=encoding utf8
=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.
See L<documentation in the base class|Mail::Field/"DESCRIPTION">.
=head1 METHODS
See L<documentation in the base class|Mail::Field/"METHODS">.
=head2 Constructors
See L<documentation in the base class|Mail::Field/"Constructors">.
=over 4
=item Mail::Field::Generic-E<gt>B<combine>(FIELDS)
See L<Mail::Field/"Constructors">
=item Mail::Field::Generic-E<gt>B<extract>(TAG, HEAD [, INDEX ])
See L<Mail::Field/"Constructors">
=item Mail::Field::Generic-E<gt>B<new>(TAG [, STRING | OPTIONS])
See L<Mail::Field/"Constructors">
=back
=head2 "Fake" constructors
See L<documentation in the base class|Mail::Field/""Fake" constructors">.
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<create>(OPTIONS)
-Option--Default
Text ''
=over 2
=item Text => STRING
=back
=item $obj-E<gt>B<parse>([STRING])
Set the new text, which is empty when no STRING is provided.
=back
=head2 Accessors
See L<documentation in the base class|Mail::Field/"Accessors">.
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<set>(OPTIONS)
See L<Mail::Field/"Accessors">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<stringify>()
See L<Mail::Field/"Accessors">
=item $obj-E<gt>B<tag>()
=item Mail::Field::Generic-E<gt>B<tag>()
See L<Mail::Field/"Accessors">
=back
=head2 Smart accessors
See L<documentation in the base class|Mail::Field/"Smart accessors">.
=over 4
=item $obj-E<gt>B<text>([STRING])
See L<Mail::Field/"Smart accessors">
=back
=head1 DETAILS
See L<documentation in the base class|Mail::Field/"DETAILS">.
=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
=over 4
=item Error: Undefined subroutine <method> called
Mail::Field objects use autoloading to compile new functionality.
Apparently, the method 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>