SRU::Request(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					 SRU::Request(3pm)

NAME

       SRU::Request - Factories for creating SRU request objects.

SYNOPSIS

	   use SRU::Request;
	   my $request = SRU::Request->newFromURI( $uri );

DESCRIPTION

       SRU::Request allows you to create the appropriate SRU request object from a URI object. This allows you to pass in a URI and get back one
       of SRU::Request::Explain, SRU::Request::Scan or SRU::Request::SearchRetrieve depending on the type of URI that is passed in. See the docs
       for those classes for more information about what they contain.

METHODS

   newFromURI()
       newFromURI() is a factory method which you pass a complete SRU url.  newFromURI() will return an appropriate object for the type of request
       being conducted:

       o   SRU::Request::Explain

       o   SRU::Request::Scan

       o   SRU::Request::SearchRetrieve

       If the request is not formatted properly the call will return undef.  The error encountered should be available in $SRU::Error.

   newFromCGI()
       A factory method for creating a request object from a CGI object.

	   my $cgi = CGI->new();
	   my $request = SRU::Request->newFromCGI( $cgi );

   asXML()
       Used to generate <echoedExplainRequest>, <echoedSearchRetrieveRequest> and <echoedScanRequest> elements in the response.

   type()
       Returns 'searchRetrieve', 'scan' or 'explain' depending on what type of object it is.

perl v5.12.4							    2009-11-20							 SRU::Request(3pm)