LibrarySearch Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for LibrarySearch:

Public Member Functions
	__construct (array $configuration=[])
	query (array $search_parameters=[], string $order_by=self::ORDER_BY_RELEVANCE, int $limit=200)

Data Fields
const	TITLE = 'title'
const	AUTHOR = 'author'
const	YEAR = 'year'
const	NUMBER = 'number'
const	ISSN = 'issn'
const	ISBN = 'isbn'
const	PUBLICATION = 'publication'
const	SIGNATURE = 'signature'
const	ORDER_BY_RELEVANCE = 'relevance'
const	ORDER_BY_YEAR = 'year'

Protected Member Functions
	translateQueryFields (array $query_fields=[])
	requestData (string $base_url= '', array $url_parameters=[])

Protected Attributes
	$request_base_url = ''
	$request_url_parameters = []
	$settings = []

Detailed Description

This class contains basic methods for querying a library catalog using standardised search parameters.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__construct

(

array

$configuration = []

)

A basic constructor.

Parameters

array

$configuration

The configuration for the LibrarySearch implementation. It should be an associative array with the following keys: base_url: The base URL for retrieving data. additional_url_parameters: Additional URL parameters for the base URL. settings: Implementation-specific configuration. This should also be an associative array.

Member Function Documentation

query ( array  $search_parameters = [], string  $order_by = self::ORDER_BY_RELEVANCE, int  $limit = 200  )

abstract

Starts a query to a library catalogue using the specified parameters. If standardised parameters as defined in the FIELD_ constants of this class are used as keys in the $search_parameters array, their keys may be converted to library-specific search keys.

Parameters

array	$search_parameters	The search parameters to be used. The array must be an associative array where the keys represent the fields.
string	$order_by
int	$limit	The maximum amount of items that shall be retrieved from the catalog.

Returns

LibrarySearchResult[] An array of LibrarySearchResult items if entries matching the search could be found in the library.

requestData ( string  $base_url = '', array  $url_parameters = []  )

protected

A common method for the libcurl code to request data from an URL so that LibrarySearch implementations don't have to include their own libcurl code to get data.

Parameters

string	$base_url	The base URL to request data from.
array	$url_parameters	URL parameters for the request. The array should consist of an associative array with keys representing the parameter name and the values representing the parameter values.

Returns

string|bool The result of the request. If the base URL is empty or no data could be retrieved due to an error, false is returned. In case of success, a string with the retrieved data is returned.

translateQueryFields ( array  $query_fields = [] )

abstractprotected

This method shall replace the generalised search query fields with the implementation specific query fields.

Parameters

array

$query_fields

An array with query parameters using the generalised query fields.

Returns

array The translated version of the $query_fields array.

Field Documentation

$request_base_url = ''

protected

The base URL for the HTTP request to retrieve data.

$request_url_parameters = []

protected

Additional URL parameters for the HTTP request to retrieve data.

$settings = []

protected

Implementation-specific configuration that can define the behavior of the LibrarySearch implementation.

const AUTHOR = 'author'

const ISBN = 'isbn'

const ISSN = 'issn'

const NUMBER = 'number'

const ORDER_BY_RELEVANCE = 'relevance'

const ORDER_BY_YEAR = 'year'

const PUBLICATION = 'publication'

const SIGNATURE = 'signature'

const TITLE = 'title'

const YEAR = 'year'

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• lib/classes/librarysearch/LibrarySearch.class.php