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.IX Title "Mail::SPF::Term 3pm"
.TH Mail::SPF::Term 3pm 2024-02-09 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Mail::SPF::Term \- SPF record term class
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
An object of class \fBMail::SPF::Term\fR represents a term within an SPF record.
Mail::SPF::Term cannot be instantiated directly.  Create an instance of a
concrete sub-class instead.
.SS Constructor
.IX Subsection "Constructor"
The following constructor is provided:
.IP "\fBnew(%options)\fR: returns \fIMail::SPF::Term\fR" 4
.IX Item "new(%options): returns Mail::SPF::Term"
\&\fIAbstract\fR.  Creates a new SPF record term object.
.Sp
\&\f(CW%options\fR is a list of key/value pairs, however Mail::SPF::Term itself specifies
no constructor options.
.ie n .IP "\fBnew_from_string($text, \fR\fB%options\fR\fB)\fR: returns \fIMail::SPF::Term\fR; throws \fIMail::SPF::ENothingToParse\fR, \fIMail::SPF::EInvalidTerm\fR" 4
.el .IP "\fBnew_from_string($text, \fR\f(CB%options\fR\fB)\fR: returns \fIMail::SPF::Term\fR; throws \fIMail::SPF::ENothingToParse\fR, \fIMail::SPF::EInvalidTerm\fR" 4
.IX Item "new_from_string($text, %options): returns Mail::SPF::Term; throws Mail::SPF::ENothingToParse, Mail::SPF::EInvalidTerm"
\&\fIAbstract\fR.  Creates a new SPF record term object by parsing the string and
any options given.
.SS "Class methods"
.IX Subsection "Class methods"
The following class methods are provided:
.IP "\fBname_pattern\fR: returns \fIRegexp\fR" 4
.IX Item "name_pattern: returns Regexp"
Returns a regular expression that matches any legal name for an SPF record
term.
.SS "Instance methods"
.IX Subsection "Instance methods"
The following instance methods are provided:
.IP "\fBtext\fR: returns \fIstring\fR; throws \fIMail::SPF::ENoUnparsedText\fR" 4
.IX Item "text: returns string; throws Mail::SPF::ENoUnparsedText"
Returns the unparsed text of the term.  Throws a \fIMail::SPF::ENoUnparsedText\fR
exception if the term was created synthetically instead of being parsed, and no
text was provided.
.IP "\fBname\fR: returns \fIstring\fR" 4
.IX Item "name: returns string"
\&\fIAbstract\fR.  Returns the name of the term.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Mail::SPF, Mail::SPF::Record, Mail::SPF::Mech, Mail::SPF::Mod
.PP
<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4408>
.PP
For availability, support, and license information, see the README file
included with Mail::SPF.
.SH AUTHORS
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
Julian Mehnle <julian@mehnle.net>, Shevek <cpan@anarres.org>