
=head1 NAME

Mail::Message::Body::File - body of a message temporarily stored in a file


=head1 INHERITANCE

 Mail::Message::Body::File
   is a Mail::Message::Body
   is a Mail::Reporter


=head1 SYNOPSIS

 See L<Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body>


=head1 DESCRIPTION

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

Storing a whole message is a file is useful when the body is large.  Although
access through a file is slower, it is saving a lot of memory.


=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::File-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::File-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

$obj-E<gt>B<tempFilename>([FILENAME])

=over 4

Returns the name of the temporary file which is used to store this body.

=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::File-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::File-E<gt>B<log>([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

=over 4

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

=back

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

Mail::Message::Body::File-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

The temporary file is automatically removed when the body is
not required anymore.

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<inGlobalDestruction>

=over 4

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

=back



=head1 DIAGNOSTICS

I<Error:> Cannot write to temporary body file $filename: $!

The message body is to be stored in a temporary file (probably because it is a
large body), but for the indicated reason, this file cannot be created.

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 file: $!

A L<Mail::Message::Body::File|Mail::Message::Body::File> object is to be created from a named file, but
it is impossible to read that file to retrieve the lines within.  Therefore,
no copy to a temporary file can be made.






=head1 REFERENCES

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

=head1 COPYRIGHTS

Module version 2.042.
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.


