NAME

HTTP::OAI::Record - Encapsulates an OAI record

SYNOPSIS

        use HTTP::OAI::Record;

        # Create a new HTTP::OAI Record
        my $r = new HTTP::OAI::Record();

        $r->header->identifier('oai:myarchive.org:oid-233');
        $r->header->datestamp('2002-04-01');
        $r->header->setSpec('all:novels');
        $r->header->setSpec('all:books');

        $r->metadata(new HTTP::OAI::Metadata(dom=>$md));
        $r->about(new HTTP::OAI::Metadata(dom=>$ab));

METHODS

$r = new HTTP::OAI::Record( %opts )

This constructor method returns a new HTTP::OAI::Record object.

Options (see methods below):

        header => $header
        metadata => $metadata
        about => [$about]

$r->header([HTTP::OAI::Header])

Returns and optionally sets the record header (an HTTP::OAI::Header object).

$r->metadata([HTTP::OAI::Metadata])

Returns and optionally sets the record metadata (an HTTP::OAI::Metadata object).

$r->about([HTTP::OAI::Metadata])

Optionally adds a new About record (an HTTP::OAI::Metadata object) and returns an array of objects (may be empty).

Header Accessor Methods

These methods are equivalent to $rec->header->$method([$value]).

$r->identifier([$identifier])

Get and optionally set the record OAI identifier.

$r->datestamp([$datestamp])

Get and optionally set the record datestamp.

$r->status([$status])

Get and optionally set the record status (valid values are 'deleted' or undef).

$r->is_deleted()

Returns whether this record's status is deleted.