NAME
   URI::tel - Implementation of rfc3966 for tel URI

SYNOPSIS
       my $tel = URI::tel->new( 'tel:+1-418-656-9254;ext=102' );
       ## or
       my $tel = URI::tel->new( 'tel:5678-1234;phone-context=+81-3' );
       ## or
       my $tel = URI::tel->new( '03-5678-1234' );
       $tel->context( '+81' );
       $tel->ext( 42 );
       print( $tel->canonical->as_string, "\n" );
       my $tel2 = $tel->canonical;
       print( "$tel2\n" );
       ## or
       my $tel = URI::tel->new( '+1-800-LAWYERS' );
       my $actualPhone = $tel->aton;
       ## would produce +1-800-5299377

       ## Comparing 2 telephones
       ## https://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc3966#section-4
       if( $tel == $tel2 )
       {
           ## then do something
       }

DESCRIPTION
   "URI::tel" is a package to implement the tel URI as defined in rfc3966
   <https://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc3966>.

   tel URI is structured as follows:

   tel:*telephone-subscriber*

   *telephone-subscriber* is either a *global-number* or a *local-number*

   *global-number* can be composed of the following characters:

   +[0-9\-\.\(\)]*[0-9][0-9\-\.\(\)]* then followed with one or zero
   parameter, extension, isdn-subaddress

   *local-number* can be composed of the following characters:

   [0-9A-F\*\#\-\.\(\)]* ([0-9A-F\*\#])[0-9A-F\*\#\-\.\(\)]* followed by
   one or zero of parameter, extension, isdn-subaddress, then at least one
   context then followed by one or zero of parameter, extension,
   isdn-subaddress.

   *parameter* is something that looks like
   ;[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+=[\[\]\/\:\&\+\$0-9a-zA-Z\-\_\.\!\~\*\'\(\)]+

   *extension* is something that looks like ;ext=[0-9\-\.\(\)]+

   *isdn-subaddress* is something that looks like
   ;isub=[\;\/\?\:\@\&\=\+\$\,a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\.\!\~\*\'\(\)%0-9A-F]+

   *context* is something that looks like
   ;phone-context=([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]\.)?([a-
   zA-Z]|[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]) or
   ;phone-context=+([0-9]+[\-\.\(\)]*)?[0-9]+([0-9]+[\-\.\(\)]*)?

METHODS
   new( tel URI )
       new() is provided with a tel URI and return an instance of this
       package.

   as_string()
       Returns a string representation of the tel uri. This package is
       overloaded, so one can get the same result by doing

           my $str = $tel->as_string;

   aton( [ telephone ] )
       If no phone number is given as argument, it will use the
       *subscriber* value of the object used to call this method. It
       returns the phone number with the letters replaced by their digit
       counterparts.

       For example a subscriber such as "tel:+1-800-LAWYERS" would return
       "tel:+1-800-5299377"

   canonical
       Return the tel uri in a canonical form, ie without any visualisation
       characters, ie no "hyphen", "comma", "dot", etc

   clone()
       Returns an exact copy of the current object.

   context( [ CONTEXT ] )
       Given a telephone context, sets the value accordingly. It returns
       the current existing value.

       For example, with a phone number of 03-1234-5678, this is a local
       number, and one could set some context, such as

           $tel->context( '+81' )

       Thus, when called upon as a string, the object would return:

           03-1234-5678;phone-context=+81

   country()
       If the current telephone uri is as global number, this method will
       try to find out to which country it belongs. It returns an array in
       list context and an array reference in scalar context.

       If there are more than one country using the same international
       dialling code, it will return multiple entry in the array. This is
       typically true for countries like Canada and the United States who
       both uses the same +1 international dialling code.

       One could then do something like the following:

           my $ref = $tel->country;
           print( "Country: ", @$ref > 1 ? join( ' or ', map( $_->{ 'name' }, @$ref ) ) : @$ref ? $ref->[0]->{ 'name' } : 'not found', "\n" );

       which would produce:

           Country: Canada or United States

       Each array entry is a reference to an associative array, which
       contains the following fields:

       *cc* for the iso 3166 2-letters code
       *cc3* for the iso 3166 3-letters code
       *name* for the country name
       *idd* for the international dialling code. *idd* is an array
       reference which may contains one or more entries, as there may be
       multiple international dialling code per country.

   is_global()
       Returns true or false depending on whether the phone number is a
       global one, ie starting with "+".

   is_local()
       Returns true or false depending on whether the phone number is a
       local one, ie a number without the "+" prefix. This can happen of
       course with numbers such as "03-1234-5678", but also for emergency
       number, such as 110 (police in Japan) or 911 (police in the U.S.).

       One could set a prefix to clarify, such as:

           my $tel = URI::tel->new( '110' );
           $tel->context( '+81' );
           ## which would produce:
           ## 110;phone-context=+81

   is_other()
       Normally, as per rfc 3966, a non global number must have a context,
       but in everyday life this is rarely the case, so is_other flags
       those numbers who are local but lack a context.

       It returns true or false.

   is_vanity()
       Returns true or false whether the telephone number is a vanity
       number, such as "+1-800-LAWYERS".

   isub( [ ISDN SUBADDRESS ] )
       Optionally sets the isdn subaddress if a value is provided. It
       returns the current value set.

           $tel->isub( 1420 );

   original()
       Returns the original telephone number provided, before any possible
       changes were brought.

   private( [ NAME, [ VALUE ] ] )
       Given a *NAME*, private returns the value entry for that parameter.
       If a *VALUE* is provided, it will set this value for the given name.
       if no *NAME*, and no *VALUE* was provided, private returns a list of
       all the name-value pair currently set, or a reference to that
       associative array in scalar context.

   subscriber( [ PHONE ] )
       Returns the current telephone number set for this telephone uri. For
       example:

           my $tel = URI::tel->new( 'tel:+1-418-656-9254;ext=102' );
           my $subscriber = $tel->subscriber;

       will return: "+1-418-656-9254"

   type()
       This is a read-only method. It returns the type of the telephone
       number. The type can be one of the following values: global, local,
       other, vanity

SEE ALSO
   List of country calling codes:
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes>

CREDITS
   Credits to Thiago Berlitz Rondon for the initial version.

COPYRIGHT
   Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Jacques Deguest <[email protected]>

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   under the same terms as Perl itself.