Method _dispatch

Lib/email/generator.py:206–220

(self, msg)

        self._fp.write(sfp.getvalue())

    def _dispatch(self, msg):
        # Get the Content-Type: for the message, then try to dispatch to
        # self._handle_<maintype>_<subtype>().  If there's no handler for the
        # full MIME type, then dispatch to self._handle_<maintype>().  If
        # that's missing too, then dispatch to self._writeBody().
        main = msg.get_content_maintype()
        sub = msg.get_content_subtype()
        specific = UNDERSCORE.join((main, sub)).replace('-', '_')
        meth = getattr(self, '_handle_' + specific, None)
        if meth is None:
            generic = main.replace('-', '_')
            meth = getattr(self, '_handle_' + generic, None)
            if meth is None:
                meth = self._writeBody
        meth(msg)

    #
    # Default handlers