Module: WCID

Defined in:
lib/wcid.rb,
lib/wcid/id.rb,
lib/wcid/hit.rb,
lib/wcid/search.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Hit, ID, Search

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#marc_file_to_auths(filename) ⇒ Object

given one or more MARC records it returns an array of associated name authorities as MARC::Record objects



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# File 'lib/wcid.rb', line 29

def marc_file_to_auths(filename)
  authorities = []
  records = MARC::Reader.new(filename).to_a
  records.each do | record |
    fields = record.name_fields
    fields.each do | field |
      query = field.pnkey_from_marc
      wcid_obj = (WCID::Search.new(query)).search_exact
      next if wcid_obj.nil?
      auth = wcid_obj.get_lc_auth
      next if auth.nil?
      authorities << auth
    end
  end
  return authorities
end