NAME
Mail::Message::Part - a part of a message, but a message by itself
INHERITANCE
Mail::Message::Part
is a Mail::Message
is a Mail::Reporter
SYNOPSIS
my Mail::Message $message = ...;
if($message->isMultipart) {
my Mail::Message::Part $part;
foreach $part ($message->body->parts) {
$part->print(\*OUT);
my $attached_head = $part->head;
my $attached_body = $part->body; # encoded as read
my $attached_body = $part->decoded; # transfer-encoding removed
}
}
DESCRIPTION
A Mail::Message::Part
object contains a message which is included in the body of an other message. For instance attachments are parts.
READ Mail::Message FIRST. A part is a special message: it has a reference to its parent message, and will usually not be sub-classed into mail folder specific variants.
METHODS
Constructors
- $obj->clone(OPTIONS)
- Mail::Message::Part->new(OPTIONS)
-
Create a message part.
-Option --Defined in --Default body Mail::Message undef body_type Mail::Message Mail::Message::Body::Lines container <required> deleted Mail::Message <false> field_type Mail::Message undef head Mail::Message <empty header> head_type Mail::Message Mail::Message::Head::Complete labels Mail::Message {} log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS' messageId Mail::Message undef modified Mail::Message <false> trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS' trusted Mail::Message <false>
- body => OBJECT
- body_type => CLASS
- container => BODY
-
Reference to the parental Mail::Message::Body object where this part is a member of. That object may be a Mail::Message::Body::Multipart or a Mail::Message::Body::Nested.
- deleted => BOOLEAN
- field_type => CLASS
- head => OBJECT
- head_type => CLASS
- labels => ARRAY|HASH
- log => LEVEL
- messageId => STRING
- modified => BOOLEAN
- trace => LEVEL
- trusted => BOOLEAN
Constructing a message
- $obj->bounce([RG-OBJECT|OPTIONS])
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Bounce
- Mail::Message::Part->build([MESSAGE|PART|BODY], CONTENT)
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Build
- Mail::Message::Part->buildFromBody(BODY, CONTAINER, HEADERS)
-
Shape a message part around a BODY. Bodies have information about their content in them, which is used to construct a header for the message. Next to that, more HEADERS can be specified. No headers are obligatory. No extra headers are fabricated automatically.
example:
my $multi = Mail::Message::Body::Multipart->new; my $part = Mail::Message::Part->buildFromBody($body, $multi);
- $obj->forward(OPTIONS)
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
- $obj->forwardAttach(OPTIONS)
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
- $obj->forwardEncapsulate(OPTIONS)
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
- $obj->forwardInline(OPTIONS)
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
- $obj->forwardNo(OPTIONS)
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
- $obj->forwardPostlude()
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
- $obj->forwardPrelude()
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
- $obj->forwardSubject(STRING)
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Forward
- Mail::Message::Part->read(FILEHANDLE|SCALAR|REF-SCALAR|ARRAY-OF-LINES, OPTIONS)
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Read
- $obj->rebuild(OPTIONS)
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Rebuild
- $obj->reply(OPTIONS)
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply
- $obj->replyPrelude([STRING|FIELD|ADDRESS|ARRAY-OF-THINGS])
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply
- $obj->replySubject(STRING)
- Mail::Message::Part->replySubject(STRING)
-
See "Constructing a message" in Mail::Message::Construct::Reply
The message
- $obj->container()
- $obj->isDummy()
- $obj->isPart()
- $obj->messageId()
- $obj->print([FILEHANDLE])
- $obj->printEscapedFrom(FILEHANDLE)
-
Prints the message part, but all lines which start with 'From ' will get a leading >. See Mail::Message::Body::printEscapedFrom().
- $obj->send([MAILER], OPTIONS)
- $obj->size()
- $obj->toplevel()
- $obj->write([FILEHANDLE])
The header
- $obj->bcc()
- $obj->cc()
- $obj->date()
- $obj->destinations()
- $obj->from()
- $obj->get(FIELDNAME)
- $obj->guessTimestamp()
- $obj->head([HEAD])
- $obj->nrLines()
- $obj->sender()
- $obj->study(FIELDNAME)
- $obj->subject()
- $obj->timestamp()
- $obj->to()
The body
- $obj->body([BODY])
- $obj->contentType()
- $obj->decoded(OPTIONS)
- $obj->encode(OPTIONS)
- $obj->isMultipart()
- $obj->isNested()
- $obj->parts(['ALL'|'ACTIVE'|'DELETED'|'RECURSE'|FILTER])
Flags
- $obj->delete()
- $obj->deleted([BOOLEAN])
- $obj->isDeleted()
- $obj->isModified()
- $obj->label(LABEL|PAIRS)
- $obj->labels()
- $obj->labelsToStatus()
- $obj->modified([BOOLEAN])
- $obj->statusToLabels()
The whole message as text
- $obj->file()
-
See "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text
- $obj->lines()
-
See "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text
- $obj->printStructure([FILEHANDLE|undef],[INDENT])
-
See "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text
- $obj->string()
-
See "The whole message as text" in Mail::Message::Construct::Text
Internals
- $obj->clonedFrom()
- Mail::Message::Part->coerce(BODY|MESSAGE, MULTIPART, HEADERS)
-
Transforms a BODY or MESSAGE to a real message part. The MULTIPART refers to the parental body.
When ta BODY is specified, extra HEADERS can be supplied as well. Bodies are coerced into message parts by calling buildFromBody(). If you specify a MESSAGE residing in a folder, this message will automatically be cloned.
- $obj->isDelayed()
- $obj->readBody(PARSER, HEAD [, BODYTYPE])
- $obj->readFromParser(PARSER, [BODYTYPE])
- $obj->readHead(PARSER [,CLASS])
- $obj->recursiveRebuildPart(PART, OPTIONS)
- $obj->storeBody(BODY)
- $obj->takeMessageId([STRING])
Error handling
- $obj->AUTOLOAD()
- $obj->addReport(OBJECT)
- $obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
- Mail::Message::Part->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
- $obj->errors()
- $obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
- Mail::Message::Part->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
- $obj->logPriority(LEVEL)
- Mail::Message::Part->logPriority(LEVEL)
- $obj->logSettings()
- $obj->notImplemented()
- $obj->report([LEVEL])
- $obj->reportAll([LEVEL])
- $obj->shortSize([VALUE])
- Mail::Message::Part->shortSize([VALUE])
- $obj->shortString()
- $obj->trace([LEVEL])
- $obj->warnings()
Cleanup
- $obj->DESTROY()
- $obj->destruct()
-
Message parts can not be destructed per part: only whole messages can be forcefully freed from memory. Of course, you can delete() separate parts, which only sets a flag not to write a part again. Furthermore, you may cosider rebuild() to get rit of deleted parts.
- $obj->inGlobalDestruction()
DIAGNOSTICS
- Error: Cannot include forward source as $include.
-
Unknown alternative for the forward(include). Valid choices are
NO
,INLINE
,ATTACH
, andENCAPSULATE
. - Error: Cannot include reply source as $include.
-
Unknown alternative for the
include
option of reply(). Valid choices areNO
,INLINE
, andATTACH
. - Error: Method bounce requires To, Cc, or Bcc
-
The message bounce() method forwards a received message off to someone else without modification; you must specified it's new destination. If you have the urge not to specify any destination, you probably are looking for reply(). When you wish to modify the content, use forward().
- Error: Method forwardAttach requires a preamble
- Error: Method forwardEncapsulate requires a preamble
- Error: No address to create forwarded to.
-
If a forward message is created, a destination address must be specified.
- Error: No default mailer found to send message.
-
The message send() mechanism had not enough information to automatically find a mail transfer agent to sent this message. Specify a mailer explicitly using the
via
options. - Error: No rebuild rule $name defined.
- Error: Only build() Mail::Message's; they are not in a folder yet
-
You may wish to construct a message to be stored in a some kind of folder, but you need to do that in two steps. First, create a normal Mail::Message, and then add it to the folder. During this Mail::Box::addMessage() process, the message will get coerce()-d into the right message type, adding storage information and the like.
- 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.
- Error: You cannot destruct message parts, only whole messages
-
Message parts can not be destructed per part: only whole messages can be forcefully freed from memory. Consider delete() or rebuild().
SEE ALSO
This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.102, built on January 04, 2012. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/
LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2012 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://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html