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Mail::Box::Parser::Lines(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::Box::Parser::Lines(3pm)

NAME

Mail::Box::Parser::Lines - reading messages from file using Perl

INHERITANCE

 Mail::Box::Parser::Lines
   is a Mail::Box::Parser
   is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

This "Mail::Box::Parser::Lines" implements parsing of messages in Perl, with an ARRAY as source.

Hint: Useful when the message is already in memory. When you plan to use this yourself, you probably need to use Mail::Message::Construct::Read.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Box::Parser.

METHODS

Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Box::Parser.

Constructors

Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Box::Parser.

$class->new(%options)
Inherited, see "METHODS" in Mail::Box::Parser 

 -Option           --Defined in       --Default
  fix_header_errors  Mail::Box::Parser  false
  lines                                 <required>
  log                Mail::Reporter     'WARNINGS'
  source                                <required>
  trace              Mail::Reporter     'WARNINGS'
  trusted            Mail::Box::Parser  false

Attributes

Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Parser.

$any->defaultParserType( [$class] )
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Parser
$obj->fixHeaderErrors( [BOOLEAN] )
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Parser
$obj->lines()
Returns an ARRAY with the remaining lines.
$obj->logSettings()
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->source()
The name of the source.
$obj->trusted()
Inherited, see "Attributes" 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->lineSeparator()
Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
$obj->readHeader()
Inherited, see "Parsing" in Mail::Box::Parser
$obj->stop()
Inherited, see "Parsing" 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
$any->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$obj->errors()
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$any->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter
$any->logPriority($level)
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

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. Cast by notImplemented()
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_header_errors) set, the parsing of the header will be continued. The erroneous line will be added to the preceding field. Cast by readHeader()

SEE ALSO

This module is part of Mail-Message version 3.019, built on November 24, 2025. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

LICENSE

For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This software is copyright (c) 2001-2025 by Mark Overmeer.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

2025-12-07 perl v5.40.1