Re: [seam-dev] Is this the mail API you always wanted?

I'll add that at one point we were experimenting with using a type-parameter to specify the template engine:

@Inject private Instance<TemplateMailMessage> message; message.select(new VelocityLiteral()).get().from(...).to(...).send(); or @Inject @Velocity private Instance<TemplateMailMessage> message; message.get().from(...).to(...).send(); This is an effort to make the template engine a qualifier rather than a secondary interface. [1] refer to this revision tree to find the earlier prototype: https://github.com/seam/mail/tree/fcf45f808391489cb23c848f11f052e22d70c5d3 discussion: http://echelog.matzon.dk/logs/browse/seam-dev/1280959200(starts at 16:28:05) -Dan [1] https://github.com/seam/mail/blob/fcf45f808391489cb23c848f11f052e22d70c5d... On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 13:57, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Seam devs, > > Cody is looking for some feedback on the mail module [1] before he drafts > a reference guide and puts the API on ice. > > Seam mail is important because, let's face it, the Java Mail API needs a > makeover. Thankfully, the CDI programming model offers the necessary hooks > to create a modernized mail API capable of deep integration with the Java EE > platform (specifically the Java Mail API and container-managed sessions). > > Seam Mail offers a fluent API that makes sending e-mail in Java a painless > experience. But an e-mail is nothing without the content. That's why Seam > Mail offers several templating options, such as Velocity, as well as an > extensible template SPI, to allow you to select your templating solution of > choice. With Seam Mail, you'll be sending e-mail from your application in no > time. > > Is this how you imagined it would be? > > Basic: > > @Inject > private Instance<MailMessage> mailMessage; > > @Inject > private Session session; > > mailMessage.get() > .from("Seam Framework", &quot;seam(a)jboss.org&quot;) > .to("John Smith", &quot;john.smith(a)acme.com&quot;) > .subject("Text Message from Seam Mail - " + > java.util.UUID.randomUUID().toString()) > .textBody(text) > .send(session); > > Velocity: > > @Inject > private Instance<VelocityMailMessage> velocityMailMessage; > > @Inject > private Session session; > > velocityMailMessage.get().from("Seam Framework", &quot;seam(a)jboss.org&quot;) > .to(person.getName(), person.getEmail()) > .subject("HTML Message from Seam Mail - " + > java.util.UUID.randomUUID().toString()) > .templateHTMLFromClassPath("template.html.vm") > .put("version", "Seam 3") > .importance(MessagePriority.HIGH) > .addAttachment(new URL(" > http://www.seamframework.org/themes/sfwkorg/img/seam_icon_large.png"), > "seamLogo.png", ContentDisposition.INLINE); > .send(session); > > We look forward to your feedback. > > -Dan > > [1] http://github.com/seam/mail > http://seamframework.org/Seam3/Mail > > -- > Dan Allen > Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action > Registered Linux User #231597 > > http://www.google.com/profiles/dan.j.allen#about > http://mojavelinux.com > http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction > > -- Dan Allen Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action Registered Linux User #231597 http://www.google.com/profiles/dan.j.allen#about http://mojavelinux.com http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction