Mail::Box::Thread::Node - one node in a message thread
Mail::Box::Thread::Node is a Mail::Reporter
my $node = Mail::Box::Thread::Node->new; $node->addMessage($message); ...
The Mail::Box::Thread::Node maintains one node in the linked list of
threads. Each node contains one message, and a list of its follow-ups.
Next to that, it refers to its own ancestor and contains information
about the trustworthiness of that relationship.
To complicate things a little, because the thread-manager can maintain multiple folders, and merge there content, you may find the same message in more folders. All versions of the same message (based on message-id) are stored in the same node.
Mail::Box::Thread::Node->new(OPTIONS)
You will not call this method yourself. The Mail::Box::Thread::Manager
object will call it to construct Mail::Box::Thread::Node objects.
Either a message or a messageId must be supplied.
Option --Defined in --Default dummy_type undef log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS' message undef messageId undef trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS'
. dummy_type => CLASS
Indicates the class name of dummy messages. Dummy messages are placeholders in a Mail::Box::Thread::Manager data structure.
. log => LEVEL
. message => MESSAGE
The MESSAGE which is stored in this node. The message must be a Mail::Box::Message.
. messageId => MESSAGE-ID
The MESSAGE-ID for the message which is stored in this node. Only specify it when you don't have the message yet.
. trace => LEVEL
$obj->addMessage(MESSAGE)
Add one message to the thread node. If the node contains a dummy, then the dummy is replaced. Otherwise, the messages is added to the end of the list.
$obj->expand([BOOLEAN])
Returns whether this (part of the) folder has to be shown expanded or not. This is simply done by a label, which means that most folder types can store this.
$obj->isDummy
Returns true if the message is a dummy. A dummy is a "hole" in a thread which has follow-ups but does not have a message.
$obj->message
Get the message which is stored in this thread node. NOTE: the same message may be located in many folders at the same time, and these folders may be controlled by the same thread manager.
In scalar context, this method returns the first instance of the message that is not deleted. If all instances are flagged for deletion, then you get the first deleted message. When the open folders only contain references to the message, but no instance, you get a dummy message (see Mail::Message::Dummy).
In list context, all instances of the message which have been found are returned.
example:
my $threads = $mgr->threads(folders => [$draft, $sent]);
my $node = $draft->message(1)->thread;
foreach my $instance ($node->message) {
print "Found in ", $instance->folder, ".\n";
}
print "Subject is ", $node->message->subject, ".\n";
$obj->messageId
Return the message-id related to this thread node. Each of the messages listed in this node will have the same ID.
$obj->followUps
Returns the list of follow-ups to this thread node. This list may contain parsed, not-parsed, and dummy messages.
$obj->followedBy(THREADS)
Register that the THREADS are follow-ups to this message. These follow-ups need not be related to each other in any way other than sharing the same parent.
Defining the same relation more than once will not cause information to be duplicated.
$obj->follows(THREAD, QUALITY)
Register that the current thread is a reply to the specified THREAD. The
QUALITY of the relation is specified by the second argument. The method
returns undef if the link is not accepted in order to avoid circular
references.
The relation may be specified more than once, but only the most confident
relation is used. For example, if a reply (QUALITY equals REPLY) is
specified, later calls to the follow method will have no effect. If
follows is called with a QUALITY that matches the current quality, the
new thread overrides the previous.
$obj->repliedTo
Returns the message(s) to which the message in this node replies. In scalar context, this method will return the message to which the message in this node replies. This message object may be a dummy message.
If the message seems to be the first message of a thread, the value undef
is returned. (Remember that some MUA are not adding reference information
to the message's header, so you can never be sure a message is the
start of a thread)
In list context, this method returns a second string value indicating the confidence that the messages are related. When extended thread discovery is enabled, then some heuristics are applied to determine if messages are related. Values for the STRING may be:
'REPLY'
'REFERENCE'
'GUESS'
More constants may be added later.
example:
my $question = $answer->repliedTo;
my ($question, $quality) = $answer->repliedTo;
if($question && $quality eq 'REPLY') { ... };
$obj->sortedFollowUps([PREPARE [,COMPARE]])
Returns the list of followUps(), but sorted. By default sorting is based on the estimated time of the reply. See startTimeEstimate().
Some convenience methods are added to threads, to simplify retrieving information from it.
$obj->endTimeEstimate
Returns a guess as to when the thread has ended (although you never know for sure whether there fill follow messages in the future).
$obj->ids
Returns all the ids in the thread starting at the current thread node.
example:
$newfolder->addMessages($folder->ids($thread->ids)); $folder->delete($thread->ids);
$obj->numberOfMessages
Number of messages in the thread starting at the current thread node, but not counting the dummies.
$obj->recurse(CODE-REF)
Execute a function for all sub-threads. If the subroutine returns true, sub-threads are visited recursively. Otherwise, the current branch traversal is aborted. The routine is called with the thread-node as the only argument.
$obj->startTimeEstimate
Returns a guess as to when the thread was started. Each message contains various date specifications (each with various uncertainties resulting from timezones and out-of-sync clocks). One of these date specifications is used as the timestamp for the message. If the node contains a dummy message the lowest timestamp of the replies is returned. Otherwise the estimated timestamp of the node's message is returned.
$obj->threadMessages
Returns all the messages in the thread starting at the current thread node. This list will not include dummies.
example:
my @t = $folder->message(3)
->threadStart
->threadMessages;
$obj->threadToString([CODE])
Translate a thread into a string. The string will contain at least one line for each message which was found, but tries to fold dummies. This is useful for debugging, but most message readers will prefer to implement their own thread printer.
The optional CODE argument is a reference to a routine which will be called for each message in the thread. The routine will be called with the message as the first argument. The default shows the subject of the message. In the first example below, this routine is called seven times.
example:
print $node->threadToString;
may result in
Subject of this message |- Re: Subject of this message |-*- Re: Re: Subject of this message | |- Re(2) Subject of this message | |- [3] Re(2) Subject of this message | `- Re: Subject of this message (reply) `- Re: Subject of this message
The `*' represents a missing message (a "dummy" message). The `[3]' presents a folded thread with three messages.
print $node->threadToString(\&show);
sub show($) {
my $message = shift;
my $subject = $message->head->get('subject');
length $subject ? $subject : '<no subject>';
}
$obj->totalSize
Returns the sum of the size of all the messages in the thread.
$obj->AUTOLOAD
See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"
$obj->addReport(OBJECT)
See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"
$obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
Mail::Box::Thread::Node->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"
$obj->errors
See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"
$obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
Mail::Box::Thread::Node->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"
$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)
Mail::Box::Thread::Node->logPriority(LEVEL)
See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"
$obj->logSettings
See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"
$obj->notImplemented
See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"
$obj->report([LEVEL])
See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"
$obj->reportAll([LEVEL])
See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"
$obj->trace([LEVEL])
See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"
$obj->warnings
See Mail::Reporter/"Error handling"
$obj->DESTROY
$obj->inGlobalDestruction
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.
This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.082, built on April 28, 2008. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/
Copyrights 2001-2008 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see ChangeLog.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html