MailSessionDefinition (Jakarta EE Platform API)

```
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Repeatable(MailSessionDefinitions.class)
public @interface MailSessionDefinition
```
Annotation used by Jakarta EE applications to define a MailSession to be registered with JNDI. The MailSession may be configured by setting the annotation elements for commonly used Session properties. Additional standard and vendor-specific properties may be specified using the properties element.
The session will be registered under the name specified in the name element. It may be defined to be in any valid Jakarta EE namespace, and will determine the accessibility of the session from other components.

Since:

JavaMail 1.5

Required Element Summary

Required Elements
Modifier and Type Required Element Description

String name
JNDI name by which the mail session will be registered.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements
Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
`String`	`description`	Description of this mail session.
`String`	`from`	From address for the user.
`String`	`host`	Host name for the mail server.
`String`	`password`	Password to use for authentication.
`String[]`	`properties`	Properties to include in the Session.
`String`	`storeProtocol`	Store protocol name.
`String`	`transportProtocol`	Transport protocol name.
`String`	`user`	User name to use for authentication.

- Element Detail
  - name
```
String name
```
    JNDI name by which the mail session will be registered.
    
    Returns:
    
    the JNDI name
- - description
```
String description
```
    Description of this mail session.
    
    Returns:
    
    the description
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - storeProtocol
```
String storeProtocol
```
    Store protocol name.
    
    Returns:
    
    the store protocol name
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - transportProtocol
```
String transportProtocol
```
    Transport protocol name.
    
    Returns:
    
    the transport protocol name
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - host
```
String host
```
    Host name for the mail server.
    
    Returns:
    
    the host name
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - user
```
String user
```
    User name to use for authentication.
    
    Returns:
    
    the user name
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - password
```
String password
```
    Password to use for authentication.
    
    Returns:
    
    the password
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - from
```
String from
```
    From address for the user.
    
    Returns:
    
    the from address
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - properties
```
String[] properties
```
    Properties to include in the Session. Properties are specified using the format: propertyName=propertyValue with one property per array element.
    
    Returns:
    
    the properties
    
    Default:
    
    {}