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15 */
16
17 package org.springframework.mail;
18
19 /**
20 * This interface defines a strategy for sending simple mails. Can be
21 * implemented for a variety of mailing systems due to the simple requirements.
22 * For richer functionality like MIME messages, consider JavaMailSender.
23 *
24 * <p>Allows for easy testing of clients, as it does not depend on JavaMail's
25 * infrastructure classes: no mocking of JavaMail Session or Transport necessary.
26 *
27 * @author Dmitriy Kopylenko
28 * @author Juergen Hoeller
29 * @since 10.09.2003
30 * @see org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSender
31 */
32 public interface MailSender {
33
34 /**
35 * Send the given simple mail message.
36 * @param simpleMessage the message to send
37 * @throws MailParseException in case of failure when parsing the message
38 * @throws MailAuthenticationException in case of authentication failure
39 * @throws MailSendException in case of failure when sending the message
40 */
41 void send(SimpleMailMessage simpleMessage) throws MailException;
42
43 /**
44 * Send the given array of simple mail messages in batch.
45 * @param simpleMessages the messages to send
46 * @throws MailParseException in case of failure when parsing a message
47 * @throws MailAuthenticationException in case of authentication failure
48 * @throws MailSendException in case of failure when sending a message
49 */
50 void send(SimpleMailMessage... simpleMessages) throws MailException;
51
52 }