---
name: "MARC::Charset::Compiler"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmarc-charset-perl"
version: "1.35-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/MARC::Charset::Compiler"
---

# MARC::Charset::Compiler(3pm)

compile XML mapping rules from LoC

## NAME

MARC::Charset::Compiler - compile XML mapping rules from LoC

## SYNOPSIS

```
    $compiler = MARC::Charset::Compiler->new();
    $table = $compiler->compile('codetables.xml');
```

## DESCRIPTION

MARC::Charset uses mapping rules from the Library of Congress for generating a MARC::Charset::Table for looking up utf8 values based on the  source MARC-8 character set and the character.

## METHODS

## new()

The constructor.

## compile()

Pass in the path to an XML file to compile.