Java examples on javax.mail

How do I validate email address using Java Mail API?

This code snippet shows you how to validate an email address using the javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress class. The validate() method throws a javax.mail.internet.AddressException when the email address passed to the constructor is not a valid email address.

Here is the complete code snippet:

package org.kodejava.example.mail;

import javax.mail.internet.AddressException;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;

public class ValidateEmailDemo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ValidateEmailDemo demo = new ValidateEmailDemo();

        String email = "email@domain.com";
        boolean isValid = demo.validateEmail(email);
        demo.printStatus(email, isValid);

        email = "email.domain";
        isValid = demo.validateEmail(email);
        demo.printStatus(email, isValid);
    }

    private boolean validateEmail(String email) {
        boolean isValid = false;
        try {
            //
            // Create InternetAddress object and validated the supplied
            // address which is this case is an email address.
            //
            InternetAddress internetAddress = new InternetAddress(email);
            internetAddress.validate();
            isValid = true;
        } catch (AddressException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return isValid;
    }

    private void printStatus(String email, boolean valid) {
        System.out.println(email + " is " + (valid ? "a" : "not a") +
                " valid email address");
    }
}

When running the program you will get the following message printed on the screen. For simplicity I've remove the complete error stack trace.

email@domain.com is a valid email address
email.domain is not a valid email address