WebCenter Contact Us Form

Question

Hello, I need to create a "Contact Us" form in my custom webcenter application. Does anyone have a solution that they can provide?
I created a Java class sendEmail.java (see below), how do I call the send method from a jspx page and pass in the values of several af:inputText components?
package my.portal.application.portal;
import java.util.*;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import javax.activation.*;
public class sendEmail
    String to,from,host,message;
    public void send(String xto, String xfrom, String xhost, String xmessage){
        setTo(xto);
        setFrom(xfrom);
        setHost(xhost);
        setMessage(xmessage);
        // Get system properties
        Properties properties = System.getProperties();
        // Setup mail server
        properties.setProperty("mail.smtp.host", host);
        // Get the default Session object.
        Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(properties);
        try{
           // Create a default MimeMessage object.
           MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session);
           // Set From: header field of the header.
           message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
           // Set To: header field of the header.
           message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO,new InternetAddress(to));
           // Set Subject: header field
           message.setSubject("AcqPortal Feedback");
           // Now set the actual message
           message.setText(getMessage());
           // Send message
           Transport.send(message);
        }catch (MessagingException mex) {
           mex.printStackTrace();
    public void setTo(String to) {
        this.to = to;
    public String getTo() {
        return to;
    public void setFrom(String from) {
        this.from = from;
    public String getFrom() {
        return from;
    public void setHost(String host) {
        this.host = host;
    public String getHost() {
        return host;
    public void setMessage(String message) {
        this.message = message;
    public String getMessage() {
        return message;
}

Answer 1

That's basic ADF/JSF.
Register your class as a managed bean in the faces-config.xml
Add accessors for your to, from and message attribute:
public void setTo(String to){this.to = to;}
public String getTo(){return to;}Also change the signature of your send method to
public void send(ActionEvent e)Same for from and message.
On your JSPX page add the inputText for the fields:
<af:inputText value="#{yourBean.to}" id="txtTo"/>
<af:inputText value="#{yourBean.message}" rows="5" id="txtMessage"/>
And then the button that will execute the command:
<af:commandButton actionListener="#{yourBean.send}" text="Send Mail"/>
This should give enough guidance :)
You can also read this part of my tutorial: http://yonaweb.be/webcenter_tutorial/part_6_building_taskflow_and_consuming_it_webcenter_portal
It should give basic info on how to write forms and pass info to managed beans.