before the From, To, Subject, and Cc fields when the SimpleSMTPHeader is convertered to a string. An example use would be:
header.addHeaderField("Organization", "Foobar, Inc.");

Params:
  • headerField – The header field to add, not including the colon.
  • value – The value of the added header field.
/*** * Adds an arbitrary header field with the given value to the article * header. These headers will be written before the From, To, Subject, and * Cc fields when the SimpleSMTPHeader is convertered to a string. * An example use would be: * <pre> * header.addHeaderField("Organization", "Foobar, Inc."); * </pre> * <p> * @param headerField The header field to add, not including the colon. * @param value The value of the added header field. ***/
public void addHeaderField(String headerField, String value) { if (!hasHeaderDate && "Date".equals(headerField)) { hasHeaderDate = true; } __headerFields.append(headerField); __headerFields.append(": "); __headerFields.append(value); __headerFields.append('\n'); }
Add an email address to the CC (carbon copy or courtesy copy) list.

Params:
  • address – The email address to add to the CC list.
/*** * Add an email address to the CC (carbon copy or courtesy copy) list. * <p> * @param address The email address to add to the CC list. ***/
public void addCC(String address) { if (__cc == null) { __cc = new StringBuffer(); } else { __cc.append(", "); } __cc.append(address); }
Converts the SimpleSMTPHeader to a properly formatted header in the form of a String, including the blank line used to separate the header from the article body. The header fields CC and Subject are only included when they are non-null.

Returns:The message header in the form of a String.
/*** * Converts the SimpleSMTPHeader to a properly formatted header in * the form of a String, including the blank line used to separate * the header from the article body. The header fields CC and Subject * are only included when they are non-null. * <p> * @return The message header in the form of a String. ***/
@Override public String toString() { StringBuilder header = new StringBuilder(); final String pattern = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"; // Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:55:06 -0600 final SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.ENGLISH); if (!hasHeaderDate) { addHeaderField("Date", format.format(new Date())); } if (__headerFields.length() > 0) { header.append(__headerFields.toString()); } header.append("From: ").append(__from).append("\n"); if (__to != null) { header.append("To: ").append(__to).append("\n"); } if (__cc != null) { header.append("Cc: ").append(__cc.toString()).append("\n"); } if (__subject != null) { header.append("Subject: ").append(__subject).append("\n"); } header.append('\n'); // end of headers; body follows return header.toString(); } }