marc 0.0.9 → 0.1.0

data/lib/marc.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+#marc is a ruby library for reading and writing MAchine Readable Cataloging
+#(MARC). More information about MARC can be found at <http://www.loc.gov/marc>.
+#
+#USAGE 
+#
+#    require 'marc'
+#
+#    # reading records from a batch file
+#    reader = MARC::Reader.new('marc.dat')
+#    for record in reader
+#      puts record['245']['a']
+#    end
+#
+#    # creating a record 
+#    record = MARC::Record.new()
+#    record.add_field(MARC::DataField.new('100', '0',  ' ', ['a', 'John Doe']))
+#
+#    # writing a record
+#    writer = MARC::Writer.new('marc.dat')
+#    writer.write(record)
+#    writer.close()
+#
+#    # writing a record as XML
+#    writer = MARC::XMLWriter.new('marc.xml')
+#    writer.write(record)
+#    writer.close()
+
 require 'marc/constants'
 require 'marc/record'
 require 'marc/datafield'

data/lib/marc/datafield.rb

@@ -138,5 +138,15 @@ module MARC
       return self.to_s =~ regex
     end
 
+
+    # to get the field as a string, without the tag and indicators
+    # useful in situations where you want a legible version of the field
+    #
+    # print record['245'].value
+
+    def value
+      return(@subfields.map {|s| s.value} .join '')
+    end
+
   end
 end

data/lib/marc/xmlwriter.rb

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ module MARC
         throw "must pass in file name or handle"
       end
       
-      @fh.write("<?xml version='1.0'?>")
+      @fh.write("<?xml version='1.0'?>\n")
       if opts[:stylesheet]
         @fh.write(
-          %Q{<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="#{opts[:stylesheet]}"?>})
+          %Q{<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="#{opts[:stylesheet]}"?>\n})
       end
       @fh.write("<collection xmlns='" + MARC_NS + "' " +
         "xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' " +

data/test/tc_datafield.rb

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class TestField < Test::Unit::TestCase
             MARC::Subfield.new('a', 'Foo'),
             MARC::Subfield.new('b', 'Bar') )
         assert_equal("100 01 $a Foo $b Bar ", f1.to_s)
+        assert_equal("FooBar", f1.value)
         f2 = MARC::DataField.new('100', '0', '1', 
             MARC::Subfield.new('a', 'Foo'),
             MARC::Subfield.new('b', 'Bar') )

metadata

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
-rubygems_version: 0.8.11
+rubygems_version: 0.9.0
 specification_version: 1
 name: marc
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 0.0.9
-date: 2006-03-28 00:00:00 -06:00
+  version: 0.1.0
+date: 2006-12-06 00:00:00 -05:00
 summary: A ruby library for working with Machine Readable Cataloging
 require_paths: 
-  - lib
+- lib
 email: ehs@pobox.com
 homepage: http://www.textualize.com/ruby_marc
 rubyforge_project: 
@@ -18,45 +18,51 @@ bindir: bin
 has_rdoc: true
 required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version::Requirement 
   requirements: 
-    - 
-      - ">"
-      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-        version: 0.0.0
+  - - ">"
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: 0.0.0
   version: 
 platform: ruby
 signing_key: 
 cert_chain: 
+post_install_message: 
 authors: 
-  - Ed Summers
+- Ed Summers
 files: 
-  - lib/marc
-  - lib/marc.rb
-  - lib/marc/constants.rb
-  - lib/marc/controlfield.rb
-  - lib/marc/datafield.rb
-  - lib/marc/exception.rb
-  - lib/marc/reader.rb
-  - lib/marc/record.rb
-  - lib/marc/subfield.rb
-  - lib/marc/writer.rb
-  - lib/marc/xmlreader.rb
-  - lib/marc/xmlwriter.rb
-  - test/batch.dat
-  - test/batch.xml
-  - test/one.dat
-  - test/tc_controlfield.rb
-  - test/tc_datafield.rb
-  - test/tc_reader.rb
-  - test/tc_record.rb
-  - test/tc_subfield.rb
-  - test/tc_writer.rb
-  - test/tc_xml.rb
-  - test/ts_marc.rb
+- lib/marc
+- lib/marc.rb
+- lib/marc/constants.rb
+- lib/marc/controlfield.rb
+- lib/marc/datafield.rb
+- lib/marc/exception.rb
+- lib/marc/reader.rb
+- lib/marc/record.rb
+- lib/marc/subfield.rb
+- lib/marc/writer.rb
+- lib/marc/xmlreader.rb
+- lib/marc/xmlwriter.rb
+- test/batch.dat
+- test/batch.xml
+- test/one.dat
+- test/tc_controlfield.rb
+- test/tc_datafield.rb
+- test/tc_reader.rb
+- test/tc_record.rb
+- test/tc_subfield.rb
+- test/tc_writer.rb
+- test/tc_xml.rb
+- test/ts_marc.rb
 test_files: 
-  - test/ts_marc.rb
+- test/ts_marc.rb
 rdoc_options: []
+
 extra_rdoc_files: []
+
 executables: []
+
 extensions: []
+
 requirements: []
-dependencies: []
+
+dependencies: []
+