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Mail-Message-3.020
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/ Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity

NAME

Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity - translate Mail::Message to MIME::Entity vv

INHERITANCE

Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity
  is a Mail::Message::Convert
  is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

use Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity;
my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity->new;

my Mail::Message $msg    = Mail::Message->new;
my MIME::Entity  $entity = $convert->export($msg);

my MIME::Entity  $entity = MIME::Entity->new;
my Mail::Message $msg    = $convert->from($entity);

use Mail::Box::Manager;
my $mgr     = Mail::Box::Manager->new;
my $folder  = $mgr->open(folder => 'Outbox');
$folder->addMessage($entity);

DESCRIPTION

The MIME::Entity extends Mail::Internet message with multiparts and more methods. The Mail::Message objects are more flexible in how the message parts are stored, and uses separate header and body objects.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Message::Convert.

METHODS

Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Message::Convert.

Constructors

Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Message::Convert.

$class->new(%options)

Inherited, see "METHODS" in Mail::Message::Convert

Attributes

Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Message::Convert.

$obj->logSettings()

Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Reporter

Converting

Extends "Converting" in Mail::Message::Convert.

$obj->export( $message, [$parser] )

Returns a new MIME::Entity message object based on the information from the $message, which is a Mail::Message object.

You may want to supply your own $parser, which is a MIME::Parser object, to change the parser flags. Without a $parser object, one is created for you, with all the default settings.

If undef is passed, in place of a $message, then an empty list is returned. When the parsing failes, then MIME::Parser throws an exception.

» example:

my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity->new;
my Mail::Message $msg  = Mail::Message->new;
my MIME::Entity  $copy = $convert->export($msg);
$obj->from($mime_object)

Returns a new Mail::Message object based on the information from the specified MIME::Entity. If the conversion fails, the undef is returned. If undef is passed in place of an OBJECT, then an empty list is returned.

» example:

my $convert = Mail::Message::Convert::MimeEntity->new;
my MIME::Entity  $msg  = MIME::Entity->new;
my Mail::Message $copy = $convert->from($msg);
$obj->selectedFields($head)

Inherited, see "Converting" in Mail::Message::Convert

Error handling

Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Message::Convert.

$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::Message::Convert.

$obj->DESTROY()

Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

DIAGNOSTICS

Error: Converting from MIME::Entity but got a $type, return

Cast by from()

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()

SEE ALSO

This module is part of Mail-Message version 3.020, built on December 08, 2025. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

LICENSE

For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This software is copyright (c) 2001-2025 by Mark Overmeer.

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