Mail::Message::Field::Flex(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation NAME Mail::Message::Field::Flex - one line of a message header INHERITANCE Mail::Message::Field::Flex is a Mail::Message::Field is a Mail::Reporter SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION This is the flexible implementation of a field: it can easily be extended because it stores its data in a hash and the constructor ("new") and initializer ("init") are split. However, you pay the price in performance. Mail::Message::Field::Fast is faster (as the name predicts). Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Message::Field. OVERLOADED Extends "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field. overload: "" Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field overload: 0+ Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field overload: <=> Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field overload: bool Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field overload: cmp Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field METHODS Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Message::Field. Constructors Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Message::Field. $obj->clone() Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Message::Field Mail::Message::Field::Flex->new($data) If you stick to this flexible class of header fields, you have a bit more facilities than with Mail::Message::Field::Fast. Amongst it, you can specify options with the creation. Possible arguments: o new LINE ass a LINE as it could be found in a file: a (possibly folded) line which is terminated by a new-line. o new NAME, (BODY|OBJECTS), [ATTRIBUTES], OPTIONS A set of values which shape the line. To be able to distinguish the different parameters, you will have to specify the OPTIONS as ARRAY of option pairs, or HASH of options. The ATTRIBUTES are a flat list of key-value pairs. The body is specified as one BODY string, one OBJECT, or a reference to an array of OBJECTS. See Mail::Message::Field: -Option --Defined in --Default attributes [] comment undef log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS' trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS' attributes => ATTRS Reference to array with list of key-value pairs representing attributes, or reference to a hash containing these pairs. This is an alternative notation for specifying ATTRIBUTES directly as method arguments. comment => STRING A pre-formatted list of attributes. log => LEVEL trace => LEVEL The field Extends "The field" in Mail::Message::Field. $obj->isStructured() Mail::Message::Field::Flex->isStructured() Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->length() Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->nrLines() Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->print( [$fh] ) Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->size() Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->string( [$wrap] ) Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->toDisclose() Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field Access to the name Extends "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field. $obj->Name() Inherited, see "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->name() Inherited, see "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->wellformedName( [STRING] ) Inherited, see "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field Access to the body Extends "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field. $obj->body() Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->folded() Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->foldedBody( [$body] ) Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->stripCFWS( [STRING] ) Mail::Message::Field::Flex->stripCFWS( [STRING] ) Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->unfoldedBody( [$body, [$wrap]] ) Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field Access to the content Extends "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field. $obj->addresses() Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->attribute( $name, [$value] ) Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->attributes() Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->comment( [STRING] ) Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->study() Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->toDate( [$time] ) Mail::Message::Field::Flex->toDate( [$time] ) Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->toInt() Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field Other methods Extends "Other methods" in Mail::Message::Field. $obj->dateToTimestamp(STRING) Mail::Message::Field::Flex->dateToTimestamp(STRING) Inherited, see "Other methods" in Mail::Message::Field Internals Extends "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field. $obj->consume( $line | <$name,<$body|$objects>> ) Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->defaultWrapLength( [$length] ) Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->fold( $name, $body, [$maxchars] ) Mail::Message::Field::Flex->fold( $name, $body, [$maxchars] ) Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->setWrapLength( [$length] ) Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->stringifyData(STRING|ARRAY|$objects) Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field $obj->unfold(STRING) Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field Error handling Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Message::Field. $obj->AUTOLOAD() Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->addReport($object) Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] ) Mail::Message::Field::Flex->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->errors() Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] ) Mail::Message::Field::Flex->log( [$level, [$strings]] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->logPriority($level) Mail::Message::Field::Flex->logPriority($level) Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->logSettings() Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->notImplemented() Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->report( [$level] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->reportAll( [$level] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->trace( [$level] ) Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->warnings() Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter Cleanup Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Message::Field. $obj->DESTROY() Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter DETAILS Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Message::Field. DIAGNOSTICS Warning: Field content is not numerical: $content The numeric value of a field is requested (for instance the "Lines" or "Content-Length" fields should be numerical), however the data contains weird characters. Error: Field name too long (max $length), in '$name' It is not specified in the RFCs how long a field name can be, but at least it should be a few characters shorter than the line wrap. Warning: Illegal character in field name $name A new field is being created which does contain characters not permitted by the RFCs. Using this field in messages may break other e-mail clients or transfer agents, and therefore mutulate or extinguish your message. Error: Package $package does not implement $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. SEE ALSO This module is part of Mail-Message distribution version 3.015, built on December 11, 2023. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/ LICENSE Copyrights 2001-2023 by [Mark Overmeer ]. For other contributors see ChangeLog. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ perl v5.38.1 2024-01-06 Mail::Message::Field::Flex(3)