Biber::Section(3pm)

NAME
Biber::Section - Biber::Section objects

  new
    Initialize a Biber::Section object

citecount

  set_citecount
    Set the citecount of a key. This comes from biblatex via the
    citecounter option and reflects the actual number of citations using
    this key, taking into account things like \citeauthor etc. which are not
    real citations.

  get_keycount
    Get the citecount of a key. This comes from biblatex via the
    citecounter option and reflects the actual number of citations using
    this key, taking into account things like \citeauthor etc. which are not
    real citations. A zero or undef value needs to be less than 0 which does
    not fail if() checks - required for the delicate sorting dispatch logic

seenkey

  get_seenkey
    Get the count of a key

  incr_seenkey
    Increment the seen count of a key

  set_seenkey
    Set the seen count of a key

  reset_caches
    Reset section caches which need it

  set_np_length
  Check and record max namepart length. Needed to construct sort keys for names

  get_np_length
  Return max namepart length. Needed to construct sort keys for names

  set_set_pc
  Record a parent->child set relationship

  set_set_cp
  Record a child->parent set relationship

  get_set_pc
  Return a boolean saying if there is a parent->child set relationship

  get_set_cp
  Return a boolean saying if there is a child->parent set relationship

  get_set_children
  Return a list of children for a parent set

  get_set_parents
  Return a list of parents for a child of a set

  set_keytods
  Save information about citekey->datasource name mapping. Used for error reporting.

  get_keytods
  Get information about citekey->datasource name mapping. Used for error reporting.

  has_badcasekey
    Returns a value to say if we've seen a key differing only in case before
    <previouskey>  - we've seen a differently cased variant of this key so we can warn about this
    undef  - Not seen this key at all in any case variant before

  is_specificcitekey
    Check if a key is specifically cited by \cite{key} or \nocite{key}

  add_related
    Record that a key is used as a related entry

  is_related
    Check if a key is used as a related entry key

  keytorelclone
    Record a key<->clone key mapping.

  get_keytorelclone
    Fetch a related entry clone key, given a cite key

  get_relclonetokey
    Fetch a related entry key, given a clone key

  has_keytorelclone
    Return boolean saying if a cite key has a related entry clone in the current section

  has_relclonetokey
    Return boolean saying if a related clone key has a citekey in the current section

  add_cite
    Adds a key to the list of those that came via \cite

  is_cite
    Returns a boolean to say if a key came via \cite

  add_nocite
    Adds a key to the list of those that came via \nocite

  is_nocite
    Returns a boolean to say if a key came via \nocite

  add_everykey
    Adds a datasource key to the section list of all datasource keys

  del_everykeys
  Delete everykey cache. For use in tests.

  has_everykey
    Returns a boolean to say if we've seen a key in any datasource for this section.
    This used to be an array ref which was checked using first() and it
    was twenty times slower.

  set_allkeys_nocite
    Sets flag to say citekey '*' occurred through \nocite
    We allow setting it to false too because it's useful in tests

  set_allkeys
    Sets flag to say citekey '*' occurred in citekeys
    We allow setting it to false too because it's useful in tests

  is_allkeys_nocite
    Checks flag which says citekey '*' occurred in via \nocite

  is_allkeys
    Checks flag which says citekey '*' occurred in citekeys

  bibentry
    Returns a Biber::Entry object for the given citation key
    Understands citekey aliases

  bibentries
    Return Biber::Entries object for this section

  del_bibentries
    Delete all Biber::Entry objects from the Biber::Section object

  set_citekeys
    Sets the citekeys in a Biber::Section object

  set_orig_order_citekeys
    Sets the original order of citekeys in a Biber::Section object

  get_citekeys
    Gets the citekeys of a Biber::Section object
    Returns a normal array

  get_static_citekeys
    Gets the citekeys of a Biber::Section object
    excluding dynamic set entry keys
    Returns a normal array

  has_cited_citekey
    Returns true when $key was one of the actually cited keys in the section

  add_undef_citekey
    Adds a citekey to the Biber::Section object as an undefined
    key. This allows us to output this information to the .bbl and
    so biblatex can do better reporting to external utils like latexmk

  get_undef_citekeys
    Gets the list of undefined citekeys of a Biber::Section object
    Returns a normal array

  get_orig_order_citekeys
    Gets the citekeys of a Biber::Section object in their original order
    This is just to ensure we have a method that will return this, just in
    case we mess about with the order at some point. This is needed by
    citeorder sorting.

  has_citekey
    Returns true when $key is in the Biber::Section object
    Understands key alaises

  del_citekey
    Deletes a citekey from a Biber::Section object

  del_citekeys
    Deletes all citekeys from a Biber::Section object

  add_citekeys
    Adds citekeys to the Biber::Section object

  set_citekey_alias
    Set citekey alias information

  get_citekey_alias
    Get citekey alias information

  del_citekey_alias
    Delete citekey alias

  get_citekey_aliases
    Get a list of all citekey aliases for the section

  set_labelcache_v
    Sets the variable label disambiguation cache for a field

  get_labelcache_v
    Gets the variable label disambiguation cache for a field

  set_labelcache_l
    Sets the list label disambiguation cache for a field

  get_labelcache_l
    Gets the list label disambiguation cache for a field

  is_dynamic_set
    Test if a key is a dynamic set

  set_dynamic_set
    Record a mapping of dynamic key to member keys

  get_dynamic_set
    Retrieve member keys for a dynamic set key
    Check that reference returning anything to stop spurious warnings
    about empty dereference in return.

  dynamic_set_keys
    Retrieve all dynamic set keys

  has_dynamic_sets
    Returns true of false depending on whether the section has any dynamic set keys

  add_datasource
    Adds a data source to a section

  set_datasources
    Sets the data sources for a section

  get_datasources
    Gets an array of data sources for this section

  number
    Gets the section number of a Biber::Section object

AUTHORS
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 2009-2012 François Charette and Philip Kime, all rights reserved. Copyright 2012-2026 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.