NAME

Mail::Box::Parser::Lines - reading messages from file using Perl

INHERITANCE

Mail::Box::Parser::Lines
  is a Mail::Box::Parser
  is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

This "Mail::Box::Parser::Lines" implements parsing of messages in Perl, with an ARRAY as source.

Hint: Useful when the message is already in memory. When you plan to use this yourself, you probably need to use Mail::Message::Construct::Read.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Box::Parser.

METHODS

Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Box::Parser.

Constructors

Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Box::Parser.

$class->new(%options)

Inherited, see "METHODS" in Mail::Box::Parser

-Option           --Defined in       --Default
 fix_header_errors  Mail::Box::Parser  false
 lines                                 <required>
 source                                <required>
 trusted            Mail::Box::Parser  false

fix_header_errors => BOOLEAN
lines => \@lines
source => $name
trusted => BOOLEAN

Attributes

Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Parser.

$any->defaultParserType( [$class] ): Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Parser
$obj->fixHeaderErrors( [BOOLEAN] ): Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Parser
$obj->lines(): Returns an ARRAY with the remaining lines.
$obj->source(): The name of the source.
$obj->trusted(): Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Parser

Parsing

Extends "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser.

$obj->bodyAsFile( $fh [$chars, [$lines]] ): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
$obj->bodyAsList( [$chars, [$lines]] ): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
$obj->bodyAsString( [$chars, [$lines]] ): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
$obj->bodyDelayed( [$chars, [$lines]] ): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
$obj->lineSeparator(): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
$obj->readHeader(): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
$obj->stop(): Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser

Error handling

Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Box::Parser.

$obj->AUTOLOAD(): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->notImplemented(): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

Cleanup

Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Parser.

$obj->DESTROY(): Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

DIAGNOSTICS

Error: class $package does not implement method $method.: Fatal error: the specific $package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this method where it should. This message means that some other related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does not. Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author of the package. Cast by notImplemented()
Error: parser $type does not extend $pkg.: Cast by defaultParserType()
Warning: unexpected end of header in $source:\n $line: Cast by readHeader()

LICENSE

For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

2026-01-26

perl v5.42.0