gramps/src/gen/plug/_export.py

#
# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
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# Copyright (C) 2008       Brian G. Matherly
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# $Id$

"""
This module provides the Plugin class for export plugins.
"""

from gen.plug import Plugin

class ExportPlugin(Plugin):
    """
    This class represents a plugin for exporting data from Gramps
    """
    def __init__(self, name, description, export_function, 
                 extension, config=None):
        """
        @param name: A friendly name to call this plugin.
            Example: "GEDCOM Export"
        @type name: string
        @param description: A short description of the plugin.
            Example: "This plugin will export a GEDCOM file from database"
        @type description: string
        @param export_function: A function to call to perform the export.
            The function must take the form:
                def export_function(database, filename, option_box, callback):
            where:
                "db" is a Gramps database to import the data into
                "filename" is the file that the data will be exported to
                "callback" is a callable object that takes two parameters.
                    The first parameter is a progress indicator.
                    The second parameter is a text string.
        @type export_function: callable
        @param extension: The extension for the output file.
            Example: "ged"
        @type extension: str
        @param config: Options for the exporter
        @type config: tuple (??,??)
        @return: nothing
        """
        Plugin.__init__(self, name, description, export_function.__module__)
        self.__export_func = export_function
        self.__extension = extension
        self.__config = config
    
    def get_export_function(self):
        """
        Get the import function for this plugins.
        
        @return: the callable import_function passed into __init__ 
        """
        return self.__export_func
    
    def get_extension(self):
        """
        Get the file extension for the export file.
        
        @return: str
        """
        return self.__extension

    def get_config(self):
        """
        Get the config.
        
        @return: (??,??)
        """
        return self.__config