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Mail::Message::Field::Address(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::Message::Field::Address(3pm)

NAME

Mail::Message::Field::Address - One e-mail address

INHERITANCE

 Mail::Message::Field::Address
   is a Mail::Identity
   is a User::Identity::Item

SYNOPSIS

  my $addr = Mail::Message::Field::Address->new(...);
  my $ui   = User::Identity->new(...);
  my $addr = Mail::Message::Field::Address->coerce($ui);
  my $mi   = Mail::Identity->new(...);
  my $addr = Mail::Message::Field::Address->coerce($mi);
  print $addr->address;
  print $addr->fullName;   # possibly unicode!
  print $addr->domain;

DESCRIPTION

Many header fields can contain e-mail addresses. Each e-mail address can be represented by an object of this class. These objects will handle interpretation and character set encoding and decoding for you.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Identity.

OVERLOADED

When the object is used in string context, it will return the encoded representation of the e-mail address, just like string() does.
The object used as boolean will always return "true"
Two address objects are the same when their email addresses are the same.

METHODS

Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Identity.

Constructors

Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Identity.

$obj->coerce( <STRING|$object>, %options )
Try to coerce the $object into a "Mail::Message::Field::Address". In case of a "STRING", it is interpreted as an email address.

The %options are passed to the object creation, and overrule the values found in the $object. The result may be "undef" or a newly created object. If the $object is already of the correct type, it is returned unmodified.

The $object may currently be a Mail::Address, a Mail::Identity, or a User::Identity. In case of the latter, one of the user's addresses is chosen at random.

$class->new( [$name], %options )
Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Identity
$obj->parse(STRING)
Parse the string for an address. You never know whether one or more addresses are specified on a line (often applications are wrong), therefore, the "STRING" is first parsed for as many addresses as possible and then the one is taken at random.

Attributes

Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Identity.

$obj->address()
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Identity
$obj->charset()
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Identity
$obj->comment( [STRING] )
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Identity
$obj->description()
Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->domain()
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Identity
$obj->language()
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Identity
$obj->location()
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Identity
$obj->name( [$newname] )
Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->organization()
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Identity
$obj->phrase()
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Identity
$obj->username()
Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Identity

Collections

Extends "Collections" in Mail::Identity.

$obj->add($collection, $role)
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->addCollection( $object | <[$type], %options> )
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->collection($name)
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->parent( [$parent] )
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->removeCollection($object|$name)
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$any->type()
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
$obj->user()
Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item

Searching

Extends "Searching" in Mail::Identity.

$obj->find($collection, $role)
Inherited, see "Searching" in User::Identity::Item

Accessors

$obj->encoding()
Character-set encoding, like 'q' and 'b', to be used when non-ascii characters are to be transmitted.

Access to the content

$obj->string()
Returns an RFC compliant e-mail address, which will have character set encoding if needed. The objects are also overloaded to call this method in string context.

» example:

  print $address->string;
  print $address;          # via overloading

DIAGNOSTICS

When addresses are specified to be included in header fields, they may be coerced into Mail::Message::Field::Address objects first. What you specify is not accepted as address specification. This may be an internal error. Cast by coerce()
Either the specified $type does not exist, or that module named $class returns compilation errors. If the type as specified in the warning is not the name of a package, you specified a nickname which was not defined. Maybe you forgot the 'require' the package which defines the nickname. Cast by addCollection()
The collection with $name does not exist and can not be created. Cast by add()
Cast by addCollection()

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