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MailComposeBean.javaAPI DocExample6968Sun Apr 22 14:27:12 BST 2001None

MailComposeBean

public class MailComposeBean extends JPanel
MailComposeBean - Mail gather and send Component Bean. Can be used as a Visible bean or as a Non-Visible bean. If setVisible(true), puts up a mail compose window with a Send button. If user clicks on it, tries to send the mail to a Mail Server for delivery on the Internet. If not visible, use addXXX(), setXXX(), and doSend() methods.
author
Ian F. Darwin
version
$Id: MailComposeBean.java,v 1.10 2001/04/22 17:27:12 ian Exp $

Fields Summary
private Container
parent
The parent frame to be hidden/disposed; may be JFrame, JInternalFrame or JPanel, as necessary
private JButton
sendButton
private JButton
cancelButton
private JTextArea
msgText
private JTextField[]
tfs
private JTextField
toTF
private JTextField
ccTF
private JTextField
subjectTF
private int
tfsMax
private final int
TO
private final int
SUBJ
private final int
CC
private final int
BCC
private final int
MAXTF
private Session
session
The JavaMail session object
private Message
mesg
The JavaMail message object
private int
mywidth
private int
myheight
Constructors Summary
MailComposeBean(Container parent, String title, int height, int width)
Construct a MailComposeBean with no default recipient


	        
	        
		this(parent, title, null, height, width);
	
MailComposeBean()
Construct a MailComposeBean with no arguments (needed for Beans)

		this(null, "Compose", null, 300, 200);
	
MailComposeBean(Container parent, String title, String recipient, int width, int height)
Constructor for MailComposeBean object.

param
parent Container parent. If JFrame or JInternalFrame, will setvisible(false) and dispose() when message has been sent. Not done if "null" or JPanel.
param
title Title to display in the titlebar
param
recipient Email address of recipient
param
height Height of mail compose window
param
width Width of mail compose window

		super();

		this.parent = parent;

		mywidth = width;
		myheight = height;

		// THE GUI
		Container cp = this;
		cp.setLayout(new BorderLayout());


		// Top is a JPanel for name, address, etc.
		// Centre is the TextArea.
		// Bottom is a panel with Send and Cancel buttons.
		JPanel tp = new JPanel();
		tp.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,2));
		cp.add(BorderLayout.NORTH, tp);

		tfs = new JTextField[MAXTF];

		tp.add(new JLabel("To: ", JLabel.RIGHT));
		tp.add(tfs[TO] = toTF = new JTextField(35));
		if (recipient != null)
			toTF.setText(recipient);
		toTF.requestFocus();

		tp.add(new JLabel("Subject: ", JLabel.RIGHT));
		tp.add(tfs[SUBJ] = subjectTF = new JTextField(35));
		subjectTF.requestFocus();

		tp.add(new JLabel("Cc: ", JLabel.RIGHT));
		tp.add(tfs[CC] = ccTF = new JTextField(35));

		// Centre is the TextArea
		cp.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, msgText = new JTextArea(70, 10));
		msgText.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Message Text"));

		// Bottom is the apply/cancel button
		JPanel bp = new JPanel();
		bp.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
		bp.add(sendButton = new JButton("Send"));
		sendButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
				try {
					doSend();
				} catch(Exception err) {
					System.err.println("Error: " + err);
					JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
						"Sending error:\n" + err.toString(),
						"Send failed", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
				}
			}
		});
		bp.add(cancelButton = new JButton("Cancel"));
		cancelButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
				maybeKillParent();
			}
		});
		cp.add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, bp);
	
Methods Summary
public voiddoSend()
Do the work: send the mail to the SMTP server. ASSERT: must have set at least one recipient.


		try {
			Mailer m = new Mailer();

			FileProperties props =
				new FileProperties(MailConstants.PROPS_FILE_NAME);
			String serverHost = props.getProperty(MailConstants.SEND_HOST);
			if (serverHost == null) {
				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(parent,
					"\"" + MailConstants.SEND_HOST +
						"\" must be set in properties",
					"No server!",
					JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
				return;
			}
			m.setServer(serverHost);

			String tmp = props.getProperty(MailConstants.SEND_DEBUG);
			m.setVerbose(tmp != null && tmp.equals("true"));

			String myAddress = props.getProperty("Mail.address");
			if (myAddress == null) {
				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(parent,
					"\"Mail.address\" must be set in properties",
					"No From: address!",
					JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
				return;
			}
			m.setFrom(myAddress);

			m.setToList(toTF.getText());
			m.setCcList(ccTF.getText());
			// m.setBccList(bccTF.getText());

			if (subjectTF.getText().length() != 0) {
				m.setSubject(subjectTF.getText());
			}

			// Now copy the text from the Compose TextArea.
			m.setBody(msgText.getText());
			// XXX I18N: use setBody(msgText.getText(), charset)
				
			// Finally, send the sucker!
			m.doSend();

			// Now hide the main window
			maybeKillParent();

		} catch (MessagingException me) {
			me.printStackTrace();
			while ((me = (MessagingException)me.getNextException()) != null) {
				me.printStackTrace();
			}
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
				"Mail Sending Error:\n" + me.toString(),
				"Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
				"Mail Sending Error:\n" + e.toString(),
				"Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
		}
	
public java.awt.DimensiongetMinimumSize()

		return getPreferredSize();
	
public java.awt.DimensiongetPreferredSize()

		return new Dimension(mywidth, myheight);
	
public static voidmain(java.lang.String[] av)
Simple test case driver

		final JFrame jf = new JFrame("DarwinSys Compose Mail Tester");
		System.getProperties().setProperty("Mail.server", "mailhost");
		System.getProperties().setProperty("Mail.address", "nobody@home");
		MailComposeBean sm =
			new MailComposeBean(jf, 
			"Test Mailer", "spam-magnet@darwinsys.com", 500, 400);
		sm.setSize(500, 400);
		jf.getContentPane().add(sm);
		jf.setLocation(100, 100);
		jf.setVisible(true);
        jf.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
			public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
			jf.setVisible(false);
			jf.dispose();
			System.exit(0);
			}
		});
		jf.pack();
	
private voidmaybeKillParent()

		if (parent == null)
			return;
		if (parent instanceof Frame) {
			((Frame)parent).setVisible(true);
			((Frame)parent).dispose();
		}
		if (parent instanceof JInternalFrame) {
			((JInternalFrame)parent).setVisible(true);
			((JInternalFrame)parent).dispose();
		}