ZOOM_connection_addinfo(c)
ZOOM_connection_addinfo(c)
ZOOM_connection_diagset(c);
+ZOOM_connection_save_apdu_wrbuf
ZOOM_diag_str(error)
ZOOM_resultset_record_immediate(s, pos)
ZOOM_resultset_cache_reset(r)
-ZOOM_resultset_sort(r, sort_type, sort_spec)
-ZOOM_resultset_sort1(r, sort_type, sort_spec)
ZOOM_options_set_callback(opt, function, handle)
ZOOM_options_create_with_parent2(parent1, parent2)
ZOOM_options_getl(opt, name, len)
ZOOM_options_get_bool(opt, name, defa)
ZOOM_options_get_int(opt, name, defa)
ZOOM_options_set_int(opt, name, value)
-ZOOM_connection_scan1 (ZOOM_connection c, ZOOM_query startterm)
-ZOOM_query_cql2rpn(ZOOM_query s, const char *str, ZOOM_connection conn)
-->
-<!-- $Id: zoom.xml,v 1.53 2006-10-24 11:48:42 mike Exp $ -->
<chapter id="zoom"><title>ZOOM</title>
<para>
&zoom; is an acronym for 'Z39.50 Object-Orientation Model' and is
programming language or toolkit.
</para>
- <note>
- <para>
- A recent addition to &yaz; is SRU support. You can now make
- SRU ZOOM connections by specifying scheme <literal>http://</literal>
- for the hostname for a connection. The dialect of SRU used is
- specified by the value of the connection's <literal>sru</literal>
- option, which may be SRU over HTTP GET (<literal>get</literal>),
- SRU over HTTP POST (<literal>post</literal>) or SRW (SRU over
- SOAP) (<literal>soap</literal>).
- </para>
- </note>
-
+ <para>
+ From YAZ version 2.1.12, <ulink url="&url.sru;">SRU</ulink> is supported.
+ You can make SRU ZOOM connections by specifying scheme
+ <literal>http://</literal> for the hostname for a connection.
+ The dialect of SRU used is specified by the value of the
+ connection's <literal>sru</literal> option, which may be SRU over
+ HTTP GET (<literal>get</literal>),
+ SRU over HTTP POST (<literal>post</literal>), (SRU over
+ SOAP) (<literal>soap</literal>) or <literal>solr</literal>
+ (<ulink url="&url.solr;">Solr</ulink> Web Service).
+ Using the facility for embedding options in target strings, a
+ connection can be forced to use SRU rather the SRW (the default) by
+ prefixing the target string with <literal>sru=get,</literal>, like this:
+ <literal>sru=get,http://sru.miketaylor.org.uk:80/sru.pl</literal>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="&url.solr;">Solr</ulink> protocol support was added to
+ YAZ in version 4.1.0, as a dialect of a SRU protocol, since both are
+ HTTP based protocols.
+ </para>
<para>
The lack of a simple Z39.50 client API for &yaz; has become more
and more apparent over time. So when the first &zoom; specification
<ulink url="&url.zoom;">ZOOM web-site</ulink> for
more information.
</para>
-
+
<para>
In order to fully understand this chapter you should read and
try the example programs <literal>zoomtst1.c</literal>,
<literal>zoomtst2.c</literal>, .. in the <literal>zoom</literal>
directory.
</para>
-
+
<para>
The C language misses features found in object oriented languages
such as C++, Java, etc. For example, you'll have to manually,
protocol.
</para>
<sect1 id="zoom-connections"><title>Connections</title>
-
+
<para>The Connection object is a session with a target.
</para>
<synopsis>
#include <yaz/zoom.h>
-
- ZOOM_connection ZOOM_connection_new (const char *host, int portnum);
-
- ZOOM_connection ZOOM_connection_create (ZOOM_options options);
-
+
+ ZOOM_connection ZOOM_connection_new(const char *host, int portnum);
+
+ ZOOM_connection ZOOM_connection_create(ZOOM_options options);
+
void ZOOM_connection_connect(ZOOM_connection c, const char *host,
int portnum);
- void ZOOM_connection_destroy (ZOOM_connection c);
+ void ZOOM_connection_destroy(ZOOM_connection c);
</synopsis>
<para>
Connection objects are created with either function
- <function>ZOOM_connection_new</function> or
+ <function>ZOOM_connection_new</function> or
<function>ZOOM_connection_create</function>.
The former creates and automatically attempts to establish a network
connection with the target. The latter doesn't establish
a connection immediately, thus allowing you to specify options
before establishing network connection using the function
- <function>ZOOM_connection_connect</function>.
+ <function>ZOOM_connection_connect</function>.
If the port number, <literal>portnum</literal>, is zero, the
<literal>host</literal> is consulted for a port specification.
If no port is given, 210 is used. A colon denotes the beginning of
<para>
You can prefix the host with a scheme followed by colon. The
default scheme is <literal>tcp</literal> (Z39.50 protocol).
- The scheme <literal>http</literal> selects SRU over HTTP.
+ The scheme <literal>http</literal> selects SRU/get over HTTP by default,
+ but can overridded to use SRU/post, SRW and the Solr protocol.
</para>
<para>
You can prefix the scheme-qualified host-string with one or more
<literal><parameter>key</parameter>=<parameter>value</parameter></literal>
sequences, each of which represents an option to be set into the
connection structure <emphasis>before</emphasis> the
- protocol-level connection is forged and the initialisation
+ protocol-level connection is forged and the initialization
handshake takes place. This facility can be used to provide
authentication credentials, as in host-strings such as:
<literal>user=admin,password=halfAm4n,tcp:localhost:8017/db</literal>
The functions <function>ZOOM_connection_option_set</function> and
<function>ZOOM_connection_option_setl</function> allows you to
set an option given by <parameter>key</parameter> to the value
- <parameter>value</parameter> for the connection.
+ <parameter>value</parameter> for the connection.
For <function>ZOOM_connection_option_set</function>, the
value is assumed to be a 0-terminated string. Function
<function>ZOOM_connection_option_setl</function> specifies a
password</entry><entry>Authentication password.
</entry><entry>none</entry></row>
<row><entry>
+ authenticationMode</entry><entry>How authentication is encoded.
+ </entry><entry>basic</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
host</entry><entry>Target host. This setting is "read-only".
It's automatically set internally when connecting to a target.
</entry><entry>none</entry></row>
<row><entry>
- proxy</entry><entry>Proxy host
+ proxy</entry><entry>Proxy host. If set, the logical host
+ is encoded in the otherInfo area of the Z39.50 Init PDU
+ with OID 1.2.840.10003.10.1000.81.1.
+ </entry><entry>none</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ clientIP</entry><entry>Client IP. If set, is
+ encoded in the otherInfo area of a Z39.50 PDU with OID
+ 1.2.840.10003.10.1000.81.3. Holds the original IP addreses
+ of a client. Is used of ZOOM is used in a gateway of some sort.
</entry><entry>none</entry></row>
<row><entry>
- async</entry><entry>If true (1) the connection operates in
+ async</entry><entry>If true (1) the connection operates in
asynchronous operation which means that all calls are non-blocking
except
<link linkend="zoom.events"><function>ZOOM_event</function></link>.
mediumSetElementSetName</entry><entry>
The element set name to be for medium-sized result sets.
</entry><entry>none</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ init_opt_search, init_opt_present, init_opt_delSet, etc.</entry><entry>
+ After a successful Init, these options may be interrogated to
+ discover whether the server claims to support the specified
+ operations.
+ </entry><entry>none</entry></row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>sru</entry><entry>
+ SRU/Solr transport type. Must be either <literal>soap</literal>,
+ <literal>get</literal>, <literal>post</literal>, or
+ <literal>solr</literal>.
+ </entry><entry>soap</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ sru_version</entry><entry>
+ SRU/SRW version. Should be <literal>1.1</literal>, or
+ <literal>1.2</literal>. This is , prior to connect, the version
+ to offer (highest version). And following connect (in fact
+ first operation), holds the negotiated version with the server
+ (same or lower version).
+ </entry><entry>1.2</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ facets</entry><entry>
+ A FacetList is comma-separated list of facet, which is defined
+ as <literal>AttributeList</literal> and a optional FacetTerm
+ (a Term and a frequency). On request the terms is missing.
+ On response the the list contains the terms that the target
+ could collect.
+ </entry><entry>none</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ apdulog</entry><entry>
+ If set to a true value such as "1", a log of low-level
+ protocol packets is emitted on standard error stream. This
+ can be very useful for debugging.
+ </entry><entry>0</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ saveAPDU</entry><entry>
+ If set to a true value such as "1", a log of low-level
+ protocol packets is saved. The log can be retrieved by reading
+ option APDU. Setting saveAPDU always has the side effect of
+ resetting the currently saved log. This setting is
+ <emphasis>write-only</emphasis>. If read, NULL will be returned.
+ It is only recognized in
+ <function>ZOOM_connection_option_set</function>.
+ </entry><entry>0</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ APDU</entry><entry>
+ Returns the log of protocol packets. Will be empty if logging
+ is not enabled (see saveAPDU above). This setting is
+ <emphasis>read-only</emphasis>. It is only recognized if used
+ in call to <function>ZOOM_connection_option_get</function> or
+ <function>ZOOM_connection_option_getl</function>.
+ </entry><entry></entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<para>
If either option <literal>lang</literal> or <literal>charset</literal>
- is set, then
+ is set, then
<ulink url="&url.z39.50.charneg;">
Character Set and Language Negotiation</ulink> is in effect.
</para>
<synopsis>
- int ZOOM_connection_error (ZOOM_connection c, const char **cp,
- const char **addinfo);
- int ZOOM_connection_error_x (ZOOM_connection c, const char **cp,
- const char **addinfo, const char **dset);
+ int ZOOM_connection_error(ZOOM_connection c, const char **cp,
+ const char **addinfo);
+ int ZOOM_connection_error_x(ZOOM_connection c, const char **cp,
+ const char **addinfo, const char **dset);
</synopsis>
<para>
Function <function>ZOOM_connection_error</function> checks for
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="zoom.sru.init.behavior">
- <title>SRU Protocol behavior</title>
+ <title>SRU/Solr Protocol behavior</title>
<para>
- The SRU protocol doesn't feature an Inititialize Request, so
- the connection phase merely establishes a TCP/IP connection
- with the SOAP service.
+ The HTTP based protocols (SRU, SRW, Solr) doesn't feature an
+ Inititialize Request, so the connection phase merely establishes a
+ TCP/IP connection with the HTTP server.
</para>
<para>Most of the ZOOM connection options do not
- affect SRU and they are ignored. However, future versions
+ affect SRU/Solr and they are ignored. However, future versions
of &yaz; might honor <literal>implementationName</literal> and
put that as part of User-Agent header for HTTP requests.
</para>
The <literal>charset</literal> is used in the Content-Type header
of HTTP requests.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Setting <literal>authentcationMode</literal> specifies how
+ authentication parameters are encoded for HTTP. The default is
+ "<literal>basic</literal>" where <literal>user</literal> and
+ <literal>password</literal> are encoded by using HTTP basic
+ authentication.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If <literal>authentcationMode</literal> is "<literal>url</literal>", then
+ user and password are encoded in the URL by parameters
+ <literal>x-username</literal> and <literal>x-password</literal> as
+ given by the SRU standard.
+ </para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="zoom.query"><title>Queries</title>
int ZOOM_query_cql(ZOOM_query s, const char *str);
int ZOOM_query_sortby(ZOOM_query q, const char *criteria);
+
+ int ZOOM_query_sortby2(ZOOM_query q, const char *strategy,
+ const char *criteria);
</synopsis>
<para>
Create query objects using <function>ZOOM_query_create</function>
More query types will be added in future versions of &yaz;, such as
<link linkend="CCL">CCL</link> to RPN-mapping, native CCL query,
etc. In addition to a search, a sort criteria may be set. Function
- <function>ZOOM_query_sortby</function> specifies a
- sort criteria using the same string notation for sort as offered by
- the <link linkend="sortspec">YAZ client</link>.
+ <function>ZOOM_query_sortby</function> enables Z39.50 sorting and
+ it takes sort criteria using the same string notation as
+ yaz-client's <link linkend="sortspec">sort command</link>.
</para>
- <sect2 id="zoom.sort.behavior"><title>Protocol behavior</title>
- <para>
- The query object is just an interface for the member Query
- in the SearchRequest. The sortby-function is an interface to the
- sortSequence member of the SortRequest.
- </para>
- </sect2>
+ <para id="zoom.query.sortby2">
+ <function>ZOOM_query_sortby2</function> is similar to
+ <function>ZOOM_query_sortby</function> but allows a strategy for
+ sorting. The reason for the strategy parameter is that some
+ protocols offers multiple ways of performing sorting.
+ For example, Z39.50 has the standard sort, which is performed after
+ search on an existing result set.
+ It's also possible to use CQL in Z39.50 as the query type and use
+ CQL's SORTBY keyword. Finally, Index Data's
+ Zebra server also allows sorting to be specified as part of RPN (Type 7).
+ </para>
+ <table id="zoom-sort-strategy" frame="top">
+ <title>ZOOM sort strategy</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <colspec colwidth="2*" colname="name"/>
+ <colspec colwidth="5*" colname="description"/>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>z39.50</entry><entry>Z39.50 resultset sort</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>type7</entry><entry>Sorting embedded in RPN(Type-7)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>cql</entry><entry>CQL SORTBY</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>sru11</entry><entry>SRU sortKeys parameter</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>solr</entry><entry>Solr sort</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>embed</entry><entry>type7 for Z39.50, cql for SRU,
+ solr for Solr protocol</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="zoom.resultsets"><title>Result sets</title>
<para>
a target.
</para>
<synopsis>
- ZOOM_resultset ZOOM_connection_search(ZOOM_connection,
- ZOOM_query q);
+ ZOOM_resultset ZOOM_connection_search(ZOOM_connection, ZOOM_query q);
ZOOM_resultset ZOOM_connection_search_pqf(ZOOM_connection c,
const char *q);
-
void ZOOM_resultset_destroy(ZOOM_resultset r);
</synopsis>
<para>
Function <function>ZOOM_connection_search</function> creates
- a result set given a connection and query.
+ a result set given a connection and query.
Destroy a result set by calling
<function>ZOOM_resultset_destroy</function>.
Simple clients may using PQF only may use function
creating query objects is not necessary.
</para>
<synopsis>
- void ZOOM_resultset_option_set (ZOOM_resultset r,
- const char *key,
- const char *val);
+ void ZOOM_resultset_option_set(ZOOM_resultset r,
+ const char *key, const char *val);
- const char *ZOOM_resultset_option_get (ZOOM_resultset r,
- const char *key);
+ const char *ZOOM_resultset_option_get(ZOOM_resultset r, const char *key);
- size_t ZOOM_resultset_size (ZOOM_resultset r);
+ size_t ZOOM_resultset_size(ZOOM_resultset r);
</synopsis>
<para>
Functions <function>ZOOM_resultset_options_set</function> and
The number of hits also called result-count is returned by
function <function>ZOOM_resultset_size</function>.
</para>
- <table id="zoom.resultset.options"
+ <table id="zoom.resultset.options"
frame="top"><title>ZOOM Result set Options</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colwidth="4*" colname="name"></colspec>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry>
- start</entry><entry>Offset of first record to be
+ start</entry><entry>Offset of first record to be
retrieved from target. First record has offset 0 unlike the
protocol specifications where first record has position 1.
+ This option affects ZOOM_resultset_search and
+ ZOOM_resultset_search_pqf and must be set before any of
+ these functions are invoked. If a range of
+ records must be fetched manually after search,
+ function ZOOM_resultset_records should be used.
</entry><entry>0</entry></row>
<row><entry>
count</entry><entry>Number of records to be retrieved.
+ This option affects ZOOM_resultset_search and
+ ZOOM_resultset_search_pqf and must be set before any of
+ these functions are invoked.
</entry><entry>0</entry></row>
<row><entry>
presentChunk</entry><entry>The number of records to be
- requested from the server in each chunk (present requst). The
+ requested from the server in each chunk (present request). The
value 0 means to request all the records in a single chunk.
(The old <literal>step</literal>
option is also supported for the benefit of old applications.)
</entry><entry>0</entry></row>
<row><entry>
- elementSetName</entry><entry>Element-Set name of records.
+ elementSetName</entry><entry>Element-Set name of records.
Most targets should honor element set name <literal>B</literal>
and <literal>F</literal> for brief and full respectively.
</entry><entry>none</entry></row>
If this option isn't set, the ZOOM module will automatically
allocate a result set name.
</entry><entry>default</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ rpnCharset</entry><entry>Character set for RPN terms.
+ If this is set, ZOOM C will assume that the ZOOM application is
+ running UTF-8. Terms in RPN queries are then converted to the
+ rpnCharset. If this is unset, ZOOM C will not assume any encoding
+ of RPN terms and no conversion is performed.
+ </entry><entry>none</entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
<para>
This information is a list of of items, where each item is
- information about a term or subquery. All items in the list
- are prefixed by
+ information about a term or subquery. All items in the list
+ are prefixed by
<literal>SearchResult.</literal><replaceable>no</replaceable>
- where no presents the item number (0=first, 1=second).
+ where no presents the item number (0=first, 1=second).
Read <literal>searchresult.size</literal> to determine the
number of items.
</para>
- <table id="zoom.search.info.report.options"
+ <table id="zoom.search.info.report.options"
frame="top"><title>Search Info Report Options</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colwidth="4*" colname="name"></colspec>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
+
+ <sect2 id="zoom.z3950.resultset.sort">
+ <title>Z39.50 Result-set Sort</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ void ZOOM_resultset_sort(ZOOM_resultset r,
+ const char *sort_type, const char *sort_spec);
+
+ int ZOOM_resultset_sort1(ZOOM_resultset r,
+ const char *sort_type, const char *sort_spec);
+ </synopsis>
+ <para>
+ <function>ZOOM_resultset_sort</function> and
+ <function>ZOOM_resultset_sort1</function> both sort an existing
+ result-set. The sort_type parameter is not use. Set it to "yaz".
+ The sort_spec is same notation as ZOOM_query_sortby and identical
+ to that offered by yaz-client's
+ <link linkend="sortspec">sort command</link>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ These functions only work for Z39.50. Use the more generic utility
+ <link linkend="zoom.query.sortby2">
+ <function>ZOOM_query_sortby2</function></link>
+ for other protocols (and even Z39.50).
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
<sect2 id="zoom.z3950.resultset.behavior">
<title>Z39.50 Protocol behavior</title>
<para>
<literal>preferredRecordSyntax</literal> are ignored.
</para>
<para>
- Options <literal>start</literal> and <literal>count</literal>
+ Options <literal>start</literal> and <literal>count</literal>
are supported by SRU.
The remaining options
- <literal>piggyback</literal>,
- <literal>smallSetUpperBound</literal>,
- <literal>largeSetLowerBound</literal>,
- <literal>mediumSetPresentNumber</literal>,
+ <literal>piggyback</literal>,
+ <literal>smallSetUpperBound</literal>,
+ <literal>largeSetLowerBound</literal>,
+ <literal>mediumSetPresentNumber</literal>,
<literal>mediumSetElementSetName</literal>,
<literal>smallSetElementSetName</literal> are
unsupported.
SRU SearchRetrieveRequest.
</para>
<para>
- Unfortunately, SRU does not define a database setting. Hence,
+ Solr queries has to be done in Solr query format.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Unfortunately, SRU or Solr does not define a database setting. Hence,
<literal>databaseName</literal> is unsupported and ignored.
- However, the path part in host parameter for functions
+ However, the path part in host parameter for functions
<function>ZOOM_connecton_new</function> and
<function>ZOOM_connection_connect</function> acts as a
database (at least for the &yaz; SRU server).
created from result sets.
</para>
<synopsis>
- void ZOOM_resultset_records (ZOOM_resultset r,
- ZOOM_record *recs,
- size_t start, size_t count);
- ZOOM_record ZOOM_resultset_record (ZOOM_resultset s, size_t pos);
+ void ZOOM_resultset_records(ZOOM_resultset r,
+ ZOOM_record *recs,
+ size_t start, size_t count);
+ ZOOM_record ZOOM_resultset_record(ZOOM_resultset s, size_t pos);
+
+ const char *ZOOM_record_get(ZOOM_record rec, const char *type,
+ size_t *len);
- const char *ZOOM_record_get (ZOOM_record rec, const char *type,
- size_t *len);
+ int ZOOM_record_error(ZOOM_record rec, const char **msg,
+ const char **addinfo, const char **diagset);
- ZOOM_record ZOOM_record_clone (ZOOM_record rec);
+ ZOOM_record ZOOM_record_clone(ZOOM_record rec);
- void ZOOM_record_destroy (ZOOM_record rec);
+ void ZOOM_record_destroy(ZOOM_record rec);
</synopsis>
<para>
- References to temporary records are returned by functions
+ References to temporary records are returned by functions
<function>ZOOM_resultset_records</function> or
<function>ZOOM_resultset_record</function>.
</para>
</para>
<para>
A single record is returned by function
- <function>ZOOM_resultset_record</function> that takes a
+ <function>ZOOM_resultset_record</function> that takes a
position as argument. First record has position zero.
If no record could be obtained <literal>NULL</literal> is returned.
</para>
<para>
+ Error information for a record can be checked with
+ <function>ZOOM_record_error</function> which returns non-zero
+ (error code) if record is in error, called <emphasis>Surrogate
+ Diagnostics</emphasis> in Z39.50.
+ </para>
+ <para>
Function <function>ZOOM_resultset_records</function> retrieves
a number of records from a result set. Parameter <literal>start</literal>
and <literal>count</literal> specifies the range of records to
The <parameter>type</parameter> is a string of the format:
</para>
<para>
- <replaceable>form</replaceable>[; charset=<replaceable>from</replaceable>[,<replaceable>to</replaceable>]]
+ <replaceable>format</replaceable>[;charset=<replaceable>from</replaceable>[/<replaceable>opacfrom</replaceable>][,<replaceable>to</replaceable>]][;format=<replaceable>v</replaceable>]
</para>
<para>
- where <replaceable>form</replaceable> specifies the format of the
+ where <replaceable>format</replaceable> specifies the format of the
returned record, <replaceable>from</replaceable>
specifies the character set of the record in its original form
(as returned by the server), <replaceable>to</replaceable> specifies
the output (returned)
character set encoding.
- If charset is not given, then no character set conversion takes place.
If <replaceable>to</replaceable> is omitted UTF-8 is assumed.
+ If charset is not given, then no character set conversion takes place.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>OPAC records may be returned in a different
+ set from the bibliographic MARC record. If this is this the case,
+ <replaceable>opacfrom</replaceable> should be set to the character set
+ of the OPAC record part.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ Specifying the OPAC record character set requires YAZ 4.1.5 or later.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ <para>
+ The format argument controls whether record data should be XML
+ pretty-printed (post process operation).
+ It is enabled only if format value <replaceable>v</replaceable> is
+ <literal>1</literal> and the record content is XML well-formed.
</para>
<para>
In addition, for certain types, the length
<literal>len</literal> passed will be set to the size in bytes of
- the returned information.
+ the returned information.
</para>
<para>
The following are the supported values for <replaceable>form</replaceable>.
<varlistentry><term><literal>database</literal></term>
<listitem><para>Database of record is returned
as a C null-terminated string. Return type
- <literal>const char *</literal>.
+ <literal>const char *</literal>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><literal>syntax</literal></term>
as a C null-terminated string containing the symbolic name of
the record syntax, e.g. <literal>Usmarc</literal>. Return type
is
- <literal>const char *</literal>.
+ <literal>const char *</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>schema</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>The schema of the record is returned
+ as a C null-terminated string. Return type is
+ <literal>const char *</literal>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><literal>render</literal></term>
<varlistentry><term><literal>raw</literal></term>
<listitem><para>The record is returned in the internal
YAZ specific format. For GRS-1, Explain, and others, the
- raw data is returned as type
+ raw data is returned as type
<literal>Z_External *</literal> which is just the type for
the member <literal>retrievalRecord</literal> in
type <literal>NamePlusRecord</literal>.
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><literal>xml</literal></term>
<listitem><para>The record is returned in XML if possible.
- SRU and Z39.50 records with transfer syntax XML are
+ SRU, Solr and Z39.50 records with transfer syntax XML are
returned verbatim. MARC records are returned in
<ulink url="&url.marcxml;">
MARCXML
- </ulink>
+ </ulink>
(converted from ISO2709 to MARCXML by YAZ).
- GRS-1 and OPAC records are not supported for this form.
+ OPAC records are also converted to XML and the
+ bibliographic record is converted to MARCXML (when possible).
+ GRS-1 records are not supported for this form.
Upon completion, the XML buffer is returned
(type <literal>const char *</literal>) and length is stored in
<literal>*len</literal>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><literal>opac</literal></term>
- <listitem><para>OPAC for record is returned in XML.
+ <listitem><para>OPAC information for record is returned in XML
+ if an OPAC record is present at the position given. If no
+ OPAC record is present, a NULL pointer is returned.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>txml</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>The record is returned in TurboMARC if possible.
+ SRU and Z39.50 records with transfer syntax XML are
+ returned verbatim. MARC records are returned in
+ <link linkend="tools.turbomarc">
+ TurboMARC
+ </link>
+ (converted from ISO2709 to TurboMARC by YAZ).
+ Upon completion, the XML buffer is returned
+ (type <literal>const char *</literal>) and length is stored in
+ <literal>*len</literal>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>
Most
<ulink url="&url.marc21;">MARC21</ulink>
- records uses the
+ records uses the
<ulink url="&url.marc8;">MARC-8</ulink>
character set encoding.
An application that wishes to display in Latin-1 would use
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="zoom.sru.record.behavior">
- <title>SRU Protocol behavior</title>
+ <title>SRU/Solr Protocol behavior</title>
<para>
- The ZOOM driver for SRU treats records returned by a SRU server
+ The ZOOM driver for SRU/Solr treats records returned by a SRU/Solr server
as if they where Z39.50 records with transfer syntax XML and
no element set name or database name.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
+ <sect1 id="zoom.facets"><title>Facets</title>
+ <para>
+ Facets operations is not part of the official ZOOM specification, but
+ is an Index Data extension for YAZ-based Z39.50 targets or
+ <ulink url="&url.solr;">Solr</ulink> targets.
+ In case the target can and is requested to return facets, using a
+ result set the ZOOM client can request one or all facet fields.
+ Using a facet field the client can request the term count and then
+ interate over the terms.
+ </para>
+ <synopsis>
+ ZOOM_facet_field *ZOOM_resultset_facets(ZOOM_resultset r);
+
+ const char ** ZOOM_resultset_facets_names(ZOOM_resultset r);
+
+ ZOOM_facet_field ZOOM_resultset_get_facet_field(ZOOM_resultset r,
+ const char *facet_name);
+
+ ZOOM_facet_field ZOOM_resultset_get_facet_field_by_index(ZOOM_resultset r,
+ int pos);
+
+ size_t ZOOM_resultset_facets_size(ZOOM_resultset r);
+
+ const char *ZOOM_facet_field_name(ZOOM_facet_field facet_field);
+
+ size_t ZOOM_facet_field_term_count(ZOOM_facet_field facet_field);
+
+ const char *ZOOM_facet_field_get_term(ZOOM_facet_field facet_field,
+ size_t idx, int *freq);
+ </synopsis>
+ <para>
+ References to temporary structures are returned by all functions.
+ They are only valid as long the Result set is valid.
+ <function>ZOOM_resultset_get_facet_field</function> or
+ <function>ZOOM_resultset_get_facet_field_by_index</function>.
+ <function>ZOOM_resultset_facets</function>.
+ <function>ZOOM_resultset_facets_names</function>.
+ <function>ZOOM_facet_field_name</function>.
+ <function>ZOOM_facet_field_get_term</function>.
+ </para>
+ <para id="zoom.resultset.get_facet_field">
+ A single Facet field is returned by function
+ <function>ZOOM_resultset_get_facet_field</function> or
+ <function>ZOOM_resultset_get_facet_field_by_index</function> that takes
+ a result set and facet name or positive index respectively. First
+ facet has position zero. If no facet could be obtained (invalid name
+ or index out of bounds) <literal>NULL</literal> is returned.
+ </para>
+ <para id="zoom.resultset.facets">
+ An array of facets field can be returned by
+ <function>ZOOM_resultset_facets</function>. The length of the array is
+ given by <function>ZOOM_resultset_facets_size</function>. The array is
+ zero-based and last entry will be at
+ <function>ZOOM_resultset_facets_size(result_set)</function>-1.
+ </para>
+ <para id="zoom.resultset.facets_names">
+ It is possible to interate over facets by name, by calling
+ <function>ZOOM_resultset_facets_names</function>.
+ This will return an const array of char * where each string can be used
+ as parameter for <function>ZOOM_resultset_get_facet_field</function>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Function <function>ZOOM_facet_field_name</function> gets the request
+ facet name from a returned facet field.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Function <function>ZOOM_facet_field_get_term</function> returns the
+ idx'th term and term count for a facet field.
+ Idx must between 0 and
+ <function>ZOOM_facet_field_term_count</function>-1, otherwise the
+ returned reference will be <literal>NULL</literal>. On a valid idx, the
+ value of the freq reference will be the term count.
+ The <literal>freq</literal> parameter must be valid pointer to integer.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
<sect1 id="zoom.scan"><title>Scan</title>
<para>
This section describes an interface for Scan. Scan is not an
</para>
<para>
- The Scan interface is Z39.50 only. SRW version 1.0 does not
- support this.
+ The Scan interface is supported for both Z39.50, SRU and Solr.
</para>
<synopsis>
ZOOM_scanset ZOOM_connection_scan(ZOOM_connection c,
const char *startpqf);
+ ZOOM_scanset ZOOM_connection_scan1(ZOOM_connection c,
+ ZOOM_query q);
+
size_t ZOOM_scanset_size(ZOOM_scanset scan);
- const char * ZOOM_scanset_term(ZOOM_scanset scan, size_t pos,
- int *occ, size_t *len);
+ const char *ZOOM_scanset_term(ZOOM_scanset scan, size_t pos,
+ size_t *occ, size_t *len);
- const char * ZOOM_scanset_display_term(ZOOM_scanset scan, size_t pos,
- int *occ, size_t *len);
+ const char *ZOOM_scanset_display_term(ZOOM_scanset scan, size_t pos,
+ size_t *occ, size_t *len);
- void ZOOM_scanset_destroy (ZOOM_scanset scan);
+ void ZOOM_scanset_destroy(ZOOM_scanset scan);
const char *ZOOM_scanset_option_get(ZOOM_scanset scan,
- const char *key);
+ const char *key);
void ZOOM_scanset_option_set(ZOOM_scanset scan, const char *key,
const char *val);
a scan set offset <literal>pos</literal> and returns a pointer
to a <emphasis>raw term</emphasis> or <literal>NULL</literal> if
non-present.
- If present, the <literal>occ</literal> and <literal>len</literal>
+ If present, the <literal>occ</literal> and <literal>len</literal>
are set to the number of occurrences and the length
of the actual term respectively.
<function>ZOOM_scanset_display_term</function> is similar to
@attr 1=4 @attr 6=2 "science o"
</literallayout>
</para>
-
+
+ <para>
+ The <function>ZOOM_connecton_scan1</function> is a newer and
+ more generic alternative to <function>ZOOM_connection_scan</function>
+ which allows to use both CQL and PQF for Scan.
+ </para>
+
<table frame="top" id="zoom.scanset.options">
<title>ZOOM Scan Set Options</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
<row><entry>
number</entry><entry>Number of Scan Terms requested in next scan.
After scan it holds the actual number of terms returned.
- </entry><entry>10</entry></row>
+ </entry><entry>20</entry></row>
<row><entry>
position</entry><entry>Preferred Position of term in response
in next scan; actual position after completion of scan.
scanStatus</entry><entry>An integer indicating the Scan Status
of last scan.
</entry><entry>0</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ rpnCharset</entry><entry>Character set for RPN terms.
+ If this is set, ZOOM C will assume that the ZOOM application is
+ running UTF-8. Terms in RPN queries are then converted to the
+ rpnCharset. If this is unset, ZOOM C will not assume any encoding
+ of RPN terms and no conversion is performed.
+ </entry><entry>none</entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
<para>
<function>ZOOM_package_send</function> sends
- the package the via connection specified in
+ the package the via connection specified in
<function>ZOOM_connection_package</function>.
The <parameter>type</parameter> specifies the actual extended service
package type to be sent.
<entry><literal>create</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry>waitAction</entry>
+ <entry>
+ Wait action for package. Possible values:
+ <literal>wait</literal>, <literal>waitIfPossible</literal>,
+ <literal>dontWait</literal> or <literal>dontReturnPackage</literal>.
+ </entry>
+ <entry><literal>waitIfPossible</literal></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry>targetReference</entry>
<entry>
Target Reference. This is part of the response as returned
- by the server. Read it after a succesful operation.
+ by the server. Read it after a successful operation.
</entry>
<entry><literal>none</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>action</entry>
<entry>
- The update action. One of
+ The update action. One of
<literal>specialUpdate</literal>,
<literal>recordInsert</literal>,
<literal>recordReplace</literal>,
<literal>recordDelete</literal>,
<literal>elementUpdate</literal>.
</entry>
- <entry><literal>specialUpdate</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>specialUpdate (recordInsert for updateVersion=1 which does not support specialUpdate)</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>recordIdOpaque</entry>
<entry>none</entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry>recordOpaque</entry>
+ <entry>Specifies an opaque record which is
+ encoded as an ASN.1 ANY type with the OID as tiven by option
+ <literal>syntax</literal> (see below).
+ Option <literal>recordOpaque</literal> is an alternative
+ to record - and <literal>record</literal> option (above) is
+ ignored if recordOpaque is set. This option is only available in
+ YAZ 3.0.35 and later and is meant to facilitate Updates with
+ servers from OCLC.
+ </entry>
+ <entry>none</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry>syntax</entry>
<entry>The record syntax (transfer syntax). Is a string that
is a known record syntax.
<entry>Database from connection object</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>correlationInfo.note</entry>
+ <entry>Correlation Info Note (string)</entry>
+ <entry>none</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>correlationInfo.id</entry>
+ <entry>Correlation Info ID (integer)</entry>
+ <entry>none</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>elementSetName</entry>
+ <entry>Element Set for Record</entry>
+ <entry>none</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>updateVersion</entry>
+ <entry>Record Update version which holds one of the values
+ 1, 2 or 3. Each version has a distinct OID:
+ 1.2.840.10003.9.5
+ (<ulink url="&url.z39.50.extupdate1;">first version</ulink>) ,
+ 1.2.840.10003.9.5.1
+ (second version) and
+ 1.2.840.10003.9.5.1.1
+ (<ulink url="&url.z39.50.extupdate3;">third and
+ newest version</ulink>).
+ </entry>
+ <entry>3</entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
-
+
</sect2>
<sect2 id="zoom.database.create"><title>Database Create</title>
For Database Create, type must be set to <literal>create</literal> in
<function>ZOOM_package_send</function>.
</para>
-
+
<table frame="top" id="zoom.database.create.options">
<title>Database Create Options</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
</tgroup>
</table>
</sect2>
-
+
<sect2 id="zoom.database.drop"><title>Database Drop</title>
<para>
For Database Drop, type must be set to <literal>drop</literal> in
<function>ZOOM_package_send</function>.
</para>
-
+
<table frame="top" id="zoom.database.drop.options">
<title>Database Drop Options</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
</tgroup>
</table>
</sect2>
-
+
<sect2 id="zoom.commit"><title>Commit Operation</title>
<para>
For Commit, type must be set to <literal>commit</literal> in
an associative array / hash.
</para>
<synopsis>
- ZOOM_options ZOOM_options_create (void);
+ ZOOM_options ZOOM_options_create(void);
- ZOOM_options ZOOM_options_create_with_parent (ZOOM_options parent);
+ ZOOM_options ZOOM_options_create_with_parent(ZOOM_options parent);
- void ZOOM_options_destroy (ZOOM_options opt);
+ void ZOOM_options_destroy(ZOOM_options opt);
</synopsis>
<synopsis>
- const char *ZOOM_options_get (ZOOM_options opt, const char *name);
+ const char *ZOOM_options_get(ZOOM_options opt, const char *name);
- void ZOOM_options_set (ZOOM_options opt, const char *name,
- const char *v);
+ void ZOOM_options_set(ZOOM_options opt, const char *name,
+ const char *v);
</synopsis>
<synopsis>
typedef const char *(*ZOOM_options_callback)
- (void *handle, const char *name);
+ (void *handle, const char *name);
ZOOM_options_callback
- ZOOM_options_set_callback (ZOOM_options opt,
- ZOOM_options_callback c,
- void *handle);
+ ZOOM_options_set_callback(ZOOM_options opt,
+ ZOOM_options_callback c,
+ void *handle);
</synopsis>
</sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="zoom.queryconversions"><title>Query conversions</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ int ZOOM_query_cql2rpn(ZOOM_query s, const char *cql_str,
+ ZOOM_connection conn);
+
+ int ZOOM_query_ccl2rpn(ZOOM_query s, const char *ccl_str,
+ const char *config,
+ int *ccl_error, const char **error_string,
+ int *error_pos);
+ </synopsis>
+ <para>
+ <function>ZOOM_query_cql2rpn</function> translates the CQL string,
+ client-side, into RPN which may be passed to the server.
+ This is useful for server's that don't themselves
+ support CQL, for which <function>ZOOM_query_cql</function> is useless.
+ `conn' is used only as a place to stash diagnostics if compilation
+ fails; if this information is not needed, a null pointer may be used.
+ The CQL conversion is driven by option <literal>cqlfile</literal> from
+ connection conn. This specifies a conversion file (eg pqf.properties)
+ which <emphasis>must</emphasis> be present.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <function>ZOOM_query_ccl2rpn</function> translates the CCL string,
+ client-side, into RPN which may be passed to the server.
+ The conversion is driven by the specification given by
+ <literal>config</literal>. Upon completion 0 is returned on success; -1
+ is returned on on failure. Om failure <literal>error_string</literal> and
+ <literal>error_pos</literal> holds error message and position of
+ first error in original CCL string.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
<sect1 id="zoom.events"><title>Events</title>
<para>
- If you're developing non-blocking applications, you have to deal
+ If you're developing non-blocking applications, you have to deal
with events.
</para>
<synopsis>
- int ZOOM_event (int no, ZOOM_connection *cs);
+ int ZOOM_event(int no, ZOOM_connection *cs);
</synopsis>
<para>
The <function>ZOOM_event</function> executes pending events for
</table>
</sect1>
</chapter>
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