
=head1 NAME

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


=head1 INHERITANCE

 Mail::Box::Parser::Perl
   is a Mail::Box::Parser
   is a Mail::Reporter


=head1 SYNOPSIS



=head1 DESCRIPTION

The C<Mail::Box::Parser::Perl> implements parsing of messages
in Perl.  This may be a little slower than the C<C> based parser
Mail::Box::Parser::C, but will also work on platforms where no C
compiler is available.



=head1 METHODS


=head2 Constructors


Mail::Box::Parser::Perl-E<gt>B<new>(OPTIONS)

=over 4

 Option             Defined in       Default      
 file               L<Mail::Box::Parser>  undef        
 filename           L<Mail::Box::Parser>  <required>   
 fix_header_errors                   <false>      
 log                L<Mail::Reporter>  C<'WARNINGS'>
 mode               L<Mail::Box::Parser>  C<'r'>       
 trace              L<Mail::Reporter>  C<'WARNINGS'>
 trusted                             <false>      

. file FILE-HANDLE

. filename FILENAME

. fix_header_errors BOOLEAN

=over 4

When header errors are detected, the parsing of the header will
be stopped.  Other header lines will become part of the body of
the message.  Set this flag to have the erroneous line added to
the previous header line.

=back

. log LEVEL

. mode OPENMODE

. trace LEVEL

. trusted BOOLEAN

=over 4

Is the input from the file to be trusted, or does it require extra
tests.  Related to L<Mail::Box::new(trusted)|Mail::Box/"Constructors">.

=back

=back

=head2 The parser


$obj-E<gt>B<fileChanged>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"The parser">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<filename>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"The parser">

=back

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

=over 4

If set to C<true>, parsing of a header will not stop on an error, but
attempt to add the erroneous this line to previous field.  Without BOOLEAN,
the current setting is returned.

I<Example:> 

 $folder->parser->fixHeaderErrors(1);
 my $folder = $mgr->open('folder', fix_header_errors => 1);

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<restart>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"The parser">

=back

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

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"The parser">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<stop>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"The parser">

=back

=head2 Parsing


$obj-E<gt>B<bodyAsFile>(FILEHANDLE [,CHARS [,LINES]])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Parsing">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<bodyAsList>([,CHARS [,LINES]])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Parsing">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<bodyAsString>([,CHARS [,LINES]])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Parsing">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<bodyDelayed>([,CHARS [,LINES]])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Parsing">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<filePosition>([POSITION])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Parsing">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<lineSeparator>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Parsing">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<popSeparator>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Parsing">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<pushSeparator>(STRING|REGEXP)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Parsing">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<readHeader>

=over 4

=back

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

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Parsing">

=back

=head2 Internals


$obj-E<gt>B<closeFile>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Internals">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<defaultParserType>([CLASS])

Mail::Box::Parser::Perl-E<gt>B<defaultParserType>([CLASS])

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Internals">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<openFile>(ARGS)

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Internals">

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<takeFileInfo>

=over 4

See L<Mail::Box::Parser/"Internals">

=back

=head2 Error handling


$obj-E<gt>B<AUTOLOAD>

=over 4

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

=back

$obj-E<gt>B<addReport>(OBJECT)

=over 4

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

=back

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

Mail::Box::Parser::Perl-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::Box::Parser::Perl-E<gt>B<log>([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

=over 4

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

=back

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

Mail::Box::Parser::Perl-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:> File $filename changed during access.

When a message parser starts working, it takes size and modification time
of the file at hand.  If the folder is written, it checks wether there
were changes in the file made by external programs.

Calling L<Mail::Box::update()|Mail::Box/"The folder"> on a folder before it being closed
will read these new messages.  But the real source of this problem is
locking: some external program (for instance the mail transfer agent,
like sendmail) uses a different locking mechanism as you do and therefore
violates your rights.

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<Warning:> Unexpected end of header in $source: $line

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_headers) set, the parsing of the header will be continued.
The erroneous line will be added to the preceding field.






=head1 REFERENCES

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

=head1 COPYRIGHTS

Distribution version 2.055.
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.


