News::Scan::Thread: Keep track of threads in a usenet newsgroup

SYNOPSIS

    use News::Scan::Thread;

    my $thr = News::Scan::Thread->new($news_scan_article_obj);

This module provides a class whose objects can be used to keep track of threads of discussion in a Usenet newsgroup.

new ( \s-1ARTICLE\s0 ): \*(C`ARTICLE\*(C' should be a \*(C`News::Scan::Article\*(C' object or an object of some class derived from \*(C`News::Scan::Article\*(C'. \*(C`new\*(C' performs some initialization and returns a \*(C`News::Scan::Thread\*(C'.

subject: Returns this thread's subject.
volume: Returns the volume in bytes generated in this thread.
articles: Returns the number of posts to this thread.
header_volume: Returns the volume in bytes of the headers in this thread's articles.
header_lines: Returns the number of header lines in this thread's articles.
body_volume: Returns the volume in bytes of the message bodies of this thread's articles.
body_lines: Returns the number of lines in this thread's message bodies.
orig_volume: Returns the volume in bytes of the original content of this thread's articles.
orig_lines: Returns the number of original lines in this thread's articles.
sig_volume: Returns the volume in bytes of the signatures of this thread's articles.
sig_lines: Returns the number of signature lines in this thread's articles.