NAME

Mail::Box::Identity - represents an unopened folder

INHERITANCE

Mail::Box::Identity
  is a User::Identity::Item

Mail::Box::Identity
  is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

use User::Identity;
use Mail::Box::Identity;
my $me   = User::Identity->new(...);

my $mailbox = Mail::Box::Identity->new(...);
$me->add(folders => $mailbox);

# Simpler

use User::Identity;
my $me   = User::Identity->new(...);
my $addr = $me->add(folders => ...);

DESCRIPTION

The Mail::Box::Identity object contains the description of a single mailbox. The mailboxes are collected by an Mail::Box::Collection object. This corresponds with IMAP's \NoSelect, for instance.

Nearly all methods can return undef.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Reporter.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in User::Identity::Item.

METHODS

Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Reporter.

Extends "METHODS" in User::Identity::Item.

Constructors

Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Reporter.

Extends "Constructors" in User::Identity::Item.

$class->new( [$name], %options )

Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Reporter

-Option     --Defined in          --Default
 deleted                            <C<false>>
 description  User::Identity::Item  undef
 folder_type                        from parent
 inferiors                          1
 location                           undef
 log          Mail::Reporter        'WARNINGS'
 manager                            <from parent>
 marked                             undef
 name         User::Identity::Item  <required>
 only_subs                          <foldertype and name dependent>
 parent       User::Identity::Item  undef
 subf_type                          <same as parent>
 trace        Mail::Reporter        'WARNINGS'

deleted => BOOLEAN: The folder is flagged for deletion. This not have any implications yet, because it may still get undeleted.
description => STRING
folder_type => CLASS
inferiors => BOOLEAN: Can this folder have children? If not, this is cleared.
location => $directory|$file: The location of this folder. Often, only the manager can figure-out where this folder really is.
log => LEVEL
manager => $object: Any Mail::Box::Manager or Mail::Box::Manage::User $object.
marked => 0|1|undef: Whether the folder is flagged for some reason, for instance because new messages have arrived.
name => STRING
only_subs => BOOLEAN: Some folder types can have messages in their toplevel folder, other cannot. That determines the default. See Mail::Box::topFolderWithMessages()
parent => OBJECT
subf_type => $class: The type for a subfolder collection, must extend class Mail::Box::Collection.
trace => LEVEL

Attributes

Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Reporter.

Extends "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item.

$obj->deleted( [BOOLEAN] )
$obj->description(): Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->folderType(): Returns the type of this folder.
$obj->fullname( [$delimeter] ): Returns the name of the folder, from the toplevel until this one, with the $delimeter string between each level. $delimeter default to a forward slash (a /).
$obj->inferiors( [BOOLEAN] ): Inferiors are subfolders. When this flag is set, it is permitted to create subfolders.
$obj->location( [$filename|$directory|undef] ): Returns the directory or filename of the folder. If this is not pre-defined, it is computed based on the knowledge about the folder type. Be sure to set the location of the toplevel folder to the folderdir of the user to get this to work.
$obj->logSettings(): Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->manager(): Returns the manager (usually a Mail::Box::Manage::User which owns the folders. May be undefined, by default from parent.
$obj->marked( [BOOLEAN|undef] ): When something special has happened with the folder, this flag can be set (or cleared). The undef status is an "unknown". In the IMAP4 protocol, 0 will result in a \Unmarked, a 1 results in a \Marked, and undef in nothing.
$obj->name( [$newname] ): Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->onlySubfolders( [BOOLEAN] ): Than this folder be opened (without trying) or not? The default depends on the folder type, and whether this is the toplevel folder or not. See Mail::Box::topFolderWithMessages()
$obj->topfolder(): Run up the tree to find the highest level folder.

Collections

Extends "Collections" in User::Identity::Item.

$obj->add($collection, $role): Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->addCollection( $object | <[$type], %options> ): Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->collection($name): Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->parent( [$parent] ): Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->removeCollection($object|$name): Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$any->type(): Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->user(): Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item

Searching

Extends "Searching" in User::Identity::Item.

$obj->find($collection, $role): Inherited, see "Searching" in User::Identity::Item

Error handling

Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter.

$obj->AUTOLOAD(): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->addReport($object): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$any->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] ): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->errors(): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$any->log( [$level, [$strings]] ): Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$any->logPriority($level): 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::Reporter.

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

Subfolders

$obj->addSubfolder(Mail::Box::Identity-object|$data)

Add a new folder into the administration. With $data, a new object will be instantiated first. The identity is returned on success.

$obj->folder( [..., $name] )

Returns the subfolder's object with $name or undef if it does not exist. When multiple NAMEs are added, those super folders are traverst first. Without any $name, the current object is returned

» example: get some folder

my $a = $user->folders->folder('b', 'a');

my $name  = "a:b:c";
my $delim = ":";
my $f = $user->folders->folder(split $delim, $name);

$obj->foreach(CODE)

For each of the subfolders found below this point call CODE. This current folder is called first. Be warned that you may find identities with the deleted() flag on.

$obj->open(%options)

Open the folder which is described by this identity. Returned is some Mail::Box. The options are passed to Mail::Box::Manager::open().

$obj->remove( [$name] )

Remove the folder (plus subfolders) with the $name. Without $name, this Mail::Box::Identity itself is removed.

The removed structure is returned, which is undef if not found. This is only an administrative remove, you still need a Mail::Box::Manager::delete().

$obj->rename( $folder, [$newsubname] )

Move the folder to a different super-$folder, under a NEW SUBfolder NAME.

» example: renaming a folder

my $top = $user->topfolder;
my $new = $top->folder('xyz') or die;
my $f   = $top->folder('abc', 'def')->rename($new, '123');

print $f->name;      # 123
print $f->fullname;  # =/xyz/123

$obj->subfolderNames()

Convenience method: returns the names of the collected subfolders.

$obj->subfolders()

Returns the subfolders or undef if there are none. This information is lazy evaluated and cached. In LIST context, the folder objects are returned (Mail::Box::Identity objects), in SCALAR context the collection, the Mail::Box::Collection.

DIAGNOSTICS

Error: It is not permitted to add subfolders to $name: The inferiors() flag prohibits the creation of subfolders to this folder. Cast by addSubfolder()
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. Cast by notImplemented()
Error: The toplevel folder cannot be removed this way: The Mail::Box::Identity folder administration structure requires a top directory. That top is registered somewhere (for instance by a Mail::Box::Manage::User). If you need to remove the top, you have to look for a method of that object. Cast by remove()
Error: Toplevel directory requires explicit folder type: Cast by folderType()
Error: Toplevel directory requires explicit location: Cast by location()
Error: cannot load collection module for $type ($class): $err: Either the specified $type does not exist, or that module named $class returns compilation errors. If the type as specified in the warning is not the name of a package, you specified a nickname which was not defined. Maybe you forgot the 'require' the package which defines the nickname. Cast by addCollection()
Error: nvalid collection $name.: The collection with $name does not exist and can not be created. Cast by add()
Error: this $object is not a collection.: Cast by addCollection()

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.

To install Mail::Box, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm Mail::Box

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Mail::Box

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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