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/ Mail::Message::Field::AddrGroup

NAME

Mail::Message::Field::AddrGroup - A group of Mail::Message::Field::Address objects

INHERITANCE

Mail::Message::Field::AddrGroup
  is a User::Identity::Collection::Emails
  is a User::Identity::Collection
  is a User::Identity::Item

SYNOPSIS

my $g = Mail::Message::Field::AddrGroup->new(name => 'name');

my $a = Mail::Message::Field::Address->new(...);
$g->addAddress($a);

my $f = Mail::Message::Field::Addresses->new;
$f->addGroup($g);

DESCRIPTION

An address group collects a set of e-mail addresses (in this case they are Mail::Message::Field::Address objects).

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in User::Identity::Collection::Emails.

OVERLOADED

Extends "OVERLOADED" in User::Identity::Collection::Emails.

overload: "" stringification

Returns the string() value. Improves base, see "OVERLOADED" in User::Identity::Collection

overload: @{} array dereference

Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in User::Identity::Collection

METHODS

Extends "METHODS" in User::Identity::Collection::Emails.

$obj->string()

Returns the address group as string. When no name is specified, it will only be a comma separated list of addresses. With a name, the groups name will be prepended and a semi-colon appended. When no addresses where included and there is no name, then undef is returned.

Constructors

Extends "Constructors" in User::Identity::Collection::Emails.

$obj->coerce($object)

Coerce an $object into a Mail::Message::Field::AddrGroup. Currently, you can only coerce User::Identity::Collection::Emails (which is the base class for this one) into this one.

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

Inherited, see "Constructors" in User::Identity::Collection::Emails

Attributes

Extends "Attributes" in User::Identity::Collection::Emails.

$obj->description()

Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item

$obj->itemType()

Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Collection

$obj->name( [$newname] )

Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item

$obj->roles()

Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Collection

Collections

Extends "Collections" in User::Identity::Collection::Emails.

$obj->add($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

Maintaining roles

Extends "Maintaining roles" in User::Identity::Collection::Emails.

$obj->addRole($role|([$name], %options))

Inherited, see "Maintaining roles" in User::Identity::Collection

$obj->removeRole($role|$name)

Inherited, see "Maintaining roles" in User::Identity::Collection

$obj->renameRole( <$role|$oldname>, $newname )

Inherited, see "Maintaining roles" in User::Identity::Collection

$obj->sorted()

Inherited, see "Maintaining roles" in User::Identity::Collection

Searching

Extends "Searching" in User::Identity::Collection::Emails.

$obj->find($name|CODE|undef)

Inherited, see "Searching" in User::Identity::Collection

Addresses

$obj->addAddress(STRING|$address|%options)

Add one e-mail address to the list which is maintained in the group. This is a wrapper around addRole() adding flexibility on how addresses are specified. An $address can be anything which is acceptable for Mail::Message::Field::Address::coerce() or a list of options which will create such an object.

» example: of adding an address to an address group

my @data = (full_name => "Myself", address => 'me@tux.org');
$group->addAddress(@data);

my $addr = Mail::Message::Field::Address->new(@data);
$group->addAddress(@data);

my $ma = Mail::Address->new(...);
$group->addAddress($ma);
$obj->addresses()

Returns all addresses defined in this group. The addresses will be ordered alphabetically to make automated testing possible: roles are stored in a hash, so have an unpredictable order by default.

» example: getting all addresses from a group

my @addrs = $group->addresses;
my @addrs = map $_->address, $self->roles; #same

Error handling

DIAGNOSTICS

Error: Cannot coerce a $type into a Mail::Message::Field::AddrGroup

Cast by coerce()

Error: cannot create a $type to add this to my collection.

Some options are specified to create a $type object, which is native to this collection. However, for some reason this failed. Cast by addRole()

Error: cannot load collection module for $type ($class): $@

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: cannot rename $from into $to: already exists.

Cast by renameRole()

Error: cannot rename $from into $to: doesn't exist.

Cast by renameRole()

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()

Error: wrong type of role for $collection: requires a $expect but got a $type.

Each $collection groups sets of roles of one specific type ($expect). You cannot add objects of a different $type. Cast by addRole()

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.