package Marc;

use strict;

use Carp;

our $AUTOLOAD;
our $VERSION = "4.3";

##------------------------------------------------------------------------##
## Constructor

sub new 
{
	my $class     = shift;
	my $fields_ref = shift;
	my $self = 
   	{
		directory_labels => {},
		permitted        => $fields_ref,
		sort_function    => 'sub { $a cmp $b }',
		%$fields_ref,
	};
	$self->{permitted}->{sort_function} = 'sub { $a cmp $b }';
	bless $self,$class;
	return $self;
}

##------------------------------------------------------------------------##
## The AUTOLOAD function allows for the dynamic creation of accessor methods

sub AUTOLOAD
{
	my $self = shift;
	my $type = ref($self) or croak "$self is not an object";
	my $name = $AUTOLOAD;

	# DESTROY messages should never be propagated.
	return if $name =~ /::DESTROY$/;
	# Remove the package name.
	$name =~ s/^.*://;

	unless (exists($self->{permitted}->{$name}))
	{
		&message('arcsearch_marc_autoload_no_access');
		&wwslog('info','arcsearch_marc: Can not access %s field in object of class %s', $name, $type);
		return undef;
	}
	if (@_)
	{
		return $self->{$name} = shift;
	}
	else
	{
		return $self->{$name};
	}
}
1;