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version 1.172, 2003/04/04 19:08:46 version 1.173, 2003/04/04 21:00:54
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 =item * B<getResourceByUrl>(url): Retrieves a resource object by URL of the resource. If passed a resource object, it will simply return it, so it is safe to use this method in code like "$res = $navmap->getResourceByUrl($res)", if you're not sure if $res is already an object, or just a URL. If the resource appears multiple times in the course, only the first instance will be returned. As a result, this is probably useful only for maps.  =item * B<getResourceByUrl>(url): Retrieves a resource object by URL of the resource. If passed a resource object, it will simply return it, so it is safe to use this method in code like "$res = $navmap->getResourceByUrl($res)", if you're not sure if $res is already an object, or just a URL. If the resource appears multiple times in the course, only the first instance will be returned. As a result, this is probably useful only for maps.
   
 =item * B<retrieveResources>(map, filterFunc, recursive, bailout): The map is a specification of a map to retreive the resources from, either as a url or as an object. The filterFunc is a reference to a function that takes a resource object as its one argument and returns true if the resource should be included, or false if it should not be. If recursive is true, the map will be recursively examined, otherwise it will not be. If bailout is true, the function will return as soon as it finds a resource, if false it will finish. By default, the map is the top-level map of the course, filterFunc is a function that always returns 1, recursive is true, bailout is false. The resources will be returned in a list reference containing the resource objects for the corresponding resources, with B<no structure information> in the list; regardless of branching, recursion, etc., it will be a flat list.   =item * B<retrieveResources>(map, filterFunc, recursive, bailout): The map is a specification of a map to retreive the resources from, either as a url or as an object. The filterFunc is a reference to a function that takes a resource object as its one argument and returns true if the resource should be included, or false if it should not be. If recursive is true, the map will be recursively examined, otherwise it will not be. If bailout is true, the function will return as soon as it finds a resource, if false it will finish. By default, the map is the top-level map of the course, filterFunc is a function that always returns 1, recursive is true, bailout is false. The resources will be returned in a list containing the resource objects for the corresponding resources, with B<no structure information> in the list; regardless of branching, recursion, etc., it will be a flat list. 
   
 Thus, this is suitable for cases where you don't want the structure, just a list of all resources. It is also suitable for finding out how many resources match a given description; for this use, if all you want to know is if I<any> resources match the description, the bailout parameter will allow you to avoid potentially expensive enumeration of all matching resources.  Thus, this is suitable for cases where you don't want the structure, just a list of all resources. It is also suitable for finding out how many resources match a given description; for this use, if all you want to know is if I<any> resources match the description, the bailout parameter will allow you to avoid potentially expensive enumeration of all matching resources.
   
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