Author: Joel Tosi
Level: Beginner
Technologies: JavaMail, CDI, JSF
Summary: The mail quickstart demonstrates how to send email using CDI 1.0 and JSF 2.1 and the default Mail provider that ships with JBoss EAP.
Target Product: JBoss EAP
Source: https://github.com/jboss-developer/jboss-eap-quickstarts/
The mail quickstart demonstrates sending email with the use of CDI 1.0 (Contexts and Dependency Injection) and JSF 2.1 (JavaServer Faces) in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.
The example uses the default Mail provider that comes out of the box with JBoss EAP. It uses your local mail relay and the default SMTP port of 25.
The configuration of the mail provider is found in the EAP_HOME/standalone/configuration/standalone.xml if you are running a standalone server or in the EAP_HOME/domain/configuration/domain.xml file if you are running in a managed domain. An example of the mail subsystem XML configuration is provided below:
<subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:mail:1.0">
<mail-session jndi-name="java:jboss/mail/Default" >
<smtp-server address="localhost" port="25"/>
</mail-session>
<mail-session jndi-name="java:/MyOtherMail">
<smtp-server address="localhost" port="9999">
<login name="nobody" password="pass"/>
</smtp-server>
<pop3-server address="example.com" port="1234"/>
<imap-server address="example.com" port="432">
<login name="nobody" password="pass"/>
</imap-server>
</mail-session>
</subsystem>
The example is a web application that takes To, From, Subject, and Message Body input and sends mail to that address. The front end is a JSF page with a simple POJO backing, leveraging CDI for resource injection.
The application this project produces is designed to be run on Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1 or later.
All you need to build this project is Java 6.0 (Java SDK 1.6) or later, Maven 3.0 or later.
If you have not yet done so, you must Configure Maven before testing the quickstarts.
In the following instructions, replace EAP_HOME with the actual path to your JBoss EAP 6 installation. The installation path is described in detail here: Use of EAP_HOME and JBOSS_HOME Variables.
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Open a command prompt and navigate to the root of the JBoss EAP directory.
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The following shows the command line to start the server:
For Linux: EAP_HOME/bin/standalone.sh For Windows: EAP_HOME\bin\standalone.bat
NOTE: The following build command assumes you have configured your Maven user settings. If you have not, you must include Maven setting arguments on the command line. See Build and Deploy the Quickstarts for complete instructions and additional options.
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Make sure you have started the JBoss EAP server as described above.
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Open a command prompt and navigate to the root directory of this quickstart.
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Type this command to build and deploy the archive:
mvn clean install jboss-as:deploy -
This will deploy
target/jboss-mail.warto the running instance of the server.
The application will be running at the following URL: http://localhost:8080/jboss-mail.
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Make sure you have started the JBoss EAP server as described above.
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Open a command prompt and navigate to the root directory of this quickstart.
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When you are finished testing, type this command to undeploy the archive:
mvn jboss-as:undeploy
You can also start the server and deploy the quickstarts or run the Arquillian tests from Eclipse using JBoss tools. For general information about how to import a quickstart, add a JBoss EAP server, and build and deploy a quickstart, see Use JBoss Developer Studio or Eclipse to Run the Quickstarts
If you want to debug the source code of any library in the project, run the following command to pull the source into your local repository. The IDE should then detect it.
mvn dependency:sources