Mail::Box::Identity - represents an unopened folder

 Mail::Box::Identity
   is a User::Identity::Item

 Mail::Box::Identity
   is a Mail::Reporter

 use User::Identity;
 use Mail::Box::Identity;
 my $me   = User::Identity->new(...);

 my $mailbox = Mail::Box::Identity->new(...);
 $me->add(folders => $mailbox);

 # Simpler

 use User::Identity;
 my $me   = User::Identity->new(...);
 my $addr = $me->add(folders => ...);

The CWMail::Box::Identity object contains the description of a single mailbox. The mailboxes are collected by an Mail::Box::Collection object. This corresponds with IMAP's CW\NoSelect, for instance.

Nearly all methods can return undef.

Mail::Box::Identity->new([NAME], OPTIONS)

 Option       Defined in       Default                        
 deleted                       <false>                        
 description  L<User::Identity::Item>  undef                          
 folder_type                   C<from parent>                 
 inferiors                     1                              
 location                      C<undef>                       
 log          L<Mail::Reporter>  C<'WARNINGS'>                  
 manager                       <from parent>                  
 marked                        C<undef>                       
 name         L<User::Identity::Item>  <required>                     
 only_subs                     <foldertype and name dependent>
 parent       L<User::Identity::Item>  C<undef>                       
 subf_type                     <same as parent>               
 trace        L<Mail::Reporter>  C<'WARNINGS'>

$obj->deleted({BOOLEAN])

$obj->description See Attributes in User::Identity::Item

$obj->folderType Returns the type of this folder.

$obj->fullname([DELIMETER]) Returns the name of the folder, from the toplevel until this one, with the DELIMETER string between each level. DELIMETER default to a forward slash (a CW/).

$obj->inferiors([BOOLEAN]) CWInferiors are CWsubfolders. When this flag is set, it is permitted to create subfolders.

$obj->location([FILENAME|DIRECTORY|undef]) Returns the directory or filename of the folder. If this is not pre-defined, it is computed based on the knowledge about the folder type. Be sure to set the location of the toplevel folder to the folderdir of the user to get this to work.

$obj->manager Returns the manager (usually a Mail::Box::Manage::User which owns the folders. May be undefined, by default from parent.

$obj->marked([BOOLEAN|undef]) When something special has happened with the folder, this flag can be set (or cleared). The CWundef status is an unknown. In the IMAP4 protocol, CW0 will result in a CW\Unmarked, a CW1 results in a CW\Marked, and CWundef in nothing.

$obj->name([NEWNAME]) See Attributes in User::Identity::Item

$obj->onlySubfolders([BOOLEAN]) Than this folder be opened (without trying) or not? The default depends on the folder type, and whether this is the toplevel folder or not. See Mail::Box::topFolderWithMessages()

$obj->topfolder Run up the tree to find the highest level folder.

$obj->add(COLLECTION, ROLE) See Collections in User::Identity::Item

$obj->addCollection(OBJECT | ([TYPE], OPTIONS)) See Collections in User::Identity::Item

$obj->collection(NAME) See Collections in User::Identity::Item

$obj->find(COLLECTION, ROLE) See Collections in User::Identity::Item

$obj->parent([PARENT]) See Collections in User::Identity::Item

$obj->removeCollection(OBJECT|NAME) See Collections in User::Identity::Item

$obj->type

Mail::Box::Identity->type See Collections in User::Identity::Item

$obj->user See Collections in User::Identity::Item

$obj->addSubfolder(Mail::Box::Identity|DATA) Add a new folder into the administration. With DATA, a new object will be instantiated first. The identity is returned on success.

$obj->folder([[NAME, ...], NAME]) Returns the subfolder's object with NAME or CWundef if it does not exist. When multiple NAMEs are added, those super folders are traverst first. Without any NAME, the current object is returned Example: get some folder

 my $a = $user->folders->folder('b', 'a');

 my $name  = "a:b:c";
 my $delim = ":";
 my $f = $user->folders->folder(split $delim, $name);

$obj->foreach(CODE) For each of the subfolders found below this point call CODE. This current folder is called first. Be warned that you may find identities with the deleted() flag on.

$obj->open(OPTIONS) Open the folder which is described by this identity. Returned is some Mail::Box. The options are passed to Mail::Box::Manager::open().

$obj->remove([NAME]) Remove the folder (plus subfolders) with the NAME. Without NAME, this CWMail::Box::Identity itself is removed. The removed structure is returned, which is CWundef if not found. This is only an administrative remove, you still need a Mail::Box::Manager::delete().

$obj->rename(FOLDER, [NEWSUBNAME]) Move the folder to a different super-FOLDER, under a NEW SUBfolder NAME. Example: renaming a folder

 my $top = $user->topfolder;
 my $new = $top->folder('xyz') or die;
 my $f   = $top->folder('abc', 'def')->rename($new, '123');

 print $f->name;      # 123
 print $f->fullname;  # =/xyz/123

$obj->subfolderNames Convenience method: returns the names of the collected subfolders.

$obj->subfolders Returns the subfolders or CWundef if there are none. This information is lazy evaluated and cached. In LIST context, the folder objects are returned (Mail::Box::Identity objects), in SCALAR context the collection, the Mail::Box::Collection.

$obj->AUTOLOAD See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->addReport(OBJECT) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])

Mail::Box::Identity->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->errors See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

Mail::Box::Identity->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)

Mail::Box::Identity->logPriority(LEVEL) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logSettings See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->notImplemented See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->report([LEVEL]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->reportAll([LEVEL]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->trace([LEVEL]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->warnings See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->DESTROY See Cleanup in Mail::Reporter

$obj->inGlobalDestruction See Cleanup in Mail::Reporter

Error: CW$object is not a collection.

The first argument is an object, but not of a class which extends User::Identity::Collection.

Error: Cannot load collection module for CW$type ($class).

Either the specified CW$type does not exist, or that module named CW$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.

Error: Creation of a collection via CW$class failed.

The CW$class did compile, but it was not possible to create an object of that class using the options you specified.

Error: Don't know what type of collection you want to add.

If you add a collection, it must either by a collection object or a list of options which can be used to create a collection object. In the latter case, the type of collection must be specified.

Error: It is not permitted to add subfolders to CW$name

The inferiors() flag prohibits the creation of subfolders to this folder.

Warning: No collection CW$name

The collection with CW$name does not exist and can not be created.

Error: Package CW$package does not implement CW$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.

Error: The toplevel folder cannot be removed this way

The Mail::Box::Identity folder administration structure requires a top directory. That top is registered somewhere (for instance by a Mail::Box::Manage::User). If you need to remove the top, you have to look for a method of that object.

Error: Toplevel directory requires explicit folder type

Error: Toplevel directory requires explicit location

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

Distribution version 2.063. 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.