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NAME

MARC::Spec - A MARCspec parser and builder

SYNOPSIS

# Parsing MARCspec from a string
my $ms = MARC::Spec::parse('246[0-1]$f{245$h~\[microform\]|245$h~\microfilm}');
# Structure
say ref $ms; # MARC::Spec
say ref $ms->field; # MARC::Spec::Field
say ref $ms->subfields; # ARRAY
say ref $ms->subfields->[0]; # MARC::Spec::Subfield
say ref $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs; # ARRAY
say ref $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]; # ARRAY
say ref $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[1]; # MARC::Spec::Subspec
say ref $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[1]->left; # MARC::Spec
say ref $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[1]->right; # MARC::Spec::Comparisonstring
# Access to attributes
say $ms->field->base; # 246[0-1]
say $ms->field->tag; # 246
say $ms->field->index_start; # 0
say $ms->field->index_end; # 1
say $ms->field->index_length; # 2
say $ms->subfields->[0]->base; # 'f[0-#]'
say $ms->subfields->[0]->code; # 'f'
say $ms->subfields->[0]->index_start; # 0
say $ms->subfields->[0]->index_end; # '#'
say $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[0]->subterms; # '245$h~\[microform\]'
say $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[0]->left->field->tag; # 245
say $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[0]->left->field->index_length; # -1
say $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[0]->left->subfields->[0]->code; # 'h'
say $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[0]->right->comparable; # '[microform]'
say $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[1]->right->comparable; # 'microfilm'
# creating MARCspec from scratch
my $field = MARC::Spec::Field->new('245');
my $subfield = MARC::Spec::Subfield->new('a');
my $spec = MARC::Spec->new($field);
$spec->add_subfield($subfield);

DESCRIPTION

MARC::Spec is a MARCspec - A common MARC record path language parser and builder.

FUNCTIONS

parse(Str)

Parses a MARCspec as string and returns an instance of MARC::Spec.

METHODS

new(MARC::Spec::Field)

Create a new MARC::Spec instance. Parameter must be an instance of MARC::Spec::Field.

add_subfield(MARC::Spec::Subfield)

Appends a subfield to the array of the attribute subfields. Parameter must be an instance of MARC::Spec::Subfield.

add_subfields(ArrayRef[MARC::Spec::Subfield])

Appends subfields to the array of the attribute subfields. Parameter must be an ArrayRef and elements must be instances of MARC::Spec::Subfield.

PREDICATES

has_subfields

Returns true if attribute subfields has an value and false otherwise.

has_indicator

Returns true if attribute indicator has an value and false otherwise.

ATTRIBUTES

field

Obligatory. Attribute field is an instance of MARC::Spec::Field.

subfields

If defined, subfields is an array of instances of MARC::Spec::Subfield.

indicator

If defined, indicator is an instance of MARC::Spec::Indicator.

AUTHOR

Carsten Klee <klee at cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTORS

  • Johann Rolschewski, <jorol at cpan>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Carsten Klee.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs to https://github.com/MARCspec/MARC-Spec/issues

SEE ALSO