Custom mail providers distributed under META-INF/javamail.properties are no longer loaded with Jakarta Mail 2.1.5 #812

Signed-off-by: Jorge Bescos Gascon <[email protected]>

Author: jbescos

api/src/main/java/jakarta/mail/Provider.java

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  * configuring providers using the Java SE
  * {@link java.util.ServiceLoader ServiceLoader} mechanism.
  * As an alternative the values could come from the
- * javamail.providers and javamail.default.providers
+ * javamail.providers, javamail.default.providers,
+ * jakarta.providers and jakarta.default.providers
  * resource files.  An application may also create and
  * register a Provider object to dynamically add support
  * for a new provider.

api/src/main/java/jakarta/mail/Session.java

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 /**
  * This is a utility class that provides various MIME related
@@ -139,9 +141,12 @@ public class MimeUtility {
     private MimeUtility() {
     }
 
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(MimeUtility.class.getName());
+
     public static final int ALL = -1;
 
     // This is for backwards compatibility. Eventually we have to remove the second value of the next array.
+    // Note this order is different than in Session arrays. This is because here the key-value pair is overwritten.
     private static final String[] CHARSET_MAP_RESOURCES = new String[] {"/META-INF/jakarta.charset.map", "/META-INF/javamail.charset.map"};
 
     // cached map of whether a charset is compatible with ASCII
@@ -1353,29 +1358,27 @@ static String getDefaultMIMECharset() {
         java2mime = new HashMap<>(40);
         mime2java = new HashMap<>(14);
 
-        try {
-            // Use this class's classloader to load the mapping file
-            // XXX - we should use SecuritySupport, but it's in another package
-            InputStream is = resource(CHARSET_MAP_RESOURCES);
-
-            if (is != null) {
-                try {
+        // Use this class's classloader to load the mapping file
+        // XXX - we should use SecuritySupport, but it's in another package
+        for (int i = 0; i < CHARSET_MAP_RESOURCES.length; i++) {
+            String charsetResource = CHARSET_MAP_RESOURCES[i];
+            try (InputStream is = MimeUtility.class.getResourceAsStream(charsetResource)) {
+                if (is != null) {
                     LineInputStream lineInput = StreamProvider.provider().inputLineStream(is, false);
 
                     // Load the JDK-to-MIME charset mapping table
                     loadMappings(lineInput, java2mime);
 
                     // Load the MIME-to-JDK charset mapping table
                     loadMappings(lineInput, mime2java);
-                } finally {
-                    try {
-                        is.close();
-                    } catch (Exception cex) {
-                        // ignore
-                    }
                 }
+                // We already know size is two, but just in case, we don't want to fail here for a logger reason
+                if (i == 0 && CHARSET_MAP_RESOURCES.length == 2) {
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "[DEPRECATED] {0} is deprecated and will be removed. Future versions will require {1}.",
+                            new Object[]{CHARSET_MAP_RESOURCES[0], CHARSET_MAP_RESOURCES[1]});
+                }
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
             }
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
         }
 
         // If we didn't load the tables, e.g., because we didn't have
@@ -1444,16 +1447,6 @@ static String getDefaultMIMECharset() {
             mime2java.put("gbk", "GB18030");
         }
     }
-
-    private static InputStream resource(String[] resources) {
-        for (String resource : resources) {
-            InputStream is = MimeUtility.class.getResourceAsStream(resource);
-            if (is != null) {
-                return is;
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
 
     private static void loadMappings(LineInputStream is,
                                      Map<String, String> table) {

api/src/main/java/jakarta/mail/internet/MimeUtility.java

@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
 
 package jakarta.mail;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import jakarta.mail.Provider.Type;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -25,12 +29,31 @@
 public class SessionTest {
 
     @Test
-    public void issue527() throws NoSuchProviderException {
+    public void issue527And812() throws NoSuchProviderException {
         Session session = Session.getInstance(new Properties());
+        Stream<Provider> providerStream = Arrays.stream(session.getProviders());
+        // test exists in both jakarta.providers and javamail.providers
+        long count = providerStream.filter(p -> "test".equals(p.getProtocol())).count();
+        assertEquals(2, count);
         Provider provider = session.getProvider("test");
+        // javamail.providers one has precedence in case of conflict
+        assertEquals(JavaMail.class.getName(), provider.getClassName());
+        provider = session.getProvider("test2");
         assertEquals(Jakarta.class.getName(), provider.getClassName());
+        provider = session.getProvider("test3");
+        assertEquals(JavaMail.class.getName(), provider.getClassName());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void byProperty() throws NoSuchProviderException {
+        Properties prop = new Properties();
+        prop.put("mail.test4.class", Jakarta.class.getName());
+        Session session = Session.getInstance(prop);
+        // protocol test4 exists in both with same class, but javamail.providers has precedence
+        Provider provider = session.getProvider("test4");
+        assertEquals("OracleMail", provider.getVendor());
+    }
+    
     public static class Jakarta extends Store {
 
         protected Jakarta(Session session, URLName urlname) {

api/src/test/java/jakarta/mail/SessionTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+ *
+ * This Source Code may also be made available under the following Secondary
+ * Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in the
+ * Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2 with the GNU Classpath Exception, which is available at
+ * https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
+ */
+
+package jakarta.mail.internet;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class MimeUtilityTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void issue812() {
+        // Same value in both files
+        assertEquals("ISO-8859-1", MimeUtility.mimeCharset("8859_1"));
+        // Conflict value, javamail.charset.map wins
+        assertEquals("ISO-8859-1", MimeUtility.mimeCharset("iso8859_1"));
+        // Exists only in javamail.charset.map
+        assertEquals("ISO-8859-3", MimeUtility.mimeCharset("8859_3"));
+        // Exists only in jakarta.charset.map
+        assertEquals("ISO-8859-4", MimeUtility.mimeCharset("8859_4"));
+    }
+
+}

api/src/test/java/jakarta/mail/internet/MimeUtilityTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+8859_1		ISO-8859-1
+iso8859_1	ISO-8859-2
+8859_4		ISO-8859-4

api/src/test/resources/META-INF/jakarta.charset.map

@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-protocol=test; type=store; class=jakarta.mail.SessionTest$Jakarta; vendor=Oracle;
+protocol=test; type=store; class=jakarta.mail.SessionTest$Jakarta; vendor=Oracle;
+protocol=test2; type=store; class=jakarta.mail.SessionTest$Jakarta; vendor=Oracle;
+protocol=test4; type=store; class=jakarta.mail.SessionTest$Jakarta; vendor=OracleJakarta;

api/src/test/resources/META-INF/jakarta.providers

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+8859_1		ISO-8859-1
+iso8859_1	ISO-8859-1
+8859_3		ISO-8859-3

api/src/test/resources/META-INF/javamail.charset.map

@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-protocol=test; type=store; class=jakarta.mail.SessionTest$JavaMail; vendor=Oracle;
+protocol=test; type=store; class=jakarta.mail.SessionTest$JavaMail; vendor=Oracle;
+protocol=test3; type=store; class=jakarta.mail.SessionTest$JavaMail; vendor=Oracle;
+protocol=test4; type=store; class=jakarta.mail.SessionTest$Jakarta; vendor=OracleMail;

api/src/test/resources/META-INF/javamail.providers

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ E  744 Remove SecurityManager reference from API
 E  758 Improve MimeMessage UTF8 handling
 E  804 Restore streamProvider fields for backwards compatibility
 E  810 InternetHeaders.InternetHeader toString()
+E  812 Custom mail providers distributed under META-INF/javamail.properties are no longer loaded with Jakarta Mail 2.1.5
 
       CHANGES IN THE 2.1.5 RELEASE
       ----------------------------