Biber::Entry::Names(3)

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

  reset_uniquelist
    Reset uniquelist to undef for a Biber::Entry::Name object

  set_uniquelist
    Add a uniquelist count to the Biber::Entry::Names object
    Sets global flag to say that some uniquelist value has changed

  get_uniquelist
    Get the uniquelist count from the Biber::Entry::Names
    object

  count_uniquelist
    Count the names in a string used to determine uniquelist.

  set_visible_cite
    Set the number of cite visible names as per the different uniquelist, max/mincitenames etc

  set_visible_bib
    Set the number of bib visible names as per the different uniquelist, max/minbibnames etc

  set_visible_alpha
    Set the number of alpha visible names as per the different uniquelist, max/minalphanames etc

  get_visible_cite
    Get the number of visible names as per the different uniquelist, max/mincitenames etc

  get_visible_bib
    Get the number of bib visible names as per the different uniquelist, max/minbibnames etc

  get_visible_alpha
    Get the number of alpha visible names as per the different uniquelist, max/minalphanames etc

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

  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

  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

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

AUTHORS
Francois Charette, "<firmicus at ankabut.net>" 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
Copyright 2009-2014 Francois Charette and Philip Kime, all rights reserved.

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.