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'''EPrints::Session''' - Single connection to the EPrints system
 
  
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This module is not really a session. The name is out of date, but hard to change.
 
 
EPrints::Session represents a connection to the EPrints system. It connects to a single EPrints repository, and the database used by that repository. Thus it has an associated EPrints::Database and EPrints::Repository object.
 
 
Each "session" has a "current language". If you are running in a  multilingual mode, this is used by the HTML rendering functions to choose what language to return text in.
 
 
The "session" object also knows about the current apache connection, if there is one, including the CGI parameters.
 
 
If the connection requires a username and password then it can also  give access to the EPrints::DataObj::User object representing the user who is causing this request.
 
 
The session object also provides many methods for creating XHTML  results which can be returned via the web interface.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_new -->==new==
 
 
  $session = EPrints::Session-&gt;new( $mode, [$repository_id], [$noise], [$nocheckdb] )
 
 
Create a connection to an EPrints repository which provides access  to the database and to the repository configuration.
 
 
This method can be called in two modes. Setting $mode to 0 means this is a connection via a CGI web page. $repository_id is ignored, instead the value is taken from the "PerlSetVar EPrints_ArchiveID" option in the apache configuration for the current directory.
 
 
If this is being called from a command line script, then $mode should be 1, and $repository_id should be the ID of the repository we want to connect to.
 
 
$mode : mode = 0    - We are online (CGI script) mode = 1    - We are offline (bin script) $repository_id is repository_id mode = 2    - We are online, but don't create a CGI query (so we
 
don't consume the data).
 
 
$noise is the level of debugging output. 0 - silent 1 - quietish 2 - noisy 3 - debug all SQL statements 4 - debug database connection
 
 
Under normal conditions use "0" for online and "1" for offline.
 
 
$nocheckdb - if this is set to 1 then a connection is made to the database without checking that the tables exist.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_request -->==get_request==
 
 
  $request = $session-&gt;get_request;
 
 
Return the Apache request object (from mod_perl) or undefined if  this isn't a CGI script.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_query -->==get_query==
 
 
  $query = $session-&gt;get_query;
 
 
Return the CGI.pm object describing the current HTTP query, or  undefined if this isn't a CGI script.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_terminate -->==terminate==
 
 
  $session-&gt;terminate
 
 
Perform any cleaning up necessary, for example SQL cache tables which are no longer needed.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_session_language -->===get_session_language===
 
 
  $langid = EPrints::Session::get_session_language( $repository, $request )
 
 
Given an repository object and a Apache (mod_perl) request object, this method decides what language the session should be.
 
 
First it looks at the HTTP cookie "eprints_lang", failing that it looks at the prefered language of the request from the HTTP header, failing that it looks at the default language for the repository.
 
 
The language ID it returns is the highest on the list that the given eprint repository actually supports.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_change_lang -->===change_lang===
 
 
  $session-&gt;change_lang( $newlangid )
 
 
Change the current language of the session. $newlangid should be a valid country code for the current repository.
 
 
An invalid code will cause eprints to terminate with an error.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_html_phrase -->===html_phrase===
 
 
  $xhtml_phrase = $session-&gt;html_phrase( $phraseid, %inserts )
 
 
Return an XHTML DOM object describing a phrase from the phrase files.
 
 
$phraseid is the id of the phrase to return. If the same ID appears in both the repository-specific phrases file and the system phrases file then the repository-specific one is used.
 
 
If the phrase contains &lt;ep:pin&gt; elements, then each one should have an entry in %inserts where the key is the "ref" of the pin and the value is an XHTML DOM object describing what the pin should be  replaced with.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_phrase -->===phrase===
 
 
  $utf8_text = $session-&gt;phrase( $phraseid, %inserts )
 
 
Performs the same function as html_phrase, but returns plain text.
 
 
All HTML elements will be removed, &lt;br&gt; and &lt;p&gt; will be converted  into breaks in the text. &lt;img&gt; tags will be replaced with their  "alt" values.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_lang -->===get_lang===
 
 
  $language = $session-&gt;get_lang
 
 
Return the EPrints::Language object for this sessions current  language.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_langid -->===get_langid===
 
 
  $langid = $session-&gt;get_langid
 
 
Return the ID code of the current language of this session.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_best_language -->===best_language===
 
 
  $value = EPrints::Session::best_language( $repository, $lang, %values )
 
 
$repository is the current repository. $lang is the prefered language.
 
 
%values contains keys which are language ids, and values which is text or phrases in those languages, all translations of the same  thing.
 
 
This function returns one of the values from %values based on the  following logic:
 
 
If possible, return the value for $lang.
 
 
Otherwise, if possible return the value for the default language of this repository.
 
 
Otherwise, if possible return the value for "en" (English).
 
 
Otherwise just return any one value.
 
 
This means that the view sees the best possible phrase.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_view_name -->===get_view_name===
 
 
  $viewname = $session-&gt;get_view_name( $dataset, $viewid )
 
 
Return a UTF8 encoded string containing the human readable name of the /view/ section with the ID $viewid.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_database -->===get_database===
 
 
  $db = $session-&gt;get_database
 
 
Return the current EPrints::Database connection object.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_repository -->===get_repository===
 
 
  $repository = $session-&gt;get_repository
 
 
Return the EPrints::Repository object associated with the Session.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_url -->===get_url===
 
 
  $url = $session-&gt;get_url( [ @OPTS ] [, $page] )
 
 
Utility method to get various URLs. See [[API:EPrints/URL|EPrints::URL]]. With no arguments returns the same as get_uri().
 
 
  # Return the current static path
 
  $session-&gt;get_url( path =&gt; "static" );
 
 
 
  # Return the current cgi path
 
  $session-&gt;get_url( path =&gt; "cgi" );
 
 
 
  # Return a full URL to the current cgi path
 
  $session-&gt;get_url( host =&gt; 1, path =&gt; "cgi" );
 
 
 
  # Return a full URL to the static path under HTTP
 
  $session-&gt;get_url( scheme =&gt; "http", host =&gt; 1, path =&gt; "static" );
 
 
 
  # Return a full URL to the image 'foo.png'
 
  $session-&gt;get_url( host =&gt; 1, path =&gt; "images", "foo.png" );
 
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_uri -->===get_uri===
 
 
  $uri = $session-&gt;get_uri
 
 
Returns the URL of the current script. Or "undef".
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_full_url -->===get_full_url===
 
 
  $uri = $session-&gt;get_full_url
 
 
Returns the URL of the current script plus the CGI params.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_noise -->===get_noise===
 
 
  $noise_level = $session-&gt;get_noise
 
 
Return the noise level for the current session. See the explaination under EPrints::Session-&gt;new()
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_online -->===get_online===
 
 
  $boolean = $session-&gt;get_online
 
 
Return true if this script is running via CGI, return false if we're on the command line.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_secure -->===get_secure===
 
 
  $secure = $session-&gt;get_secure
 
 
Returns true if we're using HTTPS/SSL (checks get_online first).
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_dom_related_methods -->==DOM Related Methods==
 
These methods help build XML. Usually, but not always XHTML.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_make_element -->===make_element===
 
 
  $dom = $session-&gt;make_element( $element_name, %attribs )
 
 
Return a DOM element with name ename and the specified attributes.
 
 
eg. $session-&gt;make_element( "img", src =&gt; "/foo.gif", alt =&gt; "my pic" )
 
 
Will return the DOM object describing:
 
 
&lt;img src="/foo.gif" alt="my pic" /&gt;
 
 
Note that in the call we use "=&gt;" not "=".
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_make_indent -->===make_indent===
 
 
  $dom = $session-&gt;make_indent( $width )
 
 
Return a DOM object describing a C.R. and then $width spaces. This is used to make nice looking XML for things like the OAI interface.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_make_comment -->===make_comment===
 
 
  $dom = $session-&gt;make_comment( $text )
 
 
Return a DOM object describing a comment containing $text.
 
 
eg.
 
 
&lt;!-- this is a comment --&gt;
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_make_text -->===make_text===
 
 
  $DOM = $session-&gt;make_text( $text )
 
 
Return a DOM object containing the given text. $text should be UTF-8 encoded.
 
 
Characters will be treated as _text_ including &lt; &gt; etc.
 
 
eg.
 
 
$session-&gt;make_text( "This is &lt;b&gt; an example" );
 
 
Would return a DOM object representing the XML:
 
 
"This is &amp;lt;b&amp;gt; an example"
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_make_javascript -->===make_javascript===
 
 
  $DOM = $session-&gt;make_javascript( $code, %attribs )
 
 
Return a new DOM "script" element containing $code in javascript. %attribs will be added to the script element, similar to make_element().
 
 
E.g.
 
 
  &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
 
  // &lt;![CDATA[
 
  alert("Hello, World!");
 
  // ]]&gt;
 
  &lt;/script&gt;
 
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_make_doc_fragment -->===make_doc_fragment===
 
 
  $fragment = $session-&gt;make_doc_fragment
 
 
Return a new XML document fragment. This is an item which can have XML elements added to it, but does not actually get rendered itself.
 
 
If appended to an element then it disappears and its children join the element at that point.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_xhtml_related_methods -->==XHTML Related Methods==
 
These methods help build XHTML.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_ruler -->===render_ruler===
 
 
  $ruler = $session-&gt;render_ruler
 
 
Return an HR. in ruler.xml
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_nbsp -->===render_nbsp===
 
 
  $nbsp = $session-&gt;render_nbsp
 
 
Return an XHTML &amp;nbsp; character.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_data_element -->===render_data_element===
 
 
  $xhtml = $session-&gt;render_data_element( $indent, $elementname, $value, [%opts] )
 
 
This is used to help render neat XML data. It returns a fragment  containing an element of name $elementname containing the value $value, the element is indented by $indent spaces.
 
 
The %opts describe any extra attributes for the element
 
 
eg. $session-&gt;render_data_element( 4, "foo", "bar", class=&gt;"fred" )
 
 
would return a XML DOM object describing:
 
    &lt;foo class="fred"&gt;bar&lt;/foo&gt;
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_link -->===render_link===
 
 
  $xhtml = $session-&gt;render_link( $uri, [$target] )
 
 
Returns an HTML link to the given uri, with the optional $target if it needs to point to a different frame or window.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_row -->===render_row===
 
 
  $table_row = $session-&gt;render_row( $key, @values );
 
 
Return the key and values in a DOM encoded HTML table row. eg.
 
 
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;$key:&lt;/th&gt;&lt;td&gt;$value[0]&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;...&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_language_name -->===render_language_name===
 
 
  $xhtml = $session-&gt;render_language_name( $langid ) Return a DOM object containing the description of the specified languagein the current default language, or failing that from languages.xml
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_type_name -->===render_type_name===
 
 
  $xhtml = $session-&gt;render_type_name( $type_set, $type )
 
 
Return a DOM object containing the description of the specified type in the type set. eg. "eprint", "article"
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_type_name -->===get_type_name===
 
 
  $string = $session-&gt;get_type_name( $type_set, $type )
 
 
As above, but return a utf-8 string. Used in &lt;option&gt; elements, for example.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_name -->===render_name===
 
 
  $xhtml_name = $session-&gt;render_name( $name, [$familylast] )
 
 
$name is a ref. to a hash containing family, given etc.
 
 
Returns an XML DOM fragment with the name rendered in the manner of the repository. Usually "John Smith".
 
 
If $familylast is set then the family and given parts are reversed, eg. "Smith, John"
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_option_list -->===render_option_list===
 
 
  $xhtml_select = $session-&gt;render_option_list( %params )
 
 
This method renders an XHTML &lt;select&gt;. The options are complicated and may change, so it's better not to use it.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_single_option -->===render_single_option===
 
 
  $option = $session-&gt;render_single_option( $key, $desc, $selected )
 
 
Used by render_option_list.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_hidden_field -->===render_hidden_field===
 
 
  $xhtml_hidden = $session-&gt;render_hidden_field( $name, $value )
 
 
Return the XHTML DOM describing an &lt;input&gt; element of type "hidden" and name and value as specified. eg.
 
 
&lt;input type="hidden" name="foo" value="bar" /&gt;
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_upload_field -->===render_upload_field===
 
 
  $xhtml_uploda = $session-&gt;render_upload_field( $name )
 
 
Render into XHTML DOM a file upload form button with the given name.
 
 
eg. &lt;input type="file" name="foo" /&gt;
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_action_buttons -->===render_action_buttons===
 
 
  $dom = $session-&gt;render_action_buttons( %buttons )
 
 
Returns a DOM object describing the set of buttons.
 
 
The keys of %buttons are the ids of the action that button will cause, the values are UTF-8 text that should appear on the button.
 
 
Two optional additional keys may be used:
 
 
_order =&gt; [ "action1", "action2" ]
 
 
will force the buttons to appear in a set order.
 
 
_class =&gt; "my_css_class"
 
 
will add a class attribute to the &lt;div&gt; containing the buttons to  allow additional styling.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_internal_buttons -->===render_internal_buttons===
 
 
  $dom = $session-&gt;render_internal_buttons( %buttons )
 
 
As for render_action_buttons, but creates buttons for actions which will modify the state of the current form, not continue with whatever process the form is part of.
 
 
eg. the "More Spaces" button and the up and down arrows on multiple type fields.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_form -->===render_form===
 
 
  $dom = $session-&gt;render_form( $method, $dest )
 
 
Return a DOM object describing an HTML form element.
 
 
$method should be "get" or "post"
 
 
$dest is the target of the form. By default the current page.
 
 
eg.
 
 
$session-&gt;render_form( "GET", "http://example.com/cgi/foo" );
 
 
returns a DOM object representing:
 
 
&lt;form method="get" action="http://example.com/cgi/foo" accept-charset="utf-8" /&gt;
 
 
If $method is "post" then an addition attribute is set: enctype="multipart/form-data"
 
 
This just controls how the data is passed from the browser to the CGI library. You don't need to worry about it.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_subjects -->===render_subjects===
 
 
  $ul = $session-&gt;render_subjects( $subject_list, [$baseid], [$currentid], [$linkmode], [$sizes] )
 
 
Return as XHTML DOM a nested set of &lt;ul&gt; and &lt;li&gt; tags describing part of a subject tree.
 
 
$subject_list is a array ref of subject ids to render.
 
 
$baseid is top top level node to render the tree from. If only a single subject is in subject_list, all subjects up to $baseid will still be rendered. Default is the ROOT element.
 
 
If $currentid is set then the subject with that ID is rendered in &lt;strong&gt;
 
 
$linkmode can 0, 1, 2 or 3.
 
 
0. Don't link the subjects.
 
 
1. Links subjects to the URL which edits them in edit_subjects.
 
 
2. Links subjects to "subjectid.html" (where subjectid is the id of  the subject)
 
 
3. Links the subjects to "subjectid/".  $sizes must be set. Only  subjects with a size of more than one are linked.
 
 
4. Links the subjects to "../subjectid/".  $sizes must be set. Only  subjects with a size of more than one are linked.
 
 
$sizes may be a ref. to hash mapping the subjectid's to the number of items in that subject which will be rendered in brackets next to each subject.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_error -->===render_error===
 
 
  $session-&gt;render_error( $error_text, $back_to, $back_to_text )
 
 
Renders an error page with the given error text. A link, with the text $back_to_text, is offered, the destination of this is $back_to, which should take the user somewhere sensible.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_input_form -->===render_input_form===
 
 
  $dom = $session-&gt;render_input_form( %params )
 
 
Return a DOM object representing an entire input form.
 
 
%params contains the following options:
 
 
dataset: The EPrints::Dataset to which the form relates, if any.
 
 
fields: a reference to an array of EPrint::MetaField objects, which describe the fields to be added to the form.
 
 
values: a set of default values. A reference to a hash where the keys are ID's of fields, and the values are the default values for those fields.
 
 
show_help: if true, show the fieldhelp phrase for each input  field.
 
 
show_name: if true, show the fieldname phrase for each input  field.
 
 
buttons: a description of the buttons to appear at the bottom of the form. See render_action_buttons for details.
 
 
top_buttons: a description of the buttons to appear at the top of the form (optional).
 
 
default_action: the id of the action to be performed by default,  ie. if the user pushes "return" in a text field.
 
 
dest: The URL of the target for this form. If not defined then the current URI is used.
 
 
type: if this form relates to a user or an eprint, the type of eprint/user can effect what fields are flagged as required. This param contains the ID of the eprint/user if any, and if relevant.
 
 
staff: if true, this form is being presented to repository staff  (admin, or editor). This may change which fields are required.
 
 
hidden_fields: reference to a hash. The keys of which are CGI keys and the values are the values they are set to. This causes hidden form elements to be set, so additional information can be passed.
 
 
object: The DataObj which this form is editing, if any.
 
 
comment: not yet used.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_write_static_page -->===write_static_page===
 
 
  $session-&gt;write_static_page( $filebase, $parts, [$page_id], [$wrote_files] )
 
 
Write an .html file plus a set of files describing the parts of the page for use with the dynamic template option.
 
 
File base is the name of the page without the .html suffix.
 
 
parts is a reference to a hash containing DOM trees.
 
 
If $wrote_files is defined then any filenames written are logged in it as keys.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_prepare_page -->===prepare_page===
 
 
  $session-&gt;prepare_page( $parts, %options )
 
 
Create an XHTML page for this session.
 
 
$parts is a hash of XHTML elements to insert into the pins in the template. Usually: title, page. Maybe pagetop and head.
 
 
If template is set then an alternate template file is used.
 
 
This function only builds the page it does not output it any way, see the methods below for that.
 
 
Options include:
 
 
page_id=&gt;"id to put in body tag" template=&gt;"The template to use instead of default."
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_send_page -->===send_page===
 
 
  $session-&gt;send_page( %httpopts )
 
 
Send a web page out by HTTP. Only relevant if this is a CGI script. build_page must have been called first.
 
 
See send_http_header for an explanation of %httpopts
 
 
Dispose of the XML once it's sent out.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_page_to_file -->===page_to_file===
 
 
  $session-&gt;page_to_file( $filename, [$wrote_files] )
 
 
Write out the current webpage to the given filename.
 
 
build_page must have been called first.
 
 
Dispose of the XML once it's sent out.
 
 
If $wrote_files is set then keys are created in it for each file created.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_set_page -->===set_page===
 
 
  $session-&gt;set_page( $newhtml )
 
 
Erase the current page for this session, if any, and replace it with the XML DOM structure described by $newhtml.
 
 
This page is what is output by page_to_file or send_page.
 
 
$newhtml is a normal DOM Element, not a document object.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_clone_for_me -->===clone_for_me===
 
 
  $copy_of_node = $session-&gt;clone_for_me( $node, [$deep] )
 
 
XML DOM items can only be added to the document which they belong to.
 
 
A EPrints::Session has it's own XML DOM DOcument.
 
 
This method copies an XML node from _any_ document. The copy belongs to this sessions document.
 
 
If $deep is set then the children, (and their children etc.), are  copied too.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_redirect -->===redirect===
 
 
  $session-&gt;redirect( $url, [%opts] )
 
 
Redirects the browser to $url.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_not_found -->===not_found===
 
 
  $session-&gt;not_found( [ $message ] )
 
 
Send a 404 Not Found header. If $message is undef sets message to 'Not Found' but does '''NOT''' print an error message, otherwise defaults to the normal 404 Not Found type response.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_send_http_header -->===send_http_header===
 
 
  $session-&gt;send_http_header( %opts )
 
 
Send the HTTP header. Only makes sense if this is running as a CGI  script.
 
 
Opts supported are:
 
 
content_type. Default value is "text/html; charset=UTF-8". This sets the http content type header.
 
 
lang. If this is set then a cookie setting the language preference is set in the http header.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_input_methods -->==Input Methods==
 
These handle input from the user, browser and apache.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_param -->===param===
 
 
  $value or @values = $session-&gt;param( $name )
 
 
Passes through to CGI.pm param method.
 
 
$value = $session-&gt;param( $name ): returns the value of CGI parameter $name.
 
 
$value = $session-&gt;param( $name ): returns the value of CGI parameter $name.
 
 
@values = $session-&gt;param: returns an array of the names of all the CGI parameters in the current request.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_have_parameters -->===have_parameters===
 
 
  $bool = $session-&gt;have_parameters
 
 
Return true if the current script had any parameters (post or get)
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_current_user -->===current_user===
 
 
  $user = $session-&gt;current_user
 
 
Return the current EPrints::DataObj::User for this session.
 
 
Return undef if there isn't one.
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_seen_form -->===seen_form===
 
 
  $boolean = $session-&gt;seen_form
 
 
Return true if the current request contains the values from a form generated by EPrints.
 
 
This is identified by a hidden field placed into forms named _seen with value "true".
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_internal_button_pressed -->===internal_button_pressed===
 
 
  $boolean = $session-&gt;internal_button_pressed( $buttonid )
 
 
Return true if a button has been pressed in a form which is intended to reload the current page with some change.
 
 
Examples include the "more spaces" button on multiple fields, the  "lookup" button on succeeds, etc.
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_action_button -->===get_action_button===
 
 
  $action_id = $session-&gt;get_action_button
 
 
Return the ID of the eprint action button which has been pressed in a form, if there was one. The name of the button is "_action_"  followed by the id.
 
 
This also handles the .x and .y inserted in image submit.
 
 
This is designed to get back the name of an action button created by render_action_buttons.
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_internal_button -->===get_internal_button===
 
 
  $button_id = $session-&gt;get_internal_button
 
 
Return the id of the internal button which has been pushed, or  undef if one wasn't.
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_client -->===client===
 
 
  $client = $session-&gt;client
 
 
Return a string representing the kind of browser that made the  current request.
 
 
Options are GECKO, LYNX, MSIE4, MSIE5, MSIE6, ?.
 
 
GECKO covers mozilla and firefox.
 
 
? is what's returned if none of the others were matched.
 
 
These divisions are intended for modifying the way pages are rendered not logging what browser was used. Hence merging mozilla and firefox.
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_http_status -->===get_http_status===
 
 
  $status = $session-&gt;get_http_status
 
 
Return the status of the current HTTP request.
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_methods_related_to_plugins -->==Methods related to Plugins==
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_plugin -->===plugin===
 
 
  $plugin = $session-&gt;plugin( $pluginid )
 
 
Return the plugin with the given pluginid, in this repository or, failing that, from the system level plugins.
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_plugin_list -->===plugin_list===
 
 
  @plugin_ids  = $session-&gt;plugin_list( %restrictions )
 
 
Return either a list of all the plugins available to this repository or return a list of available plugins which can accept the given  restrictions.
 
 
Restictions:
 
vary depending on the type of the plugin.
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_other_methods -->==Other Methods==
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_microtime -->===microtime===
 
 
  $time = EPrints::Session::microtime();
 
 
This function is currently buggy so just returns the time in seconds.
 
 
Return the time of day in seconds, but to a precision of microseconds.
 
 
Accuracy depends on the operating system etc.
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_mail_administrator -->===mail_administrator===
 
 
  $foo = $session-&gt;mail_administrator( $subjectid, $messageid, %inserts )
 
 
Sends a mail to the repository administrator with the given subject and message body.
 
 
$subjectid is the name of a phrase in the phrase file to use for the subject.
 
 
$messageid is the name of a phrase in the phrase file to use as the basis for the mail body.
 
 
%inserts is a hash. The keys are the pins in the messageid phrase and the values the utf8 strings to replace the pins with.
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_destroy -->===destroy===
 
 
  $session-&gt;DESTROY
 
 
Destructor. Don't call directly.
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_undocumented_methods -->=UNDOCUMENTED METHODS=
 
{{API:Undocumented Methods}}<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_allow_anybody -->==allow_anybody==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_build_page -->==build_page==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_cache_subjects -->==cache_subjects==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_archive -->==get_archive==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_citation_spec -->==get_citation_spec==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_citation_type -->==get_citation_type==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_db -->==get_db==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_next_id -->==get_next_id==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_static_page_conf_file -->==get_static_page_conf_file==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_login -->==login==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_logout -->==logout==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_read_params -->==read_params==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_reload_current_user -->==reload_current_user==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_button -->==render_button==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_input_field -->==render_input_field==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_message -->==render_message==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_noenter_input_field -->==render_noenter_input_field==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_row_with_help -->==render_row_with_help==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_tabs -->==render_tabs==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_toolbar -->==render_toolbar==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_toolbox -->==render_toolbox==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_set_cookies -->==set_cookies==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_valid_login -->==valid_login==
 
 
<!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki=_postamble_ --><!-- End of Pod2Wiki -->
 

Revision as of 15:41, 12 August 2009