Spring + JavaMail + Images (relative paths)

[iktuz]

Hi All,

I am trying to implement an email notification service with Quartz. To email part, I am using this example 22.3.1.2. Inline resources. So when I pass images in their absolute paths it works perfectly. The problem occurs when I try to use relative paths. Here is a snippet:

private void sendStatusReport(final ReportPack reportPack) {

    final MimeMessagePreparator preparator = new MimeMessagePreparator() {

	public void prepare(MimeMessage mimeMessage) throws Exception {

		final MimeMessageHelper messageHelper = new MimeMessageHelper(mimeMessage, true);
		//...
		final String text = VelocityEngineUtils.mergeTemplateIntoString(velocityEngine,
				"mail-templates/statusReport.html", getModel(reportPack));

		messageHelper.setText(text, true);
		loadImages(messageHelper);
	}

	private void loadImages(MimeMessageHelper messageHelper) throws MessagingException, URISyntaxException, FileNotFoundException {
		messageHelper.addInline("table_header_left",
				ResourceUtils.getFile("file:/resources/image/table_header_left.png"));
		messageHelper.addInline("table_header_right",
				ResourceUtils.getFile("file:/resources/image/table_header_right.png"));
		messageHelper.addInline("icon_search",
				ResourceUtils.getFile("file:/resources/image/icon_search.png"));
	}
    };
this.mailSender.send(preparator);
}

Here is the exception:

Failed message 1: javax.mail.MessagingException: IOException while sending message;
  nested exception is:
	java.io.FileNotFoundException: \resources\image\table_header_left.png (The system can not find the file path)
	at org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl.doSend(JavaMailSenderImpl.java:422)
	at org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl.send(JavaMailSenderImpl.java:342)
	at org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl.send(JavaMailSenderImpl.java:357)
	at org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl.send(JavaMailSenderImpl.java:346)
	at br.com.suntech.img.web.email.Mailer.sendStatusReport(Mailer.java:127)
	at br.com.suntech.img.web.email.Mailer.executeInternal(Mailer.java:69)
	at org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.QuartzJobBean.execute(QuartzJobBean.java:86)
	at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:202)
	... 1 more

The problem throws when the email is meant to be sent. I have tried some other approaches like:

1. ResourceUtils.getFile("classpath:resources/image/table_header_left.png"));
2. ResourceUtils.getFile("classpath*:resources/image/table_header_left.png"));
3. ResourceUtils.getFile("/resources/image/table_header_left.png"));

But all fails. I have an enterprise app in this structure:

 - app_ear.ear
     - ...
     - app_web.war
         - ...
         - resources
              - ...
              - image
                  - ...
                  - table_header_left.png
                  - table_header_right.png
                  - icon_search.png

The tests are performed with Glassfish. Has someone any clue, please?

Best Regards,
Iktuz

[travisjwarren]

Have you tried

ResourceUtils.getURL(classpath:resources/image/table_header_left.png)

?

[iktuz]

Have you tried

ResourceUtils.getURL(classpath:resources/image/table_header_left.png)

?

Thanks for replying fellow. I have tried, but it failed:

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [resources/image/table_header_left.png] cannot be resolved to URL because it does not exist
	at org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils.getURL(ResourceUtils.java:121)
	at com.app.web.email.Mailer$1.loadImages(Mailer.java:137)
	at com.app.web.email.Mailer$1.prepare(Mailer.java:96)
	at org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl.send(JavaMailSenderImpl.java:354)

Here is the code I have used:

//...
messageHelper.addInline("table_header_left", ResourceUtils.getFile(ResourceUtils.getURL("classpath:resources/image/table_header_left.png").toURI()));
//...

Best regards,
José Renato.

[travisjwarren]

Chances are you don't need the resourcesin the path.

Check your project's classpath, the resource location should be relative to that.