DESCRIPTION
An object of class Mail::SPF::Term represents a term within an SPF record. Mail::SPF::Term cannot be instantiated directly. Create an instance of a concrete sub-class instead.Constructor
The following constructor is provided:- new(%options): returns Mail::SPF::Term
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Abstract. Creates a new SPF record term object.
%options is a list of key/value pairs, however Mail::SPF::Term itself specifies no constructor options.
- new_from_string($text, %options): returns Mail::SPF::Term; throws Mail::SPF::ENothingToParse, Mail::SPF::EInvalidTerm
- Abstract. Creates a new SPF record term object by parsing the string and any options given.
Class methods
The following class methods are provided:- name_pattern: returns Regexp
- Returns a regular expression that matches any legal name for an SPF record term.
Instance methods
The following instance methods are provided:- text: returns string; throws Mail::SPF::ENoUnparsedText
- Returns the unparsed text of the term. Throws a Mail::SPF::ENoUnparsedText exception if the term was created synthetically instead of being parsed, and no text was provided.
- name: returns string
- Abstract. Returns the name of the term.