NAME

HTTP::OAI::Metadata - Base class for data objects that contain DOM trees

SYNOPSIS

	use HTTP::OAI::Metadata;

	$xml = XML::LibXML::Document->new();
	$xml = XML::LibXML->new->parse( ... );

    $md = new HTTP::OAI::Metadata();

    $md->dom($xml);

	$md = new HTTP::OAI::Metadata(dom=>$xml);

	print $md->dom->toString;

	my $dom = $md->dom(); # Return internal DOM tree

METHODS

$md->dom( [$dom] )

Return and optionally set the XML DOM object that contains the actual metadata. If you intend to use the generate() method $dom must be a XML_DOCUMENT_NODE.