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.IX Title "URI::Namespace 3pm"
.TH URI::Namespace 3pm "2022-10-14" "perl v5.34.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
URI::Namespace \- A namespace URI/IRI class with autoload methods
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 4
\&  use URI::Namespace;
\&  my $foaf = URI::Namespace\->new( \*(Aqhttp://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/\*(Aq );
\&  print $foaf\->as_string;
\&  print $foaf\->name;
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This module provides an object with a \s-1URI/IRI\s0 attribute, typically used
prefix-namespace pairs, typically used in \s-1XML, RDF\s0 serializations,
etc. The local part can be used as a method, these are autoloaded.
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.ie n .IP """new ( $string | URI | IRI )""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWnew ( $string | URI | IRI )\fR" 4
.IX Item "new ( $string | URI | IRI )"
This is the constructor. You may pass a string with a \s-1URI\s0 or a \s-1URI\s0 object.
.ie n .IP """uri ( [ $local_part ] )""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWuri ( [ $local_part ] )\fR" 4
.IX Item "uri ( [ $local_part ] )"
Returns a \s-1URI\s0 object with the namespace \s-1IRI.\s0 Optionally, the method
can take a local part as argument, in which case, it will return the
namespace \s-1URI\s0 with the local part appended.
.ie n .IP """iri ( [ $local_part ] )""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWiri ( [ $local_part ] )\fR" 4
.IX Item "iri ( [ $local_part ] )"
Returns a \s-1IRI\s0 object with the namespace \s-1IRI.\s0 Optionally, the method
can take a local part as argument, in which case, it will return the
namespace \s-1IRI\s0 with the local part appended.
.ie n .IP """local_part ( $uri )""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWlocal_part ( $uri )\fR" 4
.IX Item "local_part ( $uri )"
Returns the local part string if the given argument \s-1URI\s0 (which may be
a string, \s-1URI\s0 or \s-1IRI\s0 object) matches the namespace \s-1URI,\s0 or
\&\f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR if not.
.PP
The following methods from \s-1URI\s0 can be used on an URI::Namespace object: \f(CW\*(C`as_string\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`as_iri\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`canonical\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`eq\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`abs\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rel\*(C'\fR.
.PP
One important usage for this module is to enable you to create \s-1URI\s0s for full URIs, e.g.:
.PP
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\&  print $foaf\->Person\->as_string;
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will return
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\&  http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person
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.SH "FURTHER DETAILS"
.IX Header "FURTHER DETAILS"
See URI::NamespaceMap for further details about authors, license, etc.