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=encoding utf8
=head1 NAME
Mail::Message::Body::File - body of a message temporarily stored in a file
=head1 INHERITANCE
Mail::Message::Body::File
is a Mail::Message::Body
is a Mail::Reporter
=head1 SYNOPSIS
See Mail::Message::Body
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The body (content) of a message can be stored in various ways. In this
documentation you find the description of extra functionality you have
when a message is stored in a file.
Storing a whole message is a file is useful when the body is large. Although
access through a file is slower, it is saving a lot of memory.
Extends L<"DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"DESCRIPTION">.
=head1 OVERLOADED
Extends L<"OVERLOADED" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"OVERLOADED">.
=over 4
=item overload: B<""> stringification
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"OVERLOADED">
=item overload: B<'=='> numerical comparison
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"OVERLOADED">
=item overload: B<@{}> addressed as array
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"OVERLOADED">
=item overload: B<bool> true/false
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"OVERLOADED">
=back
=head1 METHODS
Extends L<"METHODS" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"METHODS">.
=head2 Constructors
Extends L<"Constructors" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"Constructors">.
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<clone>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Constructors">
=item $class-E<gt>B<new>(%options)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Constructors">
-Option --Defined in --Default
based_on Mail::Message::Body undef
charset Mail::Message::Body 'PERL'
checked Mail::Message::Body false
content_id Mail::Message::Body undef
data Mail::Message::Body undef
description Mail::Message::Body undef
disposition Mail::Message::Body undef
eol Mail::Message::Body 'NATIVE'
file Mail::Message::Body undef
filename Mail::Message::Body undef
language Mail::Message::Body undef
log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
message Mail::Message::Body undef
mime_type Mail::Message::Body 'text/plain'
modified Mail::Message::Body <C<false>>
trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
transfer_encoding Mail::Message::Body 'none'
=over 2
=item based_on => BODY
=item charset => CHARSET|'PERL'|<undef>
=item checked => BOOLEAN
=item content_id => STRING
=item data => ARRAY-OF-LINES | STRING
=item description => STRING|FIELD
=item disposition => STRING|FIELD
=item eol => 'CR'|'LF'|'CRLF'|'NATIVE'
=item file => FILENAME|FILEHANDLE|IOHANDLE
=item filename => FILENAME
=item language => STRING|ARRAY|LIST|FIELD
=item log => LEVEL
=item message => MESSAGE
=item mime_type => STRING|FIELD|MIME
=item modified => BOOLEAN
=item trace => LEVEL
=item transfer_encoding => STRING|FIELD
=back
=back
=head2 Attributes
Extends L<"Attributes" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"Attributes">.
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<charsetDetectAlgorithm>( [CODE|undef|METHOD] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Attributes">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<logSettings>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Reporter/"Attributes">
=back
=head2 Constructing a body
Extends L<"Constructing a body" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"Constructing a body">.
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<attach>(@messages, %options)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Construct/"Constructing a body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<charsetDetect>(%options)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Constructing a body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<check>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Constructing a body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<concatenate>(@components)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Construct/"Constructing a body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<decoded>(%options)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Constructing a body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<encode>(%options)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Constructing a body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<encoded>(%options)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Constructing a body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<eol>( ['CR'|'LF'|'CRLF'|'NATIVE'] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Constructing a body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<foreachLine>(CODE)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Construct/"Constructing a body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<stripSignature>(%options)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Construct/"Constructing a body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<unify>($body)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Constructing a body">
=back
=head2 The body
Extends L<"The body" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"The body">.
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<isDelayed>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"The body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<isMultipart>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"The body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<isNested>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"The body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<message>( [$message] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"The body">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<partNumberOf>($part)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"The body">
=back
=head2 About the payload
Extends L<"About the payload" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">.
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<charset>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<checked>( [BOOLEAN] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<contentId>( [STRING|$field] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<description>( [STRING|$field] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<disposition>( [STRING|$field] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<dispositionFilename>( [$directory] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<isBinary>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<isText>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<language>( [@langs|\@langs|$langs|$field] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<mimeType>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<nrLines>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<size>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<transferEncoding>( [STRING|$field] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<type>( [STRING|$field] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"About the payload">
=back
=head2 Access to the payload
Extends L<"Access to the payload" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">.
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<endsOnNewline>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<file>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<lines>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<print>( [$fh] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<printEscapedFrom>($fh)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<string>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<stripTrailingNewline>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<write>(%options)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Access to the payload">
=back
=head2 Internals
Extends L<"Internals" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">.
=over 4
=item $any-E<gt>B<addTransferEncHandler>( $name, <$class|$object> )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Internals">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<contentInfoFrom>($head)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<contentInfoTo>($head)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<fileLocation>( [$begin, $end] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<getTransferEncHandler>($type)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body::Encode/"Internals">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<isModified>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<load>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<modified>( [BOOLEAN] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<moveLocation>( [$distance] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<read>( $parser, $head, $bodytype, [$chars, [$lines]] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Internals">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<tempFilename>( [$filename] )
Returns the name of the temporary file which is used to store this body.
=back
=head2 Error handling
Extends L<"Error handling" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"Error handling">.
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<AUTOLOAD>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Message::Body/"Error handling">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<addReport>($object)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=item $any-E<gt>B<defaultTrace>( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<errors>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=item $any-E<gt>B<log>( [$level, [$strings]] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=item $any-E<gt>B<logPriority>($level)
Inherited, see L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<notImplemented>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<report>( [$level] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<reportAll>( [$level] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<trace>( [$level] )
Inherited, see L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<warnings>()
Inherited, see L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
=head2 Cleanup
Extends L<"Cleanup" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"Cleanup">.
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<DESTROY>()
The temporary file is automatically removed when the body is
not required anymore.
Improves base, see L<Mail::Reporter/"Cleanup">
=back
=head1 DETAILS
Extends L<"DETAILS" in Mail::Message::Body|Mail::Message::Body/"DETAILS">.
=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
=over 4
=item Error: Cannot write to temporary body file $filename: $!
The message body is to be stored in a temporary file (probably because it is a
large body), but for the indicated reason, this file cannot be created.
Cast by C<new()>
=item Warning: Charset $name is not known
The encoding or decoding of a message body encounters a character set which
is not understood by Perl's Encode module.
Cast by C<encode()>
=item Warning: Content-Transfer-Encoding `$encoding' requires explicit charset, defaulted to utf-8
Cast by C<encode()>
=item Warning: No decoder defined for transfer encoding $name.
The data (message body) is encoded in a way which is not currently understood,
therefore no decoding (or recoding) can take place.
Cast by C<encode()>
=item Warning: No encoder defined for transfer encoding $name.
The data (message body) has been decoded, but the required encoding is
unknown. The decoded data is returned.
Cast by C<encode()>
=item Error: Package $package does not implement $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.
Cast by C<notImplemented()>
=item Error: Unable to read file $filename for message body file: $!
A L<Mail::Message::Body::File|Mail::Message::Body::File> object is to be created from a named file, but
it is impossible to read that file to retrieve the lines within. Therefore,
no copy to a temporary file can be made.
Cast by C<new()>
=item Warning: Unknown line terminator $eol ignored
Cast by C<eol()>
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
This module is part of Mail-Message version 3.019,
built on November 24, 2025. Website: F<http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/>
=head1 LICENSE
For contributors see file ChangeLog.
This software is copyright (c) 2001-2025 by Mark Overmeer.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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