NAME

       Mail::Message::Construct::Text - capture a Mail::Message as text

SYNOPSIS

        my $text = $msg->string;
        my $text = "$msg";   # via overload

        my @text = $msg->lines;
        my @text = @$lines;  # via overload

        my $fh   = $msg->file;
        my $line = <$fh>;

        $msg->printStructure;

DESCRIPTION

       Complex functionality on Mail::Message objects is implemented in different files which are
       autoloaded.  This file implements the functionality related to creating message replies.

METHODS

   The whole message as text
       $obj->file()
           Returns the message as file-handle.

       $obj->lines()
           Returns the whole message as set of lines.  In LIST context, copies of the lines are
           returned.  In SCALAR context, a reference to an array of lines is returned.

       $obj->printStructure( [$fh|undef],[$indent] )
           Print the structure of a message to the specified $fh or the selected filehandle.
           When explicitly "undef" is specified as handle, then the output will be returned as
           string.

           The message's subject and the types of all composing parts are displayed.

           $indent specifies the initial indentation string: it is added in front of each line.
           The $indent must contain at least one white-space.

           example:

            my $msg = ...;
            $msg->printStructure(\*OUTPUT);

            $msg->printStructure;

            my $struct = $msg->printStructure(undef);

            # Possible output for one message:
            multipart/mixed: forwarded message from Pietje Puk (1550 bytes)
               text/plain (164 bytes)
               message/rfc822 (1043 bytes)
                  multipart/alternative: A multipart alternative (942 bytes)
                     text/plain (148 bytes, deleted)
                     text/html (358 bytes)

       $obj->string()
           Returns the whole message as string.

   Flags

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of Mail-Message distribution version 3.015, built on December 11,
       2023. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2001-2023 by [Mark Overmeer <markov@cpan.org>]. 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/