java.lang.Object
com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj.packaging.mime.internet.MimeMultipart
com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj.packaging.mime.internet.BMMimeMultipart

public class BMMimeMultipart extends MimeMultipart
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").

  • Constructor Details

    • BMMimeMultipart

      public BMMimeMultipart()
      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.

    • BMMimeMultipart

      public BMMimeMultipart(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.

      Parameters:
      subtype - subtype.
    • BMMimeMultipart

      public BMMimeMultipart(jakarta.activation.DataSource ds, ContentType ct) 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:
      ct - content type.
      ds - DataSource, can be a MultipartDataSource.
      Throws:
      MessagingException - in case of error.
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