---
name: "SRU::Request::Explain"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libsru-perl"
version: "1.01-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/SRU::Request::Explain"
---

# SRU::Request::Explain(3pm)

A class for representing SRU explain requests

## NAME

SRU::Request::Explain - A class for representing SRU explain requests

## SYNOPSIS

```
    ## creating a new request
    my $request = SRU::Request::Explain->new();
```

## DESCRIPTION

SRU::Request::Explain is a class for representing SRU 'explain' requests.  Explain requests essentially ask the server to describe its services.

## METHODS

### new()

The constructor, which you can pass the optional parameters parameters:  version, recordPacking, stylesheet, and extraRequestData parameters.

```
    my $request = SRU::Request::Explain->new(
        version     => '1.1',
        stylesheet  => 'http://www.example.com/styles/mystyle.xslt'
    );
```

Normally you'll probably want to use the factory SRU::Response::newFromURI to create requests, instead of calling **new()** yourself.

### version()

### recordPacking()

### stylesheet()

### extraRequestData()

### validParams()

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Ed Summers.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.