# Apache::LONCAPA::ToTheGateway # # ToTheGateway.pm # API for passing information from LONCAPA to the Gateway Server # # For more documentation, read the POD documentation # of this module with the perldoc command: # # perldoc ./ToTheGateway.pm # # Brief description # ================= # # This module contains functionality for # transferring information from LON-CAPA to the Gateway Server. # # In terms of the overall data flow, the # '=====>' below indicates the role of this # module. # # NSDL ---------> Gateway --------> LON-CAPA # LON-CAPA =====> Gateway --------> NSDL # # SUBROUTINES: # LONCAPA->answer_search_request # LONCAPA->answer_metadata_record_request # LONCAPA->answer_resource_request # Year 2002 # Scott Harrison # February-May # ### package Apache::LONCAPA::ToTheGateway; # ================================================================ DEPENDENCIES use strict; # enforce handling of variables, references and subroutines use Apache::Constants qw(:common); use Apache::LONCAPA::FromTheGateway; # ============================================================ MODULE VARIABLES my $VERSION = sprintf("%d.%02d", q$Revision: 1.3 $ =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/); # ================================================================= SUBROUTINES # ----------------------------- Handling routine called via Apache and mod_perl sub handler { my $r = shift; Apache::GATEWAY::Common::readCGI($r); my $output; if ($ENV{'form.verb'} eq 'search') { # NSDL->answer_metadata_record_request $output= Apache::LONCAPA::FromTheGateway::search_or_browse_against_NSDLgateway(\%ENV); } my $cgi; foreach my $key (keys %ENV) { if ($key=~/^form\./) { $cgi.="$key: $ENV{$key}\n"; } } $r->content_type('text/html'); $r->send_http_header; return(OK) if $r->header_only; $r->print(< Test Output

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END return(OK); } # ---------------------------------------------- LONCAPA->answer_search_request sub answer_search_request { # Not yet implemented # Need to specifically characterize INPUT arguments and OUTPUT data } # ------------------------------------- LONCAPA->answer_metadata_record_request sub answer_metadata_record_request { my ($url)=@_; return "will have multiplexed this and returned from LON-CAPA network\n"; } # -------------------------------------------- LONCAPA->answer_resource_request sub answer_resource_request { # Not yet implemented # Need to specifically characterize INPUT arguments and OUTPUT data } 1; __END__ =pod =head1 NAME B - API for passing information from LONCAPA to the Gateway Server =head1 SYNOPSIS use Apache::LONCAPA::ToTheGateway; my $arrayref= Apache::LONCAPA::ToTheGateway::answer_search_request ($search_request); =head1 DESCRIPTION This module contains functionality for transferring information to LON-CAPA from the Gateway Server. In terms of the overall data flow, the '=====>' below indicates the role of this module. NSDL ---------E Gateway --------E LON-CAPA B Gateway> --------E NSDL =head2 EXIT CODES The subroutines of this module all output an exit code which describes the status of function completion. The exit code may be followed by a more descriptive message such as: FORMATERROR:Sun May 5 20:15:16 GMT 2002:missing 'protocol://' pattern =over 4 =item * B<'SUCCESS'>, information was found and is being returned =item * B<'EMPTY'>, everything functioned properly, but no information was present =item * B<'BADEMPTY'>, everything appeared to function properly, but no information was present (which defies expectation); this is useful for detecting phantom cases of connectivity when verifying test cases of vertical software partitions =item * B<'TIMEOUT'>, the request is taking WAY too long =item * B<'FORMATERROR'>, the input argument is not formatted correctly in a way that can be processed by the NSDL server =item * B<'CONNECTIONFAILURE'>, the NSDL server cannot be contacted =back =head2 SUBROUTINES Note that the subroutines all output an exit code which describes the status of function completion. In the case of failed function completion, the other output argument(s) will typically only be 'NULL' values. =over 4 =item B =over 4 =item B - Scalar string Memory location of Gateway Server results. =item B - Scalar string, Scalar string reference An exit code is returned as a scalar string. View the Gateway Server results. =item B This facilitates the passing of LON-CAPA search results B GATEWAY>. =item B n/a =back =item B =over 4 =item B - Scalar string Identifier for a specific LON-CAPA metadata record. =item B - Scalar string, Scalar string reference An exit code is returned as a scalar string. A pointer to the metadata. =item B This provides the metadata of the resource matching a given identifier. B GATEWAY>. =item B n/a =back =item B =over 4 =item B - Scalar string Identifier for LON-CAPA resource. =item B - Scalar string, Scalar string reference. An exit code is returned as a scalar string. Pointer to information about accessing LON-CAPA resource. =item B This gives access to a LON-CAPA resource. B GATEWAY>. =item B n/a =back =back =head1 README B is part of the NSDL-LONCAPA Gateway Server system. Please see http://nsdl.lon-capa.org/ for more information. =head1 AUTHOR Scott Harrison, 2002 =head1 PREREQUISITES This module requires the C module. =head1 COREQUISITES Apache::NSDL::FromTheGateway Apache::NSDL::ToTheGateway Apache::GATEWAY::ToNSDL Apache::GATEWAY::FromNSDL Apache::GATEWAY::ToLONCAPA Apache::GATEWAY::FromLONCAPA Apache::LONCAPA::FromTheGateway =head1 SEE ALSO http://www.lon-capa.org/ http://www.smete.org/ Also visit the other Apache::NSDL::*, Apache::LONCAPA::*, and Apache::GATEWAY::* manpages. =head1 OSNAMES linux =cut