<<

NAME

Koha::MetadataRecord - base class for metadata records

SYNOPSIS

    my $record = new Koha::MetadataRecord({ 'record' => $record });

DESCRIPTION

Object-oriented class that encapsulates all metadata (i.e. bibliographic and authority) records in Koha.

new

    my $metadata_record = new Koha::MetadataRecord({
                                record => $record,
                                schema => $schema,
                                format => $format,
                                id     => $id
                          });

Returns a Koha::MetadataRecord object encapsulating record metadata.

$record is expected to be a deserialized object (for example a MARC::Record or XML::LibXML::Document object or JSON).

$schema is used to describe the metadata schema (for example marc21, unimarc, dc, mods, etc).

$format is used to specify the serialization format. It is important for Koha::RecordProcessor because it will pick the right Koha::Filter implementation based on this parameter. Valid values are:

   MARC (for MARC::Record objects)
   XML  (for XML::LibXML::Document objects)
   JSON (for JSON objects)

(optional) $id is used so the record carries its own id and Koha doesn't need to look for it inside the record.

createMergeHash

Create a hash for use when merging records. At the moment the only metadata schema supported is MARC.

<<