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- =head1 NAME
-
- Mail::Field::Generic - implementation for inspecific fields
-
- =head1 INHERITANCE
-
- Mail::Field::Generic
- is a Mail::Field
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use Mail::Field;
- my $field = Mail::Field->new('Subject', 'some subject text');
- my $field = Mail::Field->new(subject => 'some subject text');
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- A generic implementation for header fields without own
- implementation. This is fine for fields like C<Subject>, C<X-Mailer>,
- etc., where the field holds only a string of no particular
- importance/format.
-
- =head1 METHODS
-
- =head2 Constructors
-
- Mail::Field::Generic-E<gt>B<combine>(FIELDS)
-
- =over 4
-
- See L<Mail::Field/"Constructors">
-
- =back
-
- Mail::Field::Generic-E<gt>B<extract>(TAG, HEAD [, INDEX ])
-
- =over 4
-
- See L<Mail::Field/"Constructors">
-
- =back
-
- Mail::Field::Generic-E<gt>B<new>(TAG [, STRING | OPTIONS])
-
- =over 4
-
- See L<Mail::Field/"Constructors">
-
- =back
-
- =head2 "Fake" constructors
-
- $obj-E<gt>B<create>(OPTIONS)
-
- =over 4
-
- Option--Default
- Text ''
-
- . Text => STRING
-
- =back
-
- $obj-E<gt>B<parse>([STRING])
-
- =over 4
-
- Set the new text, which is empty when no STRING is provided.
-
- =back
-
- =head2 Accessors
-
- $obj-E<gt>B<set>(OPTIONS)
-
- =over 4
-
- See L<Mail::Field/"Accessors">
-
- =back
-
- $obj-E<gt>B<stringify>
-
- =over 4
-
- See L<Mail::Field/"Accessors">
-
- =back
-
- $obj-E<gt>B<tag>
-
- Mail::Field::Generic-E<gt>B<tag>
-
- =over 4
-
- See L<Mail::Field/"Accessors">
-
- =back
-
- =head2 Smart accessors
-
- $obj-E<gt>B<text>([STRING])
-
- =over 4
-
- See L<Mail::Field/"Smart accessors">
-
- =back
-
- =head1 DETAILS
-
- =head1 DIAGNOSTICS
-
- Error: Undefined subroutine <method> called
-
- =over 4
-
- Mail::Field objects use autoloading to compile new functionality.
- Apparently, the mehod called is not implemented for the specific
- class of the field object.
-
- =back
-
- =head1 SEE ALSO
-
- This module is part of the MailTools distribution,
- F<http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/>.
-
- =head1 AUTHORS
-
- The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark
- Overmeer took over maintenance without commitment to further development.
-
- Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas E<lt>aas@oslonett.noE<gt>.
- Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek E<lt>poe@cit.dkE<gt>.
- Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce E<lt>Tim.Bunce@ig.co.ukE<gt>.
- For other contributors see ChangeLog.
-
- =head1 LICENSE
-
- Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr E<lt>gbarr@pobox.comE<gt> and
- 2001-2007 Mark Overmeer E<lt>perl@overmeer.netE<gt>.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- under the same terms as Perl itself.
- See F<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
-
-