Biber::Entry(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					 Biber::Entry(3pm)

NAME

       Biber::Entry - Biber::Entry objects

   new
	   Initialize a Biber::Entry object

   TO_JSON
	  Serialiser for JSON::XS::encode

   clone
	   Clone a Biber::Entry object and return a copy
	   Accepts optionally a key for the copy

   notnull
	   Test for an empty object

   set_orig_field
	   Set a field which came from the datasource which is then split/transformed
	   into other fields. Here we save the original in case we need to look at it again
	   but it is not treated as a real field any more. Such fields are of only historical
	   interest in the processing in case we lose information during processing but need
	   to refer back.

   get_orig_field
	   Get an original field which has been subsequently split/transformed.

   set_field
	 Set/append to a derived field for a Biber::Entry object, that is, a field
	 which was not an actual bibliography field

   get_field
	   Get a field for a Biber::Entry object

   set_datafield
	   Set/append to a field which is in the bib data file
	   Only set to null if the field is a nullable one
	   otherwise if value is null, remove the field

   get_datafield
	   Get a field that was in the original data file

   del_field
	   Delete a field in a Biber::Entry object

   del_datafield
	   Delete an original data source data field in a Biber::Entry object

   field_exists
	   Check whether a field exists (even if null)

   datafields
	   Returns a sorted array of the fields which came from the data source

   count_datafields
	   Returns the number of datafields

   fields
	   Returns a sorted array of all field names, including ones
	   added during processing which are not necessarily fields
	   which came from the data file

   count_fields
	   Returns the number of fields

   has_keyword
	   Check if a Biber::Entry object has a particular keyword in
	   in the KEYWORDS field.

   add_warning
	   Append a warning to a Biber::Entry object

   set_inherit_from
	   Inherit fields from parent entry

	   $entry->set_inherit_from($parententry);

	   Takes a second Biber::Entry object as argument
	   Tailored for set inheritance which is a straight 1:1 inheritance,
	   excluding certain fields for backwards compatibility

   resolve_xdata
	   Recursively resolve XDATA fields in an entry

	   $entry->resolve_xdata($xdata_entry);

   inherit_from
	   Inherit fields from parent entry (as indicated by the crossref field)

	   $entry->inherit_from($parententry);

	   Takes a second Biber::Entry object as argument
	   Uses the crossref inheritance specifications from the .bcf

   dump
	   Dump Biber::Entry object

AUTHORS

       Francois Charette, "<firmicus at ankabut.net>" Philip Kime "<philip at kime.org.uk>"

BUGS

       Please report any bugs or feature requests on our sourceforge tracker at <https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=browse&group_id=228270>.

COPYRIGHT &; LICENSE
       Copyright 2009-2012 Francois Charette and Philip Kime, all rights reserved.

       This module is free software.  You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
       merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-06-17							 Biber::Entry(3pm)