ujap.bibi
Class ParseMethods

java.lang.Object
  ujap.bibi.ParseMethods

public final class ParseMethods

extends Object

static helper methods for parsing and re-formatting entries.

Author:

Ute Platzer

Field Summary

private static Authors	authors
private static String[][]	macros macros[.][0] contains the text to be searched, macros[.][1] contains the replacement tex macro
private static boolean	macrosInitialized

Constructor Summary

private

ParseMethods()

Method Summary

static String	convertPubmedAuthorsToBibtex(String authors) Convert the author String for a given Entry from Pubmed to Bibtex format.
private static void	initMacros() helper method for macros()
static String	pages(String value) parse pages (in pubmed format: "1654-62") and return proper value: "1654--1662"
static Object	parseAuthorsAsBibtex(String value) parse a String containing author names and return an array of this type:
static Object	parseAuthorsAsPubmed(String value) parse a String containing author names and return an array of this type:
static String	replaceMacros(String text) find search strings and replace by tex macros, e.g.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

authors

private static Authors authors

macros

private static String[][] macros

macros[.][0] contains the text to be searched, macros[.][1] contains the replacement tex macro

macrosInitialized

private static boolean macrosInitialized

Constructor Detail

ParseMethods

private ParseMethods()

Method Detail

pages

public static final String pages(String value)

parse pages (in pubmed format: "1654-62") and return proper value: "1654--1662"

parseAuthorsAsBibtex

public static Object parseAuthorsAsBibtex(String value)
                                   throws IOException

parse a String containing author names and return an array of this type:

 { {firstname, lastname}, {anotherfirstname, anotherlast}, {..., ...} }
 

First, Bibtex format is tried, if this gives an exception, pubmed format is tried. if this doesn't work, either, a single string containing the error message is returned.

Parameters:

value - the string to parse

Returns:

a String[][] array, or a simple string with the error message

Throws:

IOException

parseAuthorsAsPubmed

public static Object parseAuthorsAsPubmed(String value)
                                   throws IOException

parse a String containing author names and return an array of this type:

 { {firstname, lastname}, {anotherfirstname, anotherlast}, {..., ...} }
 

First, Bibtex format is tried, if this gives an exception, pubmed format is tried. if this doesn't work, either, a single string containing the error message is returned.

Parameters:

value - the string to parse

Returns:

a String[][] array, or a simple string with the error message

Throws:

IOException

convertPubmedAuthorsToBibtex

public static final String convertPubmedAuthorsToBibtex(String authors)
                                                 throws ParseException

Convert the author String for a given Entry from Pubmed to Bibtex format.

Parameters:

authors - the authors in pubmed format

Returns:

the authors in bibtex format

Throws:

ParseException

replaceMacros

public static final String replaceMacros(String text)

find search strings and replace by tex macros, e.g. replace "C. elegans" by "\ele".

Parameters:

text - the text to search

Returns:

the modified text

initMacros

private static final void initMacros()

helper method for macros()