NAME

       Mail::Field::Generic - implementation for inspecific fields

INHERITANCE

        Mail::Field::Generic
          is a Mail::Field

SYNOPSIS

        use Mail::Field;
        my $field = Mail::Field->new('Subject', 'some subject text');
        my $field = Mail::Field->new(subject => 'some subject text');

DESCRIPTION

       A generic implementation for header fields without own implementation. This is fine for fields like
       "Subject", "X-Mailer", etc., where the field holds only a string of no particular importance/format.

       Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Field.

METHODS

       Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Field.

   Constructors
       Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Field.

       Mail::Field::Generic->combine($fields)
           Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Field

       Mail::Field::Generic->extract( $tag, $head [, $index ] )
           Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Field

       Mail::Field::Generic->new( $tag [, STRING | %options] )
           Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Field

   "Fake" constructors
       Extends ""Fake" constructors" in Mail::Field.

       $obj->create(%options)
            -Option--Default
             Text    ''

           Text => STRING
       $obj->parse( [STRING] )
           Set the new text, which is empty when no STRING is provided.

   Accessors
       Extends "Accessors" in Mail::Field.

       $obj->set(%options)
           Inherited, see "Accessors" in Mail::Field

       $obj->stringify()
           Inherited, see "Accessors" in Mail::Field

       $obj->tag()
       Mail::Field::Generic->tag()
           Inherited, see "Accessors" in Mail::Field

   Smart accessors
       Extends "Smart accessors" in Mail::Field.

       $obj->text( [STRING] )
           Inherited, see "Smart accessors" in Mail::Field

DETAILS

       Extends "DETAILS" in Mail::Field.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Error: Undefined subroutine <method> called
           Mail::Field  objects  use autoloading to compile new functionality.  Apparently, the method called is
           not implemented for the specific class of the field object.

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of the MailTools distribution, http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/.

AUTHORS

       The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr.  Later, Mark Overmeer took  over  maintenance  without
       commitment to further development.

       Mail::Cap   by   Gisle  Aas  <aas@oslonett.no>.   Mail::Field::AddrList  by  Peter  Orbaek  <poe@cit.dk>.
       Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>.  For other contributors see ChangeLog.

LICENSE

       Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> and 2001-2024 Mark Overmeer <perl@overmeer.net>.

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

perl v5.40.0                                       2024-11-23                          Mail::Field::Generic(3pm)