---
name: "News::Scan::Thread"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libnews-scan-perl"
version: "0.53-4.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/News::Scan::Thread"
---

# News::Scan::Thread(3pm)

keep track of threads in a Usenet newsgroup

## NAME

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);
```

## DESCRIPTION

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

## CONSTRUCTOR

- new ( ARTICLE )

  `"ARTICLE"` should be a `"News::Scan::Article"` object or an object of some class derived from `"News::Scan::Article"`.

  `"new"` performs some initialization and returns a `"News::Scan::Thread"`.

## METHODS

- 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.

## SEE ALSO

News::Scan, News::Scan::Article

## AUTHOR

Greg Bacon \<gbacon@cs.uah.edu\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1997 Greg Bacon.  All Rights Reserved. This library is free software.  You may distribute and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.