Unfortunately we could not use the notification event in KM for various reasons. Most notably, we were not notifying upon an action on a KM object. We needed something simple, flexible, and fast.
Here's what I came up with:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import sun.net.smtp.SmtpClient;
public class SMTP extends Thread{
public String whoto;
public String username;
public String whofrom;
/* our constructor */
public SMTP(String whoto, String username, String whofrom){
this.whoto = whoto;
this.username = username;
this.whofrom = whofrom;
}
/* run method for multithreading */
public void run(){
doGet();
}
public void doGet( )
{
try {
SmtpClient smtp =
new SmtpClient("yourdomain.com");
smtp.from(whofrom);
//Pass the email address of the recipient of the
// message to the next method.
smtp.to(whoto);
//Get an output stream for the message
PrintStream msg = smtp.startMessage();
//Write the message header in the output stream.
msg.println("To: "+whoto);
msg.println("Subject: New Email");
msg.println();
//Write the text of the message in the output
// stream
msg.println("An event has happened.");
msg.println("Please do not reply to this automated email.");
//Close the stream and send the message
smtp.closeServer();
}catch( Exception e ) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
This method is called by:
IUser loggedOnUser = (IUser) request.getUser().getUser()
SMTP mysmtp = new SMTP(whoto, loggedOnUser.getName(), whofrom);
mysmtp.start(); // starts the thread
