SYNOPSIS

use RefDB::SRU;
my $sru_query = new RefDB::SRU(\%params);
print $sru_query->result();

DESCRIPTION

Implements the backend code of a SRU service to query RefDB databases. Your own code must provide the networking interface which invokes the code in this module

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AUTHOR

Markus Hoenicka, [email protected]

new

Title : new

Usage : $diag = Diagnostics::new($number, $detail)

Function: creates a new Diagnostics object

Parameter: $number: the SRU diagnostic number

Parameter: $detail: the SRU diagnostic detail

diag_uri

Title : diag_uri

Usage : $uri = $diag->diag_uri()

Function: returns the URI associated with the diagnostic

diag_detail

Title : diag_detail

Usage : $detail = $diag->diag_detail()

Function: returns the detail associated with the diagnostic

diag_message

Title : diag_message

Usage : $message = $diag->diag_message()

Function: returns the message associated with the diagnostic

visit

Title : visit

Usage : called by CQL parser at each node

Function: processes each node

boolean

Title : boolean

Usage : called by visit

Function: translates boolean notes into the RefDB syntax

term

Title : term

Usage : called by visit()

Function: translates qualifier and terms into RefDB syntax

_translate_regex

Title : _translage_regex

Usage : _translate_regex($string)

Function: translates regular expressions from the CQL syntax to the database engine syntax

_maybeQuote

Title : _maybeQuote

Usage : _maybeQuote($string)

Function: quotes particular characters

package functions

new

Title : new

Usage : $my_query->new(\%params);

Function: creates and initializes a new query object

Arguments: reference to a hash containing the query parameter-value pairs

Returns : new object

print_vars

Title : print_vars

Usage : $my_query->print_vars;

Function: displays the parameter/value pairs for debugging purposes

run

Title : run

Usage : $my_query->run;

Function: analyzes the parameter values and runs an appropriate operation

response

Title : response

Usage : $query->response()

Function: accessor for the query response string