NAME

HTTP::OAI::Header - Encapsulates an OAI header structure

SYNOPSIS

        use HTTP::OAI::Header;

        my $h = new HTTP::OAI::Header(
                identifier=>'oai:myarchive.org:2233-add',
                datestamp=>'2002-04-12T20:31:00Z',
        );

        $h->setSpec('all:novels');

METHODS

$id = new HTTP::OAI::Header

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

$idstring = $id->identifier([$idstring])

Returns and optionally sets the identifier string.

$ds = $id->datestamp([$datestamp])

Returns and optionally sets the datestamp (OAI 2.0 only).

$status = $id->status([$status])

Returns and optionally sets the status. Status is defined by the OAI protocol to be undef or 'deleted'.

@sets = $id->setSpec([$setSpec])

Returns the list of setSpecs and optionally appends a new setSpec, $setSpec (OAI 2.0 only).

$dom_fragment = $id->generate()

Act as a SAX driver (use $id->set_handler() to specify the filter to pass events to).