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NAME

6       Mail::Box::Tie::ARRAY - access an existing message folder as array
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SYNOPSIS

9        use Mail::Box::Manager;
10        my $mgr    = Mail::Box::Manager->new;
11        my $folder = $mgr->open(folder => 'inbox');
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13        use Mail::Box::Tie::ARRAY;
14        tie my(@inbox), 'Mail::Box::Tie::ARRAY', $folder;
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16        # deprecated, but works too
17        use Mail::Box::Tie;
18        tie my(@inbox), 'Mail::Box::Tie', $folder;
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20        foreach (@inbox) {print $_->short}
21        print $_->print foreach @inbox;
22        my $emails = @inbox;
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24        print $inbox[3];
25        print scalar @inbox;
26        push @inbox, Mail::Box::Message->new(...);
27        delete $inbox[6];
28        print $inbox[0]->head->get('status');
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30        my $folder = tied @inbox;
31        untie @inbox;
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DESCRIPTION

34       Certainly when you look at a folder as a list of messages, it is
35       logical to access the folder through an array.
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37       Not all operations on arrays are supported.  Actually, most functions
38       which would reduce the size of the array are modified instead to mark
39       messages for deletion.
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41       Examples what you cannot do:
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43        shift/unshift/pop/splice @inbox;
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METHODS

46   Constructors
47       TIEARRAY('Mail::Box::Tie::ARRAY', FOLDER)
48           Create the tie on an existing folder.
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50           example: tie an array to a folder
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52            my $mgr   = Mail::Box::Manager->new;
53            my $inbox = $mgr->new(folder => $ENV{MAIL});
54            tie my(@inbox), 'Mail::Box::Tie::Array', ref $inbox, $inbox;
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56   Tied Interface
57       $obj->DELETE
58           Flag a message to be removed.  Be warned that the message stays in
59           the folder, and is not removed before the folder is written.
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61           example:
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63            delete $inbox[5];
64            $inbox[5]->delete;   #same
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66       $obj->FETCH(INDEX)
67           Get the message which is at the indicated location in the list of
68           messages contained in this folder.  Deleted messages will be
69           returned as "undef".
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71           example:
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73            print $inbox[3];     # 4th message in the folder
74            print @inbox[3,0];   # 4th and first of the folder
75            print $inbox[-1];    # last message
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77       $obj->FETCHSIZE
78           Return the total number of messages in a folder.  This is called
79           when the folder-array is used in scalar context, for instance.
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81           example:
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83            if(@inbox > 10)    # contains more than 10 messages?
84            my $nrmsgs = @inbox;
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86       $obj->PUSH(MESSAGES)
87           Add MESSAGES to the end of the folder.
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89           example:
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91               push @inbox, $newmsg;
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93       $obj->STORE(INDEX, MESSAGE)
94           Random message replacement is not permitted --doing so would
95           disturb threads etc.  An error occurs if you try to do this. The
96           only thing which is allowed is to store a message at the first free
97           index at the end of the folder (which is also achievable with
98           PUSH()).
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100           example:
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102            $inbox[8] = $add;
103            $inbox[-1] = $add;
104            push @inbox, $add;
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106       $obj->STORESIZE(LENGTH)
107           Sets all messages behind from LENGTH to the end of folder to be
108           deleted.
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DETAILS

111   Folder tied as array
112       Limitations
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114       This module implements "TIEARRAY", "FETCH", "STORE", "FETCHSIZE",
115       "STORESIZE", "DELETE", "PUSH", and "DESTROY".
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117       This module does not implement all other methods as described in the
118       Tie::Array documentation, because the real array of messages is not
119       permitted to shrink or be mutilated.
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SEE ALSO

122       This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.097, built on
123       January 26, 2011. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/
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LICENSE

126       Copyrights 2001-2011 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see
127       ChangeLog.
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129       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
130       under the same terms as Perl itself.  See
131       http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
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