Mail::Box::Tie::HASH3pm

Constructors

Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Box::Tie.

tie %hash, 'Mail::Box::Tie::HASH', FOLDER

Connects the "FOLDER" object to a "HASH".

» example:

  my $mgr    = Mail::Box::Manager->new;
  my $folder = $mgr->open(access => 'rw');
  tie my(%inbox), 'Mail::Box::Tie::HASH', $folder;

$class->new($folder, $type)

Inherited, see "Constructors" in Mail::Box::Tie

Attributes

Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Tie.

Tied Interface

$obj->CLEAR()

Remove the contents of the hash. This is not really possible, but all the messages will be flagged for deletion.

» example:

  %inbox = ();
  %inbox = ($msg->messageId, $msg); #before adding msg

$obj->DELETE($message_id)

Remove the message with the specified $message_id.

» example:

  delete $inbox{$msgid};

$obj->EXISTS($message_id)

Check whether a message with a certain $message_id exists.

» example:

  if(exists $inbox{$msgid}) ...

$obj->FETCH($message_id)

Get the message with the specified id. The returned message may be a dummy if message thread detection is used. Returns "undef" when there is no message with the specified id.

» example:

  my $msg = $inbox{$msgid};
  if($inbox{$msgid}->isDummy)  ...

$obj->FIRSTKEY()

See NEXTKEY().

$obj->NEXTKEY($previous)

FIRSTKEY() returns the first message-id/message pair from the folder, and NEXTKEY returns the message-id/message pair for the next message, in the order in which the message is stored in the folder.

Messages flagged for deletion will not be returned. See the Mail::Box::messages() method of the folder type for more information about the folder message order.

» example:

  foreach my $msgid (keys %inbox) ...
  foreach my $msg (values %inbox) ...
  while(my ($msgid, $msg) = each %inbox) {
     $msg->print unless $msg->isDeleted;
  }

$obj->STORE(undef, $message)

Store a message in the folder. The key must be "undef", because the message-id of the specified message is taken. This is shown in the first example. However, as you see, it is a bit complicated to specify "undef", therefore the string "undef" is accepted as well.

The message may be converted into something which can be stored in the folder type which is at stake. The added instance is returned.

» example:

  $inbox{ (undef) } = $msg;
  $inbox{undef} = $msg;