gramps/src/gen/plug/_export.py

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#
# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
#
# Copyright (C) 2008 Brian G. Matherly
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
#
# $Id$
"""
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: An 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)
self.__name = name
self.__export_func = export_function
self.__extension = extension
self.__config = config
def get_module_name(self):
"""
Get the name of the module that this plugin lives in.
@return: a string representing the name of the module for this plugin
"""
return self.__export_func.__module__
def get_name(self):
"""
Get the short name for this plugins.
@return: str
"""
return self.__name
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