NAME

       RefDB::SRU - Module for a SRU service for RefDB

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

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR

       Markus Hoenicka, markus@mhoenicka.de

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of the RefDB package, a reference manager and bibliography tool for
       markup languages. Please visit http://refdb.sourceforge.net for further information.

   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