Mail::Message::TransferEnc - message transfer encoder/decoder

 Mail::Message::TransferEnc
   is a Mail::Reporter

 Mail::Message::TransferEnc is extended by
   Mail::Message::TransferEnc::Base64
   Mail::Message::TransferEnc::Binary
   Mail::Message::TransferEnc::EightBit
   Mail::Message::TransferEnc::QuotedPrint
   Mail::Message::TransferEnc::SevenBit

 my Mail::Message $msg = ...;
 my $decoded = $msg->decoded;
 my $encoded = $msg->encode(transfer => 'base64');

This class is the base for various encoders and decoders, which are used during transport of the message. This packages, and all which are derived, are invoked by the message's Mail::Message::decoded() and Mail::Message::encode() methods:

 my $message = $folder->message(3);
 my $decoded_body = $message->decoded;
 my $encoded_body = $message->encode(transfer => 'base64');

The following coders/decoders are currently available:

* Mail::Message::TransferEnc::Base64

CWbase64 for binary information.

* Mail::Message::TransferEnc::SevenBit

CW7bit for plain old ASCII characters only.

* Mail::Message::TransferEnc::EightBit

CW8bit for extended character set data, not encoded.

* Mail::Message::TransferEnc::QuotedPrint

CWquoted-printable encdoded extended character set data.

Mail::Message::TransferEnc->new(OPTIONS) See Constructors in Mail::Reporter

Mail::Message::TransferEnc->addTransferEncoder(TYPE, CLASS) Adds one new encoder to the list known by the Mail::Box suite. The TYPE is found in the message's header in the CWContent-Transfer-Encoding field.

$obj->create(TYPE, OPTIONS) Create a new coder/decoder based on the required type.

$obj->name The name of the encoder. Case is not significant.

$obj->check(BODY, OPTIONS) Check whether the body is correctly encoded. If so, the body reference is returned with the CWchecked flag set. Otherwise, a new object is created and returned.

 Option       Defined in  Default              
 result_type              <type of source body>

$obj->decode(BODY [, OPTIONS]) Use the encoder to decode the content of BODY. A new body is returned.

 Option       Defined in  Default              
 result_type              <type of source body>

$obj->encode(BODY, OPTIONS) Use the encoder to encode the content of BODY.

 Option       Defined in  Default              
 result_type              <type of source body>

$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::Message::TransferEnc->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::Message::TransferEnc->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]]) See Error handling in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)

Mail::Message::TransferEnc->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: Decoder for transfer encoding CW$type does not work: $@

Compiling the required transfer encoding resulted in errors, which means that the decoder can not be used.

Warning: No decoder for transfer encoding CW$type.

A decoder for the specified type of transfer encoding is not implemented.

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.

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.