BibTeX::Parser::Entry(3pm)

NAME
BibTeX::Parser::Entry

VERSION
version 0.65

SYNOPSIS
This class ist a wrapper for a single BibTeX entry. It is usually created by a BibTeX::Parser.

    use BibTeX::Parser::Entry;

    my $entry = BibTeX::Parser::Entry->new($type, $key, $parse_ok, \%fields);

    if ($entry->parse_ok) {
            my $type    = $entry->type;
            my $key     = $enty->key;
            print $entry->field("title");
            my @authors = $entry->author;
            my @editors = $entry->editor;

            ...
    }

NAME
BibTeX::Entry - Contains a single entry of a BibTeX document.

VERSION
version 0.65

FUNCTIONS

  new
Create new entry.

  parse_ok
If the entry was correctly parsed, this method returns a true value, false otherwise.

  error
Return the error message, if the entry could not be parsed or undef otherwise.

  type
Get or set the type of the entry, eg. 'ARTICLE' or 'BOOK'. Return value is always uppercase.

  key
Get or set the reference key of the entry.

  field($name [, $value])
Get or set the contents of a field. The first parameter is the name of the field, the second (optional) value is the new value.

  cleaned_field($name)
Retrieve the contents of a field in a format that is cleaned of TeX markup.

  cleaned_author
Get an array of BibTeX::Parser::Author objects for the authors of this entry. Each name has been cleaned of accents and braces.

  cleaned_editor
Get an array of BibTeX::Parser::Author objects for the editors of this entry. Each name has been cleaned of accents and braces.

  author([@authors])
Get or set the authors. Returns an array of BibTeX::Author objects. The parameters can either be BibTeX::Author objects or strings.

Note: You can also change the authors with $entry->field('author', $authors_string)

  editor([@editors])
Get or set the editors. Returns an array of BibTeX::Author objects. The parameters can either be BibTeX::Author objects or strings.

Note: You can also change the authors with $entry->field('editor', $editors_string)

  fieldlist()
Returns a list of all the fields used in this entry.

  has($fieldname)
Returns a true value if this entry has a value for $fieldname.

  raw_bibtex
Return raw BibTeX entry (if available).

AUTHOR
Gerhard Gossen <gerhard.gossen@googlemail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Gerhard Gossen.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.