
=head1 NAME

Mail::Message::Body::String - body of a Mail::Message stored as single string


=head1 INHERITANCE

 Mail::Message::Body::String
   is a Mail::Message::Body
   is a Mail::Reporter


=head1 SYNOPSIS

 See Mail::Message::Body


=head1 DESCRIPTION

The body (content) of a message can be stored in various ways.  In this
documentation you will find the description of extra functionality you have
when a message is stored as a single scalar.  

Storing a whole message in one string is only a smart choice when the content
is small or encoded. Even when stored as a scalar, you can still treat the
body as if the data is stored in lines or an external file, but this will be
slower.


=head1 OVERLOADED


overload: B<"">

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"OVERLOADED">

=back

overload: B<'==' and '!='>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"OVERLOADED">

=back

overload: B<@{}>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"OVERLOADED">

=back

overload: B<bool>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"OVERLOADED">

=back


=head1 METHODS


=head2 Constructors


$obj-E<gt>B<clone>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Constructors">

=back

Mail::Message::Body::String-E<gt>B<new>(OPTIONS)

=over 4

 Option             Defined in       Default        
 based_on           L<Mail::Message::Body>  undef          
 charset            L<Mail::Message::Body>  C<'us-ascii'>  
 checked            L<Mail::Message::Body>  <false>        
 data               L<Mail::Message::Body>  undef          
 disposition        L<Mail::Message::Body>  undef          
 eol                L<Mail::Message::Body>  C<'NATIVE'>    
 file               L<Mail::Message::Body>  undef          
 log                L<Mail::Reporter>  C<'WARNINGS'>  
 message            L<Mail::Message::Body>  undef          
 mime_type          L<Mail::Message::Body>  C<'text/plain'>
 modified           L<Mail::Message::Body>  <false>        
 trace              L<Mail::Reporter>  C<'WARNINGS'>  
 transfer_encoding  L<Mail::Message::Body>  C<'NONE'>      

. based_on BODY

. charset STRING

. checked BOOLEAN

. data ARRAY-OF-LINES | STRING

. disposition STRING|FIELD

. eol 'CR'|'LF'|'CRLF'|'NATIVE'

. file FILENAME|FILEHANDLE|IOHANDLE

. log LEVEL

. message MESSAGE

. mime_type STRING|FIELD|MIME

. modified BOOLEAN

. trace LEVEL

. transfer_encoding STRING|FIELD

=back

=head2 Constructing a body


$obj-E<gt>B<attach>(MESSAGES, OPTIONS)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Construct/"Constructing a body">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<check>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Constructing a body">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<concatenate>(COMPONENTS)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Construct/"Constructing a body">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<decoded>(OPTIONS)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Constructing a body">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<encode>(OPTIONS)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Constructing a body">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<encoded>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Constructing a body">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<eol>(['CR'|'LF'|'CRLF'|'NATIVE'])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Constructing a body">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<foreachLine>(CODE)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Construct/"Constructing a body">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<stripSignature>(OPTIONS)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Construct/"Constructing a body">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<unify>(BODY)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Constructing a body">

=back

=head2 The body


$obj-E<gt>B<isDelayed>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"The body">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<isMultipart>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"The body">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<isNested>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"The body">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<message>([MESSAGE])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"The body">

=back

=head2 About the payload


$obj-E<gt>B<charset>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<checked>([BOOLEAN])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<disposition>([STRING|FIELD])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<isBinary>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"About the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<isText>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"About the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<mimeType>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<nrLines>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<size>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<transferEncoding>([STRING|FIELD])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<type>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">

=back

=head2 Access to the payload


$obj-E<gt>B<file>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<lines>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<print>([FILEHANDLE])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<printEscapedFrom>(FILEHANDLE)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<string>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">

=back

=head2 Internals


$obj-E<gt>B<addTransferEncHandler>(NAME, CLASS|OBJECT)

Mail::Message::Body::String-E<gt>B<addTransferEncHandler>(NAME, CLASS|OBJECT)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Internals">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<fileLocation>([BEGIN,END])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<getTransferEncHandler>(TYPE)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Internals">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<isModified>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<load>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<modified>([BOOLEAN])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<moveLocation>([DISTANCE])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<read>(PARSER, HEAD, BODYTYPE [,CHARS [,LINES]])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">

=back

=head2 Error handling


$obj-E<gt>B<AUTOLOAD>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"Error handling">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<defaultTrace>([LEVEL, [LEVEL])

Mail::Message::Body::String-E<gt>B<defaultTrace>([LEVEL, [LEVEL])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<errors>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<log>([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

Mail::Message::Body::String-E<gt>B<log>([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<logPriority>(LEVEL)

Mail::Message::Body::String-E<gt>B<logPriority>(LEVEL)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<logSettings>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<notImplemented>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<report>([LEVEL])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<reportAll>([LEVEL])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<trace>([LEVEL])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<warnings>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">

=back

=head2 Cleanup


$obj-E<gt>B<DESTROY>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Reporter/"Cleanup">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<inGlobalDestruction>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Reporter/"Cleanup">

=back



=head1 DIAGNOSTICS

I<Warning:> No decoder defined for transfer encoding $name.

The data (message body) is encoded in a way which is not currently understood,
therefore no decoding (or recoding) can take place.

I<Warning:> No encoder defined for transfer encoding $name.

The data (message body) has been decoded, but the required encoding is
unknown.  The decoded data is returned.

I<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.

I<Error:> Unable to read file $filename for message body scalar: $!

A L<Mail::Message::Body::String|Mail::Message::Body::String> object is to be created from a named
file, but it is impossible to read that file to retrieve the lines within.


=head1 DETAILS






=head1 REFERENCES

See the MailBox website at L<http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/> for more details.

=head1 COPYRIGHTS

Distribution version 2.045.
Written by Mark Overmeer (mark@overmeer.net).  See the ChangeLog for
other contributors.

Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by the author(s). All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.


