Arabic characters issue in java mail

[arul arumugam]

Hi, I have written a java mail program to send a mail. When I am sending arabic char they are coming as ???.
I will enclose my program kindly help me. Thanks a ton in advance.

My propery file content -sample
test1=äæÝãÈÑ
test2=ÏíÓãÈÑ
2FASubject=??? - ??? ??? ??? ???
2FAFirstLine=<p> سامبا</p>

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.DataSource;
import javax.activation.FileDataSource;
import javax.mail.BodyPart;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.Multipart;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Transport;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeUtility;
import javax.mail.Address;

/**
 * @author aar
 * @param language
 * Class TwoFAMailer is standalone program and it reads the Report file names from anfreports.txt file then it adds all the files into zip 
 * and sends mail to configured mail id.
 */
public class TwoFAMailer {

	public static String strArabicDisclaimerTxt = null;
	public static String strEnglishDisclaimerTxt = null;

	private static File arabicDisclaimerFile;
	private static File englishDisclaimerFile;

	private Properties props = new Properties();
	private ResourceBundle en_US = null;
	private ResourceBundle ar_SA = null;

	private static final String PROPS_PATH = "/home/ibf/tuxbatch/consumer/ebank/lib/BATCHENV.properties";
	private static final String DISCLAIMERDIR = "/home/ibf/tuxbatch/consumer/ebank/estatement/"; 
	private String emailServer = "";
	private String emailFrom = "";
	private String emailTo = "";
	private int invalidEamilInHostCount = 0;
	String dataFilePath = "";
	String zipFileName ="";
	String reportTxtFileName ="";
	
	static {
		// load the disclaimer text during class loading.
		getArabicDisclaimerFromFile();
		getEnglishDisclaimerFromFile();
	}

	public TwoFAMailer() {
		try{
			loadProperties();
		}catch(Exception ex){
			System.out.println( " Exception while loading properties "+ex.getMessage());
			ex.printStackTrace();	
		}
	}

	/**
	 * @param args-language
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		System.out.println(" 2FAMailer java invoked ");
		try {
			int arglength = args.length;// for validating the inputs
			String language = null; 
			String mailId="";
			TwoFAMailer twoFAMailer = new TwoFAMailer();

			if (arglength < 1) { // Failure condition
				System.out.println(" Input parameter Language is missing.. ");
				return;
			} else {
				language = args[0]; // first argument is language
				if(! ("0".equals(language) || "1".equals(language) )){
					System.out.println(" Language value should be either 0 or 1. 0 for english , 1 for Arabic  ");
					return;
				}
				if( arglength == 2 ){
					mailId = args[1];// second argument is mail id
					if (!twoFAMailer.isValidEmail(mailId)) {
						System.out.println(" We expect second param as email but the given Email id is not Valid kindly check or dont give email id");
						return;
					}
				}
			}
			twoFAMailer.sendMail(mailId, language);//invoke sendMail method to send a mail
			System.out.println(" Mail had sent successfully ");
		} catch (Exception ex) {
			System.out.println(" Mail sending Failed "+ex.getMessage());
			ex.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	private boolean sendMail(String mailId, String language) throws Exception {
		boolean sent = true;
		try {
			System.out.println( " sendMail method Entry " +mailId);
			Properties props = System.getProperties(); 
			props.put("mail.smtp.host", emailServer); // Setup mail server
			Session session 	= Session.getInstance(props, null);
			Multipart multipart  = new MimeMultipart(); // Multipart to add message & attachment
			MimeMessage message  = new MimeMessage(session); // Define message
			BodyPart attachment 	= new MimeBodyPart(); // Create object for attachment part
			DataSource source 	= null;// to be used for file attachment in mail
			// Generated Report names available in file.
			BufferedReader inputStream = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(dataFilePath+reportTxtFileName));
			String inLine = null; //To get the file names while reading from anfreports.txt file
			Vector fileNamesVector = new Vector();//to store the report file names
			String sXMailer = "Samba Message Center, MPHS/STG"; // for arabic text encoding
			message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(emailFrom));//set sender mail id
			if( mailId != null && !mailId.equals("") )// if the user gives maid id as input param then take that, else take it from configration
				emailTo = mailId;
			message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(emailTo)); // set recipient mail id
			//Set subject for the mail
			if (language.equals("0")) {//For language english
				message.setSubject(getString("2FASubject", language));
				message.setHeader("X-Mailer", MimeUtility.encodeText(sXMailer,"windows-1252", null));
				message.setHeader("Content-type","text/html; charset=windows-1252");
			} else {
		                message.setSubject(new String(getString("2FASubject", language).getBytes(), "windows-1256"),"windows-1256");
		                message.setHeader("X-Mailer",MimeUtility.encodeText(sXMailer,"windows-1256",null));
		                message.setHeader("Content-Type","text/html; charset=windows-1256");
			}
			//Setting HTML contents with message object
			setHtmlContent(language,multipart);
			
			// Read the file names from txt file and store it in vector
			while ((inLine = inputStream.readLine()) != null) {
				//Comment : 1 : In future if the No. of files get increased also we have no impact :
				fileNamesVector.add(inLine);//add file names into vector
			} 
			inputStream.close();
			String[] sourceFileNames = new String[fileNamesVector.size()]; // Refer Comment : 1
			fileNamesVector.copyInto(sourceFileNames); //copy all the objects into String array i.e all files names

/*			If the zip file needs with timestamp we can enable this commented block
			String[] strtimestamp;
			strtimestamp = sourceFileNames[0].split("\\.");//assume we have atleast one file
			zipFileName+="-"+strtimestamp[strtimestamp.length-1];
*/			
			zipFileName+=".zip";//In configration we have only name not with extention
			//Call createZip to generate zip file. //this createZip method can be kept it in this same file also, but to make generic I created as new file
			new ZipCreator().createZip(zipFileName,sourceFileNames,dataFilePath);
			//zip created and placed in data folder
			
			source = new FileDataSource(dataFilePath+zipFileName);
			attachment.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
			attachment.setFileName(zipFileName); // Attachment file set here. like AnnualFeeReport-2FA.zip
			multipart.addBodyPart(attachment);// File attachment to multipart
			
			message.setContent(multipart);// multipart has your message and attachment
			Transport.send(message); 	// Send message - done.
			System.out.println( " Mail Sent successfully to : "+emailTo );
			
		} catch (javax.mail.SendFailedException sndFailEx) {
			throw new Exception(sndFailEx.getMessage());
		} catch (javax.mail.internet.AddressException addrsEx) {
			throw new Exception(addrsEx.getMessage());
		} catch (Exception mail) {
			sent = false;
			System.out.println("TwoFAMailer() :: sendMail : "+ mail.getMessage());
			throw new Exception(mail.getMessage());
		}
		return sent;
	}
	
	private void setHtmlContent(String language,Multipart multipart){
		try{
			StringBuffer tableContentMsg = new StringBuffer();//to manage html content
			MimeBodyPart htmlPart 	= new MimeBodyPart(); //For html contents
			Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        		int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);// Need year for copyright notice
			String rtl = ""; // for arabic alignment
			String boldTagO = "";// for arabic alignment
			String boldTagC = "";// for arabic alignment
			// Wrap the body in a TABLE with RTL -- for arabic alignment
			if( language.equals("1") ) {
				rtl = "DIR='RTL'";
				boldTagO = "";
				boldTagC = "";
			}
			String sDisclaimer = getDisclaimerText(language);
			tableContentMsg.append("<HTML><BODY><table width='100%' " + rtl + "><tr><td>");
			tableContentMsg.append(getString("2FAFirstLine", language));
			tableContentMsg.append(getString("2FASeconLine", language));
			tableContentMsg.append(getString("2FAthirdLine", language));
			tableContentMsg.append("<p> </p>");
			tableContentMsg.append("<p> </p>");
			tableContentMsg.append(sDisclaimer);
			tableContentMsg.append("Copyright © "+year+", Samba Financial Group</font></td><td style='border-color:gray; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width:1' width='50%' align='left'><font face='Arial' size='1'> <a href='http://www.samba.com'>samba.com</a> | <a href='http://www.sambaonline.com'>sambaonline.com</a> | <a href='http://www.sambacapital.com'>sambacapital.com</a> </font></td></tr></table>");
			tableContentMsg.append("</td></tr></table></BODY></HTML>");
			htmlPart.setContent(new String(tableContentMsg.toString().getBytes(), "windows-1256"), "text/html; charset=windows-1256");
			multipart.addBodyPart(htmlPart); // Html content attachment to multipart

		}catch(Exception ex){
			ex.printStackTrace();	
		}		
	}	

	/**
	 * isValidEmail method validates the given email
	 * @param email
	 */
	private boolean isValidEmail(String email) {
		boolean matchFound = false;
		if (email != null && email.length() > 0) {
			// Set the email pattern string
			Pattern p = Pattern.compile(".+@.+\\.[a-zA-Z]+");
			// Match the given string with the pattern
			Matcher m = p.matcher(email);
			// check whether match is found
			matchFound = m.matches();
		}

		return matchFound;
	}

   	/*
   	 *	Read the Arabic disclaimer text from the file
       */
      public static void getArabicDisclaimerFromFile() {
            StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
            String sThisLine;
            arabicDisclaimerFile = new File(DISCLAIMERDIR+"ArabicEStatementDisclaimer.txt");
            BufferedReader br = null;
            try {
                  br =new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(arabicDisclaimerFile),Charset.forName("Cp1256")));
                  while ((sThisLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
                        buf.append(sThisLine);
                        buf.append("\n");
                  }
             	  strArabicDisclaimerTxt = new String(buf.toString().getBytes("Cp1256"),"Cp1252");
             	  br.close();
 //            System.out.println(" strArabicDisclaimerTxt : "+strArabicDisclaimerTxt);
             }             
             catch (Exception e) {
                  System.out.println("static block "+e);
             } finally {
             	   if ( br != null ) {
			try {
			    br.close();
			} catch(IOException close) {
				System.out.println("Exception closing BufferedReader "+close);
			}
		   }	
             }
             //System.out.println("consumer.ebank.estatement.EStatementMailer; Exit getArabicDisclaimerFromFile()");
      }

	/*
	 * Read the English disclaimer from the file.
	 */
	public static void getEnglishDisclaimerFromFile() {
		StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
		String sThisLine;
		englishDisclaimerFile = new File(DISCLAIMERDIR+ "EnglishEStatementDisclaimer.txt");
		BufferedReader br = null;
		try {
			br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(englishDisclaimerFile));
			while ((sThisLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
				buf.append(sThisLine);
				buf.append("\n");
			}
			strEnglishDisclaimerTxt = buf.toString();
			br.close();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			// printError("static block TwoFAMailer ",e);
		} finally {
			if (br != null) {
				try {
					br.close();
				} catch (IOException close) {
					// printError("Exception closing BufferedReader ", close);
				}
			}
		}
	}

	private void loadProperties() throws Exception {

		FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(PROPS_PATH);
		props.load(fis);
		fis.close();

		Locale localeUS = new Locale("en", "US");
		en_US = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.test.Estatement", localeUS);
		Locale localeSA = new Locale("ar", "SA");
		ar_SA = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.test.Estatement", localeSA);
		emailServer = props.getProperty("ESTATEMENT_EMAIL_SERVER").trim();
		emailFrom = props.getProperty("ESTATEMENT_FROM").trim(); // Need new configration
		//New configurations added
		dataFilePath	= props.getProperty("DATAFILEPATH").trim();
		zipFileName	=  props.getProperty("ZIPFILENAME").trim();
		reportTxtFileName = props.getProperty("REPORTTXTFILENAME").trim();
		emailTo = props.getProperty("MAILTO").trim();
	}

	private String getString(String _key, String language) {

		String value = "";
		if (language.equals("0")) {
			value = en_US.getString(_key);
		} else {
			value = ar_SA.getString(_key);
		}
		System.out.println(" KEY :: "+_key+"  VALUE :: "+value);
		return value;
	}

	/*
	 * Depending on the language selected returns the disclaimer text from the appropriate file.
	 */
	private String getDisclaimerText(String language) throws Exception {
		// printDebug("Entry getDisclaimerText()");
		if (strArabicDisclaimerTxt == null || strEnglishDisclaimerTxt == null) {
			throw new Exception("Disclaimer file could not be loaded");
		}
		return (language.equals("1")) ? strArabicDisclaimerTxt: strEnglishDisclaimerTxt;
	}
}

[Yasser Abdalkarem]

try to add this :
setHeader("Content-Transfer-Encoding", "8Bit");