API:EPrints/MetaField
EPrints 3 Reference: Directory Structure - Metadata Fields - Repository Configuration - XML Config Files - XML Export Format - EPrints data structure - Core API - Data Objects
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NAME
EPrints::MetaField - A single metadata field.
SYNOPSIS
my $field = $dataset->field( $fieldname );
$dataset = $field->dataset;
$repo = $field->repository;
$field->set_property( $property, $value );
$value = $field->property( $property );
$name = $field->name;
$type = $field->type;
$xhtml = $field->render_name;
$xhtml = $field->render_help;
$xhtml = $field->render_value_label( $value );
$values = $field->all_values( %opts );
$sorted_list = $field->sort_values( $unsorted_list );
DESCRIPTION
This object represents a single metadata field, not the value of that field. A field belongs (usually) to a dataset and has a large number of properties. Optional and required properties vary between types.
"type" is the most important property, it is the type of the metadata field. For example: "text", "name" or "date".
A full description of metadata types and properties is in the eprints documentation and will not be duplicated here.
METHODS
set_property
$field->set_property( $property, $value )
Set the named property to the given value.
This should not be called on metafields unless they've been cloned first.
This method will cause an abort error if the metafield is read only.
In these cases a cloned version of the field should be used.
repository
$repository = $field->repository
Return the EPrints::Repository to which this field belongs.
dataset
$dataset = $field->dataset
Return the EPrints::DataSet to which this field belongs, or undef.
render_name
$xhtml = $field->render_name
Render the name of this field as an XHTML object.
render_help
$xhtml = $field->render_help
Return the help information for a user inputing some data for this field as an XHTML chunk.
name
$name = $field->name
Return the name of this field.
type
$type = $field->type
Return the type of this field.
property
$value = $field->property( $property )
Return the value of the given property.
Special note about "required" property: It only indicates if the field is always required. You must query the dataset to check if it is required for a specific type.
sort_values
$out_list = $field->sort_values( $in_list, $langid )
Sorts the in_list into order, based on the "order values" of the values in the in_list. Assumes that the values are not a list of multiple values. [ [], [], [] ], but rather a list of single values.
all_values
$values = $field->all_values( %opts )
Return a reference to an array of all the values of this field. For fields like "subject" or "set" it returns all the variations. For fields like "text" return all the distinct values from the database.
Results are sorted according to the ordervalues of the current session.
