NAME
Mail::Thread::Arc - Generates a Thread Arc reperesentation of a thread
SYNOPSIS
my $threader = Mail::Thread->new( @messages );
my $arc = Mail::Thread::Arc->new;
$threader->thread;
my $i;
for my $thread ($threader->rootset) {
++$i;
my $svg = $arc->render( $thread );
write_file( "thread_$i.svg", $svg->xmlify );
}DESCRIPTION
Mail::Thread::Arc takes a Mail::Thread::Container and generates an image of the Thread Arc. Thread Arcs are described in the documentation for IBM's remail project.
http://www.research.ibm.com/remail/
METHODS
new
Generic constructor, inherited from Class::Accessor::Chained::Fast
render( $root_container, %options )
The main method.
Renders the thread tree as a thread arc. Returns an SVG object.
draw_message( $message )
Draw the message on the SVG canvas.
make_link( $message )
Return an URI based on the message. By default returns undef meaning that that the message is not a link.
However if this module is subclassed then a meaningful URI can be returned where appropriate.
draw_arc( $from, $to )
draws an arc between two messages
message_radius
The radius of the message circles. The most magic of all the magic numbers.
message_style( $container )
Returns the style hash for the message circle.
maximum_arc_height
the maximum height of an arc. default is 17 message radii
arc_style( $from, $to )
Returns the style hash for the connecting arc,
message_x( $container )
returns the X co-ordinate for a message
message_y
returns the Y co-ordinate for a message (expected to be constant for all messages)
thread_generation( $message )
returns the thread generation of the container.
date_of( $container )
The date the message was sent, in epoch seconds
AUTHOR
Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003 Richard Clamp. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
ReMail, the IBM Research project that implements Thread Arcs.
http://unixbeard.net/~richardc/mta/ - some sample output, alongside .pngs created with batik-rasteriser.