SYNOPSIS

use HTTP::OAI::Identify;
my $i = new HTTP::OAI::Identify(
adminEmail=>'[email protected]',
baseURL=>'http://www.myarchives.org/oai',
repositoryName=>'www.myarchives.org'
);
for( $i->adminEmail ) {
print $_, "\n";
}

METHODS

$i = new HTTP::OAI::Identify(-baseURL=>'http://arXiv.org/oai1'[, adminEmail=>$email, protocolVersion=>'2.0', repositoryName=>'myarchive'])

This constructor method returns a new instance of the OAI::Identify module.

$i->version

Return the original version of the OAI response, according to the given XML namespace.

$i->headers

Returns an HTTP::Headers object. Use $headers->header('headername') to retrive field values.

$burl = $i->baseURL([$burl])

$eds = $i->earliestDatestamp([$eds])

$gran = $i->granularity([$gran])

$version = $i->protocolVersion($version)

$name = $i->repositoryName($name)

Returns and optionally sets the relevent header. NOTE: protocolVersion will always be '2.0'. Use $i->version to find out the protocol version used by the repository.

@addys = $i->adminEmail([$email])

@cmps = $i->compression([$cmp])

Returns and optionally adds to the multi-value headers.

@dl = $i->description([$d])

Returns the description list and optionally appends a new description $d. Returns an array ref of HTTP::OAI::Descriptions, or an empty ref if there are no description.

$d = $i->next

Returns the next description or undef if no more description left.

$dom = $i->toDOM

Returns a XML::DOM object representing the Identify response.