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Developing Middleware in Java EE 8

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Developing Middleware in Java EE 8

Overview of this book

Middleware is the infrastructure in software based applications that enables businesses to solve problems, operate more efficiently, and make money. As the use of middleware extends beyond a single application, the importance of having it written by experts increases substantially. This book will help you become an expert in developing middleware for a variety of applications. The book starts off by exploring the latest Java EE 8 APIs with newer features and managing dependencies with CDI 2.0. You will learn to implement object-to-relational mapping using JPA 2.1 and validate data using bean validation. You will also work with different types of EJB to develop business logic, and with design RESTful APIs by utilizing different HTTP methods and activating JAX-RS features in enterprise applications. You will learn to secure your middleware with Java Security 1.0 and implement various authentication techniques, such as OAuth authentication. In the concluding chapters, you will use various test technologies, such as JUnit and Mockito, to test applications, and Docker to deploy your enterprise applications. By the end of the book, you will be proficient in developing robust, effective, and distributed middleware for your business.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Sending an HTML email message


Sometimes you need to include rich content in your mail body, such as formatted text and images. You can use HTML instead of plain text as the body of your email. The following example alters the previous one to do this using the Java Mail API:

    .... 
    Message message = new MimeMessage(session); 
     
    // filling mail attributes 
    message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from)); 
    message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, 
            InternetAddress.parse(to)); 
    message.setSubject("Mail Subject"); 
    message.setContent("<html>Hello <b>World</b></html>", 
                                                                    "text/html; charset=utf-8"); 
    .... 

As you can see, we have used the setContent method of the message object, rather than the setText method. setContent has been passed two parameters:

  • The content object, which is a string with HTML content
  • The MIME type of the object, which is text/html. By using...