Biber::Entry::Names

Section: User Contributed Perl Documentation (3)
Updated: 2020-07-27
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NAME

Biber::Entry::Names

new

    Initialize a Biber::Entry::Names object

TO_JSON

   Serialiser for JSON::XS::encode

notnull

    Test for an empty object

names

    Return ref to array of all Biber::Entry::Name objects
    in object

add_name

    Add a Biber::Entry::Name object to the Biber::Entry::Names
    object

replace_name

    Replace a Biber::Entry::Name at a position (1-based)
    with a provided one

set_morenames

    Sets a flag to say that we had a "and others" in the data

get_morenames

    Gets the morenames flag

count_names

    Returns the number of Biber::Entry::Name objects in the object

is_nth_name

    Returns boolean to say of there is an nth name

nth_name

    Returns the nth Biber::Entry::Name object in the object or the last one
    if n > total names

first_n_names

    Returns an array ref of Biber::Entry::Name objects containing only
    the first n Biber::Entry::Name objects or all names if n > total names

del_last_name

    Deletes the last Biber::Entry::Name object in the object

last_name

    Returns the last Biber::Entry::Name object in the object

get_xdata

    Get any xdata reference information for a namelist

dump

    Dump a Biber::Entry::Names object for debugging purposes

AUTHORS

Philip Kime "<philip at kime.org.uk>"

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on our Github tracker at <https://github.com/plk/biber/issues>.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

This module is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.