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package org.apache.james.mime4j.samples.transform;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Random;
import org.apache.james.mime4j.field.address.Mailbox;
import org.apache.james.mime4j.message.Body;
import org.apache.james.mime4j.message.BodyFactory;
import org.apache.james.mime4j.message.BodyPart;
import org.apache.james.mime4j.message.Message;
import org.apache.james.mime4j.message.Multipart;
import org.apache.james.mime4j.message.TextBody;
import org.apache.james.mime4j.storage.DefaultStorageProvider;
import org.apache.james.mime4j.storage.StorageProvider;
import org.apache.james.mime4j.storage.TempFileStorageProvider;
/**
* This code should illustrate how to transform a message into another message
* without modifying the original.
*/
public class TransformMessage {
// Host name used in message identifiers.
private static final String HOSTNAME = "localhost";
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
// Explicitly set a strategy for storing body parts. Usually not
// necessary; for most applications the default setting is appropriate.
StorageProvider storageProvider = new TempFileStorageProvider();
DefaultStorageProvider.setInstance(storageProvider);
// Create a template message. It would be possible to load a message
// from an input stream but for this example a message object is created
// from scratch for demonstration purposes.
Message template = createTemplate();
// Create a new message by transforming the template.
Message transformed = transform(template);
// Print transformed message.
System.out.println("\n\nTransformed message:\n--------------------\n");
transformed.writeTo(System.out);
// Messages should be disposed of when they are no longer needed.
// Disposing of a message also disposes of all child elements (e.g. body
// parts) of the message.
transformed.dispose();
// Print original message to illustrate that it was not affected by the
// transformation.
System.out.println("\n\nOriginal template:\n------------------\n");
template.writeTo(System.out);
// Original message is no longer needed.
template.dispose();
// At this point all temporary files have been deleted because all
// messages and body parts have been disposed of properly.
}
/**
* Copies the given message and makes some arbitrary changes to the copy.
*/
private static Message transform(Message original) throws IOException {
// Create a copy of the template. The copy can be modified without
// affecting the original.
Message message = new Message(original);
// In this example we know we have a multipart message. Use
// Message#isMultipart() if uncertain.
Multipart multipart = (Multipart) message.getBody();
// Insert a new text/plain body part after every body part of the
// template.
final int count = multipart.getCount();
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
String text = "Text inserted after part " + (i + 1);
BodyPart bodyPart = createTextPart(text);
multipart.addBodyPart(bodyPart, 2 * i + 1);
}
// For no particular reason remove the second binary body part (now
// at index four).
BodyPart removed = multipart.removeBodyPart(4);
// The removed body part no longer has a parent entity it belongs to so
// it should be disposed of.
removed.dispose();
// Set some headers on the transformed message
message.createMessageId(HOSTNAME);
message.setSubject("Transformed message");
message.setDate(new Date());
message.setFrom(Mailbox.parse("John Doe <jdoe@machine.example>"));
return message;
}
/**
* Creates a multipart/mixed message that consists of three parts (one text,
* two binary).
*/
private static Message createTemplate() throws IOException {
Multipart multipart = new Multipart("mixed");
BodyPart part1 = createTextPart("This is the first part of the template..");
multipart.addBodyPart(part1);
BodyPart part2 = createRandomBinaryPart(200);
multipart.addBodyPart(part2);
BodyPart part3 = createRandomBinaryPart(300);
multipart.addBodyPart(part3);
Message message = new Message();
message.setMultipart(multipart);
message.setSubject("Template message");
return message;
}
/**
* Creates a text part from the specified string.
*/
private static BodyPart createTextPart(String text) {
TextBody body = new BodyFactory().textBody(text, "UTF-8");
BodyPart bodyPart = new BodyPart();
bodyPart.setText(body);
bodyPart.setContentTransferEncoding("quoted-printable");
return bodyPart;
}
/**
* Creates a binary part with random content.
*/
private static BodyPart createRandomBinaryPart(int numberOfBytes)
throws IOException {
byte[] data = new byte[numberOfBytes];
new Random().nextBytes(data);
Body body = new BodyFactory()
.binaryBody(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
BodyPart bodyPart = new BodyPart();
bodyPart.setBody(body, "application/octet-stream");
bodyPart.setContentTransferEncoding("base64");
return bodyPart;
}
}