com.qindesign.servlet
Class SendMailServlet

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.GenericServlet
      javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
          com.qindesign.servlet.SendMailServlet

All Implemented Interfaces:

Servlet, ServletConfig

public class SendMailServlet
extends HttpServlet

Example servlet that processes POST requests to mail things. This uses the mailTo initialization property.

Version:

1.0.4

Author:

Shawn Silverman

Constructor Summary

SendMailServlet()

Method Summary

protected void	doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) This method will be called when a mail request is posted to this servlet.
void	init() Checks the "mailTo" initialization parameter for the target email address.

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

doDelete, doGet, doOptions, doPut, doTrace, getLastModified, service, service

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

destroy, getInitParameter, getInitParameterNames, getServletConfig, getServletContext, getServletInfo, getServletName, init, log, log

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SendMailServlet

public SendMailServlet()

Method Detail

init

public void init()
          throws ServletException

Checks the "mailTo" initialization parameter for the target email address. All emails will be sent to this address.

Overrides:

init in class GenericServlet

Throws:

ServletException - if this parameter is not set.

doPost

protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest req,
                      HttpServletResponse resp)
               throws ServletException,
                      IOException

This method will be called when a mail request is posted to this servlet.

Certain request properties are of interest:

• from is the sender's email address.
• subject will place a subject on the email.
• content is the email content.
• nextPath tells this servlet where to forward the request once the mail has been sent. Keep in mind that the request has the "POST" method, and so nextPath will be called with a "POST" as well.

Overrides:

doPost in class HttpServlet

Throws:

ServletException - if the mailhost is not set, or if there was an I/O error while sending the email.

IOException