Mail::Box::Tie3pm

Access an existing message-folder as an array or hash

Usage

As an array:

  tie my(@inbox), Mail::Box::Tie::ARRAY => $folder;
  print $inbox[3];

or as hash:

  tie my(%inbox), Mail::Box::Tie::HASH => $folder;
  print $inbox{'<[email protected]>'};

Inheritance

 Mail::Box::Tie is extended by
   Mail::Box::Tie::ARRAY
   Mail::Box::Tie::HASH

Overview

Folders certainly look like an array of messages, so why not just access them as one? Or, the order is not important, but the message-ids are (give relations): why not access them from a hash based on this message-id? Programs using one of these ties will look simpler than programs using the more traditional method calls.

Methods

Constructors

$class->new($folder, $type): Do not call this method directly, but via the tie interface.

Attributes

$obj->folder()

$obj->type()

Diagnostics

Error: no folder specified to tie to.: Cast by new()

Releases

13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 11 times.

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