1 # Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation 2 # Author: Barry Warsaw 3 # Contact: email-sig (at] python.org 4 5 """Class representing message/* MIME documents.""" 6 7 __all__ = ['MIMEMessage'] 8 9 from email import message 10 from email.mime.nonmultipart import MIMENonMultipart 11 12 13 15 class MIMEMessage(MIMENonMultipart): 16 """Class representing message/* MIME documents.""" 17 18 def __init__(self, _msg, _subtype='rfc822'): 19 """Create a message/* type MIME document. 20 21 _msg is a message object and must be an instance of Message, or a 22 derived class of Message, otherwise a TypeError is raised. 23 24 Optional _subtype defines the subtype of the contained message. The 25 default is "rfc822" (this is defined by the MIME standard, even though 26 the term "rfc822" is technically outdated by RFC 2822). 27 """ 28 MIMENonMultipart.__init__(self, 'message', _subtype) 29 if not isinstance(_msg, message.Message): 30 raise TypeError('Argument is not an instance of Message') 31 # It's convenient to use this base class method. We need to do it 32 # this way or we'll get an exception 33 message.Message.attach(self, _msg) 34 # And be sure our default type is set correctly 35 self.set_default_type('message/rfc822') 36
