NAME
Mail::Box::Parser::C - Parsing folders for MailBox with C routines
INHERITANCE
Mail::Box::Parser::C
is a Mail::Box::Parser
is a Mail::Reporter
Mail::Box::Parser::C
is a DynaLoader
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The Mail::Box::Parser::C implements parsing of messages in ANSI C, using Perl's XS extension facility.
This is an optional module for MailBox, and will (once installed) automatically be used by MailBox to parse e-mail message content when the message is supplied as file-handle. In all other cases, MailBox will use Mail::Box::Parser::Perl.
This is a maintenance release for the old interface. Read https://github.com/markov2/perl5-Mail-Box/wiki/ how to move towards version 4.
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 file undef filename <required> fix_header_errors Mail::Box::Parser false log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS' mode 'r' trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS' trusted Mail::Box::Parser false- file => $filehandle
-
Any IO::File or
GLOB$filehandlewhich can be used to read the data from. In case this option is specified, thefilenameis informational only. - filename => $name
-
The
$nameof the file to be read. - fix_header_errors => BOOLEAN
- log => LEVEL
- mode => $mode
-
File open
$mode, which defaults to'r', which means `read-only'. Seeperldoc -f openfor possible modes. Only applicable when nofileis specified. - trace => LEVEL
- trusted => BOOLEAN
Attributes
Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Parser.
- $obj->boxnr()
-
The number internally used by the C implementation to administer a single mail folder access.
- $any->defaultParserType( [$class] )
-
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->file()
- $obj->filename()
-
Returns the name of the file this parser is working on.
- $obj->fixHeaderErrors( [BOOLEAN] )
-
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->logSettings()
-
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Reporter
- $obj->openMode()
- $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->fileChanged()
-
Returns whether the file which is parsed has changed after the last time takeFileInfo() was called.
- $obj->filePosition( [$position] )
-
Returns the location of the next byte to be used in the file which is parsed. When a
$positionis specified, the location in the file is moved to the indicated spot first. - $obj->lineSeparator()
-
Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->openFile(%options)
-
[3.013] Open the file to be parsed.
- $obj->readHeader()
-
Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->restart(%options)
-
Restart the parser on a certain file, usually because the content has changed. The
%optionsare passed to openFile(). - $obj->start(%options)
-
Start the parser by opening a file.
-Option--Default file undef - $obj->stop()
-
Stop the parser, which will include a close of the file. The lock on the folder will not be removed (is not the responsibility of the parser). Improves base, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->takeFileInfo()
-
Capture some data about the file being parsed, to be compared later.
Error handling
Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Box::Parser.
- $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::Box::Parser.
- $obj->DESTROY()
-
Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter
DIAGNOSTICS
- Warning: File $file changed during access.
-
When a message parser starts working, it takes size and modification time of the file at hand. If the folder is written, it checks whether there were changes in the file made by external programs.
Calling Mail::Box::update() on a folder before it being closed will read these new messages. But the real source of this problem is locking: some external program (for instance the mail transfer agent, like sendmail) uses a different locking mechanism as you do and therefore violates your rights. Cast by
stop() - 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() - Warning: Unexpected end of header in $source: $line
-
While parsing a message from the specified source (usually a file name), the parser found a syntax error. According to the MIME specification in the RFCs, each header line must either contain a colon, or start with a blank to indicate a folded field. Apparently, this header contains a line which starts on the first position, but not with a field name.
By default, parsing of the header will be stopped. If there are more header lines after the erroneous line, they will be added to the body of the message. In case of new(fix_header_errors) set, the parsing of the header will be continued. The erroneous line will be added to the preceding field. Cast by
readHeader()
SEE ALSO
This module is part of Mail-Box-Parser-C version 3.013, built on November 26, 2025. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/
LICENSE
For contributors see file ChangeLog.
This software is copyright (c) 2002-2025 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.