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.IX Title "RDF::Query::Federate 3pm"
.TH RDF::Query::Federate 3pm 2024-04-12 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
RDF::Query::Federate \- A subclass of RDF::Query for efficient federated query execution.
.SH VERSION
.IX Header "VERSION"
This document describes RDF::Query::Federate version 2.918.
.SH STATUS
.IX Header "STATUS"
This module's API and functionality should be considered deprecated.
If you need functionality that this module provides,
please get in touch <http://www.perlrdf.org/>.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
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\& my $service = RDF::Query::ServiceDescription\->new( $url );
\& my $query = new RDF::Query::Federate ( $sparql );
\& $query\->add_service( $service );
\& my $stream = $query\->execute();
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&...
.SH METHODS
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.IX Item "new ( $query, %options )"
.PD 0
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.IX Item "new ( $query, $base_uri, $languri, $lang )"
.PD
Returns a new RDF::Query::Federate object for the specified \f(CW$query\fR.
The query language defaults to SPARQLP, but may be set specifically by
specifying either \f(CW$languri\fR or \f(CW$lang\fR, whose acceptable values are:
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\&  $lang: \*(Aqrdql\*(Aq, \*(Aqsparql11\*(Aq, or \*(Aqsparql\*(Aq
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\&  $languri: \*(Aqhttp://www.w3.org/TR/rdf\-sparql\-query/\*(Aq, or \*(Aqhttp://jena.hpl.hp.com/2003/07/query/RDQL\*(Aq
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.IX Item "add_service ( $service_description )"
Adds the service described by \f(CW$service_description\fR to the query's list
of data sources.
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.IX Item "services"
.PD 0
.ie n .IP """algebra_fixup ( $algebra, $bridge, $base_uri, $ns )""" 4
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.IX Item "algebra_fixup ( $algebra, $bridge, $base_uri, $ns )"
.PD
Called in the fixup method of ::Algebra classes, returns either an optimized
::Algebra object ready for execution, or undef (in which case it will be
prepared for execution by the ::Algebra::* class itself.
.SH AUTHOR
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\& Gregory Todd Williams <gwilliams@cpan.org>
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