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--- development:architecture:data_model_key_concepts [2023/03/27 19:47] – demiankatz
+++ development:architecture:data_model_key_concepts [2023/03/27 19:49] (current) – [Search Classes] demiankatz
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 === Record Loader ===
-In early versions of VuFind® 2.x, the search classes were also used for loading single records. In later releases, this functionality was moved to a stand-alone \VuFind\Record\Loader class, which interfaces with the same [[development:architecture:search_service|search services]] as the search classes.
+While the search classes are used for retrieving sets of records based on search criteria, when retrieving one or more known records using their unique identifiers, a stand-alone \VuFind\Record\Loader class is used, which interfaces with the same [[development:architecture:search_service|search services]] as the search classes.
 ==== Record Drivers ====