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1 dpavlin 352 =head1 NAME
2    
3     Quick overview of things that are new in v2.x of WebPAC
4    
5     =head1 DESCRIPTION
6    
7     This document will describe new features in WebPAC version v2.x.
8     It will also attempt to document upgrade procedure to migrate
9     WebPAC v1.x installations to new v2.x.
10    
11     =head2 Input file handling
12    
13     Database files are now read in memory (using swap if not enough
14     memory is not available) and used from there.
15    
16     Also, in-memory structure will be dumped to temporary disk
17     cache, so that unchanged databases won't be re-read (and parsed) if source
18     database hasn't changed. Nice consequence of this is that memory lookups
19     are now for free (see below).
20    
21     =head2 Two-step processing of databases
22    
23     In first step database is read and in-memory structure is created (or
24     read from on-disk cache if source database hasn't changed).
25    
26     In second step output formats are created.
27    
28     =head2 Lookups
29    
30     For a start, lookup files are no longer supported. Since memory lookups
31 dpavlin 369 are newer and more powerful (for example, each key can have more than
32 dpavlin 352 one value) it's not a great loss. However, you will have to re-write
33     your C<import_xml> files if you use lookup files to use memory lookups.
34    
35 dpavlin 369 Memory lookups (referred as lookups for new versions of WebPAC) are now
36     available always. Since whole database is available when creating
37 dpavlin 352 output linking should be much easier now.
38    
39 dpavlin 369 However, using new lookups require to define lookups in different way.
40     Additional benefit of that is conditional insert into lookup using eval.
41    
42     =head2 Field definition in C<import_xml>
43    
44     Field definitions in C<import_xml> files has changed. Previously, you could
45     write something like C<250a> and expect to get data from field B<250> subfield
46     B<a>. Now you have to write C<v250^a> which is more ISIS-like and easier to
47     parse. Don't be afraid, there is migration script in C<import_xml> to do
48     this task for you.
49    
50     =head2 Templates
51    
52     Templateing engine has changed. WebPAC doesn't use C<HTML::Template> anymore,
53     but Template Toolkit. TT proved to be workhorse for many tasks
54     and limitations of C<HTML::Template> forced me to move from it.
55    
56     For you, the user, that will result in changes to all templates. I'm sorry
57     about this, but it had to be done.

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