ADF: Send Email from ADF Web Application

This post will describe how to send email from ADF Web application.

2 ways (which I know) to achieve this:

1. Use the Apache Commons Email. [This can be used while deploying in GlassFish server. I haven't tried myself yet in Glassfish].
2. Use the Javax Mail API's along with the MailSessions configuration in Weblogic Server.

Use Apache Commons Email.

• Download the commons-email-1.3.3-bin.zip from Apache Commons Email.
• Extract and add the commons-email-1.3.3.jar  to the Project Library.
  
• Use the below code to send email in your code.

 import org.apache.commons.mail.DefaultAuthenticator;  
 import org.apache.commons.mail.Email;  
 import org.apache.commons.mail.EmailException;  
 import org.apache.commons.mail.SimpleEmail;  
 public static void sendEmail() throws EmailException  
 {  
      Email email = new SimpleEmail();  
      email.setHostName("smtp.gmail.com");  
      email.setSmtpPort(587);  
      email.setAuthenticator(new DefaultAuthenticator("XXXXX", "XXXXX"));  
      email.setSSLOnConnect(true);  
      email.setFrom("xxxx@xxxx.com");  
      email.setSubject("Subject of the Email!!");  
      email.setMsg("First Line in the Message Body.\nSecond Line.");  
      email.addTo("yyyy@yyyy.com");  
      email.send();  
      System.out.println("Email Sent successfully to yyyy@yyyy.com");  
 }  

• More samples are available in Apache Commons Email website.

Use JavaX Mail APIs.

• Javax mail API's are available as part of the Jdev install (Jdev 12.1.3). This file is available under             %MIDDLEWARE_HOME%\Oracle_Home\oracle_common\modules\javax.mail_2.0.0.0_1-4-4.jar

• Add this jar file to the Project Library.
  
• You can configure the mailserver details in the Weblogic server. The Weblogic server configuration and the code to send email is detailed in the Lalit Kapoor's Sending E-Mail From an ADF Application Deployed on WebLogic Server. 
• I have a created a word document with the configuration steps and the code, which you can download from here.

Feel free to point out if anything is missing/wrong in this blog.