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

[Cody Lerum]

I like it.

I'll start down that path.

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Lincoln Baxter, III
<lincolnbaxter at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cody,
>
> This look EXCELLENT.
>
> I have one question/potential suggestion so far regarding:
>
>     .subjectHTMLFromClassPath("subject.html.vm")
>     .templateHTMLFromClassPath("template.html.vm")
>
> and related methods.
>
> Have you considered creating an abstraction here that alows for pluggable
> template resolvers? Otherwise you have this "explosion" of methods in the
> interface that may end up causing maintenance woes. However, if you replaced
> this with something like:
>
>     .template(new HtmlFromClassPath("template.html.vm"))
>     .subject(new HtmlFromClassPath("subject.html.vm"))
>
> People would be empowered to implement a simple interface with limitless
> extension possibilities.
>
> Thoughts?
> ~Lincoln
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> 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", "seam at jboss.org")
>>          .to("John Smith", "john.smith at acme.com")
>>          .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", "seam at jboss.org")
>>          .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
>>
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>>
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>
>
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