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6 Mail::Message::Field::Full - construct one smart line in a message
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10 Mail::Message::Field::Full
11 is a Mail::Message::Field
12 is a Mail::Reporter
13 Mail::Message::Field::Full is extended by
15 Mail::Message::Field::Structured
16 Mail::Message::Field::Unstructured
17
19 # Getting to understand the complexity of a header field ...
20 my $fast = $msg->head->get('subject');
22 my $full = Mail::Message::Field::Full->from($fast);
23 my $full = $msg->head->get('subject')->study; # same
25 my $full = $msg->head->study('subject'); # same
26 my $full = $msg->study('subject'); # same
27 # ... or build a complex header field yourself
29 my $f = Mail::Message::Field::Full->new('To');
31 my $f = Mail::Message::Field::Full->new('Subject: hi!');
32 my $f = Mail::Message::Field::Full->new(Subject => 'hi!');
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35 This is the full implementation of a header field: it has full
36 understanding of all predefined header fields. These objects will be
37 quite slow, because header fields can be very complex. Of course, this
38 class delivers the optimal result, but for a quite large penalty in
39 performance and memory consumption. Are you willing to accept?
40 This class supports the common header description from RFC2822
42 (formerly RFC822), the extensions with respect to character set
43 encodings as specified in RFC2047, and the extensions on language
44 specification and long parameter wrapping from RFC2231. If you do not
45 need the latter two, then the Mail::Message::Field::Fast and
46 Mail::Message::Field::Flex are enough for your application.
47 Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Message::Field.
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51 Extends "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field.
52 overload: ""
54 Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field
55 overload: 0+
57 Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field
58 overload: <=>
60 Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field
61 overload: bool
63 Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field
64 overload: cmp
66 Inherited, see "OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Field
67 overload: stringification
69 In string context, the decoded body is returned, as if
70 decodedBody() would have been called.
71
73 Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Message::Field.
74 Constructors
76 Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Message::Field.
77 $obj->clone()
79 Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Message::Field
80 Mail::Message::Field::Full->from($field, %options)
82 Convert any $field (a Mail::Message::Field object) into a new
83 Mail::Message::Field::Full object. This conversion is done the
84 hard way: the string which is produced by the original object is
85 parsed again. Usually, the string which is parsed is exactly the
86 line (or lines) as found in the original input source, which is a
87 good thing because Full fields are much more careful with the
88 actual content.
89 %options are passed to the constructor (see new()). In any case,
91 some extensions of this Full field class is returned. It depends
92 on which field is created what kind of class we get.
93 example:
95 my $fast = $msg->head->get('subject');
97 my $full = Mail::Message::Field::Full->from($fast);
98 my $full = $msg->head->get('subject')->study; # same
100 my $full = $msg->head->study('subject'); # same
101 my $full = $msg->get('subject'); # same
102 Mail::Message::Field::Full->new($data)
104 Creating a new field object the correct way is a lot of work,
105 because there is so much freedom in the RFCs, but at the same time
106 so many restrictions. Most fields are implemented, but if you have
107 your own field (and do no want to contribute it to MailBox), then
108 simply call new on your own package.
109 You have the choice to instantiate the object as string or in
111 prepared parts:
112 · new LINE, OPTIONS
114 Pass a LINE as it could be found in a file: a (possibly folded)
116 line which is terminated by a new-line.
117 · new NAME, [BODY], OPTIONS
119 A set of values which shape the line.
121 The NAME is a wellformed header name (you may use wellformedName())
123 to be sure about the casing. The BODY is a string, one object, or
124 an ref-array of objects. In case of objects, they must fit to the
125 constructor of the field: the types which are accepted may differ.
126 The optional ATTRIBUTE list contains
127 Mail::Message::Field::Attribute objects. Finally, there are some
128 OPTIONS.
129 -Option --Defined in --Default
131 charset undef
132 encoding 'q'
133 force false
134 language undef
135 log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
136 trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
137 charset => STRING
139 The body is specified in utf8, and must become 7-bits ascii to be
140 transmited. Specify a charset to which the multi-byte utf8 is
141 converted before it gets encoded. See encode(), which does the
142 job.
143 encoding => 'q'|'Q'|'b'|'B'
145 Non-ascii characters are encoded using Quoted-Printable ('q' or
146 'Q') or Base64 ('b' or 'B') encoding.
147 force => BOOLEAN
149 Enforce encoding in the specified charset, even when it is not
150 needed because the body does not contain any non-ascii
151 characters.
152 language => STRING
154 The language used can be specified, however is rarely used my
155 mail clients.
156 log => LEVEL
158 trace => LEVEL
159 example:
161 my $s = Mail::Message::Field::Full->new('Subject: Hello World');
163 my $s = Mail::Message::Field::Full->new('Subject', 'Hello World');
164 my @attrs = (Mail::Message::Field::Attribute->new(...), ...);
166 my @options = (extra => 'the color blue');
167 my $t = Mail::Message::Field::Full->new(To => \@addrs, @attrs, @options);
168 The field
170 Extends "The field" in Mail::Message::Field.
171 $obj->isStructured()
173 Mail::Message::Field::Full->isStructured()
174 Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
175 $obj->length()
177 Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
178 $obj->nrLines()
180 Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
181 $obj->print( [$fh] )
183 Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
184 $obj->size()
186 Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
187 $obj->string( [$wrap] )
189 Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
190 $obj->toDisclose()
192 Inherited, see "The field" in Mail::Message::Field
193 Access to the name
195 Extends "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field.
196 $obj->Name()
198 Inherited, see "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field
199 $obj->name()
201 Inherited, see "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field
202 $obj->wellformedName( [STRING] )
204 Inherited, see "Access to the name" in Mail::Message::Field
205 Access to the body
207 Extends "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field.
208 $obj->body()
210 Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field
211 $obj->decodedBody(%options)
213 Returns the unfolded body of the field, where encodings are
214 resolved. The returned line will still contain comments and such.
215 The %options are passed to the decoder, see decode().
216 BE WARNED: if the field is a structured field, the content may
218 change syntax, because of encapsulated special characters. By
219 default, the body is decoded as text, which results in a small
220 difference within comments as well (read the RFC).
221 $obj->folded()
223 Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field
224 $obj->foldedBody( [$body] )
226 Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field
227 $obj->stripCFWS( [STRING] )
229 Mail::Message::Field::Full->stripCFWS( [STRING] )
230 Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field
231 $obj->unfoldedBody( [$body, [$wrap]] )
233 Inherited, see "Access to the body" in Mail::Message::Field
234 Access to the content
236 Extends "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field.
237 $obj->addresses()
239 Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field
240 $obj->attribute( $name, [$value] )
242 Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field
243 $obj->attributes()
245 Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field
246 $obj->beautify()
248 For structured header fields, this removes the original encoding of
249 the field's body (the format as it was offered to parse()),
250 therefore the next request for the field will have to re-produce
251 the read data clean and nice. For unstructured bodies, this method
252 doesn't do a thing.
253 $obj->comment( [STRING] )
255 Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field
256 $obj->createComment(STRING, %options)
258 Mail::Message::Field::Full->createComment(STRING, %options)
259 Create a comment to become part in a field. Comments are
260 automatically included within parenthesis. Matching pairs of
261 parenthesis are permitted within the STRING. When a non-matching
262 parenthesis are used, it is only permitted with an escape (a
263 backslash) in front of them. These backslashes will be added
264 automatically if needed (don't worry!). Backslashes will stay,
265 except at the end, where it will be doubled.
266 The %options are "charset", "language", and "encoding" as always.
268 The created comment is returned.
269 $obj->createPhrase(STRING, %options)
271 Mail::Message::Field::Full->createPhrase(STRING, %options)
272 A phrase is a text which plays a well defined role. This is the
273 main difference with comments, which have do specified meaning.
274 Some special characters in the phrase will cause it to be
275 surrounded with double quotes: do not specify them yourself.
276 The %options are "charset", "language", and "encoding", as always.
278 $obj->study()
280 Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field
281 $obj->toDate( [$time] )
283 Mail::Message::Field::Full->toDate( [$time] )
284 Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field
285 $obj->toInt()
287 Inherited, see "Access to the content" in Mail::Message::Field
288 Other methods
290 Extends "Other methods" in Mail::Message::Field.
291 $obj->dateToTimestamp(STRING)
293 Mail::Message::Field::Full->dateToTimestamp(STRING)
294 Inherited, see "Other methods" in Mail::Message::Field
295 Internals
297 Extends "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field.
298 $obj->consume( $line | <$name,<$body|$objects>> )
300 Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field
301 $obj->decode(STRING, %options)
303 Mail::Message::Field::Full->decode(STRING, %options)
304 Decode field encoded STRING to an utf8 string. The input STRING is
305 part of a header field, and as such, may contain encoded words in
306 "=?...?.?...?=" format defined by RFC2047. The STRING may contain
307 multiple encoded parts, maybe using different character sets.
308 Be warned: you MUST first interpret the field into parts, like
310 phrases and comments, and then decode each part separately,
311 otherwise the decoded text may interfere with your markup
312 characters.
313 Be warned: language information, which is defined in RFC2231, is
315 ignored.
316 Encodings with unknown charsets are left untouched [requires
318 v2.085, otherwise croaked]. Unknown characters within an charset
319 are replaced by a '?'.
320 -Option --Default
322 is_text 1
323 is_text => BOOLEAN
325 Encoding on text is slightly more complicated than encoding
326 structured data, because it contains blanks. Visible blanks have
327 to be ignored between two encoded words in the text, but not when
328 an encoded word follows or precedes an unencoded word. Phrases
329 and comments are texts.
330 example:
332 print Mail::Message::Field::Full->decode('=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgen?=');
334 # prints JE<0slash>rgen
335 $obj->defaultWrapLength( [$length] )
337 Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field
338 $obj->encode(STRING, %options)
340 Encode the (possibly utf8 encoded) STRING to a string which is
341 acceptable to the RFC2047 definition of a header: only containing
342 us-ascii characters.
343 -Option --Default
345 charset 'us-ascii'
346 encoding 'q'
347 force <flase>
348 language undef
349 name undef
350 charset => STRING
352 STRING is an utf8 string which has to be translated into any
353 byte-wise character set for transport, because MIME-headers can
354 only contain ascii characters.
355 encoding => 'q'|'Q'|'b'|'B'
357 The character encoding to be used. With "q" or "Q", quoted-
358 printable encoding will be used. With "b " or "B ", base64
359 encoding will be taken.
360 force => BOOLEAN
362 Encode the string, even when it only contains us-ascii
363 characters. By default, this is off because it decreases
364 readibility of the produced header fields.
365 language => STRING
367 RFC2231 defines how to specify language encodings in encoded
368 words. The STRING is a strandard iso language name.
369 name => STRING
371 [3.002] When the name of the field is given, the first encoded
372 line will be shorter.
373 $obj->fold( $name, $body, [$maxchars] )
375 Mail::Message::Field::Full->fold( $name, $body, [$maxchars] )
376 Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field
377 $obj->setWrapLength( [$length] )
379 Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field
380 $obj->stringifyData(STRING|ARRAY|$objects)
382 Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field
383 $obj->unfold(STRING)
385 Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Message::Field
386 Parsing
388 You probably do not want to call these parsing methods yourself: use
389 the standard constructors (new()) and it will be done for you.
390 $obj->consumeComment(STRING)
392 Mail::Message::Field::Full->consumeComment(STRING)
393 Try to read a comment from the STRING. When successful, the
394 comment without encapsulation parenthesis is returned, together
395 with the rest of the string.
396 $obj->consumeDotAtom(STRING)
398 Returns three elemens: the atom-text, the rest string, and the
399 concatenated comments. Both atom and comments can be undef.
400 $obj->consumePhrase(STRING)
402 Mail::Message::Field::Full->consumePhrase(STRING)
403 Take the STRING, and try to strip-off a valid phrase. In the
404 obsolete phrase syntax, any sequence of words is accepted as phrase
405 (as long as certain special characters are not used). RFC2882 is
406 stricter: only one word or a quoted string is allowed. As always,
407 the obsolete syntax is accepted, and the new syntax is produced.
408 This method returns two elements: the phrase (or undef) followed by
410 the resulting string. The phrase will be removed from the optional
411 quotes. Be warned that "" will return an empty, valid phrase.
412 example:
414 my ($phrase, $rest) = $field->consumePhrase( q["hi!" <sales@example.com>] );
416 $obj->parse(STRING)
418 Get the detailed information from the STRING, and store the data
419 found in the field object. The accepted input is very field type
420 dependent. Unstructured fields do no parsing whatsoever.
421 $obj->produceBody()
423 Produce the text for the field, based on the information stored
424 within the field object.
425 Usually, you wish the exact same line as was found in the input
427 source of a message. But when you have created a field yourself,
428 it should get formatted. You may call beautify() on a preformatted
429 field to enforce a call to this method when the field is needed
430 later.
431 Error handling
433 Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Message::Field.
434 $obj->AUTOLOAD()
436 Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
437 $obj->addReport($object)
439 Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
440 $obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level,
442 $callback] )
443 Mail::Message::Field::Full->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel,
444 $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
445 Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
446 $obj->errors()
448 Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
449 $obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
451 Mail::Message::Field::Full->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
452 Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
453 $obj->logPriority($level)
455 Mail::Message::Field::Full->logPriority($level)
456 Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
457 $obj->logSettings()
459 Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
460 $obj->notImplemented()
462 Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
463 $obj->report( [$level] )
465 Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
466 $obj->reportAll( [$level] )
468 Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
469 $obj->trace( [$level] )
471 Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
472 $obj->warnings()
474 Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
475 Cleanup
477 Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Message::Field.
478 $obj->DESTROY()
480 Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter
481
483 Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Message::Field.
484
486 Warning: Field content is not numerical: $content
487 The numeric value of a field is requested (for instance the "Lines"
488 or "Content-Length" fields should be numerical), however the data
489 contains weird characters.
490 Warning: Illegal character in charset '$charset'
492 The field is created with an utf8 string which only contains data
493 from the specified character set. However, that character set can
494 never be a valid name because it contains characters which are not
495 permitted.
496 Warning: Illegal character in field name $name
498 A new field is being created which does contain characters not
499 permitted by the RFCs. Using this field in messages may break
500 other e-mail clients or transfer agents, and therefore mutulate or
501 extinguish your message.
502 Warning: Illegal character in language '$lang'
504 The field is created with data which is specified to be in a
505 certain language, however, the name of the language cannot be
506 valid: it contains characters which are not permitted by the RFCs.
507 Warning: Illegal encoding '$encoding', used 'q'
509 The RFCs only permit base64 ("b " or "B ") or quoted-printable ("q"
510 or "Q") encoding. Other than these four options are illegal.
511 Error: Package $package does not implement $method.
513 Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does
514 not implement this method where it should. This message means that
515 some other related classes do implement this method however the
516 class at hand does not. Probably you should investigate this and
517 probably inform the author of the package.
518
520 This module is part of Mail-Message distribution version 3.009, built
521 on February 07, 2020. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/
522
524 Copyrights 2001-2020 by [Mark Overmeer <markov@cpan.org>]. For other
525 contributors see ChangeLog.
526 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
528 under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/
529perl v5.32.0 2020-07-28 Mail::Message::Field::Full(3)