NAME

Net::Z3950::FOLIO - Z39.50 server for FOLIO bibliographic data

SYNOPSIS

 use Net::Z3950::FOLIO;
 $service = new Net::Z3950::FOLIO('config');
 $service->launch_server("someServer", @ARGV);

DESCRIPTION

The Net::Z3950::FOLIO module provides all the application logic of a Z39.50 server that allows searching in and retrieval from the inventory module of FOLIO. It is used by the z2folio program, and there is probably no good reason to make any other program to use it.

The library has only two public entry points: the new() constructor and the launch_server() method. The synopsis above shows how they are used: a Net::Z3950::FOLIO object is created using new(), then the launch_server() method is invoked on it to start the server. (In fact, this synopsis is essentially the whole of the code of the simple2zoom program. All the work happens inside the library.)

METHODS

new($configBase)

 $s2z = new Net::Z3950::FOLIO('config');

Creates and returns a new Net::Z3950::FOLIO object, configured according to the JSON file $configFile.json specified by the only argument. The format of this file is described in Net::Z3950::FOLIO::Config.

launch_server($label, @ARGV)

 $s2z->launch_server("someServer", @ARGV);

Launches the Net::Z3950::FOLIO server: this method never returns. The $label string is used in logging, and the @ARGV vector of command-line arguments is interpreted by the YAZ backend server as described at https://software.indexdata.com/yaz/doc/server.invocation.html

SEE ALSO

The z2folio script conveniently launches the server.

Net::Z3950::FOLIO::Config describes the configuration-file format.

The Net::Z3950::SimpleServer handles the Z39.50 service.

AUTHOR

Mike Taylor, <mike@indexdata.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2018 The Open Library Foundation

This software is distributed under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the file "LICENSE" for more information.