How to attach a word file in JAVA mail? Please help

Question

I am a JAVA rookie and I have problem attaching a word file using javamail. I searched almost all the forum but still couldn't find the solution.
Sorry for the reposting. But can anybody please help me out? Your any words or links will be highly appreciated!
Lakobe

Answer 1

If you want to include an attachment with your message, you need to build up the parts, quite literally, because the name of the applicable interface is Part. The content of your Message will consist of multiple parts within a Multipart object. Part one of the message is a BodyPart that contains the message content. Part two of the message is a BodyPart that contains the attachment. The attachment itself is specified as a DataSource. You don't have to actually read the attachment.
You start in the same way as you do for a message without an attachment. Create the message from the session and initialize the headers:
Message message = new MimeMessage(session);
message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO,
new InternetAddress(to));
message.setSubject("JDC Attachment");
However here you need to create the Multipart object:
Multipart multipart = new MimeMultipart();
For part one, create a BodyPart and set the text to be a message. Then, add the BodyPart to the Multipart you just created.
BodyPart messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
messageBodyPart.setText("Here's the file");
multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);
For part two, you need to create a BodyPart again, but this time you need to create a DataSource for the file.
messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
DataSource source = new FileDataSource(filename);
Use a DataHandler object to attach the data source to the message. Simply create a DataHandler for the source and attach it to the message:
messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(
new DataHandler(source));
Remember to set the filename of the attachment. This permits the recipient to know the name (and type) of the received file.
messageBodyPart.setFileName(filename);
Attach part two in the same way as part one:
multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);
And as a final step before sending, attach the Multipart to the Message:
message.setContent(multipart);