_init

Reset internal hashes to defaults.

_initopts

Initialise default options, optionally with config file as argument

config_file

Returns the full path of the Biber configuration file. It returns the first file found among:

• "biber.conf" or ".biber.conf" in the current directory
• "$HOME/.biber.conf"
• "$ENV{XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/biber/biber.conf"
• "$HOME/.config/biber/biber.conf"
• "$HOME/Library/biber/biber.conf" (Mac OSX only)
• "$ENV{APPDATA}/biber.conf" (Windows only)
• the output of "kpsewhich biber.conf" (if available on the system).

If no file is found, it returns "undef".

add_uniq_ignore

Track uniqueness ignore settings found in inheritance data

get_uniq_ignore

Retrieve uniqueness ignore settings found in inheritance data

postprocess_biber_opts

Place to postprocess biber options when they have been
gathered from all the possible places that set them

set_dm

Sets the data model information object

get_dm

Gets the data model information object

get_dm_helpers

Sets the datamodel helper lists

set_ctrlfile_path

Stores the path to the control file

get_ctrlfile_path

Retrieved the path to the control file

setoption

Store a Biber config option

getoption

Get a Biber option

setcmdlineoption

Store a Biber command-line option

setconfigfileoption

Store a Biber config-file option

iscmdlineoption

Check if an option is explicitly set by user on the command
line

isconfigfileoption

Check if an option is explicitly set by user in their
config file

isexplicitoption

Check if an option is explicitly set by user on the command
line or in the config file

addtoblxoption

Add to an array global biblatex option

setblxoption

Set a biblatex option on the appropriate scope

getblxoption

Get a biblatex option from the global, per-type or per entry scope
getblxoption('secnum', 'option', ['entrytype'], ['citekey'])
Returns the value of option. In order of decreasing preference, returns:
1. Biblatex option defined for entry
2. Biblatex option defined for entry type
3. Biblatex option defined globally
section number needs to be present only for per-entry options as these might
differ between sections

getblxentryoptions

Get all per-entry options for an entry

set_graph

Record node and arc connection types for .dot output

get_graph

Return an inheritance graph data structure for an inheritance type

set_inheritance

Record that $target inherited information from $source
Can be used for crossrefs and xdata. This just records that an entry
inherited from another entry, for loop detection.

get_inheritance

Check if $target directly inherited information from $source
Can be used for crossrefs and xdata

is_inheritance_path

Checks for an inheritance path from entry $e1 to $e2
Can be used for crossrefs and xdata

[
{s => 'A',
t => 'B'},
{s => 'A',
t => 'E'},
{s => 'B',
t => 'C'},
{s => 'C',
t => 'D'} ];

set_keyorder

Set key order information

set_internal_keyorder

Set key order information for keys with the same order

get_keyorder

Get key order information

get_internal_keyorder

Get key order information for keys with the same order

get_keyorder_max

Get maximum key order number for a section

reset_keyorder

Reset keyorder - for use in tests where we switch to allkeys

get_crossrefkeys

Return ref to array of keys which are crossref targets

get_xrefkeys

Return ref to array of keys which are xref targets

get_crossrefkey

Return an integer representing the number of times a
crossref target key has been ref'ed

get_xrefkey

Return an integer representing the number of times a
xref target key has been ref'ed

del_crossrefkey

Remove a crossref target key from the crossrefkeys state

del_xrefkey

Remove a xref target key from the xrefkeys state

incr_crossrefkey

Increment the crossreferences count for a target crossref key

incr_xrefkey

Increment the xreferences count for a target xref key

dump

Dump config information (for debugging)