---
name: "Net::Hotline::PrivateChat"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libnet-hotline-perl"
version: "0.83-3.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Net::Hotline::PrivateChat"
---

# Net::Hotline::PrivateChat(3pm)

Private chat object used internally by Net::Hotline::Client

## NAME

Net::Hotline::PrivateChat - Private chat object used internally by Net::Hotline::Client

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Net::Hotline::PrivateChat;
    $pchat = new Net::Hotline::PrivateChat;
    $pchat->subject("Issue 1: Monkey beards");
    $pchat->reference(0x313337);
    ...
```

## DESCRIPTION

Net::Hotline::PrivateChat is a simple class for storing and retrieving private chat information,  You should never have to create your own Net::Hotline::PrivateChat objects when using Net::Hotline::Client.  Getting and (to a lesser extent) setting attributes is all that should be necessary.

## CONSTRUCTION

- new REF, USERLIST, SUBJECT

  Creates a new Net::Hotline::PrivateChat object with the reference REF, userlist USERLIST, and subject SUBJECT, where REF is a number, USERLIST is a reference to a hash of Net::Hotline::User objects keyed by socket number, and SUBJECT is a string.  Any missing arguments will be set to undef.

## METHODS

All the Net::Hotline::PrivateChat methods are simple attribute get/set routines. If given an argument, they set an attribute.  In all cases, they return the current value of the attribute.

- reference NUM

  The private chat reference number.

- subject TEXT

  The subject of the private chat.

- userlist HASHREF

  The list of users in the private chat.

## AUTHOR

John C. Siracusa (siracusa@mindspring.com)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright(c) 1999 by John Siracusa.  All rights reserved.  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.