Mail::...eneric(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::...eneric(3pm)
NAME
Mail::Field::Generic - implementation for inspecific fields
INHERITANCE
Mail::Field::Generic
is a Mail::Field
SYNOPSIS
use Mail::Field;
my $field = Mail::Field->new('Subject', 'some subject text');
my $field = Mail::Field->new(subject => 'some subject text');
DESCRIPTION
A generic implementation for header fields without own implementation.
This is fine for fields like "Subject", "X-Mailer", etc., where the
field holds only a string of no particular importance/format.
Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Field.
METHODS
Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Field.
Constructors
Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Field.
Mail::Field::Generic->combine($fields)
Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Field
Mail::Field::Generic->extract( $tag, $head [, $index ] )
Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Field
Mail::Field::Generic->new( $tag [, STRING | %options] )
Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Field
"Fake" constructors
Extends ""Fake" constructors" in Mail::Field.
$obj->create(%options)
-Option--Default
Text ''
Text => STRING
$obj->parse( [STRING] )
Set the new text, which is empty when no STRING is provided.
Accessors
Extends "Accessors" in Mail::Field.
$obj->set(%options)
Inherited, see "Accessors" in Mail::Field
$obj->stringify()
Inherited, see "Accessors" in Mail::Field
$obj->tag()
Mail::Field::Generic->tag()
Inherited, see "Accessors" in Mail::Field
Smart accessors
Extends "Smart accessors" in Mail::Field.
$obj->text( [STRING] )
Inherited, see "Smart accessors" in Mail::Field
DETAILS
Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Field.
DIAGNOSTICS
Error: Undefined subroutine <method> called
Mail::Field objects use autoloading to compile new functionality.
Apparently, the method called is not implemented for the specific
class of the field object.
SEE ALSO
This module is part of the MailTools distribution,
http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/.
AUTHORS
The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark Overmeer
took over maintenance without commitment to further development.
Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas <aas@oslonett.no>. Mail::Field::AddrList by
Peter Orbaek <poe@cit.dk>. Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce
<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>. For other contributors see ChangeLog.
LICENSE
Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> and 2001-2024 Mark
Overmeer <perl@overmeer.net>.
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
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