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==NAME==
 
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EPrints::Plugin::Convert - Convert EPrints::DataObj::Document into different formats
 
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==DESCRIPTION==
 
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This plugin and its dependents allow EPrints to convert documents from one format into another format. Convert plugins are also used by the full-text indexer to extract plain-text from documents.
 
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Convert plugins may provide conversions from any number of formats to any number of other formats (or not even 'formats' per-se e.g. unpacking/packing archives). A single plugin may represent a particular software package (e.g. ImageMagick) or a common goal (e.g. textifying documents for indexing).
 
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Using the root Convert plugin it is possible to query all loaded conversion plugins for available conversions from a given [[API:EPrints/DataObj/Document|EPrints::DataObj::Document]].
 
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==SYNOPSIS==
 
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<pre>  my $root = $session-&gt;plugin( 'Convert' );</pre>
 
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<pre>  my %available = $root-&gt;can_convert( $document );</pre>
 
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<source lang="perl">new OPTIONS
 
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:Create a new plugin object using OPTIONS (should only be called by [[API:EPrints/Session|EPrints::Session]]).
 
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:Returns a hash of types that this plugin can convert the document $doc to. The key is the type. The value is a hash ref containing:
 
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:Convert $doc to format $type (as returned by can_convert). Stores the resulting $doc in $eprint, and returns the new document or undef on failure.
 
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==COPYRIGHT==
 
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Copyright 2000-2011 University of Southampton.
 
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This file is part of EPrints http://www.eprints.org/.
 
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EPrints is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
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EPrints is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
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