Added =~ and .match to Body. Matches against the decoded text

lib/mail/body.rb

@@ -54,10 +54,39 @@ def ==(other)
       if other.class == String
         self.decoded == other
       else
-        self.eql?(other)
+        super
       end
     end
 
+    # Accepts a string and performs a regular expression against the decoded text
+    # 
+    # Examples:
+    # 
+    #   body = Mail::Body.new('The body')
+    #   body =~ /The/ #=> 0
+    #   
+    #   body = Mail::Body.new("VGhlIGJvZHk=\n")
+    #   body.encoding = 'base64'
+    #   body =~ /The/ #=> 0
+    def =~(regexp)
+      self.decoded =~ regexp
+    end
+
+    # Accepts a string and performs a regular expression against the decoded text
+    # 
+    # Examples:
+    # 
+    #   body = Mail::Body.new('The body')
+    #   body.match(/The/) #=> #<MatchData "The">
+    #   
+    #   body = Mail::Body.new("VGhlIGJvZHk=\n")
+    #   body.encoding = 'base64'
+    #   body.match(/The/) #=> #<MatchData "The">
+    def match(regexp)
+      self.decoded.match(regexp)
+    end
+
+
     # Returns the raw source that the body was initialized with, without
     # any tampering
     def raw_source

spec/mail/body_spec.rb

@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
   end
 
   describe "matching" do
+
     it "should still equal itself" do
       body = Mail::Body.new('The body')
       body.should == body
@@ -231,6 +232,28 @@
       (body == "The body").should be_true
     end
 
+    it "should match on the body part decoded if given a string to =~" do
+      body = Mail::Body.new('The body')
+      (body =~ /The/).should == 0
+    end
+
+    it "should match on the body part decoded if given a string to ==" do
+      body = Mail::Body.new("VGhlIGJvZHk=\n")
+      body.encoding = 'base64'
+      (body =~ /The/).should == 0
+    end
+
+    it "should match on the body part decoded if given a string to match" do
+      body = Mail::Body.new('The body')
+      (body.match(/The/))[0].should == 'The'
+    end
+
+    it "should match on the body part decoded if given a string to match" do
+      body = Mail::Body.new("VGhlIGJvZHk=\n")
+      body.encoding = 'base64'
+      (body.match(/The/))[0].should == 'The'
+    end
+
   end
 
 end