dtRdr::Library - library class frontend/base
This module is still in need of some major hacking to get the plugin loader worked out. Metadata and other API aspects are also undecided.
dtRdr::Library.pm - Library interface
dtRdr::Library->class_by_type($type);
Create a new empty library object.
my $library = dtRdr::Library->new();
Load the library stored at URI and set the location property.
URI
Return a list of book objects for the books stored in a library object
Return a list of all the metadata objects stored in this library
Return a list of book info objects.
my @infos = $lib->get_book_info;
Return a book object matching a given key/value lookup pair.
$lib->open_book(intid => $id);
or
$lib->open_book(title => $title);
$lib->open_book(book_id => $book_id);
Virtual: find a book for a given $key/$value match.
$info = $lib->find_book_by($key, $value);
Add the metadata object to the book, stored in the library
metadata
book
Remove the metadata from the specified book, as it's stored in the library.
$lib->delete_metadata($book, $metadata);
Remove the book.
All metadata for the book will be deleted from the library.
Dan Sugalski, <dan@sidhe.org>
Eric Wilhelm <ewilhelm at cpan dot org>
Copyright (C) 2006-2007 by Dan Sugalski, Eric L. Wilhelm, and OSoft, All Rights Reserved.
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To install dtRdr, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm dtRdr
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install dtRdr
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.