Module: MARC::REXMLReader

Defined in:
lib/marc/xml_parsers.rb

Overview

The REXMLReader is the ‘default’ parser, since we can at least be assured that REXML is probably there. It uses REXML’s PullParser to handle larger document sizes without consuming insane amounts of memory, but it’s still REXML (read: slow), so it’s a good idea to use an alternative parser if available. If you don’t know the best parser available, you can use the MagicReader or set:

MARC::XMLReader.parser=MARC::XMLReader::USE_BEST_AVAILABLE

or

MARC::XMLReader.parser=“magic”

or

reader = MARC::XMLReader.new(fh, :parser=>“magic”) (or the constant)

which will cascade down to REXML if nothing better is found.

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.extended(receiver) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/marc/xml_parsers.rb', line 155

def self.extended(receiver)
  require 'rexml/document'
  require 'rexml/parsers/pullparser'
  receiver.init
end

Instance Method Details

#each ⇒ Object

Loop through the MARC records in the XML document



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# File 'lib/marc/xml_parsers.rb', line 167

def each
  while @parser.has_next?
    event = @parser.pull
    # if it's the start of a record element 
    if event.start_element? and strip_ns(event[0]) == 'record'
      yield build_record
    end
  end    
end

#init ⇒ Object

Sets our parser



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# File 'lib/marc/xml_parsers.rb', line 162

def init
  @parser = REXML::Parsers::PullParser.new(@handle)
end