NAME

    MARC::Spec - A MARCspec parser and builder

SYNOPSIS

        use MARC::Spec;
        
        # Parsing MARCspec from a string
        my $ms = MARC::Spec::parse('246[0-1]$f{245$h~\[microform\]|245$h~\microfilm}');
    
        # Structure
        say ref $ms;                                             # MARC::Spec
        say ref $ms->field;                                      # MARC::Spec::Field
        say ref $ms->subfields;                                  # ARRAY
        say ref $ms->subfields->[0];                             # MARC::Spec::Subfield
        say ref $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs;                   # ARRAY
        say ref $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0];              # ARRAY
        say ref $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[1];         # MARC::Spec::Subspec
        say ref $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[1]->left;   # MARC::Spec
        say ref $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[1]->right;  # MARC::Spec::Comparisonstring
    
        # Access to attributes
        say $ms->field->base;                                                    # 246[0-1]
        say $ms->field->tag;                                                     # 246
        say $ms->field->index_start;                                             # 0
        say $ms->field->index_end;                                               # 1
        say $ms->field->index_length;                                            # 2
        say $ms->subfields->[0]->base;                                           # 'f[0-#]'
        say $ms->subfields->[0]->code;                                           # 'f'
        say $ms->subfields->[0]->index_start;                                    # 0
        say $ms->subfields->[0]->index_end;                                      # '#'
        say $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[0]->subterms;                   # '245$h~\[microform\]'
        say $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[0]->left->field->tag;           # 245
        say $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[0]->left->field->index_length;  # -1
        say $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[0]->left->subfields->[0]->code; # 'h'
        say $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[0]->right->comparable;          # '[microform]'
        say $ms->subfields->[0]->subspecs->[0]->[1]->right->comparable;          # 'microfilm'
        
        # creating MARCspec from scratch
        my $field    =  MARC::Spec::Field->new('245');
        my $subfield = MARC::Spec::Subfield->new('a');
        my $spec     = MARC::Spec->new($field);
        $spec->add_subfield($subfield);

DESCRIPTION

    MARC::Spec is a MARCspec - A common MARC record path language
    <http://marcspec.github.io/MARCspec/> parser and builder.

FUNCTIONS

 parse(Str)

    Parses a MARCspec as string and returns an instance of MARC::Spec.

METHODS

 new(MARC::Spec::Field)

    Create a new MARC::Spec instance. Parameter must be an instance of
    MARC::Spec::Field.

 add_subfield(MARC::Spec::Subfield)

    Appends a subfield to the array of the attribute subfields. Parameter
    must be an instance of MARC::Spec::Subfield.

 add_subfields(ArrayRef[MARC::Spec::Subfield])

    Appends subfields to the array of the attribute subfields. Parameter
    must be an ArrayRef and elements must be instances of
    MARC::Spec::Subfield.

PREDICATES

 has_subfields

    Returns true if attribute subfields has an value and false otherwise.

 has_indicator

    Returns true if attribute indicator has an value and false otherwise.

ATTRIBUTES

 field

    Obligatory. Attribute field is an instance of MARC::Spec::Field.

 subfields

    If defined, subfields is an array of instances of MARC::Spec::Subfield.

 indicator

    If defined, indicator is an instance of MARC::Spec::Indicator.

AUTHOR

    Carsten Klee <klee at cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTORS

      * Johann Rolschewski, <jorol at cpan>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

    This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Carsten Klee.

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

BUGS

    Please report any bugs to https://github.com/MARCspec/MARC-Spec/issues

SEE ALSO

      * MARC::Spec::Field

      * MARC::Spec::Subfield

      * MARC::Spec::Indicator

      * MARC::Spec::Subspec

      * MARC::Spec::Structure

      * MARC::Spec::Comparisonstring

      * MARC::Spec::Parser

