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51 scripted - backwards compatibility for import scripted interface
52 epdata_to_dataobj - replace L</epdata_to_dataobj>
53 message - replace L</message>
54
55 =cut
56
57 sub new
58 {
59 my( $class, %self ) = @_;
60
61 $self{wrote} = 0;
Perl
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272 my $epdata = $plugin->convert_input( $input_data );
273
274 return $plugin->epdata_to_dataobj( $plugin->{dataset}, $epdata );
275 }
276
277 sub convert_input
283 $plugin->log( $r );
284 }
285
286 =item $dataobj = $plugin->epdata_to_dataobj( $epdata, %opts )
287
288 Turn B<$epdata> into a L<EPrints::DataObj> using the L<dataset|EPrints::DataSet> argument passed in %opts.
Perl
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35 $self->{id} = "Import::XML"; # hack to make phrases work
36
37 return $self;
38 }
39
40 sub epdata_to_dataobj
41 {
42 my( $self, $dataset, $epdata ) = @_;
43
44 my $dataobj = $self->{import}->epdata_to_dataobj( $dataset, $epdata );
45
46 $self->handler->parsed( $epdata ); # TODO: parse-only import?
Perl
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90 sub epdata_to_dataobj
91 {
92 my( $self, $epdata, %opts ) = @_;
93
94 my $dataobj = $self->SUPER::epdata_to_dataobj( $epdata, %opts );
111 $plugin->set_handler(EPrints::CLIProcessor->new(
112 message => sub { $self->{processor}->add_message( @_ ) },
113 epdata_to_dataobj => sub {
Perl
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32 my $dataset = $opts{dataset};
33
34 my @ids;
35
36 my $handler = EPrints::Plugin::Import::ISIWoKXML::Handler->new(
37 epdata_to_dataobj => sub {
38 my $dataobj = $self->epdata_to_dataobj($dataset, $_[0]);
39 push @ids, $dataobj->id if defined $dataobj;
Perl
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94 my $epdata = $self->xml_to_epdata( $dataset, $xml );
95 return $self->epdata_to_dataobj( $dataset, $epdata );
96 }
97
98 sub xml_to_text
188 my $epdata = delete $self->{epdata};
189 my $dataobj = $self->{plugin}->epdata_to_dataobj( $self->{dataset}, $epdata );
190 push @{$self->{imported}}, $dataobj->id if defined $dataobj;
Perl
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142 _content => $parts[1]{tmpfile},
143 }],
144 };
145
146 my @ids;
147
148 my $dataobj = $self->SUPER::epdata_to_dataobj( $dataset, $epdata );
149 push @ids, $dataobj->id if defined $dataobj;
152 session => $self->{repository},
153 dataset => $dataset,
154 ids => \@ids );
155 }
156
157 sub epdata_to_dataobj
158 {
159 my( $self, $epdata ) = @_;
Perl
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138 # we ask the plugin to import into either documents or eprints
139 # -> produce a single document or
140 # -> produce lots of documents
141 # the normal epdata_to_dataobj is intercepted (parse_only=>1) and we merge
144 message => sub { $self->{processor}->add_message( $_[0], $self->{session}->make_text( $_[1] ) ) },
145 epdata_to_dataobj => sub {
146 my( $epdata ) = @_;
147
148 $epdata = [$epdata];
Perl
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86 sysseek($tmpfile, 0, 0);
87
88 $repo->plugin( "Import::XML",
89 Handler => EPrints::CLIProcessor->new(
90 epdata_to_dataobj => sub {
91 Handler => EPrints::CLIProcessor->new(
Perl
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229 sub epdata_to_dataobj
230 {
231 my( $self, $epdata, %opts ) = @_;
232
233 $self->{processor}->{count}++;
234
235 my $dataset = $opts{dataset};
276 message => sub { !$quiet && $self->{processor}->add_message( @_ ) },
277 epdata_to_dataobj => sub {
278 return $self->epdata_to_dataobj(
279 @_,
280 parse_only => $dryrun,
Perl
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