gramps/src/gen/lib/location.py

#
# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
#
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# $Id$

"""
Location class for GRAMPS
"""

__revision__ = "$Revision$"

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#
# GRAMPS modules
#
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from secondaryobj import SecondaryObject
from locationbase import LocationBase

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#
# Location class for Places
#
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class Location(SecondaryObject, LocationBase):
    """
    Provides information about a place.

    The data including city, county, state, and country.
    Multiple Location objects can represent the same place, since names
    of citys, countys, states, and even countries can change with time.
    """
    
    def __init__(self, source=None):
        """
        Creates a Location object, copying from the source object if it exists.
        """
        LocationBase.__init__(self, source)
        if source:
            self.parish = source.parish
        else:
            self.parish = ""

    def serialize(self):
        """
        Converts the object to a serialized tuple of data
        """
        return (LocationBase.serialize(self), self.parish)

    def unserialize(self, data):
        """
        Converts a serialized tuple of data to an object
        """
        (lbase, self.parish) = data
        LocationBase.unserialize(self, lbase)
        return self

    def get_text_data_list(self):
        """
        Returns the list of all textual attributes of the object.

        @return: Returns the list of all textual attributes of the object.
        @rtype: list
        """
        return [self.parish] + LocationBase.get_text_data_list(self)

    def is_empty(self):
        return not self.city and not self.county and not self.state and \
               not self.country and not self.postal and not self.phone
        
    def set_parish(self, data):
        """sets the religious parish name"""
        self.parish = data

    def get_parish(self):
        """gets the religious parish name"""
        return self.parish