ref: fcc93463a3e2fec9738330b1d82a11b077c96315
dir: /sys/lib/python/email/mime/message.py/
# Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation
# Author: Barry Warsaw
# Contact: email-sig@python.org
"""Class representing message/* MIME documents."""
__all__ = ['MIMEMessage']
from email import message
from email.mime.nonmultipart import MIMENonMultipart
class MIMEMessage(MIMENonMultipart):
"""Class representing message/* MIME documents."""
def __init__(self, _msg, _subtype='rfc822'):
"""Create a message/* type MIME document.
_msg is a message object and must be an instance of Message, or a
derived class of Message, otherwise a TypeError is raised.
Optional _subtype defines the subtype of the contained message. The
default is "rfc822" (this is defined by the MIME standard, even though
the term "rfc822" is technically outdated by RFC 2822).
"""
MIMENonMultipart.__init__(self, 'message', _subtype)
if not isinstance(_msg, message.Message):
raise TypeError('Argument is not an instance of Message')
# It's convenient to use this base class method. We need to do it
# this way or we'll get an exception
message.Message.attach(self, _msg)
# And be sure our default type is set correctly
self.set_default_type('message/rfc822')