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.

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);

or

  $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

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>

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