NAME

BibTeX::Author - Contains a single author for a BibTeX document.

VERSION

version 0.4

SYNOPSIS

This class ist a wrapper for a single BibTeX author. It is usually created by a BibTeX::Parser.

    use BibTeX::Parser::Author;

    my $entry = BibTeX::Parser::Author->new($full_name);
    
    my $firstname = $author->first;
    my $von       = $author->von;
    my $last      = $author->last;
    my $jr        = $author->jr;

    # or ...
    
    my ($first, $von, $last, $jr) = BibTeX::Author->split($fullname);

FUNCTIONS

new

Create new author object. Expects full name as parameter.

first

Set or get first name(s).

von

Set or get 'von' part of name.

last

Set or get last name(s).

jr

Set or get 'jr' part of name.

split

Split name into (firstname, von part, last name, jr part). Returns array with four strings, some of them possibly empty.

to_string

Return string representation of the name.