We've taken very similar approaches, although haven't done the same thing.
What happens if you do not have a default value for "server" (as an example) and none is provided? Do you take care of that optionally, or is it all set in the XML file?
At 11:23 AM 11/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
I've done something very similar here. Although I'm using a very simple XML file to configure each email, with the option to override those values through a passed argument.
sendEmail(template, emailOptions, emailVars);
The template is an XML file:
<email to="" from="" cc="" bcc="" subject="" type="" ...> Hello #username#, This is a test email. </email>
emailOptions is a structure with corresponding keys (to, from, bcc) which will overwrite any default values specified in the XML file.
emailVars is a structure that contains any variables used within the body of the email. In the above example the only key would be 'username'.
This is a bit different from how you are handling, but it works well for us here. I can send the XML file to the tech writers and have them draft the email directly. Plus you can add methods within sendEmail to create logs when mail is sent.
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