Convert ruby-marc MARC::Record objects to/from java marc4j org.marc4j.marc.Record objects under JRuby.

Useful if you're working in JRuby and need to use a marc4j reader, or if you want to use a standard ruby-marc reader but spool some functionality out to java code that relies on marc4j obejcts.

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chruby jruby # or however you use JRuby
gem install marc-marc4j

You can load up the marc4j jar file in three ways:

• Just require it yourself at the top of a file. MARC::MARC4J will detect that it's already been loaded and not try to load another copy.

require 'marc/marc4j'
require '../jarfiles/marc4j_2.5.jar'
converter = MARC::MARC4J.new # will use above jarfile

• Call MARC::MARC4J.new(:jardir=>'/path/to/marc4j/jar/directory') to state where your jar files live

require 'marc/marc4j'
converter = MARC::MARC4J.new(:jardir => '../jarfiles/') # Load all .jar files in ../jarfiles

• Call MARC::MARC4J.new without a :jarfile argument to use the bundled marc4j jarfile.

require 'marc/marc4j'
converter = MARC::MARC4J.new  # uses bundled marc4j jarfile unless marc4j is already loaded

You can also pass in a logger object, that responds to the normal debug/warn/etc.

require 'marc/marc4j'
require 'my/logging/library'
logger  = My::Logging::Library.new(opts)
converter = MARC::MARC4J.new(:logger=>logger)

A converter only has two useful methods:

• marc4j = converter.rubymarc_to_marc4j(r) will convert a ruby-marc MARC::Record object to a marc4j record
• rmarc = converter.marc4j_to_rubymarc(j) will convert a marc4j record to a ruby MARC::Record object

• The converter doesn't do any caching at all, so if you want to only do the conversion once, you need to stick the result somewhere.

• marc4j records are built using a marc4j factory object. This defaults to a org.marc4j.marc.MarcFactory, but will use whatever class is in the java system property org.marc4j.marc.MarcFactory (as seen in the marc4j source code).

Copyright (c) 2013 Bill Dueber

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