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A Ruby library for easily doing custom, callback-based GEDCOM parsing
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A Ruby library for easily doing custom, callback-based GEDCOM parsing

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#PCD -- Using "AD" as the epoch isn't allowed... is this correct behavior? If BC isn't

# supplied, AD is assumed, but it seems to me it should at least be allowed grammar



GEDCOM-Ruby

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This is a module for the Ruby language that defines a callback GEDCOM parser.

It does not do any validation of a GEDCOM file, but, using application-defined

callback hooks, can traverse any well-formed GEDCOM.



The module also includes a sophisticated date parser that can parse any

standard GEDCOM-formatted date (see the GEDCOM spec for details on the

format).



Installation

------------



To install, you will need a Ruby interpreter. 



You can try the samples by typing:



  ruby samples/count.rb samples/royal.ged

  ruby samples/birthdays.rb samples/royal.ged



Alternately, a C extension version of the date parser can be built. In order to

build you will need a C compiler (gcc is preferred).



  cd lib/

  ruby extconf.rb

  make

  make install



And then uncomment the line in gedcom.rb 

   #require '_gedcom'



and comment out

   require 'gedcom_date'



Usage

-----



To use this module in your own programs, you can either inherit from the GEDCOM::Parser class

(in which case the initialize method should call 'super' before doing anything else), or you

can instantiate the GEDCOM::Parser class directly.



Either way, the setPreHandler and setPostHandler methods should then be used to register

callbacks for specified contexts.  A "context" is simply an array of strings, where each

element of the array specifies a GEDCOM row type.  For example:



  [ "INDI" ] -> this context defines a row on which an individual is introduced.

  [ "INDI", "BIRT", "DATE" ] -> this context defines the birthdate of an individual.



Callbacks are registered as follows:



  setPreHandler( context, function [, parm] )

  setPostHandler( context, function [, parm] )



The 'context' is (as was described above) an array of strings, and the function is the Method

object to invoke.  The optional 'parm' method is a parameter that should be passed to the callback

when it is invoked.  This can be used to allow the same callback to handle multiple different

contexts.



The 'pre' handler is called as soon as the context is recognized, before anything else is done.

The 'post' handler is called when the given context is about to expire.  For example, if the context

were [ "INDI" ], the pre handler would be called as soon as a row of type 'INDI' at level 0 was

encountered, while the post handler would be called as soon as another row of level 0 was encountered,

before that row's pre handler was invoked.  This allows you do perform initialization and commit

operations.



Each callback should take three parameters:



  def callbackFunction( data, cookie, parm )

    ...

  end



The 'data' parameter is the text for the row's data (ie, the text that follows the row's type).

The 'cookie' parameter is the value that was passed to the parser's initialize method (if any),

and 'parm' is the parameter that was specified when the callback was registered.



To parse a file, simply call the parser's 'parse' method, passing the name of the file to

parse.



API Reference

-------------



  module GEDCOM



    class Parser



      def initialize( cookie = nil )

        :: Creates the parser, with the given 'cookie' (application defined value) which will

           be passed to every callback.



      def setPreHandler( context, func, parm = nil )

        :: Registers the given function (Method object) to be called as soon as the given

           context is recognized.  The given 'parm' value will be passed to the callback.



      def setPostHandler( context, func, parm = nil )

        :: Registers the given function (Method object) to be called as soon as the given

           context expires.  The given 'parm' value will be passed to the callback.

      

      def parse( file )

        :: Opens and parses the file with the given name, invoking callbacks as the registered

           contexts are recognized.



    class Date



      def initialize( date_str, calendar=DateType::DEFAULT )

      def initialize( date_str, calendar=DateType::DEFAULT ) { |err_msg| ... }

        :: Creates a new GEDCOM Date object from the given string.  In the first form, if

           the string does not define a valid date, a GEDCOM::DateFormatException is raised.

           In the second form, an exception is not raised, but the given block is called

           when there is an error.  Also, in the second form, a Date object is still returned,

           but it will contain nothing except the string that was passed to it.



      def Date.safe_new( date_str )

        :: Creates a new GEDCOM Date object, but never throws a DateFormatException.



      def format

        :: Returns one of the following constants, indicating what the format of the date is:

             NONE, ABOUT, CALCULATED, ESTIMATED, BEFORE, AFTER, BETWEEN, FROM, TO, FROMTO,

             INTERPRETED, CHILD, CLEARED, COMPLETED, INFANT, PRE1970, QUALIFIED, STILLBORN,

             SUBMITTED, UNCLEARED, BIC, DNS, DNSCAN, DEAD



      def first

        :: Returns a GEDCOM::DatePart object that defines the first part of the date.



      def last

        :: Returns a GEDCOM::DatePart object that defines the last part of the date.  This

           will only be valid for a date format of BETWEEN or FROMTO (indicating a range

           of dates).



      def to_s

        :: Returns the date formatted as a string.



      def is_date?

        :: Returns true if the Date object defines a date, but returns false if it

           defines some non-date value (ie, there was an error parsing the date, or if the

           date format is one of CHILD, CLEARED, COMPLETED, INFANT, PRE1970, QUALIFIED,

           STILLBORN, SUBMITTED, UNCLEARED, BIC, DNS, DNSCAN, or DEAD).



      def is_range?

        :: Returns true if the Date object defines a date range (ie, format is either

           BETWEEN or FROMTO).  If this is true, then Date.last will return the end of

           the range.



      def <=>( date )

        :: Compares this date with the parameter, and returns -1, 0, or 1.



    class DatePart



      def calendar

        :: Returns the calendar that was used to represent the given date.  Valid values

           are DateType::GREGORIAN, DateType::JULIAN, DateType::HEBREW, DateType::FRENCH,

           DateType::FUTURE, DateType::UNKNOWN, and DateType::DEFAULT.



      def compliance

        :: Returns the compliance of the date (ie, whether it is a valid date or not).

           Valid values are DatePart::NONE (meaning it is a valid date), DatePart::PHRASE

           (meaning the date contains a phrase, not a date) and DatePart::NONSTANDARD

           (meaning there was an error parsing the date).



      def phrase

        :: If the compliance is DatePart::PHRASE, this will return the phrase value.

           Otherwise, this will raise a DateFormatException.



      def has_day?

        :: Returns true if the date contains a day value.



      def has_month?

        :: Returns true if the date contains a month value.



      def has_year?

        :: Returns true if the date contains a year value.



      def has_year_span?

        :: Returns true if the date contains a span of years (valid only for

           DateType::GREGORIAN calendars).  This means the date was formatted

           like '25 Jul 1974-1980'.



      def day

        :: Returns the day portion of the date, if it has a day.  If it does not

           have a day, a DateFormatException is raised.



      def month

        :: Returns the month portion of the date, if it has a month.  If it does not

           have a month, a DateFormatException is raised.  (The month value will

           be an integer, with 1 being the first month of the year.)



      def year

        :: Returns the year portion of the date, if it has a year.  If it does not

           have a year, a DateFormatException is raised.



      def to_year

        :: Returns the second year portion of the date, if it has a year span.  If

           it does not contain a year span, a DateFormatException is raised.

      

      def epoch

        :: Returns either "BC" or "AD", as appropriate.



      def to_s

        :: Converts the DatePart object to a string.



      def <=>( date_part )

        :: Compares this date_part with the parameter, and returns -1, 0, or 1.