Provided by: libmail-message-perl_3.006-1_all 
NAME
Mail::Message::Head::FieldGroup - a sub set of fields in a header
INHERITANCE
Mail::Message::Head::FieldGroup
is a Mail::Reporter
Mail::Message::Head::FieldGroup is extended by
Mail::Message::Head::ListGroup
Mail::Message::Head::ResentGroup
Mail::Message::Head::SpamGroup
SYNOPSIS
Never instantiated directly.
DESCRIPTION
Some fields have a combined meaning: a set of fields which represent one intermediate step during the
transport of the message (a resent group, implemented in Mail::Message::Head::ResentGroup), fields added
by mailing list software (implemented in Mail::Message::Head::ListGroup), or fields added by Spam
detection related software (implemented by Mail::Message::Head::SpamGroup). Each set of fields can be
extracted or added as group with objects which are based on the implementation in this class.
Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Reporter.
METHODS
Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Reporter.
Constructors
Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Reporter.
$obj->clone()
Make a copy of this object. The collected fieldnames are copied and the list type information. No
deep copy is made for the header: this is only copied as reference.
$obj->from($head|$message)
Create a group of fields based on the specified $message or message $head. This may return one or
more of the objects, which depends on the type of group. Mailing list fields are all stored in one
object, where resent and spam groups can appear more than once.
$obj->implementedTypes()
Mail::Message::Head::FieldGroup->implementedTypes()
Returns a list of strings containing all possible return values for type().
Mail::Message::Head::FieldGroup->new($fields, %options)
Construct an object which maintains one set of header $fields. The $fields may be specified as
"Mail::Message::Field" objects or as key-value pairs. The %options and $fields (as key-value pair)
can be mixed: they are distinguished by their name, where the fields always start with a capital.
The field objects must aways lead the %options.
-Option --Defined in --Default
head undef
log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
software undef
trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
type undef
version undef
head => HEAD
The header HEAD object is used to store the grouped fields in. If no header is specified, a
Mail::Message::Head::Partial is created for you. If you wish to scan the existing fields in a
header, then use the from() method.
log => LEVEL
software => STRING
Name of the software which produced the fields.
trace => LEVEL
type => STRING
Group name for the fields. Often the same, or close to the same STRING, as the "software" option
contains.
version => STRING
Version number for the software which produced the fields.
The header
$obj->add( <$field, $value> | $object )
Add a field to the header, using the field group. When the field group is already attached to a real
message header, it will appear in that one as well as being registered in this set. If no header is
defined, the field only appears internally.
example: adding a field to a detached list group
my $this = Mail::Message::Head::ListGroup->new(...);
$this->add('List-Id' => 'mailbox');
$msg->addListGroup($this);
$msg->send;
example: adding a field to an attached list group
my $lg = Mail::Message::Head::ListGroup->from($msg);
$lg->add('List-Id' => 'mailbox');
$obj->addFields( [$fieldnames] )
Add some $fieldnames to the set.
$obj->attach($head)
Add a group of fields to a message $head. The fields will be cloned(!) into the header, so that the
field group object can be used again.
example: attaching a list group to a message
my $lg = Mail::Message::Head::ListGroup->new(...);
$lg->attach($msg->head);
$msg->head->addListGroup($lg); # same
$msg->head->addSpamGroup($sg); # also implemented with attach
$obj->delete()
Remove all the header lines which are combined in this fields group, from the header.
$obj->fieldNames()
Return the names of the fields which are used in this group.
$obj->fields()
Return the fields which are defined for this group.
$obj->head()
Returns the header object, which includes these fields.
Access to the header
$obj->software()
Returns the name of the software as is defined in the headers. The may be slightly different from
the return value of type(), but usually not too different.
$obj->type()
Returns an abstract name for the field group; which software is controlling it. "undef" is returned
in case the type is not known. Valid names are group type dependent: see the applicable manual
pages. A list of all types can be retrieved with implementedTypes().
$obj->version()
Returns the version number of the software used to produce the fields. Some kinds of software do
leave such a trace, other cases will return "undef"
Internals
$obj->collectFields( [$name] )
Scan the header for fields which are usually contained in field group with the specified $name. For
mailinglist groups, you can not specify a $name: only one set of headers will be found (all headers
are considered to be produced by exactly one package of mailinglist software).
This method is automatically called when a field group is constructed via from() on an existing
header or message.
Returned are the names of the list header fields found, in scalar context the amount of fields. An
empty list/zero indicates that there was no group to be found.
Please warn the author of MailBox if you see that to few or too many fields are included.
$obj->detected($type, $software, $version)
Sets the values for the field group type, software, and version, prossibly to "undef".
Error handling
Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter.
$obj->AUTOLOAD()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->addReport($object)
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
Mail::Message::Head::FieldGroup->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->details()
Produce information about the detected/created field group, which may be helpful during debugging. A
nicely formatted string is returned.
$obj->errors()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
Mail::Message::Head::FieldGroup->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logPriority($level)
Mail::Message::Head::FieldGroup->logPriority($level)
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->logSettings()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->notImplemented()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->print( [$fh] )
Print the group to the specified $fh or GLOB. This is probably only useful for debugging purposed.
The output defaults to the selected file handle.
$obj->report( [$level] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->reportAll( [$level] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->trace( [$level] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->warnings()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
Cleanup
Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter.
$obj->DESTROY()
Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter
DIAGNOSTICS
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-Message distribution version 3.006, built on January 24, 2018. Website:
http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/
LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2018 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://dev.perl.org/licenses/