=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           Mail::Message::Body  undef
 charset            Mail::Message::Body  'us-ascii'
 checked            Mail::Message::Body  <false>
 data               Mail::Message::Body  undef
 description        Mail::Message::Body  undef
 disposition        Mail::Message::Body  undef
 eol                Mail::Message::Body  'NATIVE'
 file               Mail::Message::Body  undef
 log                Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
 message            Mail::Message::Body  undef
 mime_type          Mail::Message::Body  'text/plain'
 modified           Mail::Message::Body  <false>
 trace              Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
 transfer_encoding  Mail::Message::Body  'none'

. based_on => BODY

. charset => STRING

. checked => BOOLEAN

. data => ARRAY-OF-LINES | STRING

. description => STRING|FIELD

. 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<description>([STRING|FIELD])

=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<dispositionFilename>([DIRECTORY])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"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>([STRING|FIELD])

=over 4

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

=back

=head2 Access to the payload

$obj-E<gt>B<endsOnNewline>

=over 4

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

=back

$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

$obj-E<gt>B<stripTrailingNewline>

=over 4

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

=back

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

=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<contentInfoFrom>(HEAD)

=over 4

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

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<contentInfoTo>(HEAD)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Message::Body/"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<addReport>(OBJECT)

=over 4

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

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<defaultTrace>([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])

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

=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 DETAILS

=head1 DIAGNOSTICS

Warning: No decoder defined for transfer encoding $name.

=over 4

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

=back

Warning: No encoder defined for transfer encoding $name.

=over 4

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

=back

Error: Package $package does not implement $method.

=over 4

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.

=back

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

=over 4

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.

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.073,
built on July 19, 2007. Website: F<http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/>

=head1 LICENSE

Copyrights 2001-2007 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See F<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>

