1Mail::Field::Generic(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentatioMnail::Field::Generic(3)
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6 Mail::Field::Generic - implementation for inspecific fields
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9 Mail::Field::Generic
10 is a Mail::Field
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13 use Mail::Field;
14 my $field = Mail::Field->new('Subject', 'some subject text');
15 my $field = Mail::Field->new(subject => 'some subject text');
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18 A generic implementation for header fields without own implementation.
19 This is fine for fields like "Subject", "X-Mailer", etc., where the
20 field holds only a string of no particular importance/format.
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22 Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Field.
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25 Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Field.
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27 Constructors
28 Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Field.
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30 Mail::Field::Generic->combine($fields)
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33 Mail::Field::Generic->extract( $tag, $head [, $index ] )
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36 Mail::Field::Generic->new( $tag [, STRING | %options] )
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39 "Fake" constructors
40 Extends ""Fake" constructors" in Mail::Field.
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42 $obj->create(%options)
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48 Set the new text, which is empty when no STRING is provided.
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50 Accessors
51 Extends "Accessors" in Mail::Field.
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53 $obj->set(%options)
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60 Mail::Field::Generic->tag()
61 Inherited, see "Accessors" in Mail::Field
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63 Smart accessors
64 Extends "Smart accessors" in Mail::Field.
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66 $obj->text( [STRING] )
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70 Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Field.
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73 Error: Undefined subroutine <method> called
74 Mail::Field objects use autoloading to compile new functionality.
75 Apparently, the method called is not implemented for the specific
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79 This module is part of the MailTools distribution,
80 http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/.
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83 The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark
84 Overmeer took over maintenance without commitment to further
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87 Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas <aas@oslonett.no>. Mail::Field::AddrList by
88 Peter Orbaek <poe@cit.dk>. Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce
89 <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>. For other contributors see ChangeLog.
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92 Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> and 2001-2017 Mark
93 Overmeer <perl@overmeer.net>.
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95 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
96 under the same terms as Perl itself. See
97 http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
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