NAME

Mail::Message::Body::Multipart - body of a message with attachments

CLASS INHERITANCE

Mail::Message::Body::Multipart is a Mail::Message::Body is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

See Mail::Message::Body, plus

if($body->isMultipart) {
   my @attachments = $body->parts;
   my $attachment3 = $body->part(2);
   my $before      = $body->preamble;
   my $after       = $body->epilogue;
   $body->part(1)->delete;
}

DESCRIPTION

The body (content) of a message can be stored in various ways. In this manual-page you find the description of extra functionality you have when a message contains attachments (parts).

METHODS

Initiation

new OPTIONS

OPTION               DEFAULT
based_on             undef
boundary             undef
charset              'us-ascii'
checked              <false>
data                 undef
disposition          undef
eol                  'NATIVE'
epilogue             undef
file                 undef
log                  'WARNINGS'
message              undef
mime_type            'multipart/mixed'
modified             <false>
parts                undef
preamble             undef
trace                'WARNINGS'
transfer_encoding    'NONE'

based_on => BODY

See Mail::Message::Body::new(based_on)

boundary => STRING

Separator to be used between parts of the message. This separator must be unique in case the message contains nested multiparts (which are not unusual). If <undef>, a nice unique boundary will be generated.

charset => STRING

See Mail::Message::Body::new(charset)

checked => BOOLEAN

See Mail::Message::Body::new(checked)

data => ARRAY-OF-LINES | STRING

See Mail::Message::Body::new(data)

disposition => STRING|FIELD

See Mail::Message::Body::new(disposition)

eol => 'CR'|'LF'|'CRLF'|'NATIVE'

See Mail::Message::Body::new(eol)

epilogue => BODY

The text which is included in the main body after the final boundary. This is usually empty, and has no meaning.

file => FILENAME|FILEHANDLE|IOHANDLE

See Mail::Message::Body::new(file)

log => LEVEL

See Mail::Reporter::new(log)

message => MESSAGE

See Mail::Message::Body::new(message)

mime_type => STRING|FIELD|MIME

See Mail::Message::Body::new(mime_type)

modified => BOOLEAN

See Mail::Message::Body::new(modified)

parts => ARRAY-OF-(MESSAGES|BODIES)

Specifies an initial list of parts in this body. These may be full MESSAGES, or BODIES which transformed into messages before use. Each message is coerced into a Mail::Message::Part object.

MIME::Entity and Mail::Internet objects are acceptable in the list, because they are coercible into Mail::Message::Part's. Values of undef will be skipped silently.

preamble => BODY

The text which is included in the body before the first part. It is common use to include a text to warn the user that the message is a multipart. However, this was useful in earlier days: most mail agents are very capable in warning the user themselves.

trace => LEVEL

See Mail::Reporter::new(trace)

transfer_encoding => STRING|FIELD

See Mail::Message::Body::new(transfer_encoding)

Examples:

my $intro = Mail::Message::Body->new(data => ['part one']);
my $pgp   = Mail::Message::Body->new(data => ['part three']);

my $body  = Mail::Message::Body::Multipart->new
  ( boundary => time . '--it-s-mine'
  , parts    => [ $intro, $folder->message(3)->decoded, $pgp ]
  );

The Body

clone: See Mail::Message::Body::clone()
decoded OPTIONS: See Mail::Message::Body::decoded()
isDelayed: See Mail::Message::Body::isDelayed()
isMultipart: See Mail::Message::Body::isMultipart()
isNested: See Mail::Message::Body::isNested()
message [MESSAGE]: See Mail::Message::Body::message()
modified [BOOL]: See Mail::Message::Body::modified()
print [FILE]: See Mail::Message::Body::print()

About the Payload

charset: See Mail::Message::Body::charset()
checked [BOOLEAN]: See Mail::Message::Body::checked()
disposition [STRING|FIELD]: See Mail::Message::Body::disposition()
eol ['CR'|'LF'|'CRLF'|'NATIVE']: See Mail::Message::Body::eol()
isBinary: See Mail::Message::Body::Encode::isBinary()
isText: See Mail::Message::Body::Encode::isText()
mimeType: See Mail::Message::Body::mimeType()
nrLines: See Mail::Message::Body::nrLines()
size: See Mail::Message::Body::size()
transferEncoding [STRING|FIELD]: See Mail::Message::Body::transferEncoding()
type: See Mail::Message::Body::type()

Access to the Payload

boundary [STRING]

Returns the boundary which is used to separate the parts in this body. If none was read from file, then one will be assigned. With STRING you explicitly set the boundary to be used.

epilogue

Returns the epilogue (the text after the last message part --attachment), The preamble is stored in a BODY object, and its encoding is derived from the multipart header.

file

See Mail::Message::Body::file()

foreachComponent CODE

Execute the CODE for each component of the message: the preamble, the epilogue, and each of the parts.

Each component is a body and is passed as second argument to the CODE. The first argument is a reference to this multi-parted body. The CODE returns a body object. When any of the returned bodies differs from the body which was passed, then a new multi-part body will be returned. Reference to the not-changed bodies and the changed bodies will be included in that new multi-part.

Examples:

my $checked = $multi->foreachComponent(sub {$_[1]->check});

lines

See Mail::Message::Body::lines()

part INDEX

Returns only the part with the specified INDEX. You may use a negative value here, which counts from the back in the list. Parts which are flagged to be deleted are included in the count.

Example:

$message->body->part(2)->print;
$body->part(1)->delete;

parts ['ALL'|'ACTIVE'|'DELETED'|'RECURSE'|FILTER]

Return all parts by default, or when ALL is specified. ACTIVE returns the parts which are not flagged for deletion, as opposite to DELETED. RECURSE descents into all nested multiparts to collect all parts.

You may also specify a code reference which is called for each nested part. The first argument will be the message part. When the code returns true, the part is incorporated in the return list.

Examples:

print "Number of attachments: ",
    scalar $message->body->parts('ACTIVE');

foreach my $part ($message->body->parts) {
    print "Type: ", $part->get('Content-Type');
}

preamble

Returns the preamble (the text before the first message part --attachment), The preamble is stored in a BODY object, and its encoding is derived from the multipart header.

string

See Mail::Message::Body::string()

Constructing a Body

addTransferEncHandler NAME, CLASS|OBJECT

See Mail::Message::Body::Encode::addTransferEncHandler()

attach MESSAGES|BODIES

Attach a list of MESSAGES to this multipart. A new body is returned. When you specify BODIES, they will first be translated into real messages. MIME::Entity and Mail::Internet objects may be specified too. In any case, the parts will be coerced into Mail::Message::Part's.

check

See Mail::Message::Body::Encode::check()

concatenate COMPONENTS

See Mail::Message::Body::Construct::concatenate()

encode OPTIONS

See Mail::Message::Body::Encode::encode()

encoded

See Mail::Message::Body::Encode::encoded()

foreachLine CODE

See Mail::Message::Body::Construct::foreachLine()

getTransferEncHandler TYPE

See Mail::Message::Body::Encode::getTransferEncHandler()

stripSignature OPTIONS

Removes all parts which contains data usually defined as being signature. The MIME::Type module provides this knowledge. A new multipart is returned, containing the remaining parts. No OPTIONS are defined yet, although some may be specified, because this method overrules the stripSignature method for normal bodies.

OPTION               DEFAULT
max_lines            10
pattern              qr/^--\s?$/
result_type          <same as current>

max_lines => INTEGER|undef: See Mail::Message::Body::Construct::stripSignature(max_lines)
pattern => REGEX|STRING|CODE: See Mail::Message::Body::Construct::stripSignature(pattern)
result_type => CLASS: See Mail::Message::Body::Construct::stripSignature(result_type)

unify BODY

See Mail::Message::Body::Encode::unify()

Reading and Writing [internals]

AUTOLOAD: See Mail::Message::Body::AUTOLOAD()
fileLocation [BEGIN,END]: See Mail::Message::Body::fileLocation()
load: See Mail::Message::Body::load()
moveLocation [DISTANCE]: See Mail::Message::Body::moveLocation()
read PARSER, HEAD, BODYTYPE [,CHARS [,LINES]]: See Mail::Message::Body::read()

Logging and Tracing

defaultTrace [LEVEL, [LEVEL]: See Mail::Reporter::defaultTrace()
errors: See Mail::Reporter::errors()
log [LEVEL [,STRINGS]]: See Mail::Reporter::log()
report [LEVEL]: See Mail::Reporter::report()
reportAll [LEVEL]: See Mail::Reporter::reportAll()
trace [LEVEL]: See Mail::Reporter::trace()
warnings: See Mail::Reporter::warnings()

Other Methods

DESTROY: See Mail::Reporter::DESTROY()
inGlobalDestruction: See Mail::Reporter::inGlobalDestruction()
logPriority LEVEL: See Mail::Reporter::logPriority()
logSettings: See Mail::Reporter::logSettings()
notImplemented: See Mail::Reporter::notImplemented()

AUTHOR

Mark Overmeer (mark@overmeer.net) with the help of many.

VERSION

This code is beta, version 2.025.

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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NAME

CLASS INHERITANCE

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

METHODS

Initiation

The Body

About the Payload

Access to the Payload

Constructing a Body

Reading and Writing [internals]

Logging and Tracing

Other Methods

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

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