Mail::Message::Field::Flex(3pm) 			User Contributed Perl Documentation			   Mail::Message::Field::Flex(3pm)

NAME

       Mail::Message::Field::Flex - one line of a message header

INHERITANCE

	Mail::Message::Field::Flex
	  is a Mail::Message::Field
	  is a Mail::Reporter

DESCRIPTION

       This is the flexible implementation of a field: it can easily be extended because it stores its data in a hash and the constructor ("new")
       and initializer ("init") are split.  However, you pay the price in performance.	Mail::Message::Field::Fast is faster (as the name
       predicts).

OVERLOADED

       overload: ""()
	   See "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field

       overload: +0()
	   See "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field

       overload: <=>()
	   See "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field

       overload: bool()
	   See "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field

       overload: cmp()
	   See "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field

METHODS

   Constructors
       $obj->clone()
	   See "Constructors" in Mail::Message::Field

       Mail::Message::Field::Flex->new(DATA)
	   If you stick to this flexible class of header fields, you have a bit more facilities than with Mail::Message::Field::Fast.  Amongst it,
	   you can specify options with the creation.  Possible arguments:

	   o   new LINE

	       ass a LINE as it could be found in a file: a (possibly folded) line which is terminated by a new-line.

	   o   new NAME, (BODY|OBJECTS), [ATTRIBUTES], OPTIONS

	       A set of values which shape the line.

	   To be able to distinguish the different parameters, you will have to specify the OPTIONS as ARRAY of option pairs, or HASH of options.
	   The ATTRIBUTES are a flat list of key-value pairs.  The body is specified as one BODY string, one OBJECT, or a reference to an array of
	   OBJECTS.  See Mail::Message::Field:

	    -Option    --Defined in	--Default
	     attributes 		  []
	     comment			  undef
	     log	 Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
	     trace	 Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'

	   attributes => ATTRS
	     Reference to array with list of key-value pairs representing attributes, or reference to a hash containing these pairs.  This is an
	     alternative notation for specifying ATTRIBUTES directly as method arguments.

	   comment => STRING
	     A pre-formatted list of attributes.

	   log => LEVEL
	   trace => LEVEL

   The field
       $obj->isStructured()
       Mail::Message::Field::Flex->isStructured()
	   See "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->length()
	   See "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->nrLines()
	   See "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->print([FILEHANDLE])
	   See "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->size()
	   See "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->string([WRAP])
	   See "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->toDisclose()
	   See "The field" in Mail::Message::Field

   Access to the name
       $obj->Name()
	   See "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->name()
	   See "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->wellformedName([STRING])
	   See "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field

   Access to the body
       $obj->body()
	   See "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->folded()
	   See "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->foldedBody([BODY])
	   See "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->stripCFWS([STRING])
       Mail::Message::Field::Flex->stripCFWS([STRING])
	   See "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->unfoldedBody([BODY, [WRAP]])
	   See "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field

   Access to the content
       $obj->addresses()
	   See "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->attribute(NAME [, VALUE])
	   See "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->attributes()
	   See "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->comment([STRING])
	   See "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->study()
	   See "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->toDate([TIME])
       Mail::Message::Field::Flex->toDate([TIME])
	   See "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->toInt()
	   See "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field

   Other methods
       $obj->dateToTimestamp(STRING)
       Mail::Message::Field::Flex->dateToTimestamp(STRING)
	   See "Other methods" in Mail::Message::Field

   Internals
       $obj->consume(LINE | (NAME,BODY|OBJECTS))
	   See "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->defaultWrapLength([LENGTH])
	   See "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->fold(NAME, BODY, [MAXCHARS])
       Mail::Message::Field::Flex->fold(NAME, BODY, [MAXCHARS])
	   See "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->setWrapLength([LENGTH])
	   See "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->stringifyData(STRING|ARRAY|OBJECTS)
	   See "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

       $obj->unfold(STRING)
	   See "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field

   Error handling
       $obj->AUTOLOAD()
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->addReport(OBJECT)
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
       Mail::Message::Field::Flex->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->errors()
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
       Mail::Message::Field::Flex->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->logPriority(LEVEL)
       Mail::Message::Field::Flex->logPriority(LEVEL)
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->logSettings()
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->notImplemented()
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->report([LEVEL])
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->reportAll([LEVEL])
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->trace([LEVEL])
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->warnings()
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

   Cleanup
       $obj->DESTROY()
	   See "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->inGlobalDestruction()
	   See "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

DIAGNOSTICS

       Warning: Field content is not numerical: $content
	   The numeric value of a field is requested (for instance the "Lines" or "Content-Length" fields should be numerical), however the data
	   contains weird characters.

       Warning: Illegal character in field name $name
	   A new field is being created which does contain characters not permitted by the RFCs.  Using this field in messages may break other
	   e-mail clients or transfer agents, and therefore mutulate or extinguish your message.

       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.

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.105, built on May 07, 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

perl v5.14.2							    2012-05-07					   Mail::Message::Field::Flex(3pm)