NAME¶
Mail::Box::Parser::Perl - reading messages from file using Perl
INHERITANCE¶
Mail::Box::Parser::Perl
is a Mail::Box::Parser
is a Mail::Reporter
SYNOPSIS¶
DESCRIPTION¶
The "Mail::Box::Parser::Perl" implements parsing of messages in Perl.
This may be a little slower than the "C" based parser
Mail::Box::Parser::C, but will also work on platforms where no C compiler is
available.
Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Box::Parser.
METHODS¶
Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Box::Parser.
Constructors¶
Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Box::Parser.
- Mail::Box::Parser::Perl->new(%options)
-
-Option --Defined in --Default
file Mail::Box::Parser undef
filename Mail::Box::Parser <required>
fix_header_errors <false>
log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
mode Mail::Box::Parser 'r'
trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
trusted <false>
- file => FILE-HANDLE
- filename => FILENAME
- fix_header_errors => BOOLEAN
- When header errors are detected, the parsing of the header will be
stopped. Other header lines will become part of the body of the message.
Set this flag to have the erroneous line added to the previous header
line.
- log => LEVEL
- mode => OPENMODE
- trace => LEVEL
- trusted => BOOLEAN
- Is the input from the file to be trusted, or does it require extra tests.
Related to Mail::Box::new(trusted).
The parser¶
Extends "The parser" in Mail::Box::Parser.
- $obj->fileChanged()
- Inherited, see "The parser" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->filename()
- Inherited, see "The parser" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->fixHeaderErrors( [BOOLEAN] )
- If set to "true", parsing of a header will not stop on an error,
but attempt to add the erroneous this line to previous field. Without
BOOLEAN, the current setting is returned.
example:
$folder->parser->fixHeaderErrors(1);
my $folder = $mgr->open('folder', fix_header_errors => 1);
- $obj->restart()
- Inherited, see "The parser" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->start(%options)
- Inherited, see "The parser" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->stop()
- Inherited, see "The parser" in Mail::Box::Parser
Parsing¶
Extends "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser.
- $obj->bodyAsFile( $fh [$chars, [$lines]] )
- Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->bodyAsList( [$chars, [$lines]] )
- Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->bodyAsString( [$chars, [$lines]] )
- Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->bodyDelayed( [$chars, [$lines]] )
- Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->filePosition( [$position] )
- Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->lineSeparator()
- Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->popSeparator()
- Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->pushSeparator(STRING|Regexp)
- Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->readHeader()
- $obj->readSeparator(%options)
- Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
Internals¶
Extends "Internals" in Mail::Box::Parser.
- $obj->closeFile()
- Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->defaultParserType( [$class] )
- Mail::Box::Parser::Perl->defaultParserType( [$class] )
- Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->openFile($args)
- Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Box::Parser
- $obj->takeFileInfo()
- Inherited, see "Internals" in Mail::Box::Parser
Error handling¶
Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Box::Parser.
- $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,
$callback] )
- Mail::Box::Parser::Perl->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel,
$tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
- Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
- $obj->errors()
- Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
- $obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
- Mail::Box::Parser::Perl->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
- Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
- $obj->logPriority($level)
- Mail::Box::Parser::Perl->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
- $obj->report( [$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::Box::Parser.
- $obj->DESTROY()
- Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter
DIAGNOSTICS¶
- Warning: File $filename changed during access.
- When a message parser starts working, it takes size and modification time
of the file at hand. If the folder is written, it checks wether there were
changes in the file made by external programs.
Calling Mail::Box::update() on a folder before it being closed will
read these new messages. But the real source of this problem is locking:
some external program (for instance the mail transfer agent, like
sendmail) uses a different locking mechanism as you do and therefore
violates your rights.
- 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.
- Warning: Unexpected end of header in $source: $line
- While parsing a message from the specified source (usually a file name),
the parser found a syntax error. According to the MIME specification in
the RFCs, each header line must either contain a colon, or start with a
blank to indicate a folded field. Apparently, this header contains a line
which starts on the first position, but not with a field name.
By default, parsing of the header will be stopped. If there are more header
lines after the erroneous line, they will be added to the body of the
message. In case of new(fix_headers) set, the parsing of the header will
be continued. The erroneous line will be added to the preceding
field.
SEE ALSO¶
This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.117, built on August 24,
2014. Website:
http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/
LICENSE¶
Copyrights 2001-2014 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://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html