private InternetAddress createAddressFromViewpoint(
UserViewpoint viewpoint, SpecialSender fallbackAddress) {
PersonView fromViewedBySelf =
personViewer.getPersonView(viewpoint, viewpoint.getViewer(), PersonViewExtra.PRIMARY_EMAIL);
InternetAddress internetAddress;
try {
if ((fromViewedBySelf.getEmail() != null)
&& (fromViewedBySelf.getEmail().getEmail() != null)) {
String niceName = fromViewedBySelf.getName();
String address = fromViewedBySelf.getEmail().getEmail();
internetAddress = new InternetAddress(address, niceName);
} else {
// theoretically, we might have users in the system who do not have an e-mail, but
// have an AIM, when we allow such users in practice, we can change this to possibly
// use users's @aol.com address, though it's quite possible that the person does not
// really use this address
internetAddress = new InternetAddress(fallbackAddress.toString());
}
} catch (AddressException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
return internetAddress;
}
