package C4::ClassSortRoutine::Generic;

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use strict;
require Exporter;

use vars qw($VERSION);

# set the version for version checking
$VERSION = 3.00;

=head1 NAME 

C4::ClassSortRoutine::Generic - generic call number sorting key routine

=head1 SYNOPSIS

use C4::ClassSortRoutine;

my $cn_sort = GetClassSortKey('Generic', $cn_class, $cn_item);

=head1 FUNCTIONS

=head2 get_class_sort_key

  my $cn_sort = C4::ClassSortRoutine::Generic::Generic($cn_class, $cn_item);

Generates sorting key using the following rules:

* Concatenates class and item part.
* Removes leading and trailing whitespace.
* Converts each run of whitespace to an underscore.
* Converts to upper-case and removes non-alphabetical, non-numeric, non-underscore characters.

=cut

sub get_class_sort_key {
    my ($cn_class, $cn_item) = @_;

    my $key = uc "$cn_class $cn_item";
    $key =~ s/^\s+//;
    $key =~ s/\s+$//;
    $key =~ s/\s+/_/g;
    $key =~ s/[^\p{IsAlnum}_]//g;
    return $key;

}

1;

=head1 AUTHOR

Koha Developement team <info@koha.org>

=cut